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  Name Something Positive About Being A Witness

  by minimus in

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  can you do it?

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  Soledad

  yeah lol Im with farkel on that one
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  My Daughter's Letter to Elders!

  by reubenfine in

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  well, my daughter decided to write they letter.

  the foundation for this letter can be found in my previous thread a couple of days ago which can be found at http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=44457&site=3.. she wrote her heart and gave them some good counsel.

  she was generous and kind in her comments, yet concise and to the point.

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  Soledad

  she couldn't have written a better letter. excellent
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  A Witness Response to Our Disassociation

  by Princess in

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  i received this email on saturday from [email protected] .

  good job eh?

  your father pulled your mother out now u and your husband or out .

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  Soledad

  LOL typical self-righteous moron
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  My mother

  by Soledad in

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  forgive me just really venting here.

  as some of you may know my mom suffered an accident about 1 month ago, she fell down a flight of stairs.

  luckily she didnt break anything, she just had a minor concussion and some stitches on her head.

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  Soledad

  LOL @D8TA!! your posts always make me laugh!

  thank you aztec for your nice words
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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #34

  by ozziepost in

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  mrs ozzie prepared the lunch and i made the drinks!

  our visitors were baptist folk, so there was no shiraz today, out of respect for their sensibilities!

  we enjoyed our conversation about dateline/panorama/sunday and they are taking a tape of the sunday program to various church groups in the south of sydney.

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  Soledad

  I also felt like #2 and #9 at the same time. Yes I really did believe all that crap.
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  If You Drive By A Kingdom Hall, How Do You Feel?

  by minimus in

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  comments please.

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  Soledad

  like a colicky baby
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  I'm so very depressed...

  by Nickey in

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  lately, i've been really depressed at missing out on my life.

  from being pulled out of school in the 3rd grade to keep me away from the "worldly" kids.

  i was basically isolated.

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  Soledad

  nickey I read your post and feel like crying because I can really really relate!! I know what it feels like, the isolation, the depression, believe me I know. I was also 22 when I mentally left the WT because I couldn't continue living like that, I wanted to make a future for myself. Please please please live your dreams!! dont look back, EVER! Im 28 now and I have never again even contemplated going back, and I have never even suffered from depression again! It's not too late at all. I finished college 4 years ago and I'm getting ready for law school. All of this I would have never accomplished if I didn't take the first step. Go for it!
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  My mother

  by Soledad in

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  forgive me just really venting here.

  as some of you may know my mom suffered an accident about 1 month ago, she fell down a flight of stairs.

  luckily she didnt break anything, she just had a minor concussion and some stitches on her head.

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  Soledad

  Forgive me just really venting here. As some of you may know my mom suffered an accident about 1 month ago, she fell down a flight of stairs. Luckily she didnt break anything, she just had a minor concussion and some stitches on her head. Today we were discussing what happened, I told her that I found it highly unusual that she would fall like that, we've been in this house for 24 years, even in the dark I'm pretty sure that I could find my way around. Then she said it. "I dont remember falling, but I remember feeling a strong draft of very cold air right before it happened. I think there are demons in this house again."

  Now just to explain a little, we have Brazilian tenants occupying the first floor. Apparently they belong to some evangelical/Pentecostal/Santeria type of religion. Of course mom objects to this. So now she is convinced that someone put some kind of curse or spell on her. Its true that the people downstairs have not bothered to inquire about her condition; I know that they know that she fell. But other than that I personally have nothing against them, and they seem to be ok peoplethey work and pay their rent when its due without any problems. But mom would like to see them go.

  I didnt want to discuss this any further with my mother, but I was quite upset. There are times when I just want to take my mother by the shoulders and just shake her really hard, and beg her to wake up! I am so sick and tired of how the damn watchtower bible and crap society puts these ideas in her head!!! It sickens me how I cant even have a normal conversation with her, much less a normal relationship because of that damn religion. All that comes out of her mouth is dogma, dogma and more dogma. Its like, where is she underneath all those layers of watchtower crap? Who is she really? But my hands are tied. I try really hard to respect her point of view, which of course I am more than familiar with, and not get in the way of what she truly believes is the truth, but it gets harder and more frustrating everyday. It drives me insane when all she could do is quote from the latest Awake!, rather than take the time to think and research topics on her own. It drives me even further insane when the so called brothers and sisters just use her, asking her incessantly for favors, but when she needs something, who is there? Nobody!

  I just told her quite frankly that this house is very drafty, that the night she fell was in fact very very cold, and that demons dont exist once you stop believing in them, which is what stopped the attacks that I suffered while I was a JW. More on this later. Thanks for letting me vent.

  Edited by - Soledad on 11 January 2003 21:56:38
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  When You Were A JW, Were You A Pain In The Ass?

  by minimus in

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  honestly, when you were a witness, were you a pain in the ass?

  did you always tend to start trouble, whether knowingly or unknowingly?

  were you every elder's worst nightmare?

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  Soledad

  I was a pain in the ass to the worldly people around me. I was super arrogant and righteous. I claimed to have the "truth" about everything, and I had an answer for everything based on the scriptures.
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  I am a Former Addict

  by Robdar in

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  i quit smoking 3 days ago.

  it was not as difficult as i thought it was going to be.

  i have tried to break the habit before but always gave up, thinking that i was hopelessly addicted.

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  Soledad

  good for you, I just made 1 year since I quit and I feel so alive and free!!! The first two weeks were tough for me but once I got over that I never missed it again. Its worth quitting.