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  Christmas Morning, The Elders Come Knocking!

  by Yizuman in

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  any of you ex-jdubs get hit by the "sheparding" call this christmas morning yet?.

  just wondering and i haven't seen a post about it just yet.. yizuman.

  ~proud to be a well educated deaf individual.

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  The thought crossed my mind that since Christmas fell on Wednesday, the biggest field service day for the local KH, we might have a visit from the congregation. Townfolk around here have made it known they don't want the WT in their face on their favorite holiday. So they would be looking for something less threatening to do. But no one came knocking at our door, or even down our road (we're the only ones on our road). No phone calls from our nosey JW family either. So another year spent happily with our children.

  Mrs Rocky
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  Overseer's Visit & Hypocrisy

  by JH in

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  why is it that when the overseer visits the congregation, that just about everybody shows up to the meetings and they all go in the field service?

  a whole week of endless zeal just to prove that they are all so spiritual.

  is gone, they all come back to normal.

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  The CO visit was supposed to be an time of encouragement. NOT! Only the brown nosers were happy, or those totally ignorant. I am so happy not to be a part of the whole charade .

  Mrs Rocky
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  Random acts of kindness

  by mrs rocky2 in

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  wt taught us that people outside the borg were wicked, selfish, and no good.

  my experience with non jws has been quite the opposite.

  last night some friends (never been jw friends) took mr rocky to dinner for his birthday.

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  WT taught us that people outside the Borg were wicked, selfish, and no good. My experience with non JWs has been quite the opposite. Last night some friends (never been JW friends) took Mr Rocky to dinner for his birthday. They sang the "happy birthday" song to him (loudly, off tune, quite the spectacle). A few tables away an 11 year old boy was also celebrating his birthday. He came over to our table to share cake and birthday wishes. It was so sweet and random, totally unselfish, exactly the opposite of what WT taught us to believe about 'worldly' people. It really made Rocky's birthday a memorable occasion.

  Mrs Rocky

  Be the change you want to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi
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  Any University students here? (part II)

  by happysunshine in

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  the start of this thread is here:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=41588&site=3.

  wow!

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  mrs rocky2

  I am the very proud mother of two daughters in college. One is majoring in Spanish, the other is majoring in an undecided field of engineering. They are living uncharted waters for this family. Mr Rocky and I were not afforded the opportunity to attend college. We both fully believed the end of the system would happen before we finished high school. LOL - glad we didn't hold those expectations for our children!

  Mrs R
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  Washing State Rep, purposes changes to clergy sex

  by Trauma_Hound in

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  http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/nw_111702wabclergylaws.16dc2be4.html.

  changes proposed in state laws to target clergy sex abuse .

  associated press .

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  Even if what you hear reported in the media isn't quite the way you would like the law to read it is important to contact your state rep. Something similar was discussed by Washington State Legislature, if I recall correctly, in 1998, but did not make it to law. It is my opinion that this issue was not given the public attention it deserves and of course, at that time, the clerical lobby was strong. So letting your politicians know what is on your mind is important. They will not support something they feel is not supported by their constituency!

  Mental health professionals (counselors and therapists) have been mandatory reporters for years in Washington State. Washington has some of the strictest confidentiality laws governing mental health. These laws take backstage when there is suspicion of child abuse. As for protecting confidentiality, only those who need to know to investigate the allegations are included in the knowledge loop. It makes so much sense for clergy to be mandatory reporters as they often serve as first line counselors, especially in smaller and rural communities.

  BTW, it has been a rare occurence in my little area of the world (time period-last 12 years) that children accuse falsely. There have been a few cases with little or no publicity where a child has falsely accused an adult of abuse. The adults were cleared and have not experienced damage to their reputation. So while the concern over false allegations is real, it is over rated, at least IMHO. But this is only my opinion....

  Mrs Rocky
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  Going in service on holidays

  by dsgal in

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  remember how embarrassing it was to show up at someone's door on a holiday?when i was a teenager i went out with a very zealous pioneer sister on christmas day.we worked an upscale neighborhood of town and of course all the servants were off so they would answer the door themselves.i rang one doorbell and a lady came to the door and i could see her family inside sitting in chairs in a circle opening gifts.they all looked at me to see who in the world was calling on christmas,i suppose.i gave my presentation with a red face and she just looked at me and said"don't you know today is christmas?

  "how embarrassing is that?so glad i don't have to do that anymore.

