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  I need to ask a question...

  by nightwarrior in

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  after reading flowers posting about her brother, it really got me thinking (a dangerous occupation with me) lol, what is it about the jws, that when you are in the org, you feel that you are in the'right religion', and then wham, something happens, to make you realise that things are not so rosey as you were first led to believe.. so my point is.. when you leave the 'org' you feel such great relief, as if a burden has been lifted from your shoulders, and that you feel that at long last (as in my case) you can really develop a good relationship with our creator... but, if it were the 'true religion' surely we would feel downhearted and oppressed in leaving, and really we would not want to leave at all, as all things would be made clear to us, and we would feel happy again, but that is not the case.. i hope that this makes sense.

  as at the moment my mother and sisters are still not speaking to me, it has now been a month, and the tatic i know, is that by (hopefully) ignoring me, i will come to my senses and return to the fold, and maybe even leave my sweet talking evil slave class husband!!

  (yeah right).

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  calamityjane

  I totally agree with you.

  I know they try the tactic that if they have nothing to do with you, ignore you in shopping malls, that you are going to come to your senses and come back. Not going to Happen. As this attitude proves to me the lack of love that they do have.

  Yes, I've lost my parents and brother and his family, they are still in, but I truly feel I am happier and more fulfilled. If they called me up one day to see me, I'd say sure, as long as it wasn't for an alterior motive. I'd open my arms to them if they truly wanted to come back into my life, with unconditional love.

  I get along better with my husband, we have a closer relationship than ever, my kids are happy because they have true friends, and when I see the circle of friends they have, it makes me smile, because I know these friends that they are growing up with now, will be true friends in old age, something that we have been robbed of of our childhood friends. Why would I want to go back.

  cj of the not looking back class.
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  I'm Done With This Site

  by LB in

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  back when i joined the site i had lots of concerns and i was given some great advice by some special people here.

  i'll miss you.

  but the time has come for me to move on.

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  calamityjane

  Hey LB., you can't go. I love your posts, and you do have a great sense of humour.

  Take a break and come back. PLEEZ
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  My Story

  by Jennie in

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  (note from mom -- cruzanheart -- our jennie, who is 9 years old, wanted very badly to join the forum, so we agreed that she could as long as she posts and reads while sitting on one of our laps, for censorship purposes!

  she wrote the following essay over the weekend after we had a talk with her about the circumstances surrounding her grandfather's death.

  she's letting me type it, but the spelling and punctuation is hers.).

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  calamityjane

  Hi Jennie and welcome to the board.

  Yes suicide is very disturbing. I can only imagine the feelings that you have right now, hurt, mad, sad. You wonder why a person that you loved could do that to himself or to his family. I think sometimes it's selfishness, and yes you would think that person could talk to somebody so that they don't feel so alone in their despair. But I think also that if a person has endured some emotional times, like your grandfather, I'm sure he was very tired. When people get emotionally and physically tired, they want to go to sleep and never wake up. I'm sorry you grandfather had to take the route of suicide.

  Hopefully your family will be able to pick up the pieces and become stronger, along from the help that you receive on the board.

  Take care Jennie you'll find much comfort here.
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  CALLING ALL APOSTATES!!!!!!! I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!

  by pr_capone in

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  hey all!

  i dont want to go into alot of detail to quick but aside from the un bit... what is some relatively easy to prove/explain information that i can bring to who is an elder?

  need info specificaly on the 144,000 as well.

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  calamityjane

  Besides going out door to door, it seems that JW's have nothing better to do but raise sh#t , and stir up trouble.

  They're lives are so pathetically boring that they need this just to keep their lives interesting, and worth living.

  I can go on and on, but that's my opinion.

  I'm in the mood to kick butt, if you need any help
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  Hello!!

  by Prufrock in

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  great start to my posting career posting my intro in the announcements.

  anyway i wanted to say hello to everyone and thanks for a year of emotional support, though you knew not what you were doing.

  hopefully i can contribute from now on.

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  calamityjane

  Welcome to the board.

  cj
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  Just like to say hi

  by digderidoo in

  1. jw
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  just wanted to say hi to everyone here.. i've been lurking here for the past few days wondering who's still here and who's new.. i haven't been on this site for some time, it just seems to stir up old anger i have for the borg.

  but hey, i guess i just can't get away from the support this site can give to those who have been affected by the wtbts.. dig.

  don't spend your time worrying about adding days to your life, but think more of adding life to your days.

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  calamityjane

  Welcome Dig.

  Don't spend your time worrying about adding days to your life, but think more of adding life to your days.

  Well said.

  It will be great to get to know you here.
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  Culinary Question For Pheasant Pluckers:

  by Englishman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, how long would you hang a pheasant for before you thought that it was ready to eat?.

  a day?.

  3 days?.

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  calamityjane

  EMAN.

  That sounds so gross. Have you never cleaned a bird this way.

  We clean our patridge, spruce hen this way You stand on its wings, grab it by both feet and PULL and it actually turns the bird inside out. Totally guts its, and defeather's it in one sweep, very nice and clean and you then rinse it off. That's it, nothing gross.
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  Any Homebrewers here? (more OT fluff)

  by Bendrr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i finally broke down yesterday and "did something".

  i did manage to last until about 5 pm, doing nothing.. i drove down to a homebrew supply shop and bought my first beer-making kit.

  i've read the directions several times, as well as done some research on the net so i feel fairly confident that i can do it.

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  calamityjane

  These brewing experiences are making me LOL. OMG and we're still alive.

  We did the beer and it turned out great, we found it was a lot of work. so we brew the wine. on a monthly basis. Can't even age the stuff long enough before we drink it.

  The one wine batch that we almost lost was we had bottled and corked the wine and left for almost a week to attend an assembly, and of course it was one of the hottest summers, so on our return home, I could smell wine but thought nothing of it. Anyways a couple of days later I went down into the basement to check our wine. Well there was a mess there were corks lying all over the floor, and it was wet. Some corks were still in the wine bottles but half way out, so I stuffed them back into the bottles. Well we lost a few bottles but the bottles we were able to salvage ended up being like champagne, very bubbly and yummy. Our best batch. Could we duplicate it now, No.

  have fun brewing, its an experience
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  Goofy's Introduction, hello

  by goofy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i feel like i know some of you since i have been lurking here for almost two years, yikes!.

  let me introduce myself.

  i go by goofy here, you know the disney character, always liked him.

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  calamityjane

  Welcome goofy, its so nice to have you here on the board and posting.

  As you have already seen you will get much encouragement and laughs from us all.

  It sounds like you have many friends since you have left, I too found many friends once I left.

  Regards

  "cj of the can't get enough of the unconditional friendships class"
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  I refuse to lie to have a job!!!!!!

  by Jesika in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  come to find out, the things i was telling people about the products we were selling were lies.

  i am not comfortable lying to people to sell a product.

  i really don't like being lied to and then finding out later most everything i was told to do was bs.

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  calamityjane

  Sorry to hear about the job Jes. You did the right thing.

  You'll find something.