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  My Mom is in the hospital

  by JeffT in

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  my mother broke her hip last week.

  she had an emergency partial replacement surgery friday night.

  we don't know how she did it as we have caregivers with her at all times, she may have fallen while in the bathroom for a few minutes.

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  Xanthippe

  It's a stressful time for you Jeff. Hang in there and hope all goes well for you and your Mum.
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  New Light - Good for goose... gander SOL

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when jws accept new light they must, by default, accept that what they were teaching was false.

  they allow themselves the luxury of error so long as it is in the pursuit of better understanding.. .

  you would think this scenario demands that allowance be made for other religions with false teachings, but alas, no.

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  Xanthippe

  So this religion says that God inspired the writing of the Bible so that it can be taken as literal truth. The creation, Adam and Eve, Noah's ark, the plagues of Egypt, the virgin birth, the miracles of Jesus, all true, every word because God's servants heard him correctly and wrote it all down. However God's modern day servants can't seem to get one thing right in the last hundred years?
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  One of the big reasons I left the JW Cult

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  he would love to see you.

  i would tell them please come out anyway he would just love to see you.

  i saw the lack of love and could not believe it.

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  Xanthippe

  Still Totally ADD, thank you for telling your story. I am sorry for the pain you suffered. You and your wife are really good people. You deserved much better than the treatment you got from this cruel cult. I am glad that your experience helped you escape but I wish it could have been in a less painful way.
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  Victory in Defeat !

  by cookiemaster in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  maybe you guys remember that in january, i shared here our situation with the ongoing conflict with the ms that was conducting the wt study in our home.

  well, my parents decided to talk to the elders about it.

  the last time he held the study in our home he really said some insulting things during it.

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  Xanthippe

  I think you are doing great cookiemaster. Let's hope you will all be free soon.
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  Women in the WT world - International Womens Day

  by JWdaughter in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so, reading the articles about outstanding women in religion who are notable during this international day of women i noticed that among the episcolpalians, the catholics, muslims, buddhists, wiccans, mormons and bahais (and other random religous leaders that happen to be female) there is not one jw woman mentioned as holding a significant position.

  do you think any of them will look at the list(s) and wonder?

  while barbara anderson is significant in a ministry regarding the wt, she is not listed, nor is she a jw.

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  Xanthippe

  I did a display a few years ago, JWdaughter, at the library where I work, for International Women's Day. It included :-

  Rosalind Franklin, the unsung hero who also discovered the double helix of DNA.

  Emily Hobhouse who worked tirelessly to draw attention to and improve conditions in the British built concentration camps in South Africa during the Boer War.

  Eglantyne Jebb who founded Save the Children in 1919 because of the children starving in Europe after WW1.

  Marie Curie who won two Nobel prizes, one in 1903 with her husband for Physics and one in 1911 for Chemistry for her discovery of radium. She was the first person to win two Nobels and remains still one of only two people to have done this in two different fields

  We noticed that many men would stand looking at the display for a long time. We couldn't tell if it was admiration or disbelief.
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  What Bomb Will Be Dropped at This Years District Convention?

  by kneehighmiah in

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  our insightful posters on this site were able to predict the new "spirit directed" generation teachings and fds teaching even years in advance.

  what bomb do you thing will be dropped this year?

  i know it will be big.

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  Xanthippe

  I think they may change the rule about only having association with da'd and duf'd family for essential family business. They may well change it to, if you really love Jehovah you will have nothing to do with these apostates.
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  Women in the WT world - International Womens Day

  by JWdaughter in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so, reading the articles about outstanding women in religion who are notable during this international day of women i noticed that among the episcolpalians, the catholics, muslims, buddhists, wiccans, mormons and bahais (and other random religous leaders that happen to be female) there is not one jw woman mentioned as holding a significant position.

  do you think any of them will look at the list(s) and wonder?

  while barbara anderson is significant in a ministry regarding the wt, she is not listed, nor is she a jw.

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  Xanthippe

  From my experience all intelligent women are hated in that religion. I was made to feel that I was disgusting every time I opened my mouth. They seem to equate having a brain with being something akin to a prostitute. It took many years after leaving for me to stop hiding my intelligence, it had become such a habit out of sheer self preservation.
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  Went to SAD

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  b.o.r.i.n.g.. same ol' stuff.

  highlights:.

  - reading the bible "must be more than an intellectual experience".

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  - How do you know if someone has apostate leanings? He/she says something like "Have you ever thought that maybe the end isn't going to be here any time soon?" Sows seeds of doubt. Rom 16:17 - "avoid them"

  - Question asked: "Why would individuals start down that path?" Answer: James 2:26: "Faith without works is dead". Speaker said: 'They are LAZY!

  Interesting, the same reason is given for why people are poor, because they are lazy. Very cynical about human beings. Thanks for your report, don't know how you stand it but you must have your reasons. Hope your fade is going well.
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  Hello

  by GoUnion in

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  hello everyone it's nice to finally be able to post i had trouble getting emails last month and was never able to sign up.

  this has been a very informative site which has really helped me grow and to think for myself.

  please allow me to introduce myself.. i was born into a witness family and was baptized at a young age an was part of a small kingdom hall.

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  Xanthippe

  Welcome GoUnion, you think logically which set you free. Hope life is going well for you now.
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  I'm not trying to brag, but being an EXJW is awesome!!! Status Update-

  by Coffee House Girl in

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  2. friends

  hello jwn!

  i don't get to check in here or comment as often as i would like because i have been working so hard at school...but i just have to share my news in hopes that newbees can see that taking the leap to enroll in higher education is worth it-.

  i am graduating this spring with a bachelor degree in art history, minor anthropology...many people (including nonjw's have given me flack for choosing a "dead end" career path) but since leaving the watchtower organization's group-think mentality and "leaning on my own understanding" instead... i decided to say fuck everyone else's opinion...i am going to pursue my passion to work in a museum as a curator or archivist-.

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  Xanthippe

  Well done for following your dreams and not listening to discouraging people. You deserve your success.