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  A number of years ago my mother-in-law went to a door of a neighbor family on Christmas day. It was not pleasant for either the household or my mother-in-law. That household was added to the list of 'do-not-calls' and continues to this day to be very anti-JW. The mother of this family is a teacher at the local school. Previous to this holiday JW call she had been quite kind and considerate to JW children. Since then she has been less patient. Holiday witnessing around here seems to do more damage than good. Another alienating practice of WT. For all of you who felt it was invading family privacy - AMEN!

  Mrs R
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  The Watchtower Plot Against Us

  by Sirona in

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  the watchtower organisation has been guilty of major coverups and blatant lies.. it does not want ex jws telling others what they know.. does it ever occur to you that the watchtower have people who post on this board, gathering information about us?

  they could use it against us at any time....they could keep a record of what we say on our posts and establish who we really are.. e.g.

  people who i hardly ever speak to on this board suddenly seem to know details about me.

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  Sirona,

  I can sympathize with what you are feeling. And it is true, many on this board have nothing to lose if their identities are know. But there are some of us still trying to stay under the radar. Most of my extended family and in-laws are still loyal to WT. Some of them know we are doing the fade away, and even know some of our closest friends are apostates. Others suspect but have not confronted us, mostly because they live far away - out of sight, out of mind. But I do try to be very careful to avoid sharing too much information here that would uniquely identify me or my family. Only because the shunning practice would be devasting to deal with for both mother and mother-in-law. If it were only the dads and brothers to lose it probably wouldn't be an issue for me. I would really like to be let go of any ties to WT but must be patient until mother and mother-in-law are in a place to handle the consequences. Warm regards to you,

  Mrs R
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  Where were you born, raised, and live now?

  by gilwarrior in

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  ah, yes, another fluffy topic!.

  ok, here is how is works.

  type where you were born, raised and where you live now.

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  mrs rocky2

  Raised in Western Washington.

  Live in Eastern Washington - the Other Washington State.

  Mrs R
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  JW Voters: Post Election-Day Fallout?

  by Room 215 in

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  if i recall, a wt question from readers a year or two ago suggested that voting was a ``matter of consicience.

  " i have also heard that this was pubished only ``for public consumption,"" and that the verbal ``network'' emanating from the governing body and proceeding down the pipeline via the district and circuit overseers to the locals was that they should get the word out that nothing had really changed and that voting was actionable by a judicial committee.

  so... my questions are: is this all accurate?

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  I remember having a conversation with my sis and her hubbie right after that QFR was published. They were told by the brothers in a talk at the KH that voting was still not acceptable and that the article was published for the sake of the brothers living in countries where a person would be killed for not voting. Also they said that those countries where they had to vote or be killed the brothers were expected to vote neither 'yes' or 'no' and still could maintain neutrality. Of course, anyone with a smidgin of a conscience would be thinking about what happened in Malawi with the party card...people died, IMHO, needlessly. 'Yes-no-abstain' are all principles of democracy. Many of these 'vote or die' countries are not democracies. Either you are a citizen of that country or not. The Malawiian party card was not a choice of 'yes-no-abstain.' I was offended by that WT article on voting and feel it is an outright lie.

  Mrs R
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  How did your KIDS react when you left?

  by Prisca in

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  just curious here..... if you left the "truth" when you still had children living at home, what was their reaction to your leaving?.

  did they leave too?.

  did they want to remain jws?.

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  Our oldest had just gotten her driver's license a few months prior to our cold turkey leaving. She continued to drive herself to meetings for a while...until she got tired of the people asking her where mom and dad were. The youngest quit with us but continued dropping in with her grandmother occasionally, just to remind herself why she didn't want to go anymore. Neither were baptized. The youngest has moved on, found a comfortable place spiritually. The older has not defined her belief system yet and continues to be angry at anything resembling religion, especially everything associated with WT. We no longer discuss religious or spiritual matters when she is present. She feels the most betrayed by the Borg. She was the center of attention most of the time, an ideal unbaptised publisher, outgoing, every body's friend. When she stopped attending meetings she found how shallow her friendships within the organization really were. There were no pleas from her JW friends to come back, or even why did any of us stop coming to meetings. We left cold turkey, her JW 'friends' judged her just as quickly. I think initially both children felt uncomfortable and worried about salvation (what if Armageddon comes?) but over time have learned WT theology was not gospel truth.

  Mrs R