Welcome to you and family and enjoy you have waken together. Cancer in your small ones is hard but they can do so much more with cancer today. Hoping for a remission for your son very soon.
gma-tired2
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My story so far
by brainmelt ini've been trying to avoid posting this, due to extreme paranoia but its time to post my story.
i hope to not post too many details, as we've avoided being df so far, our group elder was young and lovely and cool and i just hope that in time he learns the ttatt.. i'm a regular lurker on here, occasional poster (i can't post much as my phone browser only lets me read but not post, so i only post on the odd occasion i get a time alone on the pc).
i have been fading since round about last september ( so almost my first anniversary of learning ttatt).
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2014 District Conventions to downsize 400 to 100 - "consolidating"
by Gayle inhttp://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/08/01/2500842/jehovahs-witnesses-convention.html.
what they told me is the decision has been made nationally to downsize the number of conventions from 400 to 100. they're simply consolidating,".
read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/08/01/2500842/jehovahs-witnesses-convention.html#storylink=cpy
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gma-tired2
Gander those 8 days were long. Early morning to late at night. Bad dates 1963 Pasadena Rose Bowl missed the first week of Sophmore year of school. Now at assembly halls an only 2 days.
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Article: It's Time to Outlaw Extreme Shunning in Modern Society
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://gilmermirror.com/bookmark/23272594/article-extreme%20shunning#.ufwjurllscm.facebook.
extreme shunningthe gilmer mirror.
its time to outlaw extreme shunning in modern society by: richard e. kelly .
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gma-tired2
The WTBTS hates bad publicity that could bring reproach on Jehovahs name. By making the problem of disfellowshipping/shunning to public view it could become an embarrasment to them especially if we slowly, kindly let our neigbors and friends know what will happen if they become JWs. This policy which in thee past was easy to keep from most outsiders, they didn't have much to worry about but now everything is out there for anyone to see. While I was in the workforce I had many non believers ask me why their JW family would no longer associate and most were glad to know the reason. Of Course this may just be hopeful thinking on my part but I still let people know about the shunning policy.
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How many JWs are genuinely in "good standing"?
by slimboyfat inan interesting question arose from my earlier thread:.
we all know that many jws do stuff that would get them disfellowshipped, but never get caught.
but how many jws do you think there really are who have never kept any disfellowshipping "offense" secret?
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gma-tired2
When I was a teen the percent who hadn't committed some infringement of the rules 0%. I know we often hung out together. I do remember my mother being upset having to attend a wedding in a church. my dad insisted.
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Michelle Knight is a giant
by Marvin Shilmer ini just watched michelle knights comments to the court regarding ariel castro.
this woman is big, brave and resilient beyond imagination.
very inspiring.
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gma-tired2
Michelle is a survivor. May life be good to her from this time onward.
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Former Longtime Elder- Met up with a Former CO,DO
by James Jackson inat a convention recently, i met with don wallace, a former co and do.
he told me he came off the road 6 years ago and is living in scottsboro al.
him and his wife are in their late 70's.
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gma-tired2
I am happy to hear of a CO that had some foresight things may not come to the end we were led to believe in. I knew of a couple of my siters friends who went on to be COs and I know they are now in their 70s and I have found myself recently wondering how they are getting by.
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Elizabeth McFarland child abuse lawsuit on the news
by cedars inhi folks.
i'm aware that there is already a thread on the newly-announced elizabeth mcfarland lawsuit, but i thought i would start a new thread for the benefit of lurkers showing the newly released news videos more prominently.. here they are.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfhrhrvm2c4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xegm1gunz2c.
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gma-tired2
Elizabeth and all other survivors, you are awsome and keep going forward in your lives and stick it to those resposible for coverups.
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I Just Had A Big Fat Bomb Drop On My Head and It Leaves Alot Of Questions
by TotallyADD inwhen i got home from work this afternoon my wife was standing near the door looking at me and said you need to sit down i have some hard news to tell you.
so i sat down and she began saying my brother called and i imminently ask if my mom had died.
she said no but my mother told my brother a deep family secrect that no one knows about.
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gma-tired2
I have my speech back. Non of our families have been perfect, but we raised as JWs thought they shoud be. I have found there are many secrets in many families. Another sibling can turn out to be a positive thing if you decide to find him. I myself have a half-sister I never got to know and I now wish I had known her, but dad is gone and all his brothers and sisters who might have information on her are gone too. Don't make a decision immediately give yourself time to adjust.
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I Just Had A Big Fat Bomb Drop On My Head and It Leaves Alot Of Questions
by TotallyADD inwhen i got home from work this afternoon my wife was standing near the door looking at me and said you need to sit down i have some hard news to tell you.
so i sat down and she began saying my brother called and i imminently ask if my mom had died.
she said no but my mother told my brother a deep family secrect that no one knows about.
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Another Suicide
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inthere wouldn't have been any good way to hear the news i suppose.
it's just so strange to recall the conversation yesterday.
my "still in" parents are with me and my inactive sister having a pleasant conversation.
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gma-tired2
So Sorry Billy. My heart hurts for you. When someone feels desperate enough to take their own life it breaks all those around him hearts.