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  Did any of us ever enjoy meetings?

  by stephanie61092 in

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  2. experiences

  this is a legitimate question.

  did any of us ever find real joy in being at the meetings?

  did any of us ever finish a meeting and think "i feel so enriched"?

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  Help with reinstatement letter!!!

  by stephanie61092 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  good morning everyone,.

  first, i know some of you may feel very obligated to tell me "why would you want to get back in?!

  i hate that i have to do this but i have to play their game.

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  Just threw away...

  by stephanie61092 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  so even though i don't drive much because public transit is so good where i live (and parking is a living nightmare), i always had a paper taped onto my glove box that said "no blood transfusions - jehovahs witness.

  see legal documentation in wallet.

  going through this "wake up" process as been a very crazy, emotional experience.

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  My meeting yesterday

  by stephanie61092 in

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  so i just wanted to jot down some thoughts and feelings about my meeting yesterday.... first, the wt, paragraph 16. i couldn't help but laugh to myself at the blatant hypocrisy.

  god’s word admonishes us “to live with soundness of mind ... amid this present system of things.” (titus 2:12) having “soundness of mind,” or being sober-minded, should certainly come into play when the explanation of a diagnostic method or therapy seems strange or mysterious.

  can the practitioner or the one promoting it explain satisfactorily how it works?

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  "You don't go to church in a Kingdom Hall"

  by stephanie61092 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "you don't go to church in a kingdom hall" was stated during the public talk yesterday.

  the speaker then elaborated that "people who go to church, go to fulfill a spiritual obligation.

  coming to the kingdom hall is coming to learn.

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  Travel recommendations?

  by stephanie61092 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey guys.

  i've decided that during this time of being dfed, maybe trying to get reinstated, i'm going to enjoy my time with myself.

  that being said, i would like to do some traveling when the weather warms up across the us.

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  Celebrating for the first time!

  by stephanie61092 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  okay i'm so excited, i'm celebrating valentines day today!

  i walk into work this morning (normally a sterile office filled with boring engineers like myself) to find everyone clad in decorative hearts with streamers hanging from the ceiling and heart shaped goodies in the kitchen.

  had i walked in on this last year, i would've kept my head low and tried to avoid all conversation unless it was strictly about work.

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  Good idea or bad idea?

  by stephanie61092 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  first and foremost, thank you so much to so many of you who have reached out to me over the past few days since my post on sunday.

  i'm not totally in the best mental state, however, i do have a very small amount of people that i can lean on for support.

  i relayed my feelings to a friend (my only friend, really), who took the initiative to inform my family.

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  Thoughts during the meeting today

  by stephanie61092 in

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  2. experiences

  while i'm politely sitting during the meeting today, restraining myself from rolling my eyes as the brother drones on about how "having an independent spirit is devilish in nature" and "independence from gods organization only results in pain and strife", i only have one thought going through my mind over and over.

  "what would happen if i pulled out a gun and blew my brains out in this kingdom hall?".

  would anyone notice or care?

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  Finally posting and I'm FRUSTRATED!!!

  by stephanie61092 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  okay, i'm about to engage in a major word vomit.

  just giving you fair warning as your time may be better spent somewhere else.. so, i'm sitting on my lunch break, bawling my eyes out, and writing on this forum to people i don't know yet probably have a great deal in common with but at the same time, used to scare the daylights out of me.

  for years, i would come across this forum and 'lurk' awhile if you will, or see things on youtube.

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