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  Will you attend?

  by Esmeralda in

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  yesterday afternoon the phone rang, and the voice of my 81 year old grandmother met my husband's.

  ear.

  if i could just drop off an invitation to the memorial for you and justin, it's next week you know...".

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  myMichelle

  Hiya Es,

  You have mail.

  Tough call on the "Grandma situation". Don't know what I would have done in that situation.

  Did like the answering machine to fend off the undermining, oh I meant good intentioned (no I didn't), relatives. IMO, they have no say on how your daughter spends the evening of April 8th.

  I had no thought of going to the Memorial, don't need to help inflate those numbers, but I did toy with the idea of going with the hubby to a Sunday meeting two weeks ago. The kids spent Sat. night at my dad's, so I could have gone without involving them, just to stir up the gossip down there at the KH. But, alas, the hubby and I found, ahem, other things to do....

  Michelle
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  There is NO religion that could make me......

  by LDH in

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  i spoke with my sister last night back in ny about this whole jw thing.

  (she is da'd).

  we were discussing my pregnancy and the fact that my mom hasn't even bothered to say anything except for the fact that since i'm 'inactive with doubts' the baby would die at armegeddon anyway.

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  Hi Lisa,

  Wow. When I read family responses like this one, I'm just astounded, no, astounded doesn't even begin to describe what I feel.

  Is there a religion that could make you emotionally abandon your child?

  
  No! I really can't think of anything my children would do that would make me abandon them, ever.

  Congrats again on you wonderful news. I thought of you and your allergies this weekend. Weird, you say? Nah, I have a head cold and as I swallowed down some medication to bring blessed relief, I thought how pregnant moms have to restrict the medicine they take. I know the wimpy stuff I was allowed to take didn't cut it, poor Lisa.

  Michelle
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  Did you burn the sacred documents?

  by LovesDubs in

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  ...or did you shred the shit out of em so even the garbage man wouldnt become accidentally sucked into this cult like i did?

  during the time i read crisis of conscience i went into a two week long rage.

  i was angry all the time for being duped and i hated every witness on the planet, mostly for being as stupid as i was, and the upper echelon at the society...i just wanted to castrate them.

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  myMichelle

  Lovesdubs,

  I threw the magazines in my recycle bin, mixed in with the newspapers. Kinda worried a little, for the same reason of not wanting to be responsible for another family's agony, but I've seen the collectors make their rounds and they are too busy tossing the stuff in to pay too close attention to what's there.

  Just doing my part to counter the environmental destruction, hug a tree and all that.

  Can't wait for the day when all the WT literature in my house can go out to the curb.

  Michelle
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  Another Cult Nightmare

  by Seven in

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  march 29, 2001.

  by the associated press.

  filed at 2:52 a.m. et.

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  myMichelle

  Like I heard before, you need a license to drive a car, you need a license to catch a fish or get married, but any #@$&!!! with a functioning reproductive system can have a kid. Kinda makes one wonder about the value society places on children.

  Since these people are so "Biblical" how about they get to stand in front of the church while someone 2, 3, 4 times their size beats the crap outta them, I believe that's called "an eye for an eye".

  Twisted excuses for human beings, and no I will not call them sick, I wouldn't allow them that legal out for this cruelty.

  Those poor, poor babies...
  Michelle
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  Does any one see any thing funny here

  by stephenw20 in

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  bbbowen" < [email protected]>.

  from: "bbbowen" < [email protected]> | block address | add to address book.

  subject: why did you do this??.

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  bbbowen" < [email protected]>
  From: "bbbowen" < [email protected]> | Block Address | Add to Address Book
  To: < [email protected]>
  Subject: why did you do this??
  Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:40:35 -0600

  I examined the "to:" line, and it only addresses stephenw20.

  I read the body of the email, and no where within do I find consent to post it on a public forum. In fact, I see a request to stop making additional information public, key word: additional. Yes, it is his fight and he has determined what he wants to make public, without you imposing your conscience upon him.

  a confidence can only be entered into when two people know each other

  Really? Okay, I (and hopefully others here) will keep that in mind before attempting any private dialogue with you, ie. email. Rationalize all you want, but a breach of netiquette, and common courtesy was made.

