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  On the road to becoming a crazy cat person

  by wha happened? in

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  2. entertainment

  ok, now that my household has been over-run by two kittens.

  two kittens that have me running to the pet shop almost daily, i'm becoming a crazy cat person.

  be prepared for a plethora of cat links.

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  I just rescued a stray kitty two weeks ago. But I think he rescued me instead.
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  Loyalty Questions in Judicial Hearings

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've seen several posts on various threads about a particular "loyalty question" or two that elders ask during judicial hearings.

  granted it's been several years since i was an elder, but i never heard of this practice.

  is there anything officially in print on this from the wt?

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  But when they ask me if I still considered myself a Jehovah's Witness, I said no. I ask them how I could be a Jehovah's Witness when I had been 'inactive' for several years. Maybe I misunderstood the question. But they didn't obviously feel like my answer was enough to DF me. Instead, like I said, they said the matter would be "shelved". I've had two JC meetings since then and I do not recall being asked that. The last two JC meetings were at another hall, though.
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  Need some help!!!!! ***URGENT***

  by sinis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wifes mother recently passed away, and it has devastated my wife.

  the family, who are not witnesses, but out of respect for the deceased, and who was a jw, had the ceremony at the kingdum hell, which almost made me throw up... last time i ever step foot in that place.

  i felt like a vampire on the threshold of a church, as i looked into the interior hall feeling my skin burn and start to smoke... anyways, as i have posted on here before a friend of my wife, has in the past, sent her (my wife) emails about going back to the kingdumb hell.

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  This is obviously a very emotional time for your wife. Do you think maybe she will back off from meetings and her JW friend again once her emotions and her grief subside? Too much to hope for? Also, maybe you should let your wife know that you emailed her friend before your wife finds out another way. Just a thought. Good luck!
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  Loyalty Questions in Judicial Hearings

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've seen several posts on various threads about a particular "loyalty question" or two that elders ask during judicial hearings.

  granted it's been several years since i was an elder, but i never heard of this practice.

  is there anything officially in print on this from the wt?

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  Let's see...Spring of 2007, I think. I remember it so clearly because the question came out of left field. The question honestly took me by surprise. When I did say no, the JC said they were jut going to "shelf" the matter of my adultery that I readily admitted to. In The Spring of 2011, I don't recall being asked that question when, once again, I had a JC. But it was a different congregation, too. Btw, after about 6 months of have the matter "shelved", I changed khs and was promptly df'd. I was pissed because I could've already had six month of being df'd behind me. I appealed the decision on disfellowshipping when I moved to the new hall to no avail. I was told I didn't 'understand the question properly" at that time.

  I'm a little drunk right now, so if I'm not making sense, just pm me. I'll check it later tonight. I gotta get ready for the meeting tonight, hence the drunk part. Wish me luck.
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  Loyalty Questions in Judicial Hearings

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've seen several posts on various threads about a particular "loyalty question" or two that elders ask during judicial hearings.

  granted it's been several years since i was an elder, but i never heard of this practice.

  is there anything officially in print on this from the wt?

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  I was also asked if I still considered myself a Jehovah's Witness in my JC meeting. That's the only thing I can remember having to do with loyalty. Of course, I said no because I was thinking I wasn't, having not been out in service for years and years. I found the question confusing at the time, I must admit.
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  Thinking of becoming a JW.

  by Kate82 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  hi,.

  i am new to here so please be bear with me.. i have always believed in god, but was never baptised, my parents wanted me to make up my own mind religon wise.. i am thinking of becoming a jw and am just needing some advice on how to do this, bible study and jw beliefs.

  also do jw say grace and how.. i am greatful of any help.. thanks.

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  Do the cognitive behavior therapy. It's not a quick answer and it's not always easy, but it will help you greatly. I don't have all the answers. No therapy can do that. But my life has been changed greatly by it. Much freedom is gained when a person opens their mind and agrees to try to see certain things in new ways. Good luck, sweetie!
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  What's in your current meeting bag?

  by nochoice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thanks again for the comments on the ipad in kh rules.

  on a similar vein, i've been thinking of all the books i can leave behind once our kh blesses the ipad phenomenon.

  in the meantime, this is what i have to lug in and why:.

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  A hip flask and benzodiazepines. Seriously.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses DO NOT break up families

  by irondork in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses do not break up families.

  members who refuse to become or remain jehovah's witnesses... break up families.. really, you apostates have such a distorted perception of reality.. .

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  Left in the Cold

  Hey Irondork, go study your Watchtower. You wasting your precious theocratic time on this site. Bye bye.
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  JW Tragic murder was by JW

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.katu.com/news/local/report-holt-heichel-were-members-of-same-church-175169201.html.

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  how sad......

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  Left in the Cold

  Anyone remember Christan Longo? He was just a sociopath turned physcopath. Sadly, a small number of people are just "wired wrong" from birth. They have no conscience. The Scioipath Next Door is a good book if you're interested in phycology. Christan Longo has been called one. He killed his entire family. I was at a neighboring kh at the time. Regardless, my sympathy to the friends & family of this senselessly murdered woman.
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  For those of you who were die hard JW's, did you ever think...

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you would find yourself on this side of the fence?.

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  No. But it's kinda liberating.