Posts by FayeDunaway

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"Normal family affections and dealings" continue - If only?!?

by LHS123 in

i am new to this forum - it is only a couple of weeks since i have allowed myself to acknowledge and research my doubts.

i am trying to be fair by reading both sides of the story and considering jw official explanation of confusing matters.

one of the issues i have been looking at is shunning - and i was shocked to see the misleading information about shunning on the jw.org website: .

FayeDunaway

LHS, totally! As someone else said about Ray franz, he felt he was rejoining the human race.

I started actually TALKING to people, without reservation. Shoot even witnesses don't talk to eachother without reservation...scared to offer opinions, scared to reveal something about themselves that shows you don't agree with the society 100% on EVERYTHING, No surprise it becomes a lot easier to make real friends when you leave. The only challenge is not looking like a total weirdo when you want to talk to everyone about this cult religion you were raised in and left... I've learned to tone it back, but just did it again last night, eek! Not totally out of that phase yet apparently...

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Help prevent sons indoctrination.

by WasOnceBlind in

ok so here is the deal, as some of you who might have read my first post might remember, my parents are jw's while i myself have faded.

i have not told them that i don't believe in the borg and i have done my research and concluded it's a bunch of crap.

the main reason i haven't is because it would break my moms heart and probably send her into a deep depression (she suffers from depression).

FayeDunaway

If the only kangaroos to survive the flood were in the boat, how come they are only in Australia?

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The elders came to talk about my facebook comment

by cookiemaster in

so, not long ago i've told you guys how one of my only two jw friends saw my comment against the borg and called me about it.

well, the little fraker also called the elders to tell on me.

i know i've been a huge idiot for posting a comment about jw's on facebook, but nonetheless i did it and what's happened, happened.. two idiot elders came all the way from the nearest congo, 30 miles away to talk to me about it.

FayeDunaway

They're going to give you an offer you can't refuse.

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Help prevent sons indoctrination.

by WasOnceBlind in

ok so here is the deal, as some of you who might have read my first post might remember, my parents are jw's while i myself have faded.

i have not told them that i don't believe in the borg and i have done my research and concluded it's a bunch of crap.

the main reason i haven't is because it would break my moms heart and probably send her into a deep depression (she suffers from depression).

FayeDunaway

Very tough situation because I know you don't want to tell your parents how you feel about the religion. My parents know how I feel about the religion but would still show videos to my kids. It had the opposite effect they intended, but my kids were old enough at the time to have their own minds about it.

This is awful for you, because your son is there every single day after school!! For three hours!! And I know how expensive after school daycare is, so you feel you have no other options. All you can do without changing your situation is keep talking to your son, make sure he stays skeptical about it. He sounds pretty skeptical already so that's good!

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The elders came to talk about my facebook comment

by cookiemaster in

so, not long ago i've told you guys how one of my only two jw friends saw my comment against the borg and called me about it.

well, the little fraker also called the elders to tell on me.

i know i've been a huge idiot for posting a comment about jw's on facebook, but nonetheless i did it and what's happened, happened.. two idiot elders came all the way from the nearest congo, 30 miles away to talk to me about it.

FayeDunaway

Wow that's a good CO! I wonder if there is more to the story. Maybe they went on a drunken spree while in SF,...or visited the gay scene ;).

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The elders came to talk about my facebook comment

by cookiemaster in

so, not long ago i've told you guys how one of my only two jw friends saw my comment against the borg and called me about it.

well, the little fraker also called the elders to tell on me.

i know i've been a huge idiot for posting a comment about jw's on facebook, but nonetheless i did it and what's happened, happened.. two idiot elders came all the way from the nearest congo, 30 miles away to talk to me about it.

FayeDunaway

Yep. No love lost that he unfriended you.

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The Divine Name in the NT: Some Reflections

by Let go of fear in

i've been fascinated with this topic for some time now, almost to the point of obsession.

after researching the issue for several years, i have come to a conclusion/theory that i would love to receive some feedback on.

this theory of mine is one that will be somewhat unsettling to both those who believe the divine name was used in the original nt scripts as well as those who believe it wasn't.

FayeDunaway

I think you are very close, maybe even completely correct.

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Went to a Catholic Funeral Today

by Captain Schmideo2 in

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it was for a dear friend of the family that i have known all my life.now, bear in mind that i was born and raised jw, so my experience with catholic ceremonies can be counted on three fingers, a wedding, a "regular" mass, and this funeral mass.once they got down to the actual speaking about the deceased, i felt emotionally involved, but prior to that, i was watching and had questions about aspects of the services (these i have seen in common for all three times i have been in an rc church):why the "sing-song" voice during the prayers?

does god hear it better if you sound all spooky tenor?i observe that every time a reading from one of the gospels takes place, it is preceded by a big musical number:"alleluiah!

alleluiah"( "and nowwwwwwwwwwwwwww, heeeeeeeeeeeeeere's jesus!".

FayeDunaway

Ecan 6, I've never been to a 'beautiful' witness funeral, they are all as superficial. I am really surprised you have.

but I'm especially surprised they didn't escort out that daughter who got up to speak AT THE PODIUM!!!! MY GOD, ISNT THAT SACRILIGIOUS???! Lol....I'm cant believe any woman got away with that !!! Even us little girls after the meeting, when we were playing a bit on the stage, when we walked up to the podium to see what it was like, we were always told to get away.

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"Normal family affections and dealings" continue - If only?!?

by LHS123 in

i am new to this forum - it is only a couple of weeks since i have allowed myself to acknowledge and research my doubts.

i am trying to be fair by reading both sides of the story and considering jw official explanation of confusing matters.

one of the issues i have been looking at is shunning - and i was shocked to see the misleading information about shunning on the jw.org website: .

FayeDunaway

What the website doesn't say, is that when the children move out of the home because they have gotten older, they can't talk to their dad anymore if they are baptized witnesses.

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Earthquake!.. and JW superstition.

by apocalypse in

while in service on saturday, i was sitting with an elder that i have known for years having a coffee break.

we were discussing the up-coming convention and what we had to do etc.

then, (there was a tv up on the wall in the coffee place where we were) on the screen burst the news of the nepal earthquake.

FayeDunaway

He was genuinely excited by seeing all the bad news, people losing their homes left and right, people committing suicide because of financial collapse...Armageddon is coming!!

I used it as a sort of teaching moment/reality check for my husband after we got home, at the time I was awake and fading, he was mentally still in, but never blind to reality. Stuff like this helped.