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  Our Blondie Has A Torn Memiscus.

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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  blondie posted her watchtower comments for today and her last paragraph was asking for help, suggestions.

  she is in pain from her knee injury, is on steroids and possibly going to have surgery.. she is asking if anyone here, has had the same problem, and if so, what did they do and how was the outcome?.

  just lois.

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  Stay off that leg! Take good care of yourself and get well soon!
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  JWs still in that believe and are lurking

  by cognac in

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  just wanted to say hi.

  i understand how you may feel.

  i remember lurking here years ago cause i didn't want to tell the elders on myself and have a judicial committee if i could figure a way out of it.

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  Mum

  Hi, lurkers. Hope you are learning a lot from this site.
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  When have you been 'encouraged' by a brother or sister to do something you didn't want to do, or didn't feel able to do? And how did you FEEL afterwards?

  by The Quiet One in

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  Mum

  I was "encouraged" to:

  Go out in service on my only day off (felt guilty)

  Get baptized at 17 (which I did, to my eternal regret)

  pioneer (I didn't, but put in more than the 10-hour goal, but wasn't inclined to be a salesperson then or ever; felt like I was woefully inadequate)

  lose weight (by my JW elder husband, which I did, but developed "yoyo syndrome" and felt anxious and disapproved of)

  not take college courses (which I did, but by that time, I realized I was doing the right thing for myself and my child, and did it and enjoyed it)
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  The Irish have now ‘become pagan’, some Catholic bishops believe.

  by Sol Reform in

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  after clerical sex abuse scandals / 'slave labour' at magdalene laundries (nun-controlled laundries) ?

  and they're shocked?.

  http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/irish-have-become-pagan-some-catholic-bishops-believe-1.1440835.

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  Pterist, I'm so sorry. I only know what I've seen on American news reports. I didn't consider it a small thing when MaiRead (sp?) Corrigan won the Nobel Peach Prize for her efforts at peace in Ireland. I also saw a report of adults harassing very small children walking to Catholic school. I also read Trinity by Leon Uris some years ago, and was heartbroken at what people, especially Catholics, were suffering.

  I don't think of myself as a bigot or as ignorant or entirely uninformed. But, obviously, I have some gaps. Thank you for pointing this out to me. I'll be more careful about speaking in generalities, a practice which I abhor.

  Best wishes,

  SandraC
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  Is Serena facing a JC?

  by zed is dead in

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  http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/serena-williams-at-fault-for-comments-in-rolling-stone-about-steubenville-rape-case-062513.

  zed.

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  As a child, I had a neighbor and two relatives who claimed to be JW's. None of them were, by the JW definition. They thought they were because they had been convinced that the BS was right. What puzzles me is why anyone would want to be ID'd as a JW when they're living their life in freedom.
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  Human Prehistory 101

  by frankiespeakin in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-ixk1grye.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8183hpma2_i&feature=endscreen.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9nw66rcmhg.

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  Mum

  Thanks for those, frankie.
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  The Irish have now ‘become pagan’, some Catholic bishops believe.

  by Sol Reform in

  1. social
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  after clerical sex abuse scandals / 'slave labour' at magdalene laundries (nun-controlled laundries) ?

  and they're shocked?.

  http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/irish-have-become-pagan-some-catholic-bishops-believe-1.1440835.

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  Catholics and Protestants in Ireland are so un-Christian in their hatred for each other that I would much rather be pagan if I lived in that country. I like fakesmile's assessment of it as religious McCarthyism. Maybe they'll bring back the Inquisition so they can absolve all the pagans, then kill them while they're still in a state of grace.

  My daughter saw a bumper sticker once that sums up the attitude of some of us. It said, "Dear God, please save me from your followers."
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  A VERY Few Good Men!

  by SophieG in

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  i know there are so many heartbreaking stories on here where people have suffered at the hands of tyrant elders.

  i have my own stories too.

  now looking back i realize that those type of elders probably had authentic assclown personality syndrome to begin with and being in a position of leadership just made it worse.. .

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  You were blessed to have that kind of support. I'm happy for you that it helped lead you into a better life.
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  Former Jehovah's Witnesses Talk About The Painful Process Of Adapting To Secular Life

  by Bangalore in

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  former jehovah's witnesses talk about the painful process of adapting to secular life.

  http://vueweekly.com/front/story/walking_out_of_the_kingdom_hall/.

  bangalore.

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  I wish that article could be published in every newspaper and magazine in the world. It is clear, well researched, and well written.
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  Which poster here is the best person to explain JW stuff to someone that is never a JW?

  by Iamallcool in

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  Mum

  Blondie