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  Bethel Closed Today!

  by silentlambs in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i had a victim call me after they had called bethel this morning.

  they were informed bethe was offically closed till 1:30 pm for a special meeting with the bethel family.

  would anyone care to speculate or verify the purpose of the meeting?

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  thinkers wife

  I'm with you JoAnn,
  No matter how much I find out, I am still shocked everytime something new comes out.
  How gullible were we?
  TW
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  Irate email

  by D wiltshire in

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  2. friends

  below is a email i received today.

  the person doen't know me except from i think randy watter web site where i post my appeal letter to the body of elders on which i left my email address.

  i never told her i wasn't df but she gets facts confussed alot.. anyway i sent the post on barbra anderson from our site to her you might find it interesting so i'm posting it below.. .

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  thinkers wife

  You gotta' give the lady credit, at least she is literate and articulate. The hate emails I got were badly mispelled. And I had to call him to task for being so rude. This one at least has some merit. Although, she is badly entrenched in the JW mindset. Just my opinion.
  TW
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  get a life -- 10 facts

  by joelbear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought it would be interesting for people to just post a few things about themselves so we can get to know each other just a bit.. try posting 10 facts about your life.. joel.

  1. i was born and raised in south georgia.. 2. my favorite subject in school was math.. 3. i was in the fulltime service (bethel and pioneer) for 4 years.. 4. my favorite color is blue.. 5. mitch and i have been together over 12 years.. 6. we live in a suburb of atlanta georgia.. 7. we love to eat out and have friends over for dinner and board games.. 8. the only sport i was ever any good at is tennis.. 9. my favorite tv show of all time is the simpsons.. 10. we are both naturists and wish we could lay on the beach naked every day.

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  thinkers wife

  Bringin' it to the top!! I love this thread. Common' people. Keep on showin' us who you are!!
  TW
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  get a life -- 10 facts

  by joelbear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought it would be interesting for people to just post a few things about themselves so we can get to know each other just a bit.. try posting 10 facts about your life.. joel.

  1. i was born and raised in south georgia.. 2. my favorite subject in school was math.. 3. i was in the fulltime service (bethel and pioneer) for 4 years.. 4. my favorite color is blue.. 5. mitch and i have been together over 12 years.. 6. we live in a suburb of atlanta georgia.. 7. we love to eat out and have friends over for dinner and board games.. 8. the only sport i was ever any good at is tennis.. 9. my favorite tv show of all time is the simpsons.. 10. we are both naturists and wish we could lay on the beach naked every day.

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  thinkers wife

  Joel, This is WAYYYYYYYYY COOL!!
  I will try not to bore everyone too much!
  1. I was born and raised in Middletown, PA. To JW parents. Seriously.
  2. I was born November 26, 1959. On Thanksgiving. My father said he had a turkey, because I weighed 9'13 oz.
  3. I am the oldest. I have three younger brothers. Two are still in the org. one never got baptized.
  4. I pioneered regularly for eight years and auxiliary pioneered for many more. What a waste.
  5. I was in an abusive marriage for almost seventeen years. He left me, the elders blamed me.
  6. Five led to me leaving the org. in June of 2000. Almost the best thing I ever did.
  7. The best thing I ever did, was marry Thinker!! We met online. Met in person ten days later. I moved in on our first date. Six days later he asked me to marry him. I said yes. June of 2000 we were married! It is a joy and a treasure every day that we are together. Just gets better!!
  8. I never had children because of my situation. I now have a thirteen year old step-daughter. She is great!
  9. Decorating is my passion.
  10. I have my own cleaning business. Just me. Since 1979.
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  Being Popular

  by Stephanus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know what it is to be popular.

  well, to be totally honest, i know what it is to be unpopular, and i know that it feels really bad.

  i therefore assume that being popular would feel really good!

