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  DOWNTON ABBEY

  by Sobeit in

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  the brutal assault of ann bates brought 60 year old memories of my jw/annointed landlady and her.

  jw/annointed husband and their loud, swearing arguments.

  she came home one night black and blue.

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  happy@last

  It was a very sad storyline, quite shocking. I wonder how the couple you talk about felt about being in heaven together!!
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  Is this Love?

  by LucidChimp in

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  this made me do a happy.. .

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  happy@last

  That was good, spot on with their moves
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  Do Wills Ever Affect Shunning?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a man has several sons and daughters who are active jehovah's witnesses.

  so was his wife, who died two years ago.

  he has since lapsed into apostasy and has been openly critical of the governing body.

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  happy@last

  Money motivates people, they'd find a way to bend the rules to suit themselves.
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  Fish With Feet

  by metatron in

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  http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/13/tiktaalik-fossil-fish-four-legged-land-animal.

  had gills and lungs, too.. can you say 'missing link'?.

  metatron.

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  happy@last

  Take a look at these then:

  http://youtu.be/84rqMzH4Nvw
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  Do you have school aged children still going to meetings?

  by KateWild in

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  2. beliefs

  i have stopped going but my son goes with his dad once a week.

  my son got asked by his dad............... "do you want to be a publisher again?".

  my son replies.

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  happy@last

  It must be horrible for you to watch them suffer this way though.

  It sure is! I don't think my eldest would ever consider baptism thankfully, but it is very confusing for them all the same.
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  Do you have school aged children still going to meetings?

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have stopped going but my son goes with his dad once a week.

  my son got asked by his dad............... "do you want to be a publisher again?".

  my son replies.

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  happy@last

  lildev, sorry to hear of her reaction. I faded for over 2 years so my children could see I'm not the bad person the JWs would make me out to be.
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  Do you have school aged children still going to meetings?

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have stopped going but my son goes with his dad once a week.

  my son got asked by his dad............... "do you want to be a publisher again?".

  my son replies.

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  happy@last

  I have 2, one pre teen, another mid teen. The pre teen does not go anymore, her mother says it is because I am blackmailing her by having a good time with her! My daughter says the meetings are boring. The mid teen is sadly confused and feels sorry for her mother, she goes but pays little attention to what is going on, I ask her every now and then and she shrugs her shoulders.

  I do not agree to either going door to door, the older one will only go on 'calls' with her mother.

  An odd thing happened recently. I have DA'd myself recently, and the child of an elder recently shunned my daughters! Saves me from having to highlight how inhumane they are.
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  How did you get over.......

  by DS211 in

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  your cognitive dissonance, particularly that with living out in the"world"?

  and any with children, how did you get over the fear of your kids interacting with other kids, bad habits, and the other fears with leaving the borg?

  just curious as i too have many moments of "oh god how will my kids grow up in this world?

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  happy@last

  Have a look at the kids yours go to school with, and who they choose to play with at school. Are they bad? I prefer mine being with children that are not being manipulated into being fearful of armageddon, fearful of having happy times at birthdays and christmas etc.

  It is sad but take the child set up as a good example by JWs and strip away the indoctrination, what do you have left? A kid that cannot think for themselves in my opinion.
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  Do you have something to prove?

  by freeflyingfaerie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sometimes i have to recheck my motives for doing things.. sometimes i do things for the pure joy of it...dance, yoga, nature walk, listen to music, read something interesting, etc.

  but, sometimes when i am engaged in something, like college studies(which i do for the end result and also enrichment), i get flashes of my past that creep in that remind me of a negative message, and it makes me wonder if one of my motives is to also prove something about my self.

  at times i recall my ex-husband calling me 'stupid' or 'dumb'.

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  happy@last

  Faerie, I understand what you mean, don't worry. It sounds like you are a strong well rounded person and are proving that. Remember you have survived, you're a survivor and I hope one day everything slots into place for you.
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  New here, just wanted to say "Hello"

  by Goldiver in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello all, it is nice to have a forum for former jw's and see i wasn't the only one out there having serious doubts.

  my parents got into it when i was about 4 years old.

  my family was part of the granville ny congregation.. my dad in time became an elder.

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  happy@last

  Welcome, glad you found a way out and have found happiness.