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  Solicitors Visit Update

  by pale.emperor in

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  in case you're not aware of my last two threads:.

  the situation that arose in that my mother has been having secret access to my daughter and refusing to tell me how she is: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5012900121935872/am-overreacting-here.

  the build up to my solicitors visit: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6284953638666240/solicitors-appontment-tomorrow-advice-appreciated.

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  Good work.
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  2018 Regional Convention program available on JW.borg

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/convention-program-2018/.

  friday.

  be courageous and very strong”​—joshua 1:7

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  The courage to live in poverty while giving your material possessions to Jehovah.
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  Solicitors Appontment Tomorrow - Advice Appreciated

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  following up on this thread: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5012900121935872/am-overreacting-here?page=3#!#5179106934128640.

  im seeing my solicitor tomorrow to see about getting an order in place making sure any contact my daughter has with my jw family goes through me and not my ex-wife.. explained the situation briefly to the lawyer, she was asking more and more about why should i be concerned if a jw had access to my child.. i mentioned the blood issue, the shunning, the inappropriate pictures of armageddon in books/mags etc.

  do you think i should bring in watchtower literature to show them what i mean?

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  The video of Sophia giving up her ice cream money for the borg always gets my blood boiling.
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  Am I Overreacting Here?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  let's call him "dave".. dave: hello?.

  dave: we dont have to tell you how she is.

  dave: <her mother> has custody.

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  Now that your ex is also DFd is she on the same page as you with regards to the religion?

  Your parents should not be talking to her but if they want to see their grandchild there is no other option. It is still better that she is present when they have contact with your daughter.

  Talk to your ex about your initial agreement being honoured and come to an agreement that no indoctrination be allowed at visits and no undermining of you as her father. Only supervised visits with one parent present at all times.
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  Mea culpa..

  by zeb in

  1. jw
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  just a few hours ago i took my wife (uber) to the hall with eats she had prepared as the cong are doing some work there.

  i had not set foot onto the kh property in years and my stomach went into a knot as i did.

  well what happened?

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  Sorry you had to go down the terrible memories lane.
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  So you're worried about the Big A, or the North Korean bombs? Sorry everyone, Japan is the one that has likely screwed us all.

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  heard much lately, about the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan?.

  that is until earlier today when i found this article from last year, with dr. helen caldicott discussing the chernobyl disaster and fukushima.

  she believes fukushima is uncontrollable and there is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it.. read the article: .

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  Well isn't she just a little Ray of Sunshine?
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  Is Satan Real ?

  by jdash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been pondering on this question for awhile now, and i'm starting to think this malevolent spirit creature isn't real.

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  do you guys believe satan is real?

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  This entire forum is full of people who have "prior belief systems". We were all once deceived into believing everything we were told by a terrible mind control cult.
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  Boyfriend force me to study the bible or no marriage

  by MuslimWoman in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  my boyfriend, who is a disfellowshipped jehova's witness, asks me to study the bible for 3 months or he won't marry me (i'm a muslim woman).

  he loves me and really wants to marry me but he is doing a passive blackmailing: if i don't study for 3 months, 1 time per week, in my home country, and without him, there will be no marriage... as a muslim, i believe the bible is god's word so i look at the bible from time to time and would be happy to study with him.

  but the fact that he is kind of saying "study the bible or bye bye no marriage" is really hurtful.

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  Run like the wind. He may care about you but it doesn't look or sound like love and til death do us part can be a long time if you are in a loveless, conditional marriage.

  Count your blessings that this has come to the fore before you married and walk away. Do not look back.
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  Rate yourself as a Jehovah's Witness

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  i was baptized at 14 and finally had enough at 50 years old.

  i tried my best but being in jehovah land you are never good enough.

  i'll be honest in rating myself: from a low score of 1-10.. donations: 2.....donated around $80 a year...our kingdom hall paid for too many remodels and always paid for c.o.

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  I think I may have donated $80 total for my entire life. My children, when we were still attending would get given money from ones in the congregation to put in the contribution box. We never have enough spare to share. We did share with circuit servants by way of buying them meals and groceries etc.

  I quit the ministry School after the birth of my second child and was glad to no longer have the anxiety related to giving talks. Encouraged my children to get off the school too. No time for rehearsal when you have homework.

  Hated field service. Always my entire life. Did a couple of school holidays auxillary pioneering but other than that would avoid it where I could. Loved going on others return visits and country witnessing where you drive from house to house. Nice morning out with the friends. In the last ten years I have only been a couple of times and never spoke to anyone. What a waste of time.

  Answering up. If no one put their hand up during the study I would feel bad for the conductor. It's a reading comprehension exercise for goodness sake. So I would help him out and answer.

  Attending the meeting. Growing up we never missed unless bed ridden. One didn't miss meetings. Even after surgery my mother took me out of hospital to attend the convention and I spent it on a bed in first aid! As a mother myself I was a bit softer and we would stay home if the kids were sick. We all stayed home if one was sick. I haven't been for over two years now.

  Music and movies. I have always liked rock and slightly heavy music but always made sure of lyrics and never bought demonic looking albums. Lol. Never never watch a demonic movie or anything with witches or ghosts or immorality. 50 Shades? No way. Lord of the rings? No way. Funny enough I did read Lord of the rings as a teenager and felt like such a rebel.

  50 Shades is still not my sort of movie but I loved the Lord of the Rings and all the X-Men movies. My teenager is a heavy metal fan so am getting to know a lot about bands from my time through him.

  Never tried a smoke. Been drunk twice in my life and I say crap a lot. Lol. I have friends in the truth who consider crap a swear word and are shocked when they hear me say it.

  Dating - well this one is interesting. I was a goody two shoes growing up and watched as all the other young jws would date at school and carry on for all to see. Then they leave school and become pioneers. Meanwhile I was asked out by "worldly" boys/men and say no because I can only date from my religion. One time I said yes. Wow! My pioneer friend told me off for wanting to date "dead flesh" and my parents made me ring him and cancel. I was 21. Incidentally my pioneer friend went on to marry "dead flesh". No regrets really though. I met my husband in my late 20s and we are two peas in a pod. We both come from the same upbringing and we think the same about pretty much everything.

  We are on the same page now with leaving the cult and letting our children be who they are and choose their own paths.

  Happy ending for me.
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  Is Satan Real ?

  by jdash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been pondering on this question for awhile now, and i'm starting to think this malevolent spirit creature isn't real.

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  do you guys believe satan is real?

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  Someone said to my mum in service this week that he only believes in what he can see. She asked him how that works for him with regard to gravity. Lol.