one small baby step for arwen one year ago today has led me down a path to where i am now taking long strides.
i was reading over some of my early posts here on jwd and i have come a long way.
i finally disassociated myself on june 8 and i am so thankful that i found this board to help me get on with my life.
Sincere congratulations, arwen!
At the Apostafest yesterday I realized that I'm five years out, no longer would recognize lyrics to many "Kingdom Songs" (thereby being unable to participate in parodies), am becoming less and less Bible-literate, and it's a blessed relief!
May you continue to "progress"!
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(i get the distinct impression that our dear friend mary is responsible for this rant....) .
dear kotex.
i recently noticed that the peel-off strip of my pantiliner had a bunch of kotex tips for life" on it.
Good one, Scully! -- Sure sounds like Mary!
But then again -- it sounds like what many, many women I know might sputter out indignantly!
i once posted here a copy of my empassioned plea to the watchtower society--i want my mother back.
well, i just wanted to let all of you know that i got her back for a whole 17 days, and we had one final adventure together before she died, and there wasn't a damned thing they could do about it.. my mother is, was, a long-term loyal jw and i was her disfellowshipped daughter.
i believe she was in an almost constant state of conflict over me because her very strong maternal instincts demanded she behave openly and lovingly toward me, while her wts-trained conscience demanded the opposite.
(((((Merry)))) Again, I'm very sorry for your loss. You paint your mother as a magnificent woman, and you and your daughter seem to have inherited her big heart.
Your story was extremely moving and I'm glad it ended so well. You will miss her, but it seems you and she have always understood, that Love is the most important part of life -- and of any religious teaching.
Warm hugs,
Brenda
hey guys,.
i can't spend long but just want to say what a great time i'm having in america.
i'm in the middle of a thunder storm in manhattan, new york at the moment.
Ballistic,
I wish I'd known you were going to Niagara. It's only 3-1/2 hours away and if I'd known sooner, I'd have taken off work to meet up with you.
I hope you truly enjoy yourself! You certainly accomplished a lot in NYC.
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Um ... I think that's the real you, Chris!
Sixy,
Definitely NOT the generic dancing girl. I've always liked your "SixyDawg" avatar, but the HandyMan is quite artistic, too.
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yes i am quitting the forum ,,, i cant keep up with you all.
i cant remember whos who, so very happy that we have many many new ones,,,, .
let me tell you i love you all ...i have been so respected by you all & shown much unconditional love..... i know many have my home e-mail..... so if any want to - they know what to do.. i have been on here a long time.... gus,gus ( my wonderful daughter still posts on occasions.
I am not liking this at all! You are one of the reasons I keep coming back here! Thank you for your love and prayers, advice and humour! You are a lovely woman, Grace, and I'm glad you've agreed to "pop in" now and then.
I know that your continued prayers have helped not only with my personal battles but also with keeping this forum kind and strong.
Be well.
Love and hugs,
Brenda
check out this pdf.
in perticular, the customer list.
steve
Mr. Ben,
The Watch Tower Society is listed as a CUSTOMER of the Inter-Agency Procurement Services Office of the United Nations Development Programme, not as a supplier. See page 30 of the .pdf document.
A little more about IAPSO:
napa wt child abuse case.
two important court decisions, which came out of napa valley, ca, are now available for us to post on jwd.
these significant rulings overturn objections regularly made by the watchtower in recent lawsuits and may serve as a precedent for future lawsuits.
I am so THRILLED to read this news!!!! THANK you, Kimberlee and the brave Charlisse W. et al.
As AlanF pointed out (hi, Alan! ) the second point stating that Watchtower does not qualify concerning penitent-clergy privilege is huge!
Kimberlee, please tell me that your clients will not capitulate: settling and signing a gag-order.
Thanks (((Barb))), for posting this.
Brenda
hi, boys and girls!
and all you wicked, naughty apostates out there!
have been lurking for several weeks and posted once on freewilly's excellent thread about witnessing for newbies.
Hi, Uncle Lenny and welcome to JWD.
I was a participant at the Silentlambs March in Brooklyn. I also did some of my own activism in connection with both Silentlambs and the UN issue during a couple of Pontiac Silverdome conventions. I have participated in national mailings (with an anonymous P.O. Box number provided as a return address) and have distributed particularly damning Body of Elder letter copies to as many local Witnesses as addresses I knew. I also helped translate a mailing from English into French at one time. I've written letters to the editor in response to the Dateline program, the UN hypocrisy, and coverage of various court cases with abuse victims, or as a counterpoint to JW-positive convention articles. But not lately... Lately all I do is search & destroy missions on Watchtowers and Awake!s in public places.
I would participate in a mass protest at Brooklyn. I would also participate in the T-shirt wearing to local KHs. The back of my T-shirt would read "Sister Always-Prepared for 11 years. Happily out since 2001".
outnfree
first time here.
my story is at http://spaces.msn.com/esw1966 if you are at all curious.. my question is what should i do about my kids.
i had been a jw for 30 years, got disfellowshipped, checked things out and found my jw beliefs deficient.
I think children need both parents, even after the parents have divorced, as long as neither parent is abusive, addicted or mentally ill. Given the ages of your girls, I think you should move close to them and let them know that they are the most important people in your life. That even though you left them for a little while, you love them more than life and you will never be far from them again until they're grown up. (I am actually praying that this is how you really feel, because they'll see through it if you don't mean it.)
What's the custody situation? Do you have visitation? I fully realize that religious issues are going to be a terrible impediment to your relationship with the children. They are going to be told that you're part of Satan's world, that you're going to die at Armageddon, that you're "bad association" and that you've "left Jehovah." It will be up to you to let them see BY YOUR ACTIONS that you are just a loving, caring human being who is their Daddy and who thinks the world of them NO MATTER WHAT.
What you do have on your side is the headship principle, which means that they will have to respect your right to teach them your religion in turn. You might want to skip a family Bible study, but still pray before meals and at bedtime for the time being. Since you are a born-again Christian, I suppose you will eventually want them to accompany you to church. But, please remember how much this might freak them out -- I remember it being weird as an adult to go to one of "Christendom's" services, and my daughter was totally put off by the crosses as I recall. However, because most churches have fun and wholesome youth activities, you might want to bring them to picnics and dramas and such, so they can see for themselves that there is more than one way to worship "acceptably." Please remember, too, that "born-again" can be a quite-rigid place to be coming from in its turn, so imitating the God that is Love might be the most important thing.
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