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  Unbelievable Experience in Yearbook

  by gingerbread in

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  a number of years back i heard a story of a young girl in a congregation ( i have some good friends in this hall ) who had an amazing field service experience.

  it was so amazing that it was retold in the 2007 yearbook!.

  it is retold in the highlight of the past year section.

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  Mynfavorite part of assemblies were not accurate. This actually saddened me. Another bubble busted.
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  Week of worry

  by gma-tired2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my husband and i have had a long week worrying we would lose our niece, and yes the blood issue was very much part of the problem.

  it is new to us to actually have the blood issue affect our family, but it really makes you think.

  we would have immediately given her blood, but she and husband are still jws.

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  Thank you everyone. As of last night none of the Elders have even been to the hospital. These two young people are active in the congregation. No one from the Blood Liason has even been there. Neices mom has been there every step with them even though she is DFd. She is the one taking care of the other children, and sad the rest of us are unable to be there as we live in other states. Maybe they will start to question TTATT. Without family life gets harder.
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  exJW Psychology 103--Let's Reconsider "Confidentiality"

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  over the course of decades as a jw, an elder, a bethelite, then learning ttatt and wanting to leave, i'd collected a lot of insight into the power of "confidentiality.

  " although the confidentiality in a judicial hearing is supposedly to protect the sinner, in actuality, i saw that it was about control and was protecting the power of the jc.. i didn't use any of this knowledge until i was called before the boe because the other elders figured they had grounds to remove me as an elder.

  it was a work situation that only lasted a matter of hours, but it was enough that they seized the moment.

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  Billy you are right the more they said for us not to talk we started sharing with everyone. They totally lost control of trying to control a situation that honestly I knew was none of their business. They didnt want to know DIL ran home to mama and daddy because her new husband told her they couldn't have a vaction in addition to DC. I have often wondered if Elders had stayed out it, if they would have given marriage a second chance.
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  exJW Psychology 103--Let's Reconsider "Confidentiality"

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  over the course of decades as a jw, an elder, a bethelite, then learning ttatt and wanting to leave, i'd collected a lot of insight into the power of "confidentiality.

  " although the confidentiality in a judicial hearing is supposedly to protect the sinner, in actuality, i saw that it was about control and was protecting the power of the jc.. i didn't use any of this knowledge until i was called before the boe because the other elders figured they had grounds to remove me as an elder.

  it was a work situation that only lasted a matter of hours, but it was enough that they seized the moment.

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  Yes, I do. 20 years ago we had a family problem. DIL left my son. The Elders kept telling my son not to talk to family or friends, told me not to talk to family, or friend same said to my mother and best friend, and yes we spoke to each other for SUPPORT. When Elders would come to one or another to caution us on talking about the matter, we just kept telling them we were talking for support as they werent giving my son any. They hated us because they couldn't keep subjects in the backroom and yes many of the brothers and sisters gave us their SUPPORT. I hope this makes a little sense too those of you reading.

  Need to add yes we were all marked but since we were a family with long term standing in congregation, it didnt work the way they thought. They tried to reign my elderly outspoken mother but she looked at these Elders she had watched grow up and said to the " Who in the hell do you think you are. She got away with it. Love my mom.
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  Week of worry

  by gma-tired2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my husband and i have had a long week worrying we would lose our niece, and yes the blood issue was very much part of the problem.

  it is new to us to actually have the blood issue affect our family, but it really makes you think.

  we would have immediately given her blood, but she and husband are still jws.

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  My husband and I have had a long week worrying we would lose our niece, and yes the blood issue was very much part of the problem. It is new to us to actually have the blood issue affect our family, but it really makes you think. We would have immediately given her blood, but she and husband are still JWs. It looks as of today she has a chance of surviving because they pinpointed the infection, which now has her body fighting the infection. She had a lot of blood loss due to emergency surgery, (new baby) but the Drs didnt have a clue what was interferring with her recovery until the finally found an unrelated infection. We have a family that is a mixture of active, inactive, faders and DFd so this has been a week where at least some of us are still in communication. We love her and wish her a speedy recovery.
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  7 million Jehovah's Witnesses wasting 10 hours every month

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what if.... what if jehovah's witnesses spent their 70 million hours on something better than cartoon theology distribution?.

  would this world be better served by:.

  1.feeding the hungry?.

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  My sister said last night she is skipping service today to work in her yard. I'm sure she will enjoy her weekend more.
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  Another story of JW's and child abuse

  by Black Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i've really been getting into these life stories of ex jw's.

  it just confirms i was right in getting out of the cult like the plague it is.

  here's a link to another powerful story about ex-jw stephanie hammond.

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  Black Man Thank You for youe posts they keep us realizing why we no longwe can be JWs. Keep your posts coming
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  Finally ready

  by independenthinker in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok so i havent posted on here in over a year, i think i posted like a few times, then disappeared.. has anyone else like just shut it out?

  like i joined here as soon as i found out, then after a month or two i just didnt want to think about it; i had my final exams, elders creeping about, my mom got crazier, i was starting college, other kinda issues, which made me just blot everything i learnt about my religion out.

  well he hurt me too, oh i would give all my blood to you.

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  Good job keep it up you have talent
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  exJW Psychology 102--How to Ask a Question When Questions Aren't Allowed

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now that enough time has passed and i've moved away, i think i'm overdue to share some of the stories from my fade.

  i've mentioned some of this before, but i think it deserves its own thread.. we all would like to be able to freely ask questions about jw beliefs and get our family and friends to really think about certain questions.

  however, when you're a baptized jw, you really can't ask any good questions or you'll get the "apostate" label slapped on you!

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  gma-tired2

  Trujw I believe how you and your wife were treated. I watched elders in action in 1988 and was so shocked and disappointed. I have only attended a handful of meetings since that experience. It wasn't even my problem they were attacking my early 20's son because his marriage wasn't working.
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  I just informed the parents about me and the TTATT... heart wrenching

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well first i want to thank everyone here for the good points etc... i have received over the last few months.

  you guys have really been helpful!.

  so the other day my mother wrote me a 3 page letter telling me how she was so scared for me because she could tell my love for the truth was gone etc.. so i decided i wanted to totally rip the band-aid off and get this matter over and done with.

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  It is hard to accept that all the things we were taught and believed for over 60 years were lies. Let her think on these things for a while. Maybe she will soften her stance even if she doesn't leave the org. Your dad has doubts that he has never faced.