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  Can your child be too young to learn TTATT? Where would you start?

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that is my dilema.

  my child is wonderful, funny, smart, talented, cute, kind, and a social butterfly.

  i want to see her happy.

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  happy@last

  Fortunately most of the kids in the hall my kids attend are two faced. Only tonight one of mine was telling me that the kids in the hall are nice and pleasant in front of their parents and behave completely opposite when their parents are out the picture. I encourage mine to have friends at school, who always tell it as it is, are streetwise and realists.

  Friends are always tricky, kids fall out all the time. As far as teaching them TTATT I use real life issues, not doctrines. Just ask if things make sense to them, ask 'what if' questions, they are more clever than we give them credit.
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  Atheist Church in UK? Fun or a new type of cult?

  by artemis.design in

  1. social
  2. current

  i have not commented for a while, but i found this really interesting.

  im in the uk, and atheists are becoming more outspoke in their (lack of) beliefs.. you may find this article interesting.

  it is bbc so a reliable source.. what happens at an atheist church?

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  happy@last

  Sounds like a comedy show!
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  Hubby and Wifey saying Hi

  by free and happy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so where do you start?.

  i've been reading peoples experiences for several months now trying to figure out what i want to say but how do you put your whole life into a few words?.

  i was a born in but have been happy and free for 5 years and luckily for me my husband felt the same way and we have freed our children from being brainwashed.

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  happy@last

  Welcome to the both of you and your weans, from a member in snowy Scotland. Glad you shared your story with us, it's so familiar, you've done the best for your kids. I just realised I have the hall keys too!
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  Is anyone here hooked on Downton Abbey?

  by exwhyzee in

  1. social
  2. current

  my wife got me started watching this show last year.

  we've downloaded the previous seasons on netflix and have found it to be really well done.

  the story line, scenery,costumes,old cars and compelling characters have us hooked.

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  happy@last

  I love it, it is very well written.

  
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  Two Witnesses stuck in a elevator or car without Chaperon. Would they fornicate? Yes/No

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  im amazed how going witnessing sisters who knew me for decades would sit only in the back seat on the way to the hall...to avoid any sex at the traffic lights!!!

  and chaperons 1840's style are needed because two witnesses alone for 10 minutes would go at it like animals even after all the training watchtower articles and talks being jahs clean org.

  and all..

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  happy@last

  Stairwells on the ministry too were awkward, the temptation too much
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  Mind Reading and Reinstatement - Part 1

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've published a new article on my blog about the agony that people go through in seeking reinstatement.

  part one includes a personal experience of one that crawled throught this field of glass in order to be able to regain a relationship with a close friend that is asleep in the jw movement.. part two will have a transcript (and accompanying audio on my youtube channel) from a sister that recorded her entire reinstatement hearing, including what the elders said about her after she was dismissed from the room while they deliberated.. here's a peek at the article on jwstruggle:.

  .. .. .. there are likely a number of you on jwnet that have "been there and back again" and gone through it.. what was the hardest thing about getting reinstated?.

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  happy@last

  A good read, thank you
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  Incident with the Jehovah's Witness babysitter...

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my youngest daughter is so cute, she loves singing and loves being festive.

  when i put up the tree, she loved saying, "it's christmas, it's pretty...." her babysitter, a witness from my wife's hall, lives next door to a neighbor who put up decorations in the yard like i did in front of our apartment.

  when we leave her house, she would run next door to look at the "christmas" as she would say, "look, the christmas.

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  happy@last

  Live your own life, not someone else's. Besides you know it's just a phase, she'll be singing something else soon.
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  How to judge pedophilia on paradise ?

  by Lurker001 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  my very first topic post, to present myself i only can say i'd been a lurker here for a while.. .

  since english is not my mother tongue please just disregard my grammatical faults as well unfluency in the composition of my text.. i felt motivated to post because i'm interesting to now your opinion to the subject below explained .

  because myself i could not find a perfect solution without raising collateral questions.. .

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  happy@last

  Hi, and welcome here. I guess most JWs would say that in the 'paradise' everyone is perfect and won't have imperfect thoughts, perhaps they think that no one will have free will also. And in time once the earth is filled there will be no children.

  All the above does not sound valid, I like your reasoning. As far as my belief goes, there is no 'loving Father' about to bring paradise
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  New Girl

  by excitesinceredetermination in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello to everyone :) i wanted to introduce myself as a newbie.

  i was raised in and i am currently on active status due to most of my family being very much in, but i am so ready to be done and have felt that way for quite some time.

  internally i know this is not the right religion without a doubt.

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  happy@last

  Happy@last - How did you introduce your children to everything and how did you temper their unsure reactions (if there were any?)

  For birthdays I said that to me it was quite important that I don't let their birthday go by without acknowledgement and asked if they would be offended by me giving them a present. Guess what, they said no. The cake was a bonus for them.

  For Christmas I asked each one seperately how they felt about Christmas. My eldest said they did not get where the JWs were coming from, my youngest said they liked all the lights. I asked them both (seperately at different times) if they wanted to be involved this time, without going over the top, and they both said without hesitation "Yes". I bough them fairy lights to decorate their rooms, an LED tree and lights for the living room, and loads of presents.

  They know that their uncles and aunties and cousins wouldn't approve so didn't advertise what they were doing, I'm sure if they were asked they blamed 'daddy'.
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  Were you popular in your congregation or district?

  by Emery in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not to start some form of popularity contests here but i was wondering how popular some people were?

  how far did your network go in this organization?

  this question also pertains to those who are actively fading..

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  happy@last

  I was/am well known (faded just over a year, wife still in), and only 'popular' when I was needed to do something. I then became very popular when I stepped down as an elder, I've never had so many invites for dinner, that lasted about a month, even invites through the week! Since then, nothing and I'm so glad.