I went to the Holiday Inn memorial this year. I have faded, so rather than go to the KH where my cards are, knowing I was sure to be grilled, I picked the the Hotel venue. I figured it would be much easier to slip in and out without incident in a sea of 700 people. I not only wasn't pestered I wasn't even greeted. I got there in plenty of time. Walked past scores of people, found my seat and looked all around the room.This was not shunning. I didn't know a soul there. I simply was totally ignored. I didn't have a new song book. The people surrounding me noticed but never offered a book to borrow or share. I felt their eyes on me as I just stood there and listened to them sing like squalling cats. At the concluding song, I asked the sister next to me if I could look along w/ her. She nodded. When it was over she never spoke a word to me and neither did ANYONE else even tho I lingered a while just to see if I was imagining things. Nope, not one iota of Christian warmth or love. Strangely, I felt good when I left, as though I'd been shown that there is no more need to ever go back. That night the "friends" did me the biggest favor of my life.
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69What was the last meeting you ever went to?
by lilbluekitty ini figured out it's been 4 months and 5 days since my last meeting ever.
july 10th, it was a sunday.
i hadn't been there in 2 months or so and decided to see if anyone noticed i'd been gone.
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RIP - The last good JW I knew
by metaspy ini just received an email.. the last jw that i absolutely loved died yesterday.. he was funny, loving, kind, smart and quirky.. when he was the tms overseer, if you did a substitute talk he would say "i'm going to put a 'g' under point number 99: suave, sophisticated and debonair" (that was back when we got graded).. and, he was very intelligent - we played trivial pursuit (his favorite game) - he got all the pieces, except sports, on his first turn.
he never watched sports so he never knew the answers.. rest in peace - i hope that god allows you into heaven even though you were part of an evil cult.
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3rdgen
He sounds like a very special person. I hope the good memories of him will comfort you at this difficult time. All the best to you and his friends and family.
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"Feeling sorry for yourself" about being hit by your husband is not Christian 2/15/12 WT Page 25 P 12
by yourmomma inhave anyone of you read, the absolutly jaw dropping paragraph in this article about a women who was hit by her husband?
its in page 25 of the 2/15/12 wt study edition (i read the dumbed down version).. .
if there was any question, that the watchtowers stance is for wives to simply take it when their husbands abuse them, this makes it crystal clear.. who the hell is scanning these things before they go to print?
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3rdgen
How about contacting the A.C.L.U. in the US?. If it's already been mentioned ...sorry.
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Special A$$embly Day Notes
by PrincessCynic ini wasted my sunday yesterday attending the special a$$embly day.
i thought some of you might like to see some of the notes i took to keep myself amused/awake.. we had a guest speaker from the local old people's home bethel.
he seemed slightly senile.
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3rdgen
PrincessC, Loved your notes. They are so descriptive, I feel I was there. . You know your situation and what will work best for YOU .
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Hi... haven't been on the forum for a while... an update on me...and my daughter, Ali
by coffee_black inwell, it's been a while... haven't been on the forum much lately.
with ali's last health scare, it has been a little overwhelming to keep up with everything.... ali continues to improve, in fact, her heart has improved so much that her cardiologist wants to document her case and publish it.
he has never seen someone improve so quickly.
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3rdgen
Hi coffee, I'm new here. What an amazing family you have. I'll bet I know where they got it! Hope Ali's recovery goes smoothly from now on. Let us know when her book comes out.
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I can't bring myself to say the phrase "the Truth" anymore....
by stillstuckcruz ini used to be able to say the term "the truth" with no issue.
that was whether i was speaking to jw's or not.
now all i can say is the "witnesses"(catching myself before saying 'witlesses').
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3rdgen
Me too! Sticks in my throat
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"Feeling sorry for yourself" about being hit by your husband is not Christian 2/15/12 WT Page 25 P 12
by yourmomma inhave anyone of you read, the absolutly jaw dropping paragraph in this article about a women who was hit by her husband?
its in page 25 of the 2/15/12 wt study edition (i read the dumbed down version).. .
if there was any question, that the watchtowers stance is for wives to simply take it when their husbands abuse them, this makes it crystal clear.. who the hell is scanning these things before they go to print?
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3rdgen
Wayyyyyy to go Cedars!!!!!
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Congregation Coordinator Disfellowshipped
by headisspinning inmy sister just told me that the congregation coordinator from my last hall was recently disfellowshipped.
his wife passed away within the past year.. all i know is that the first announcement was that he was no longer an elder.. and then a while later that he had been disfellowshipped.. he was quite prominent in the city where i live and he has been specifically named on this website at least once - if not twice.
specifically, there was at least one post by 'dogpatch' where his name was mentioned.. just thought i would share..
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3rdgen
To Green Hornet: The WT$ is always changing the lingo to help determine if a person is still associating. I grew up with the slogan "Jehovah's chariot is always on the move. If you don't keep up you will be left behind."
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"Feeling sorry for yourself" about being hit by your husband is not Christian 2/15/12 WT Page 25 P 12
by yourmomma inhave anyone of you read, the absolutly jaw dropping paragraph in this article about a women who was hit by her husband?
its in page 25 of the 2/15/12 wt study edition (i read the dumbed down version).. .
if there was any question, that the watchtowers stance is for wives to simply take it when their husbands abuse them, this makes it crystal clear.. who the hell is scanning these things before they go to print?
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3rdgen
To JamieBowers and all the other victoms of domestic abuse (((((hugs)))) For those who can't wait for this to be discussed at the WT study: unfortunatly this hideous experience was not in the study article. Many Jw's might not even read it unless it is pointed out to them. That might be our job :)
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February 15 2012 WT on jw.org
by Gayle inscanned very quickly,, don't think i noticed anything about "apostates," there.
i am thinking, was there anything in the jan 15 wt about apostates either??
what a disappointment!
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3rdgen
Nothing on apostates but don't miss the secondary article that discussed a bible student whos husband beat her the the night before her study. Her teacher counciled HER to improve and not "feel sorry for herself"!!!!!! There is another thread about it. The attrocious remarks are causing a big stink as you could imagine!