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  Anyone heard from Larrynbabies?

  by PurpleV in

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  he hasn't posted since last june, i was wondering if anyone is still in contact with him.. his story really touched me... i'm so glad he got his babies back from those jw grandparents.

  i was just wondering how they all were doing..

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  PurpleV

  He hasn't posted since last June, I was wondering if anyone is still in contact with him.

  His story really touched me... I'm so glad he got his babies back from those jw grandparents. I was just wondering how they all were doing.
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  New and questioning

  by Purple in

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  hello and greetings from downunder land.

  so if this is a place where x jehovah's witnesses talk about stuff and are not promoting the religion why are there links to sites that promote everything witness????

  or have i misunderstood what this site is about?

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  PurpleV

  Hey cool, another purple person!

  Welcome to the forum... yes this is a good place to find out the truth about the truth. Pull up a keyboard and stay awhile.

  Hugs,

  Purple V
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  What is the appeal of Watchtower Farm and Patterson?

  by Never Was in

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  a little background on me.

  i have never been a jw or had any desire to be one.

  i definitely have no desire to join.

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  PurpleV

  I came away from the tours with the feeling that this was some sort of cult.

  That's because it is.

  Adherents think that the Watchtower society is "God's visible organization on earth." So a visit to HQ is almost like a pilgrimage.
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  Got caught throwing magazines in the trash

  by unbeliever in

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  i had to take my dad to the va hospital for a doctor's appointment and in almost every waiting room there was magazines not even recent issues.

  you have to wait for freaking ever at the va hospital so i decided to do my civic duty and i went around this huge hospital collecting magazines and would throw them in the nearest trash can.

  nobody cared until i got on the 4th floor.

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  I will report you for assault

  Wouldn't that make a great headline: "Elderly Jehovahs Witness Attacks Innocent Man in Hospital"

  LOL
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  You Have One Shot.

  by Englishman in

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  you're out somewhere, shopping maybe or in a restaurant or bus queue, whatever.. you've not been to the meetings for a couple of years, you are now an inactive person.

  you might even have da'd yourself or got df'd.. you suddenly realise you are facing or stood next to someone that you know is a jw.

  you also know that they know that you were once a jw too.. the person greets you and starts up a conversation with you.

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  PurpleV

  You could say:

  "Oh no, my life is so much better now. I have much less stress and am for the first time experiencing unconditional love from people whose love doesn't depend on whether I share the same beliefs as they do. I also have a much better relationship with God."
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  What Galvanizes the Preaching in Most Witnesses? What Did it For You?

  by Myxomatosis in

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  'couldn't be done without the holy spirit' is the phrase that i have seen spouted by loyal dubbies.

  no doubt appearing subtly or explicitly in one or more of the watch tower publications.

  i'm wondering, if you could think back to when you were preaching, especially if you were pioneering, what were your personal motivating factors, what did you tell yourself, and was there a source of that suggestion?

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  PurpleV

  My mother dragged me kicking and screaming.
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  Semper Fi

  by SheilaM in

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  twas the night.

  marine version .

  twas the night before christmas, he lived all alone,.

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  Not giving the org a bad name

  by seattleniceguy in

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  i've been out of the org in mind for three months (formally for only two weeks) but i find that i often feel that old familiar impulse to supress myself if i start to say something that could be construed as negative to the organizaton.

  do you still feel that?

  like, i might hesitate to tell my neighbor that i didn't associate with my dad for six years because of the df/da policy.

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  I was in therapy for FIVE YEARS and refused to talk about the religion because of that reproach thing.

  What a waste of money! Had to do it all over again when I found out the 'truth about the truth.'
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  My Mama

  by Sentinel in

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  my brother is probably just now arriving in fl to be with our mother.

  he is her youngest child and only son.

  she has been a very firm and faithful jw since 1958, and is scheduled for open heart surgery this week and she requested that he fly down to be with her.

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  PurpleV

  Dear Sentinel

  My father had aneurysm diease (artery bulges) and was operated on SIX TIMES for this (including a full aorta replacement), and twice more for carotid artery cleanout, and he did this all without blood. He had a low blood count for one of them (11.5) but they had no choice but to go in and replace it because it was about to burst. He was in his 70's for two of these. He did get albumin though, which at the time had just been "allowed" by our evil spirit-directed leaders.

  It's amazing how resilient the human body is. His will to live was strong... if your mom's is too that can really help the body deal with the blood loss.

  I wish you all the best, and I respect your decision not to go a great deal. Hang on to those happy memories... they will really help.

  Ironically, at the bitter end, when he was dying of cancer, his blood count dropped to 6 and the doctor said if it drops more you will "positively die." He took a transfusion then, and rallied but it was too late. He died a couple months later just weeks shy of 80.
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  Thinking of the kids at Christmas

  by Angharad in

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  our two kids were so excited this morning going to school.

  this afternoon was the christmas party.

  so they were all set with party clothes in a bag to change into and their assigned food/drink they had to bring.

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  I remember craning my neck to see the Christmas lights during the drive to the kh on meeting nights, wishing to hell I was going anywhere but where I was going.

  The worst was Christmas Day itself, boring cold day off from school knowing what fun everyone else was having, nothing on TV but Christmas, Christmas, Christmas.