Nathan Natas

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  Lawsuit maybe?

  by KariOtt in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i would love to file an emotional distress lawsuit of some sort against the wt.

  since my husbands return envolvement 2 years ago my documented mental health problems have gotten steadly worse.

  this past weekend i started drinking after 17 years sober, a sucicide attempt that put me in a private psych hosiptal.

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  You need a better fantasy.

  Destroying yourself in an effort to "stick it to the man" will end with you stuck in the ground.

  Get a grip and straighten out.
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  Newbie: Well I've been lurking enough and thought I should say hello.

  by Adventurousone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i really like this site and some of the comments i've read.

  i was in the organization for 31 years and now i'm free!.

  recently left the organization and am trying to rebuild my life.

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  Welcome, Adventurousone! We're glad you're here!
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  Hannibal

  by mrsjones5 in

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  2. entertainment

  i love this tv show and it's a great reason to send all the kiddies (my under 18 set) out of the room (they're on summer break and have liberal bedtimes).

  mommie needs alone time with hannibal.

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  Mrsjones5, have you read any of the novels by the Canadian collective who use the name Michael Slade?

  "His" first work was "Headhunter" (May 1985). I think he's got about 17 titles under his belt now. Very good writing. I think you might enjoy it.
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  Up-you skirt voyuer a J.W

  by karter in

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  2. friends

  htpp://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion- post/news/8799082/up-your skirt voyuer-a-jehovah-witness.. .

  it's all over the news down here.. .

  karter..

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  "We have very high standards"

  Yeah, nothing less than 1080i.
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  Is it a sign from Jehovah or just irony?

  by dissonance_resolved in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i signed up to volunteer at a local urban community center- first time i've ever volunteered for a non-jw effort.

  i thought i would end up cleaning, organizing, something like that, but the first thing they wanted us to do was go door to door in the neighborhood handing out flyers!

  face palm...

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  Yeah, clearly the Lord has a plan for you; it's just not one you're going to be thrilled with. SUBMIT!
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  why

  by therevealer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if they are going to try to guess what jesus should look like why don't they or haven't they created artwork that they would use to consistently show him as the same guy.

  this one is from sept wt.

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  You want he should look like a Jew?

  OK, he looks like a Jew now!

  
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  Feeling Guilty

  by naazira in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am feeling gulity because i will not be going to the summer convention.

  i just can not sit through the talks they are sooo boring.

  im cutting off all contact with the witnesses.

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  You have to fill that time with something of value to you, you shouldn't leave that time empty.

  TIME heals, in large doses.
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  Family is drawing the line in the sand

  by dissonance_resolved in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my family has obviously been noticing over the past several months that i've been missing meetings and fs.

  i've had excuses sometimes, but not others, so my parents are definitely getting that this is more than a long bout of illnesses or fatigue.

  i just received an email invitation to join them in service this weekend.

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  Tell them you will be there and then don't show up.

  That will show them how much control over you they have.

  If pressed for an excuse, just say "something came up, sorry" and let it go at that.
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  God will forgive me....apparently

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i left the jws and went to a baptist church which was far better than anything i'd known before having been born into the dangerous cult of the watchtower corporation.. having travelled a path of spirituallity i have concluded that there is no god evident to me.

  evolution?

  i have no idea...i just live my life knowing that when i die there is nothing after it.

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  You are forgiven. Go your way, and believe no more.
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  Former Long Time Elder, part 3

  by James Jackson in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to answer some of your questions.

  i phone my son on thursday and was able to help him get his paper work in order for, get this: "college".

  we're good.. the wife and i have about 10 family members that are jw's as well as over 12 close friends, 100's of friends in 5 states.

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  Nathan Natas

  ShirleyW: HELLO!

  You said, "... we had a Circuit Servant, Bro., Wiegel, in the early 70's..."

  Shirley, my dear, YOU are the first person other then I who has mentioned good ol' pain-in-the-ass "Weasel Weigel"!!! It it SUCH a pleasure to find even one person with whom I shared a fleeting bit of reality!

  Weasel was widely disliked, so it figures he has moved up the ranks in the JW pantheon. Do you recall the really nice CS who followed Weasel. He was Paul "somebody" - I can't think oh his name right now - I'll call the White House and ask what I was thinking... Haviland! Yes, I think he was Paul Haviland! A really NICE guy, obviously not Watchtower mgmt material...