Can't thank you enough Hawk for your thoughtful and prompt reply. At this stage I will try what ever it takes. I don;t want to see my dad die at 53 just when we are patching things together so well.
Thanks again.
tigger23
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I need help - time's running out
by tigger23 ini'm looking for any new and relevant information on exactly where jws are at with blood fractions.
i have read heaps of posts and information on this topic but i'm finding it hard to find any thing clear.
maybe there is nothing clear about it.
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I need help - time's running out
by tigger23 ini'm looking for any new and relevant information on exactly where jws are at with blood fractions.
i have read heaps of posts and information on this topic but i'm finding it hard to find any thing clear.
maybe there is nothing clear about it.
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I'm looking for any new and relevant information on exactly where JWS are at with blood fractions. I have read heaps of posts and information on this topic but I'm finding it hard to find any thing clear. Maybe there is nothing clear about it. I was a JW for the first 16 years of my life and always believed that no part of the blood was to be used. Now I'm finding conflicting information. My dad is about to undergo heart sugery and the blood thing wasn't too much of an issue as many are done without blood these days. Just as he was about to be operated on they find his platelet count is too low and pull him out at the last minute. Now he can't have it done until the count rises - problem is it's not rising and soon he will have to get it done regardless. I don't know if I could ever confront him with information if I found it but I need to know. If anyone has any current information or a suggestion of how to deal with the situation please let me know.
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CLEAN HOMES,YARDS,AND CARS
by Ranchette inremember how we were taught that if we kept our homes, yards and cars clean it would bring honor to jehovah and serve as a witness to our neighbors?.
we really thought people would look at our freshly mowed lawn and they would think, "those people must represent the true god jehovah?".
those people never connected god to any of those things!.
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Ah yes just one of the many pressures to keep up with the Jehovohs - or was that the Joneses?
The perfectly organized home didn't come easy to our family.
I remember on more than one occasion my dad spotting some witnesses doing the bible bash around the corner and racing inside "quick! There's some brothers just around the corner get the place tidy!" We would then proceed to shove any item that would fit in a room out of side. It would bring reproach on Gods name to have an unsightly home.Or at least start some tounges flapping.
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Personality Survey
by ninjaturtle inwhat's your personality type?
take this test if you're not sure:.
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp.
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No surprizes here.
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Not good enough
by tigger23 injw kids have a lot to live up to.
we, like any other kids try to please our parents.
we follow their rules and expectations and do everthing we can to make them proud.
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Jw kids have a lot to live up to. We, like any other kids try to please our parents. We follow their rules and expectations and do everthing we can to make them proud. Then there is the pressure to please God. Most kids brought up in a christian religion also feel this pressure. He sees everything, hears everything - even knows your thoughts (heaven forbid they be in anyway immoral - for this is as bad as committing the act).
One of my main pressures growing up was how the rest of the witnesses viewed me. My problem started when my dads health and nerve problems got the better of him. He was unable to meet his requirements as a senior member and so had to resign from his position. From here on in he was viewed in a different light and so was our family. Not being regular in our spiritual endevours excluded me from all of the little clicks in the congregation and left me very lonely.
My parents still held up all of the stipulations that made my life a living hell at school, thus ensuring I never made any close friends. Eventually my need to socialise cost me my "faith" and I chose to hide the religion as best I could. Then I questioned what was wrong with all of my new found friends. They were not the immoral, wicked and deceptive people I had been told they were. So I chose my path.
I have recovered quite well from the traumatic experience and am living the life I want to live. But no matter how hard I try to convince my self otherwise I still feel like an outsider. Not ever good enough for the people I grew up with and not quite part of the real world. Does it ever feel quite normal?