Just talking to some family last night about this. My wife and I saw many, many in our congregation that were seriously depressed AND or on medication. It was heartbreaking to see.
Darkknight757
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Jehovah's people are not happy people
by Phoebe ini finally stopped attending the meetings about 4 months go.
i won't be going back - ever.. but i've decided the best reply to the watchtower is to be happy and i do try to be happy every day even thought i wasted my entire life on this religion.
i cherish every day, practice mindfulness and do my best to be content with the life i have.. it is only now that i see that most jws i know are deeply unhappy people.
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When do you think the 7 clowns will add more members to the exclusive GB club ?
by Chook inwill they draw a new name out of a hat or do a kiss test i don't know..
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Darkknight757
Seems to me they may stick to the magic number 7 but they are setting up replacements as they keel over.
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I'm giving up in 2017! (More steps in my fading)
by Skepsis inwhen i joined this site at the beginning of this year, i was serving as an uber-zealous regular pioneer and ms in a foreign congregation where the need is greater.
i was giving public talks and having parts at regional conventions.
had started to have doubts but i hadn't time to focus on them, i simply was overcharged with so many activities and things to do.. i started by quitting pioneering but couldn't think i would give further steps for a long time.
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Darkknight757
Great job Skepsis and well done on your fade. It's not easy at first because the FOG can still be thick but given some time you will appreciate life and people in general so much more.
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June 28, 2017 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS Re: Important Reminder—Volunteers
by wifibandit injune 28, 2017 to all bodies of elders re: important reminder—volunteers.
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Darkknight757
So apparently more and more brothers and sisters are becoming "unqualified"?
Sounds like a good thing to me!!
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Becoming a jw actually made me a much more worldly person.
by lancelink ini was raised a catholic from birth to age 15, that's when my dad started to study with some jw's that came to our door.
i was too young/ naive to notice how my lifelong friends were slowly being replaced with so called " outstanding spiritual youths".. anyway, there was randy and kevin, the sons of the po from the hall, everyone thought that they were the most spiritual people i could hang out with.
these guys taught me the fine points of :.
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Darkknight757
Some of the things the youths would get into at my old hall were far worse than anything I heard of from non JW's growing up. They are so suppressed and told everything is bad and so naturally they are going to try it for themselves.
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Got gas pump witnessed this morning.
by Darkknight757 inso on our way to hospital today i see a car load of jehovah's pull up to a pump a row over.
i thought to myself, "not now!!
" we were running late to nicu and of course these dummy's take this moment to drive up to give us some good news.
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Darkknight757
So on our way to hospital today I see a car load of Jehovah's pull up to a pump a row over. I thought to myself, "Not Now!!" We were running late to NICU and of course these dummy's take this moment to drive up to give us some good news. The thing that makes no sense is I knew one of the people in the car from when we were Jehovah's a year and a half ago. So I'm really surprised they would bother. I don't think this person knows our circumstances on how we walked away, but he had to know I at least knew what they were selling?
Unfortunatly I didn't have the time to get into a discussion with him and with the time ticking, I didn't want to start a conversation I couldn't finish. I'd love to have an arsenal of short topics to get these poor people thinking. Anyone have any tried and true quick topics they discuss with these people to get their gears working?
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She's here and early! 27 weeks 1day.
by Darkknight757 inso as of july 2nd my wife delivered by c-section our little one pound, three ounce daughter izabella.
it was a very scary night that started with a decel and turned into multiple decels that greatly concerned the doctors.
by early morning they felt the need to take her for her safety.
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Darkknight757
Wife is home tonight and Izzy is back on vent for now. She just got tired is all. Now she can focus on growing and using those calories to build up muscles that will help her to breathe better on her own.
I guess this is something that happens quite a bit with preemies. They can go back and forth from vent to CPAP. Now she looks a bit more peaceful as she sleeps. Before she really seemed to be struggling and she was crying a lot. So it sucks she is back on vent but I'm glad she is safe and not struggling.
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She's here and early! 27 weeks 1day.
by Darkknight757 inso as of july 2nd my wife delivered by c-section our little one pound, three ounce daughter izabella.
it was a very scary night that started with a decel and turned into multiple decels that greatly concerned the doctors.
by early morning they felt the need to take her for her safety.
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Darkknight757
Thanks everyone! They just put her on CPAP so we will see how she does. She deceled twice but then was ok. If CBC comes back ok they can start breastmilk.
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She's here and early! 27 weeks 1day.
by Darkknight757 inso as of july 2nd my wife delivered by c-section our little one pound, three ounce daughter izabella.
it was a very scary night that started with a decel and turned into multiple decels that greatly concerned the doctors.
by early morning they felt the need to take her for her safety.
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Darkknight757
Thank you rebelfighter for the news. Hearing stories of premature babies growing and doing well is very encouraging to hear. I've been sharing these stories with my wife and it really helps fight the negative feeling that go with having such a small baby.
On a side note her parents dropped by unexpectedly to take pictures and when we were there earlier she was receiving a blood transfusion but fortunately it was done when they saw her. That would have made for an interesting conversation. 😬
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She's here and early! 27 weeks 1day.
by Darkknight757 inso as of july 2nd my wife delivered by c-section our little one pound, three ounce daughter izabella.
it was a very scary night that started with a decel and turned into multiple decels that greatly concerned the doctors.
by early morning they felt the need to take her for her safety.
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Darkknight757
Just as a side note: if we were still Jehovah's Witnesses she would be gone. The blood transfusions have saved her life. She has greatly improved since receiving them. So to the j-dumbs who say blood kills, they are wrong.