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  Accident

  by Louise in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so over easter weekend i was house sitting a lovely place.

  the back door was sticking and so in order to close it, gave it a pull with all my might.

  my thumb happened to be nestled in the gap of the kitchen door.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Did they give you antibiotics? I would be very careful about infection.
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  When you were Hard-Core JW, did Opponents Screaming or Filming you help your Exit?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all of us are upset in different ways, some of us are ferociously angry because, let's face it, it's our fault!

  i had many clues they were lying about our religion but i failed to see through them because of the pain of admitting we got conned and family pressure from peers stopped me from making a courageous choice.

  when i read about people who confronted the elders and won their judicial committees (even though the jw elders df'ed them) my heart goes out to their courage, their amazingly stronger than i will ever be.

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  GrreatTeacher

  William draper, the whole focus on clothing drove me crazy, too. It was a fashin show every Sunday. When I thought about all the dress clothes my parents bought for us kids, I realized that we actually could have had nice school clothes instead. Maddening.

  One of the last memorials I went to I wore pants/trousers. They are appropriate for every other area of my life, so it should be good enough for them, too. I never wear dresses now.
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  When you were Hard-Core JW, did Opponents Screaming or Filming you help your Exit?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all of us are upset in different ways, some of us are ferociously angry because, let's face it, it's our fault!

  i had many clues they were lying about our religion but i failed to see through them because of the pain of admitting we got conned and family pressure from peers stopped me from making a courageous choice.

  when i read about people who confronted the elders and won their judicial committees (even though the jw elders df'ed them) my heart goes out to their courage, their amazingly stronger than i will ever be.

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  GrreatTeacher

  That's the nature of mind control. They breed in phobias of apostates.

  It's not really your fault. They use unfair tactics.

  Some people figure it all out as teenagers, some figure it out years later, but most don't figure it out at all. So, I'd say you're in a pretty special group!
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  Hounded to his Death

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.thanetgazette.co.uk/inquest-concludes-dad-died-margate-night-went/story-26272711-detail/story.html.

  this story makes me ill with rage.

  this man's crime?

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  GrreatTeacher

  True, siar2, illegal kiddie porn would be a problem.

  The story doesn't seem to indicate that, but it doesnt seem to be very well written, either. It still leaves a lot of questions.
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  Hounded to his Death

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.thanetgazette.co.uk/inquest-concludes-dad-died-margate-night-went/story-26272711-detail/story.html.

  this story makes me ill with rage.

  this man's crime?

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  GrreatTeacher

  And then, Tal, is the issue of why the elders were viewing a porn site to begin with. How did they ever find this guy out?

  It makes me wonder whether his wife found it first and alerted the elders?

  I don't think randomly surfing porn sites on the internet, looking out for other brothers and sisters, could be construed as sheperding the flock!
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  Hounded to his Death

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.thanetgazette.co.uk/inquest-concludes-dad-died-margate-night-went/story-26272711-detail/story.html.

  this story makes me ill with rage.

  this man's crime?

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  GrreatTeacher

  Porn is about fantasy, and fantasy is by definition not real life.

  I wouldn't give another worried thought to his porn habits, Faye.
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  Hounded to his Death

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.thanetgazette.co.uk/inquest-concludes-dad-died-margate-night-went/story-26272711-detail/story.html.

  this story makes me ill with rage.

  this man's crime?

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  Data, I was wondering the same thing. Likely someone who has a big problem with porn.

  I don't have a problem with porn and I certainly would never give my husband trouble for it.

  I know this is very retro now, what with the internet and all, but when we got married, I gave my husband a subscription to Playboy magazine. It was my way of letting him know I was chill about the whole porn thing.

  I just thought it needed to be said, considering that people feel the need to commit suicide over being caught watching it: watching porn does not make you a bad person. It makes you a normal person.
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  Hounded to his Death

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.thanetgazette.co.uk/inquest-concludes-dad-died-margate-night-went/story-26272711-detail/story.html.

  this story makes me ill with rage.

  this man's crime?

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  GrreatTeacher

  I would think it would be difficult to get life insurance monies without a body. But, if he jumped in a harbour, the body could just simply be gone. It could wash up later or never.

  On another note, it sounds like his wife found the porn and then contacted the elders. I wonder how she feels about that decision now.
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  The Science Is In: God Is The Answer...

  by OUTLAW in

  1. social
  2. current

  the science is in: god is the answer.

  research shows kids raised with spirituality are happier and healthier in the vulnerable teen years.

  why arent we all signing up?.

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  GrreatTeacher

  I thought it was interesting that even the original article acknowledged that fundamentalist religions did not produce any positive result regarding reduced depressive symptoms in adolescents.

  I think a weakness of the article was that there didn't really seem to be a good working definition of religiosity.
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  she passed faithful to the end to them!

  by jookbeard in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just found out (second hand of course) and by someone on here that my faithful jw mum passed away within the last couple of days, dont know the exact day, and what cause, she spent the last few years living with my fanatical sister, she was 65 and survived my father by 10 years, bitter, angry and hateful till the end and never as so much enquired or asked how her 2 grandchildren ever were , they are 5 and 7!

  feeling a mixture of emotions right now, they were lousy parents in all honesty, she suffered health wise so maybe its for the best, dont even know when the funeral is!

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  GrreatTeacher

  Shunning is so far out of the pale of normal human behavior that there really can be no objectively right or wrong way to deal with the situation.

  Just listen to your own heart and feelings on the matter and do what you think is best, to the best of your ability.

  The family will likely criticise you whatever you decide to do, so I wouldn't really consider their opinions AT ALL on the subject.

  Your mother. Your grief. Your choice.