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orangefatcat
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Check with the Better Business Bureau first
by DevonMcBride inthere are 14 complaints filed with the bbb about the jehovah's witnesses.
most of them are from bakersfield, ca.
http://search.bbb.org/results.html under name type in jehovah's witness and leave the city and state blank.
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My Son is Going Back
by IslandWoman insince he was 6 years old my son has been good friends with a boy in our hall, they are both in their teens now.
his friend has recently tried to ignite their friendship again.
i was happy for my son because this friend of his is really a great kid, a fine person.
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orangefatcat
Island Woman, when I left my 21 year old son was still at home with his father, my son had choices to make and the truth was not difficult for him not to choose as he had seen so much hypocricy in the congregation and he said he wanted no part of it. I know that this upset his father, howerer I knew my son was like me and saw deep done all the two faced individuals for what they were, including family. He hated the way my husband treated me and he despised the way my sisters and mother treated me. so for my son the idea of going on in the organization was not in his plans even though he has still friends in. He is in association with a few and they know he will never return and they don't pressure him. In fact he tries to show them how lousy the WTS is. I think with time your son will see for himself as he gets a little older that people are not as they always apprear to be. So don't worry too much about it. I am sure he will see the light.
Good luck!! Orangefatcat (Terry)
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Shameless plea for birthday wishes
by jaded inwell people, this is a big day for me.
not only am i 50 today (ugh) but i am celebrating it.
at least i can say that so far it feels no worse than 49.lol.
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orangefatcat
Happy Birthday to you
Jaded !!
happy birthday to you!!
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orangefatcat
Dutchie may the FORCE BE WITH YOU!!
CONGRATULATIONS
LOOK OUT DARTH VADER!!
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POST your favorite people pictures!
by mpatrick ini love taking pictures and especially of the people i love.... here are some my favorites and most recent..... .
this is my little madeline this is my cute hubby!.
this little man is sean, he is the baby!.
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orangefatcat
i would love to post a pix but I have no idea how to do it. so if someone could tell me how step by step I would be extremely grateful.
thanks.
ofc.
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Byebye for now....
by mindfield in.
for those of you who may be noticing my absence from this board for the next 8 weeks, take note that i'll be working as a summer camp monitor during that time.
believe me, i couldn't be farther from a computer where i'll be working.... take care,.
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orangefatcat
Have a great eight weeks at summer camp,and don't get poison ivy, or a snake bite, don't tip a canoe, don't get lost in the forest, don't forget you sunscreen and don't forget your bug repellent, don't forget your compass and don't forget your swim suit and don't forget your rain slicker and don't forget your knife and of course last but not least don't forget to have a great time!!
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Ann Landers died today did she ever help you?
by orangefatcat inwell known columnist advisor to many the world over passed away today at age 83, two weeks short of her birthday on july 4th .
what do you think the best advise she ever gave over the years that was helpful to you or some one you know?.
her twin sister pauline is dear abby.
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orangefatcat
Well known columnist advisor to many the world over passed away today at age 83, two weeks short of her birthday on July 4th . What do you think the best advise she ever gave over the years that was helpful to you or some one you know?
Her twin sister Pauline is Dear Abby. I have always thought that these two sisters had very interesting things to say about everyday life.
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Conventions at Yankee Stadium
by Kenneson ini became a jw in 1958, but was unable to attend the large convention at yankee stadium and the polo grounds in new york.
i understand that there were also two other large conventions held there in 1950 and 1953. anyone in this forum attend any of these?
remember any highlights?
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those eight day assemblies three square meals a day and sessions startining at 8:30 am and going to 9pm at night aw those were the days. Good grief and I am hear to actually talk about it. How on earth did we ever survive?? My mother was a mess at the end of day two. and I knew at the end of eight days I could never handle that again.
HINDSIGHT IS 20/20
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A Dateline Success
by Pierced Angel injust wanted to share that my cousin watched dateline and although she had faded away, still had guilt about not attending meetings.
she and i have been writing and tonight she wrote to say that she'd read cofc and feels a lot better.
i just had to share.
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That is some terrific news Anne, keep us posted. and good Luck!!
I love the pic.
Orangefatcat.
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demonized child
by finnrot ini was raised a witness, and i was always told that demons were everywhere.
i was told that if you let your mind open to "wrong" thinking that demons will invade you and take over.
and just about anything could get you demonized.
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Even prior to our family becoming JWs my mother was fascinated with the occult and the demons. She was some very freaky lady. As far back as my earliest memories my mother enjoyed scarying me. She would tell me that at night time the black gloves would come and visit me and remove the blankets from me, she had me so afraid, that many a night I would awake to my body trembling especially if the covers were on the floor. She derieved a sense of sadistic satisfaction at being able to predict the future, and peoples deaths. She would prepare meals and would say my great grandparents are coming today for lunch althought they never called her to tell her that. She would wake at night and wake my father and tell him someone had just died. She thrived on horror. She was heavily into the beatnik pre hippie time. She seen bizarre things things in her mind and she would scare us more and more. I was a terrified child. When our family started studing with the JWs in 1963, the problem with the demons intensifed in our home. Going to the Kingdom Hall was murder, there were terrible fights leading up to the time for departure to the meeting many times right up to the KH door. and then you had to walk in with a phony Kingdom smile. My mother allegdedly she was attacked sexually in her bed by the demons and she saw things flying around the house.The brothers that made up the old committee of days gone by came to our home and prayed practically every day, they also put the book study in our home, My mother bought the Kingdom RecordSets and they played on our stereo system day and night for years, my mother wore out several sets. We would go to sleep listening to the records. My mother was so high strung and my father was so layed back, I think he is the one that kept us from going insane. It is a terrible thing to be terrifiied everyday of your life. But for most of my life until I left home at 18 I can honestly says I never had a peaceful night of rest ever. My mother has such a wild imagination, I swear it has always worked overtime. I haven't seen in her in over 2 3/4 yrs now , but my aunt who is not a witness keeps in touch with her and she tells me my mother is still the same. How sad to be like that. And as a result of her past demonic experiences she is a fanatic in the organization. So she went from one extreme to the other.
There isn't a demonic story that you could tell me that I have heard of or been through with my mother. How sad.