Posts by franticfran

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FOUR FREEMASONS receive honorable mention in today's WT Study...

by Calebs Airplane in

that's right... 4 freemasons are quoted with honorable mention in today's wt rag study... anyways, these are:.

paragraph 1: john greenleaf whittier (1807-1892) - freemason and quaker poet who wrote "masonic voice review".

there is even a freemason affiliated lodge in massachusetts named after him... the john greenleaf whittier order of demolay which is part of the "freemasons of the eastern star"... paragraph 4: albert barnes (1798-1870) - freemason and presbyterian who was directly involved in the gnostic liberation front which, among other false teachings, attempted to dissuade their members into believing that lucifer is not satan.

franticfran

Selective memories,ever convenient.

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31 things each and every Jehovah's Witness NEEDS TO KNOW right now!!

by Terry in

things for jehovah's witnesses to think hard about.. .

1.you cannot change what you refuse to confront.. look at how you are feeling most of the time.

that sense of going nowhere and feeling down is not because you aren't spritual enough.

franticfran

Point 12 resonates with us. 35 years with a large "family" how many now "0" Thank God I get to choose my friends now !!!

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How do I as a future "Therapist" help ex-jws that won't move on from the WT?

by booker-t in

i am halfway through my master's program in psychology/sociology and plan on being a therapist/sounselor.

i left jw's in 1988 and i have never looked back.

i enjoy my life so much after getting my aa degree, then my ba degree, and now i will soon get my ma degree.

franticfran

I used to hear that a lot "move on" but that was usually from people still at the hall,its a bit like fallen into a barrel of oil and there are no handles and someone keeps saying "for godsake get out " not very helpful! I have just written to my daughter to say that for the first time in four years I feel am "moving on" and it is entirely due to the people on this forum taking the time to listen to me again and again and again. I am so glad I found this place and the people on it who dropped whatever they were doing and rushed over to give me a hand out of this filthy pit I have been drowning in for four years. I have made a realy lovely facebook friend here too. I wish I had had the courage to come here years ago. My daughter by the way is the director of counselling at a university here in Britain and lovely as she is as skilled as she is she couldnt hepl me. So try not to judge us please, just let us take the comfort where we can.

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why do I write?

by Separation of Powers in

i must admit, i feel rather like winston smith from orwell's 1984. i sit here in front of the image of a blank piece of paper on my computer screen.

i am alone in my study, alone, but like winston, i am hesitant to write on this blank piece of paper, fearful that i am under the watchful eye of the telescreen.

it is a form of paranoia, i guess, a paranoia that is synonymous with being in the organization; an organization that worries more about perception than substance.

franticfran

No reason required! "separation of powers". Enjoyed reading/seeing your thoughts. Thats what I love about this place,its like being able to drop in, stay for awhile,or not, I love the way I can listen in, add my tuppenceworth,or I can just stay quiet and learn,and whether I visit or not,whether I talk or not,nobody makes me feel bad about being me. Now theres a rare feeling eh?

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Tears

by LouBelle in

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i was checking some old threads and messages and came across people's messages and threads that have passed on ((dansk)) ((oompa)) two guys that i liked and shared some laughs / thoughts / hopes / encouraging words with.

pulled at my heart strings.. you're still remembered.

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franticfran

and will flipper please explain to me YET again how I start a new conversation!! I always look so rude butting in on things like wot I have just done!!

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Tears

by LouBelle in

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i was checking some old threads and messages and came across people's messages and threads that have passed on ((dansk)) ((oompa)) two guys that i liked and shared some laughs / thoughts / hopes / encouraging words with.

pulled at my heart strings.. you're still remembered.

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franticfran

Cant believe what I have just agreed to.. an old friend has asked me to put her and her family up for the local district assembly, and despite the fact that she and her husband know we no longer attend she still wants to come and I agreed because I didnt want to upset her and for old time sake! I am so annoyed with myself,I should have made some excuse because I dont like lying and thats what I will be doing. In the begining I didnt go to meetings because of what happened to us,but now I have real doubts about this "organisation" and I realy would never go back to ANY meeting not just this congregation. When she rings I say all the "right" things but as she is talking to me, in my head I am thinking.."God your such a stupid woman" thats terrible! Just want OUT!!! Its too late now. Its not fair because their quite nice little people but all I have in common with them is a shared past. Very sad. How did I get here??

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STAY AWAY FROM MY KINDGOM HALL," LORD'S EVENING MEAL" INVITATIONS REVOKED!!!!!

by AuntConnie in

i am very angry, pent-up rage call it!

so you will understand why and with great ease this subject is able to flow off my tongue onto the keyboard, because this time of the year is worse than your christmas time jitters!

anxiety, stress, compulsive babbling nuts are invading our service groups!

franticfran

Thats the best laugh Ive had in ages,why werent there more AuntConnie,s when I was in??? I might not have left

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Are we all bitter?

by LouBelle in

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i posted a link on fb that lead to a topic here.

i then had one of my 'friends' start having a go about how bitter everyone is here....fact he said.

(he used to be a jw elder but left a while back, not sure why he left or if he has even researched the faith since leaving) the more i tried to reason with him that actually it is a support forum, the more he lashed out that everyone here bad mouths the jw's and only attack the jw's.

franticfran

Bitter?? thats what they say we are too,but its not true,its more anger at injustice and terrible disappointment and the awful realisation that it was all a lie! Try telling the abused that their just "bitter"!

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Am off to Edinburgh for a week. Anyone fancy meeting for a drink?

by usualusername in

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