FayeDunaway

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  40 Years Old Today

  by azor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i celebrated my birthday for the first time today at 40 years old.

  my wife was great.

  she and some of my coworkers surprised me at lunch.

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  FayeDunaway

  Happy 40th birthday!!!

  Your life is in your own hands now. Make the second half all your own!!
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  For those who gave their lives

  by Diogenesister in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sorry if this is a bit of a bummer, folks, but i am feeling really down about this and had to post.

  i took my life in my hands and checked out jw.org, initially to find out what the go was regarding the sarah as satan posts and the patronus spell lion ( although i was nearly crying with laughter when i real that all along the watchtower (spiritualist harry potter reading) flash of writing department madness, well the posts about it anyway.. anyway what made me feel so bad was something about being good to full time long term service people..in the caleb and sophia section for gods sake!

  it was this sad picture of two elderly publishers ( god what a word!

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  FayeDunaway

  Agreed, completely.

  There are a lot of judgmental people in the org, but this is usually caused by the very high level of insecurity the org produces in them.

  There are many wonderful people as well who are just trying their best. They've thrown their lives away, and been taken for a ride. Hopefully found some good friends on the way and enjoyed it in parts.
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  A difficult yet necessary decision

  by Brother Jeramy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the past five weeks have been perhaps the most painful in my life as a witness.. some months ago a young man (i'd say in his late thirties or early forties) began attending meetings at my kingdom hall.

  he had just moved to my area from another state.

  he had disassociated himself from his home congregation many years back, when he was 20 years old and going through many of the typical trials and temptations most young men experience.. two of the elders met with him initially, and they later shared the details with the body of elders.

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  FayeDunaway

  Jeramy, your words above are faith strengthening for me! Thank you.

  I am so happy that you have contacts that are dissidents and will be faithful friends, as well as Christians not associated with the witnesses. I'll pray for strength for you to deal with the traumas in the weeks ahead. It won't be easy. But you are a person of fortitude. Your walls are strong, you will not easily be crumbled.
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  JW's came to my door 6 weeks ago. I told them I was inactive.......

  by Alchemist in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  6 weeks ago some jws came to my door.

  i've been inactive for 8 years.

  after they gave their presentation i told them i was inactive.

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  FayeDunaway

  Welcome, Mary J!
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  JW 700 Club or more aptly 7GB Club broadcasting

  by oppostate in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  a comment by forum member 'sowhatnow' made me stop and think about how true it is the wt is becoming another tv evangelist religion.

  the similarities are uncanny!.

  logos.

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  FayeDunaway

  Except jw tv won't have women at the desk anytime soon. And when they finally do, she will be interviewed along with her husband because they were missionaries or something.
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  ladies , its not just me, is it?..

  by sowhatnow in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  ok ladies, has there been any documented studies on the role religion or society plays in keeping women in an economical and social disadvantaged state ?

  im wondering how many other women out there in the world, who either being raised or being long term followers of a strict religious faith,with traditional family structures, have upon either divorce or death of a spouse find it nearly impossible to find a mate or economic stability , and live out the remainder of their lives struggling and either bouncing from one guy to another, being disappointed or used, or simply alone.

  i have personally felt, that i, being a xjw and now divorced woman , with no acceptable work skills,[ ie: fancy resume with degrees] living of low wage part time work and barely any alimony , will simply be viewed as someone trying to get another man to support her.

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  FayeDunaway

  John your stories are always worth reading!!
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  Let's Play a Game Using Instagram... JWS or LDS?

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. humour

  jw or lds??

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  FayeDunaway

  Caleb I felt bad for saying that and playing into stereotypes but couldn't help it in this particular case.

  And you are adorable.
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  My wife , Son and DIL living with us ,have still not acknowledged my birthday today @ 5:15 pm , I might have to drop them a subtle hint.

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. family

  i know being a witness for 33 years and not celebrating b/days you do lose the habit , but i thought one of them would have remembered ?

  oh well .. maybe i will just rub it in with them tomorrow .make them feel guilty , eh ?.

  then again i might just start singing "76 trombones" at the dinner table tonight .

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  FayeDunaway

  Smiddy, take it from someone who has a very forgetful husband...I drop hints a few weeks before my birthday or our anniversary and even Mother's Day. I would LIKE my husband to remember these things without me dropping hints but it is just too sad for me when he doesn't remember, so I go the hints route. We might be looking at something that's broken and I'll say 'you can fix it for my birthday!' And ping! The lightbulb goes off in his head (when is her birthday again? Is it coming up?) lol.

  Im glad you mentioned it to your family the day after, and hoping they are more aware for next year. Because truly, despite what the WT says, everyone deserves to feel special one day out of the year!!
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  Let's Play a Game Using Instagram... JWS or LDS?

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. humour

  jw or lds??

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  FayeDunaway

  Possibly gay with facial hair. Not a witness for long!
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  Why using Jehovah for God's name is as good as using Yahweh

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in another thread i wrote some notes about why using jehovah in english is as good as using yahweh.

  i'm starting a discussion on this topic because it sounds quite ignorant to hear people talk of the monk who started using it in latin without really understanding why the monk did so.. the spanish dominican monk, raymundus martini, in 1270, didn't get hoodwinked by an old jewish superstition about pronouncing the divine name with the vowel points of another word.. 1. first the vowel points of adonay and jehovah cannot be the same for grammatical reasons.

  you just can't use the same vowel points because some vowels aren't paired with some consonants in pronouncing hebrew words.

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  FayeDunaway

  Wow, that 1950 quote!!! Gotta love 'em. ....or leave 'em.