Coldplay - Paradise. If you listen its a story of a girl who dreams of paradise and realised she wouldn't see it unless she makes it happen. Most of my life I was told to do things the JW way with the hope of paradise in the future, but now I realise we are responsible for making our own paradise. Follow your dreams.
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Has anyone found comfort/encouragement from "worldly songs"?
by awakening ini remember reading a thread when my exit was starting, about inspirational songs.
someone posted a link to the "shins" for a fool.
this was a surprising help to me.
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Israel National News reports a most amazing story about JWs
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/flash.aspx/288677#.ux9165ao7l9.
court rejects missionary lawsuit against netanya schools for voiding leasethe tel aviv magistrates court has rejected a claim by a missionary group, saying that the school they had been renting space in unlawfully voided their contract , and asking the court to instruct the school to pay nis 108,000 in compensation and mental anguish, as well as legal expenses.. it began when a missionary group, via a non-profit organization called "mitzpe l'yisrael", rented space at the raziel school in netanya to conduct daily afternoon activities.
shortly after signing the rental agreement , the school authorities discovered that the group was, in reality, the notorious missionary sect of "jehovah's witnesses".
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Over 7yrs as a JW and I just found out I'm not supposed to buy Girl Scout Cookies?
by Maat13 ini'm still in the matrix(the truth), but 'morpheus' and his team are valiantly working on a way to get me out.
in the meantime, everyday i am discovering so much about being a jw i never knew, like don't buy girl scout cookies, that i keep asking myself "what have i got myself into".. maat.
really lame for a first post, but i figure i should start some where.
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Welcome here, never stop asking questions and never stop learning.
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My JW sister left JW husband
by umbertoecho inafter years of looking down on me for not being "in the truth", being told (more or less) that my daughter died because i did not have the "truth" and therefore god's approval.
my sister has, after forty years of marriage and fifty years of being in the truth....left her husband and her dis-fellowshipped son and gone to live with our other sister (who by the way is disassociated).
i am amazed at this turn of events, as i have always been led to believe that they were a fine example of how complete and spiritually protected they were as a family for being in the jw religion.
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I hope your nephew recovers quickly and is helped to realise he can live a better life without drugs and JWs.
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Not willing to cooperate
by happy@last injust thought i would let you know there appears to still be no change when it comes to assisting the police here in the uk.
i am in the process of pressing charges against my abuser who was and is again a jw.
during my interviews with the police i did not mention jws as it was not relevant to the case, however during one if his interviews he stated that he had been 'punished' by the jws by being disfellowshipped, and now he was a jw again he had 'paid his dues'!.
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Thank you all for your supportive comments. The case is moving ahead now after a long wait. It was a relief to give the police my statement, though it was quite a long time ago. The authorities seem confident he will get a good sentence.
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My Window Cleaner
by happy@last inmy window cleaner is a jw and as i am always working when he comes to my house i haven't seen him or spoken to him in years.
the other day i was in my local town and went into a cafe for some lunch.
who is sitting there but my window cleaner and his wife.
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I'm DA'd, and yes he recognised me, we've known each other since the late 1980's.
I'm not going to pay and wait for some sort of contact. And he's sacked!
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Not willing to cooperate
by happy@last injust thought i would let you know there appears to still be no change when it comes to assisting the police here in the uk.
i am in the process of pressing charges against my abuser who was and is again a jw.
during my interviews with the police i did not mention jws as it was not relevant to the case, however during one if his interviews he stated that he had been 'punished' by the jws by being disfellowshipped, and now he was a jw again he had 'paid his dues'!.
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Fernando - going the Candace Conti route does not really apply to me, the abuser was never an appointed person and the 1 elder that warned my mother from getting involved with him is long dead. I could possibly put together a case against the JWs for lack of protection but do not think it would be as solid as others. I seek justice against my abuser and am confident I wil get it, I don't ever see getting justice for all the wrongs WTBTS have done as much as I would like it.
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What was the "logical straw" that broke your camel's back?
by Pacopoolio ini had a bunch of tiny little nags that always bothered me about the bible/god/etc.
that eventually led to me drifting away, but this was my personal, singular issue that no one could address.
i think i mentioned it before here, but, for summation again:.
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happy@last
For me it was the account of god allowing an innocent baby suffer for days before finally dying in order to punish his father David. No 'loving father' would ever allow a child to suffer even for a minute let alone days.
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Not willing to cooperate
by happy@last injust thought i would let you know there appears to still be no change when it comes to assisting the police here in the uk.
i am in the process of pressing charges against my abuser who was and is again a jw.
during my interviews with the police i did not mention jws as it was not relevant to the case, however during one if his interviews he stated that he had been 'punished' by the jws by being disfellowshipped, and now he was a jw again he had 'paid his dues'!.
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Just thought I would let you know there appears to still be no change when it comes to assisting the police here in the UK
I am in the process of pressing charges against my abuser who was and is again a JW. During my interviews with the police I did not mention JWs as it was not relevant to the case, however during one if his interviews he stated that he had been 'punished' by the JWs by being disfellowshipped, and now he was a JW again he had 'paid his dues'!
It appears the police picked up on this and went to the JW elders concerned and the police were told they could not help. The police have noted this in the case. I pointed out to the police I am shunned by these people and they said I am better off that way. As it happens they do not need any other witness statements (police don't work on the 2 witness rule!), but I found it interesting that even in the last few weeks the elders are being advised not to cooperate with police enquiries.
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My Window Cleaner
by happy@last inmy window cleaner is a jw and as i am always working when he comes to my house i haven't seen him or spoken to him in years.
the other day i was in my local town and went into a cafe for some lunch.
who is sitting there but my window cleaner and his wife.
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happy@last
My window cleaner is a JW and as I am always working when he comes to my house I haven't seen him or spoken to him in years. The other day I was in my local town and went into a cafe for some lunch. Who is sitting there but my window cleaner and his wife. They completely shun me, however the next day I get home and find a card through the door saying he has cleaned the windows and can I pay him!!
It'll be the last time he does. How can someone with a conscience shun a person face to face and then the very next day go to their house and ask for money?
I think I know the answer to that one....