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  thinkers wife

  Stephanus,
  I am so sorry to hear that you were feeling blue!
  I know that feeling. When I was in the org. a lot of things like the things you mentioned happened to me. It can really shred your self-esteem. And it takes many years to over come that.
  It is kind of weird that you posted this. Yesterday I was driving down the road and a song came on the radio. It was a song by Kim Carnes. IMO, she sound a lot like Rod Stewart. Many years ago a couple (I called them one of the "Pretty People" moved into my cong.) I was thrilled, because my ex and I had been pretty much pioneering by ourselves, and that in itself was depressing. One day in FS that song came on the radio and the "Pretty People" were in the car. I said something about how talented Rod Stewart was "Pretty People's" wife caustically remarked that basically I was an idiot and that wasn't Rod Stewart. This happened probably ten years ago, driving down the road yesterday, all that anger and hurt I felt came rushing back. Even though I am so very happy now, and have plenty of friends who care about me genuinely.
  I guess damage to our phsyke just takes a lot of time to heal!
  Take care, my friend!!
  TW
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  I THINK I ROCKED THE HALL!!!! 2nd post

  by exodus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many of you already know about my upcoming disfellowshiping for bogus charges of apostacy.

  what i did was in honor of the real truth.

  i decided to send all the members of the congregation except those who accused me a farewell letter with a nice attachment.

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  thinkers wife

  Exodus,
  Hugs and bravo to you!! I wish I had had the nerve and stamina that you have.
  I still have waves of anger sometimes, and wish I could do more to help those still in!
  People like you are true heroes!!
  TW
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  Heresy of the Month

  by thinker in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  heresy of the month (from a website).

  don't you hate it when someone you know comes up with some new thing that you have never heard about?

  you sit there in apparent ignorance as they pontificate about the proofs and merits of some idea so far beyond common knowledge that it can only be revealed by people of exceptional enlightenment such as they.

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  thinkers wife

  Dear Brother Larc,
  I have seen Hillary's sense of humor. Very amusing!! Anything we can do to help is offered!!
  TW
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  I Never BELONGED in the BORG, Did You?

  by BoozeRunner in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in recent years, i have come to the realization that i never really beonged in the wts.

  you see, i was born into the religion, so therefore it was all i ever knew.

  but as i have examined my inner self, i realize that i simply dont have what it takes to be a witness.

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  thinkers wife

  Absolutely!! I find this out more and more the longer I am out! I just never fit in. I was always a free spirit, and it brought the elders ire down on my head many times! I couldn't handle judging people and categorizing them.
  And some of the doctrines bothered me too, although I kept that to myself. And the amount of abuse in the org. always bothered me as well. Especially the way it was covered up.
  Couldn't handle special treatment for some and others getting the shaft.
  Alot of it just made no sense to me!
  TW
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  how have YOU changed since leaving?

  by idaho in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's obvious that the sense of freedom is a dominant.

  feeling among most persons here, but it would be .

  interesting to hear in what way(s) you feel you .

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  thinkers wife

  So many great comments! And such commonality. Is commonality a word?
  Lauralisa hit a few nails on the head:

  I truly enjoyed the preaching work, being stuck in a car totally wasting time - hours of it! with gossipy meddling intrusive boring people was my idea of hell.

  The problem was that I could not abide the company of most of the people at the hall for more than a few minutes at a time. So, I had very little meaningful interaction with other human beings

  am not continuously plagued by nagging guilt about what "more" or "less" of whatever I should be doing

  
  All so true!!
  I find true joy in everyday living. Seem to have more time to relax and take care of myself. Which makes it so much better for the people around me.
  Entertaining new ideas and being heard!! What a wonderful feeling!
  TW
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  Is monogamy realistic?

  by jonjonsimons in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you believe that humans are capable of complete sexual monogamy?.

  i believe 100% emotional monogamy is obtainable, but i'm not sure about sexual monogamy.

  does gender figure into the equation?

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  thinkers wife

  I think it depends on the level of commitment of both parties in the relationship.
  Thinker and I are both, one person kind of people. I have noticed that the longer we are together, the less I even notice good looking men. That doesn't mean I am dead. Occasionally I still see a head turner!
  In my first marriage though, I was completely unfufilled. I never had a full blown affair, but I certainly noticed men a lot more.
  Thinker was faithful in his long term relationships as well.
  I believe when a relationship fulfills both partners needs in every way, spiritually, emotionally, and physically, there is no need to look elsewhere.
  TW