Posts by OrbitingTheSun

yep, believe it or not, my sons b-day is oct 9, and my daughters is october 11. they are 2 years and 2 days apart, and the really wierd thing is they are 2 hrs,and 26 minutes birth time apart.

thank you all so much for my sons birthday wishes, he got such a kick out of them.

my daughters name is brittany and she will be the big 13. this is her first b-day celebration since leaving the hall too.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BRITTANY!

Have a wonderful year!

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Hola Gente

by Victor_E in

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hola gente hispana,.

con todo el pedo de los testigos estamos viendo que mas y mas gente hispana esta abriendo los ojos y saliendo.

tengo una pregunta para ustedes, no les gustaria tener una seccion aqui en este foro de idioma castellano?

Estoy de acuerdo contigo! Es una buena recomendacion y espero que Simon piensa que tambien. La Atalaya ofrece su literatura en espaol, y por eso necesitamos ofrecer la verdad sobre La Atalaya en espaol tambien.

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welcome to me, another newbie

by fluttergirl2 in

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hello all.. i've visited here a time or two but this is the first time i've posted.

been out for five years now.

left because i realized i was expected to be perfect and that just wasn't gonna happen.

OrbitingTheSun

Welcome!

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Strange Ways

by link in

there have been numerous recent threads about the level of psychiatric illness amongst the jw fraternity.

does anyone have any stories about the way in which this manifested itself with people in their congregations?.

i remember the brother who was found by the police in the early hours of the morning wandering about in the local park.

OrbitingTheSun

Thanks, Outoftheorg! Don't worry--I wasn't offended by anything posted, but I try to make sure that people are aware of other perspectives. Fortunately, I have been doing well enough (for a long enough period of time) to giggle at my bizarre experiences, but we must remember those who are still suffering and need our understanding.

I was just thinking, one good thing about those kind of outbursts is that they might show a few Witnesses how nonsensical WTBTS doctrine can be. I mean, when you think about it, maybe that guy WAS annointed. I doubt he was any less qualified than many of the current members of the Governing Body!

And Dottie, my congregation was the same way. It is very sad. That was ultimately one of the main reasons I left. I saw that brotherly love only mattered to them when they were getting credit for it. No one (except the women who could actually relate) even cared. In fact, in my congregation, a lot of the pioneer sisters gossipped about the depressed and ill brothers and sisters as if they were some how responsible for their condition. It is truly a despicable thing.

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Strange Ways

by link in

there have been numerous recent threads about the level of psychiatric illness amongst the jw fraternity.

does anyone have any stories about the way in which this manifested itself with people in their congregations?.

i remember the brother who was found by the police in the early hours of the morning wandering about in the local park.

OrbitingTheSun

I know that no one meant any harm by posting about his/her experiences with the mentally illbut what you may find humorous may be have been really painful to someone else. Speaking from personal experience, being in a mental hospital is the furthest thing from fun. Ive also been in a few situations where I made a complete fool of myself in public, and those werent too jovial either.

To be honest, when I read some of your stories, I laughed myselfbecause there is great value in learning to see the bright side of everything we encounter in life . But just in case there is someone out there reading this post and feeling hurt, we should all be sensitive when talking about mental illness.

OrbitingTheSun

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Happy Birthday, Worldly Girl!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRITTANY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BRITTANY!