Jehovah has made me SAD!! IF his followers are so easily stumbled by worrying who sits by who, who eats by who, who speaks to who, God has failed in his creations. I as a parent of children in their 40s would be so disappointed if my two grownup children had to ask me to make every decision for them I woukd know I had failed as a parent.
gma-tired2
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WT August 15, 2013 QFR - Sitting next to a disfellowshipped child at meetings
by Designer Stubble inpage 8 of the latest wt (insider version) has a whole page dedicated to the question whether it is appropriate to sit next to a disfellowshipped child at meetings.. not sure how to paste this in, but check jw.org.
perhaps someone can do this for me.. horrible, no words really on how pharisee like their cult grip and control has become!.
first of all, without any shame they are talking about disfellowshipped minors.
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What would it take for YOU to come back?
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cant imagine going back for any reason. Return of Parakeet I feel that my family and husbands family are beibg held hostage.
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Off to the Doctor.
by LouBelle inin a couple of hours i'm going to the doctor - an intervention.
i don't want to be a burdon to my mother, she has her own life to lead with her own responsibilities.
i've always been able to take care of everything for myself.
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LouBelle, going to the Dr. is a great first step. Depression is hard but meds help. Hang on for the long term and life wiil continue to improve. i take anti depressants my self anf I appreciate them- Best Wishes with your future. Gma-tired2
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My grandfather died in 1947 thinking the end was near, Grandma died in 1964 thinking we are in the last days, Mom died in 2006 thinking the end was near. My grandparents died in their70s and mom was 89. At 65 years of age I no longer believe.
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Mouthy Grace is not well. Please send love.
by return of parakeet inin another thread, mouthy said she was "not well" and mentioned "kicking the bucket.
i believe she needs some encouragement and well wishes.. mouthy, you don't need to respond to this thread if you don't feel up to it.
just consider it an exceptionally long get-well card..
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Feel Better Granny Grace.
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Crisis of Conscience republished and on Kindle
by losthobbit inhi guys.
sorry if this has been mentioned before... i haven't visited this forum in a while.. i've noticed that crisis of conscience is no longer ridiculously expensive on amazon.co.uk (now 9.38), and they have a kindle version which is even cheaper (6.84 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/b00bqou5rc).
unfortunately the publisher did an absolutely useless job of formatting the kindle version.
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gone for good you can download an app for Kindle on computers. Its not hard I know because I can do it.
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I was a Jehovah's Witness in a different religion
by free2beme ini recently had a very long conversation with my mother, about what jehovah's witnesses teach and believe now.
while i could gleam ideas and thoughts, that kind of worked with the religion i once called home.
more often then not, i had to come to a extreme conclusion.
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That is what I was thinking I saw more love and kindness in the religion before 1980's. Not as restictive as it has become now. I was just mentioning to my husband a talk or WT study in the 80's about the diferrence of' laws, rules, regulations and suggestions. It ended by saying we had to follow even suggestions because they were for our own good and plus we were responsible for hurting others around us consciences. I decided then if I had to be responsible for my brothers and sisters consciiences I was done with this nonsence.
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I was a Jehovah's Witness in a different religion
by free2beme ini recently had a very long conversation with my mother, about what jehovah's witnesses teach and believe now.
while i could gleam ideas and thoughts, that kind of worked with the religion i once called home.
more often then not, i had to come to a extreme conclusion.
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gma-tired2
Free2beme this JW religion is nothing like the JWs my husband and I grew up with in the 50's and 60's. I hardly recoqnize it as the same at all. I see a group of repressed hardnosed members compared to any loving members. Of course I remember many being hardcore in the 50 and 60's but remember having some fun times in between, we had cong. picnics, parties with dancing, skating parties even hayrides and you didnt have to be in good standing we believed in encouraging those who were weak "IN the Truth"
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July 2013 WT husband reading
by gma-tired2 inmy husband asked me to print the wt 7/13 wt for him.
his mom usually calls him during month of may, he wants to be prepared.
his response,(can only read small amount at one time).
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My husband asked me to print the Wt 7/13 WT for him. His mom usually calls him during month of May, he wants to be prepared. His response,(can only read small amount at one time). His response they now changing things tryiing to make things fit their new lites. He is so done with this relgions hipocracy. He doesnt understand how active JWs cant see thru these new teachings, but knows they just close their eyes. My sister asked how I got a copy of this WT, duh I went to JW.org.
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Day One After Armgeddon written by a JW awaiting the Big A w/eager expectation - Warning: LOOOONG!!!
by Eve Deceived inonce we found out we were all witnesses, we all hugged.
now we just had to see if our kingdom hall was still standing.
when we came to the hall we had such a huge shock.. there were so many people there.
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As I read I felt a overwheming sadness. Gunshots? I thought Jehovah was going to use the natural elements, earthquakes, bad storms etc. Looting? I would think this would be the last thing on people minds, as I would have thought Jah would have let them know it was Jahs War. The 65 year old brother being reunited with his wife and having a child together, not what I was taught. Oh well they all have their fantasies.