  Michelle
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  Does any one see any thing funny here

  by stephenw20 in

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  bbbowen" < [email protected]>.

  from: "bbbowen" < [email protected]> | block address | add to address book.

  subject: why did you do this??.

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  Does any one see any thing funny here

  Yes. I see that you have taken a private correspondence and made it public without the consent of the other individual. How crass.

  Michelle
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  Cat Bathing as a Martial Art

  by waiting in

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  some people say cats never have to be bathed.

  they say cats lick.

  themselves clean.

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  myMichelle

  OMG! That was so funny, I'm laughing like a maniac here at work, it's only a matter of time before one of my co-workers call the people in the little white coats. I'll dodge institutionalization by saying I was choking on my lunch, and berate them for not providing the proper medical attention.

  I have two cats whose bath times have come, okay they are 2 years overdue, but I haven't worked up the intestinal fortitude necessary for the procedure.

  Thanks for the huge belly laugh (ow!),
  Michelle
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  IMPORTANT! Info on JW custody issues needed!

  by Esmeralda in

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  i've been contacted by someone who is in a pretty desperate battle for custody with their jw ex.. this person needs advice from anyone who has been in this situation and managed to win, especially.

  information about dealing with appelate courts and how to select competant legal counsel.. this is a time sensitive situation and i just don't have the information/experience necessary to help this person.. yet they've turned to me for help, so i have to avail upon all of you now to give any kind assistance.

  that you can.. if you are willing to correspond with this person, please let me know here, or e mail me and i will .

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  myMichelle

  Hi Es,

  MacGreggor Ministries http://www.macgregorministries.org/ has a custody package available. No idea on how fast one can get it into their hands though.

  Michelle
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  Did you ever have to exclude a loved one from your

  by Latte in

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  http://www.witnessesonline.com/ubb/forum1/html/000072.html.

  did you ever have to exclude a loved one from your wedding?.

  it truly made me sad, when i read the posts on this particular thread.

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  myMichelle

  I agree with Es, this is sickening. I literally felt nauseated reading this kind of attitude. And what was the offending relative's big offense? No, she wasn't an axe murderer. No, she wasn't a pedophile, rapist, or thief. She (gasp!) smoked! The horrors! This poor person was groveling, crawling back to the same people who had and continue to emotionally abuse her and they continue to kick her while she's down.

  C'mon, she's alledgedly a beloved relative who probably has no intention of lighting up at the KH or the reception. Once again the crowd over there is all for putting an organization before family. Is it any wonder that the word cult is used in reference to the WTS?

  Here's hoping she or the studying husband wises up fast and steers clear of such an abusive organization.

  Michelle

  Edited by - myMichelle on 22 March 2001 15:57:8
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  She lives for Jah, but will Jah let her live?

  by TR in

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  from http://www.greatcrowd.com/159ubb/forum3/html/000147.html.

  i'm not the least bit afraid of being left alone, for jehovah is the one who eventually 'satisfies the desire of every living thing', and if i don't live that belief, i don't live for the kingdom.. the two things i am most afraid of is not qualifying to get there (new system) to see that promise come true, or losing sight of that promise by impatiently putting trust in my own ability to find the right guy now.. .

  tr

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  myMichelle

  :"honest-hearted people (a WT expression of course)"

  One, of many, WT sayings that really gets on my nerves. The backhanded insult it delivers, oh for the good ole days when the WTS didn't beat around the bush to speak ill of nonJWs.

  My teeth grind everytime I think back to when my husband was telling an elder that when he was younger he didn't repond to "the Truth" because his heart wasn't right. Well, what does that say about someone who said that the WTS is full of malarky after perusing the Knowledge Book and other assorted WT literature?

  Okay, I feel better....I'll go get a drink of water now...

  Peace and blessings,
  Michelle