My mom starting partaking when I was 16, no one believed she was annointed including us (the family). She was too headstrong, too in your face to the elders about everything. She was certainly crazy, but they really didn't know that because she saved most of that for home. First my dad had minsterial servant taken away from him for not "controlling his family" and when that didn't work she was actually disfellowshipped for apostasy, when in fact she was acting wacko (long story) but in no way was she acting apostate. Her and I actually drove to Bethel from Louisiana and she demanded a meeting with someone there. They did meet with us actually and called a seperate congregation in to have an appeal. The other congregation judged the disfellowshipping as unfair and get this, they had to announce it this way "Blah, Blah Blah's disfellowshipping has been recinded" you must treat it as it never happened. Didn't really work because during the time she was disfellowshipped she did some truly bizarre things and everyone was afraid of the whole family so we were still shunned either way. Thats a topic for a whole 'nother post. :)
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Memorial: Partaking of the Emblems
by tula inif you partake of the wine and you are not "approved" status..... are you supposed to be cursed?
would you be "reproved"?
would they ignore you or call a jc?.
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Game: conversation with movie lines.
by FlyingHighNow inwe'll see how long this can go: i'll start the thread/ conversation with a line from a movie.
you answer me with a line from any movie.
can be the same movie or a different movie.
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With great power comes great responsibility (Spiderman)
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Mardi Gras Day Parade! Who's got the biggest set ?
by MinisterAmos inmy wife, daughter and i went to the parade today and had a blast!
fun times and not a jw in sight!
i even walked away with the biggest set of beads in the whole damn parade and all i had to show was my guns.
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You oughta come down here to Louisiana for Mardi Gras, believe me, NO ONE is behaving during Mardi Gras here. :)
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youtube video on jws depression
by jacethespace inthis is a very good video on the connection between jws and depression talking to an ex elder and an ex circuit overseer who is a phschologist and while a co he spent time helping people in the congs with their depression.and started to discover just how linked mental illness and jws watchtower control is.well worth watching.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co-b65w-zqs
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I was so shocked to see this thread. When I was about 17 my mentally unstable mother burned every stick of furniture in our house because it was aniques and she was sure we had inherited demons with it somehow. As we were watching it burn she kept asking if we could hear them scream. uhhh. there was no noise but the crackling of the furniture. The neighbors called the police but they couldn't do anything because there is no law against burning your own stuff. My dad was completely flabbergasted when he got home. oh, the memories.
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"This change shows how close the end we REALLY are..............."
by Warlock inaccording to one of my relatives, the co said, on a recent visit, that the offer of "everlasting life" will be brief and to the point.. when street witnessing, if people refuse, do not chase them.
in the door to door work, if someone is not interested, do not persist, just leave.. according to my relative, these changes really show "how close to the end we really are".. why is it that every change is interpreted as "this change shows how close to the end we really are"?.
i have come to realize that the wts are masters at jerking people around, and i really hate it!.
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I find the wording of witnesses "offering everlasting life" completely astounding. Like they are they sole peddlers of god's commodity. It just seems so condescending? I"m not sure that's the word I'm trying to use...
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What are you drinking right now?
by stillajwexelder ini am drinking real russian vodka (not stoli) mixed with vermouth on ice
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Crackdown on "sisters" volunteering at DCs
by dozy inthe wts has sent a letter to all convention overseers expressing their increasing concern at sisters "directing brothers" at district conventions.. with immediate effect (ie for dc 2008), sisters are no longer to be used as volunteers in parking and security / watchman departments.
any sisters volunteering in other departments (eg toilet cleaning) must be subordinate & follow the direction of appointed brothers.
this move will put a huge burden on the dcs in my area - nearly half the volunteers for parking are sisters and there aren't enough volunteers as it is.
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I was always really offended when we'd meet for service and the only baptized brother there was 11 and he held the meeting over the women, many elderly. It was insulting to be directed and questioned by a little kid.
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Before I starting taking Paxil, I rarely ever drank, maybe once a year and after I started Paxil, I started craving it like crazy, I drank constantly while on it. (Everyday) It caused other problems as well, but thats another topic.
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Loving crazy people
by coolhandluke ini don't think there is such a thing as "normal".
i think the best we can do is either functioning or non functioning.
we amble through life confused.
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Uhh, I just felt sick when I read your post, it just hit so close to home. I've been on both sides of the story, I cared for a mentally/physically ill mother for years and then myself have become quite sick: bipolar, pstd, anxiety disorders and I just feel so much guilt and shame at how much pain and suffering I've caused my loved ones by being crazy and just causing them unneccesary grief. The one thing I've taken away from it is that you can love and take care of someone who is mentally ill as long as you keep a distance to protect yourself from that black vortex that seems to suck everyone possible in around it. You have to take care of yourself first.
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Marital Separation - Your Experiences
by Bourne inwhoops.
too fast on the "enter" trigger.
yeah, i know) .
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My husband and just got back together after a seperation. It was brutal and the hardest thing I've ever gone through, but it was good for both of us, realizing you aren't going to die without each other. We both found strength we didn't know we had. While I had always imagined the rest of my life with him I realized that I could go on alone if need be. As hard as it was, it was actually good for us both.