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  Do you feel sorry for the family members who shun you?

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

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  2. friends

  as each instance of shunning happens to me, it seems even more ridiculous than the last.. this weekend i took our kids to the park - wife opted out, understandably - and we let our daughter call my parents to inform them we'd be there.

  this was my first time in the presence of my parents since our df announcement two weeks ago.. my mom and dad were 10-20 feet away much of the time and yet they never said a greeting or.. well anything.

  at one point my daughter, who is aware of the shunning, mistakenly thought my mom called my name and shouted excitedly, "mawmaw, were you talking to daddy??

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  THE GLADIATOR

  SweetBabyCheezits

  Your parents are being influence by their mental regulation meetings and association with confidential members within the WT setup.

  The stand off situation doesn't work. Stay close to them and exert your own influence. It is much greater than you can imagine. You have something that they value beyond words - your children.

  Help them to understand the difference between fantasy and the reality of what they can see and hold right now in the real world - their grand children. Their grand children's genes are the closet thing to immortality that they will ever know.

  All the best.
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  This is scary we are to put the GB in the same place as Jesus according to the Dec 15 WT

  by life is to short in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i do not know how to scan the wt if someone can it would be great but i wrote it out verbatim .

  i think what the wt says speaks for its self.

  am i missing something and or reading something into what they are saying.

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  Come on ladies. Face up to what you already know.

  Men are a gift. It's the size of the package they come in that makes - La differance.
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  HELP ME PLEASE

  by Found Sheep in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i started a topic about jw's on a local chat room.

  www.etater.com i am not a good writer and could use help.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Found Sheep You sound like a lost sheep who needs a shepherd.

  I'm not that fluffy but let me give you a (((hug)))
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  did jesus really succeed where adam failed?

  by booby in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  why did jesus christ come to the earth?

  the rebellion in the garden of eden brought a death sentence upon adam and eve and all their offspring, but god lovingly supplied hope.

  he sent his son to the earth to provide what the bible calls a ransom.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Part of the original question by booby:

  Was it not ultimately the decision Adam had to make; remain faithful and lose his soul mate, the love of his life (I would assume), or transgress to keep her and stand by her. And standing by her was a mandate of the marital vows, no?

  Let's go along with the story of Adam & Eve for the sake of posterity. Adam had never met any other human. He had zero experience of life; the mentality of a 5 year old. He was bored, no TV, no books, no bible to study. Lonely, sex starved and unfulfilled.

  Suddenly he is is given a present; a beautiful naked woman to play with. He's keen to please her, cos hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and even Adam would have quickly worked out this great truth of life. He stands by her and shows love, loyalty and gratefulness for his new toy - Eve.

  God, who made the fruit trees, Adam & Eve, calls this sin and plunges the world into 6000 years of suffering and death because Adam ate an apple. He was too naive to firstly eat from the tree of life. We live and learn I guess. Or in Adams case we die and don't get a chance to learn.

  What's the moral of this story. There isn't one!
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  Do you feel sorry for the family members who shun you?

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as each instance of shunning happens to me, it seems even more ridiculous than the last.. this weekend i took our kids to the park - wife opted out, understandably - and we let our daughter call my parents to inform them we'd be there.

  this was my first time in the presence of my parents since our df announcement two weeks ago.. my mom and dad were 10-20 feet away much of the time and yet they never said a greeting or.. well anything.

  at one point my daughter, who is aware of the shunning, mistakenly thought my mom called my name and shouted excitedly, "mawmaw, were you talking to daddy??

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Some good comments. Personally I would tell them that their associating with you and the grandchildren is compromising their belief that people who no longer follow the Watchtower bible & tract society are bad.

  Also associating with you and at their same time ignoring you in front of your children is damaging to the children. It undermines your authority as parents. It's not the sort of example that will help your children grow into decent people and learn respect.

  Your parents must play a proper roll as grandparents and act in a loving way or stay the hell out of the way! Anything in between is unhealthy and stressful for all concerned.
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  Do you feel sorry for the family members who shun you?

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as each instance of shunning happens to me, it seems even more ridiculous than the last.. this weekend i took our kids to the park - wife opted out, understandably - and we let our daughter call my parents to inform them we'd be there.

  this was my first time in the presence of my parents since our df announcement two weeks ago.. my mom and dad were 10-20 feet away much of the time and yet they never said a greeting or.. well anything.

  at one point my daughter, who is aware of the shunning, mistakenly thought my mom called my name and shouted excitedly, "mawmaw, were you talking to daddy??

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Although I have empathy for my family who shun me, I no longer excuse them. Enough time has passed for them to have thought through what they are doing. They have decided to harden their hearts sufficiently to keep up the embargo.

  Given the nonsense they have filled their heads with and their rudeness, not seeing each other is now my choice too. Life is too short spend living in hope for something that will never come - isn't that the mistake JWs make?

  SweetBabyCheezits They should treat you with respect when they see in front of your children or not at all. Perhaps their rudeness could result in you deciding that they are setting a bad example and as such are bad association for your children.

  If they thought that rarely seeing their grandchildren could be the price they end up paying, they may realize that they don't have the control over family matters that they assume is all theirs.
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  Hey fellas, as you got older, into your early 30s, did you start finding women between their late 30s and late 40s attractive?

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  somedays my dad would look at what i still call an older woman, and he'd call her attractive.

  i'd look at him like dude your nuts.

  i'm thinking just cuz your older doesn't mean its wrong to find younger women attractive.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Women get better with age - provided they look after themselves!

  But any attractive woman between the age of 16 and xx turns my head
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  Bible refers to women as "the weaker vessel" - you know why?

  by sabastious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  because it's a self fullfilling prophecy!.

  if you keep women couped up and force them to have only limited contact with the outside world they are going to appear sheltered and unlearned.

  therefore when these oppressed women do things that are unlearned or immature all the men go "well they are the weaker vessel.".

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Women are referred to as the weaker vessel because they can't hold their beer as well as men!
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  Who did Jehovah send as his representative?

  by wannabe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who did jehovah send as his representative?.

  is there anyone today, who can make a legitimate claim to being followers of the truth?

  most of the main-line religions of this world all vie for special appointments, and will tell us that they are jehovah's representative organization.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  So, it becomes obvious...

  Well it's in the bible so it must be true. Proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, to anyone who wants to believe this is the case.
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  The time is short

  by Honesty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  only 24 days left for jehovah's witnesses to criticise and mock a day set aside for giving thanks to god for.

  providing all of our needs..

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Ah! To win the approval of the JWs, thanksgiving must be directed at theirgod, not just any old god. Even then it will be impossible to please their god without guidance from Zions Watchtower.

  Jehovah is a jealous god and frowns upon attempts to reach him without going through the proper Chanel of communication, which we all know is the Watchtower society.