Support the troops by bringing them home to build roads, schools, and hospitals. There's plenty of work right here; good, productive, SAFE work. I support them and at the same time feel bad for them that they have been drawn into this "war" by the slick propaganda of the Bush regime.
SloBoy
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First Of The Fallen Come Home.
by Englishman inyesterday saw the first of the fallen brits being returned home to raf brize norton.. .
the first 10 british soldiers who died in iraq, were, unusually, returned to the uk.
normally, fallen brit soldiers are buried at the place in which they fell, however it has been decided that where possible, all bodies will be returned the homeland in the hope that the bereaved relatives will be able to gain some comfort from this.. englishman.
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Confessions of an ex-elder
by Irreverent insince this forum is for cleansing and healing through sharing, i want to share some confessions of an ex-elder.
how could i have allowed myself to be conned into becoming an elder?
and, after becoming an elder, why did it take me 3 years to finally figure out the hypocrisy of the organization?
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Thanks for making this post......Within (but certainly not unique to) the WBTS, I've come to see the difference between an apology ( i.e." I'm sorry" that you're such a repulsive low-life ), and a true amends. There is a huge distinction in the results, for both the giver and the receiver. Peace to you as you continue on the path of true amends.
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The Prodigal One That Never Went Back...
by Valis inthis is the tale of a young man that had a bright future as a cellist..he was only sixteen and things were looking bright if not for the very one that was supposed to be the head of the household.
we'll call him jack...short for jackass btw.
jack was a violent man, living and conducting himself as an upstanding jw in the eyes of the congregation...he beat his wife, married his 16 year old daughter off to some cretin, mistreated his other daughter, and finally took much aggression out on his sons...well jack did a real good job of beating the hope out of the prodigal one...he gave up playing cello and ran away from home to join the navy during vietnam...the rest of his life was hard and being rather tall, even for a prodigal one, his body got tired after a hard life...congenital lung disease, several bad motorcycle wrecks/suicide attempts imo, he's dying now..on a respirator...to complicate things, his wife of more than 15 years died today of congestive heart failure and complications from open heart surgery....you see, he never went home because there is not one to go back to...his mother died of cancer , jack left his first family and moved on to abuse two others while remaining a jw (not one now as far as i know) and has not been heard from for years.
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Valis,
My heart goes out to you and your uncle and his siblings. Can't remember which poster used to sign off, "WT-Shredded families / Ruined Lives" Now that's the real truth!
This spring is the first memorial I will not attend in 39 years, and one of the most power and validating reasons for not doing so is the long list of friends and acquaintances I had for almost 4 decades. As I watch the pitiful "power" of their devotion to an organization play out in their lives it confirms to me that I am moving toward the light and not away from it.
I have lost loved ones too, Valis. Most specifically, my precious brother-in-law who died while DF'd, addicted to drugs, and never having recieved even one so-called "yearly" visit in 21 years. I am sorry and sad that I ever participated in the shunning of anyone. My one true regret.
Hugs to you, my thoughts are with you.
SloBoy's Spouse aka Dragonfly5
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Circuit Assembly this past weekend
by Jourles inthis past weekend we had our circuit assembly.
you guessed it, same ol' same ol.
' on saturday, the overall theme was based on materialism.
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SloBoys' Spouse checking in.
Thank you everyone. How absolutely revealing and depressing. Validating too. I have not attended a meeting or assembly since the sunday meeting after the Memorial last year. However, I have not given any money of any sort since January of 1997. To quote myself at the time to an elder on a camping trip, "I'll not give one red cent to the Society as long as there is any chance that my money would be used to defend a pedophile."
It is just so unbelievable how duped I was. Memorial is coming up. This will be the first I have not attended in 39 years. I feel no guilt. I do not feel it would honor Jesus or his Father for me to attend such a farce. Yet, I am saddened that so many I have loved through the years still labor under the control of this MAN MADE ORGANIZATION, striving to please it and thinking they are pleasing God.
Well, I have homework to do. Thank God for things that keep my mind busy rather than obsessing about the WTB&TS.
Thank you all, Farkel, Gary Buss, All the posters, if you weren't here when we were ostracized it would have been real ugly.
Dragonfly5
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Dangerous escalation
by Satanus ini was going to call the thread wwiii, but that's a bit sensational, isn't it?
the escalation pattern is in these headlines on a newsite i read sometimes.. china readies for future us war .
15,000 indonesian 'holy warriors' to fight for iraq .
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Thanks Saint,
All the consequences that were "whispered" into the ear of George. But by crackie, he's the "leader, and that's what I'm a gonna do".
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Dangerous escalation
by Satanus ini was going to call the thread wwiii, but that's a bit sensational, isn't it?
the escalation pattern is in these headlines on a newsite i read sometimes.. china readies for future us war .
15,000 indonesian 'holy warriors' to fight for iraq .
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so Adam.....where do we get the "truth", unfettered by profit incentives?
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Maybe a little off subject, but.....did anyone else see what company was one of the big winners in getting contracts to "re-build" Iraq?...remember Hali-burton? That's right, the same Hali-burton that V.P. Dick Cheney was a board member of. Have these guy's no shame?
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Got my elders visit yesterday...
by meat pie ini've been off-line for a bit, broken what-not in the computer,just got back on so i thought i'd tell you what happened yesterday.elder d rang to ask if 'we' could visit, ok says i, the other is the old ms who i studied with.
meantime i'd got my file on un/wts ready(it's been ready for ages) and primed husband to witness the entertainment.this went on for about an hour and a half.i was utterly in control of myself and the entire interrogation(me of them).neither of them would look at any of my evidence of the wt's blasphemous hypocrisy, so i read it out to them,(you come to my house so i'm going to tell you this) they tried to wriggle their way out but i wanted them to admit their weakness.
i really let them have it.they parried i thrusted.
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As has been said before.......what the WBTS fears the most is a BALANCED, INFORMED, EX- Jehovah's Witness......carry on you brave ones!!
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I went to a Christian retreat on Saturday
by Mulan inokay, don't get excited...............it was at a christian women's retreat...........location only.
princess, one of my daughters in law and i all went for an all day scrapbooking event 9am - 9pm.
it was for the entire weekend, friday through sunday, but we opted for the saturday part only.
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Thanks for the experience..........and life goes on.....
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What is the worst thing about leaving?
by sleepy in.
everyone probably has a slightly different experience when leaving the witnesses.the worst aspect about this for me is the realisation that my enteire life has been lived and directed by a false premiss, and the effect past decisions now have on my life.. it can make me feel sick in the stomach on occation.. also the idea that friends and family think i have tuned bad or evil to have left jehovah is qute disturbing at times.
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Having been out only for a few months, a number of the consequences are still, I'm sure, floating around in my sub-conscious. I am on a journey of acceptance. The key is to not panic or freak-out over what I find, knowing ( thanks Simon ) that many others have trudged this path with dignity.