Posts by bebu

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MsMcDucket's mom

by parakeet in

msmcducket's mother died this morning.

she posted the announcement deep in a thread she had started several months ago when her mother first became seriously ill, and as a result the post sort of got lost.

msmcducket, i hope you don't mind my taking the initiative to start a new thread about your mom.

bebu

(((((MsMcDucket))))

I am so very sorry for your loss. I pray your family is able to feel the love and support of those who love you, and who loved her as well.

bebu

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Um..hi...I'm new too!

by Ex-Jo Ho in

wow!

i came across this site and i felt a huge weight come off of my shoulders!

someone understands!

bebu

Welcome Josie--and all the other newbies who have posted on the thread. I hope all of you find this place a great way to unwind from the WTS.

LOL @ clam (it's a "great crowd"). JWD's growing at a faster rate than the WTS, that is for sure!!

bebu

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New Tracts fill Recycling bins

by Lilycurly in

jw
friends

i thought the jws would never visit my appartement bloc...but they finally did.. i came home yesterday night to find one of the new tract folded a few times and inside my mailbox.

i was really excited of course, but a bit dissapointed that i wasn't there to get it directly from them.

i looked around the other boxes, and it seems like the dubs just left one to everyone without even trying to knock.

New Tracts fill Recycling bins

by Lilycurly in

jw
friends

i thought the jws would never visit my appartement bloc...but they finally did.. i came home yesterday night to find one of the new tract folded a few times and inside my mailbox.

i was really excited of course, but a bit dissapointed that i wasn't there to get it directly from them.

i looked around the other boxes, and it seems like the dubs just left one to everyone without even trying to knock.

bebu

http://www.reexamine.org/quotes/

It apparently has babelfish linked to translate... but it doesn't seem to work.

bebu

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i have been on this board for years..... i have had so many loving friend on here.... surely i will "kick the bucket" one day------thanks for all the lovely p.ms i get & all the help i have had .also all the kids & grand-kids i have adopted.

i am truly blessed.

bebu

Mouthy, you're an institution here. You are forbidden to die or leave or even have ISP trouble.

...Personally mouthy, I hope you don't kick the bucket until you see the WTS implode in a meaningful way. That way, you can die even more blessed!

bebu

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New Tracts fill Recycling bins

by Lilycurly in

jw
friends

i thought the jws would never visit my appartement bloc...but they finally did.. i came home yesterday night to find one of the new tract folded a few times and inside my mailbox.

i was really excited of course, but a bit dissapointed that i wasn't there to get it directly from them.

i looked around the other boxes, and it seems like the dubs just left one to everyone without even trying to knock.

bebu

I stood there looking at the silly pieces of paper, while I clutched mine, and I toyed with the idea of going up to my appartement, crossing the "False religion" part with a black marker and writting "Jehovah's Witnesses" instead, and running back down to tape it on the wall near the mailboxes....

I think this is an excellent idea!!! Write under it a few website names (silentlambs.org, freeminds.org) so that readers will understand that it is more than just a joke--JWs is a false religion and the truth of the statement can be investigated online.

bebu

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I feel like taking a risk on the platform tomorrow night.

by SirNose586 in

jw
friends

in my bible highlights part, i am going to espouse a pro-soup kitchen/salvation army/homeless shelter view.

right on the heels of that, i'm going to support (higher) education as a means of bettering ones' self.. what will i get: insta-jc?

front of the hall talk?

bebu

btw...can you be my son?

((((CB)))) Maybe adopting one of the fellows here who are JW "orphans" is exactly the thing you need to do!!

Ironically, it fits right in with this topic, too... (James 1:27 and all.)

bebu

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Has it really been FIVE years?? wow....

by Scully in

jw
friends

i just realized that it was five years ago, today, that i joined jwd.. i didn't think i'd be around very long - i didn't think i had a lot of residual "stuff" to deal with - was i ever wrong!!.

thanks to everyone who has made jwd what it is - a safe haven, a place for fun and friendship, a place to talk about our jw experiences and figure out what comes next, a place where we can offer support and friendship to people who feel lost and alone.

when i joined, there were less than 2000 members, and we've grown to over 25000 memberships.

bebu

Woohoo!

5 years is a great milestone! You've been such a help and such a resource, and you are an even-handed assistant here too imo. I appreciate how you try hard to be fair. ...You are also one of the few who have never changed their avatar, so I ALWAYS recognize your posts (but I am afraid I don't know the show/cartoon from which your avatar comes). You are kind of a pillar here.

(25000 members?? Wow!! Is that in the statistics area somewhere? I'd like to keep track.)

bebu

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It happened.....

by lavendar in

our son, who is married to a witness, has just announced that he can no longer take part in holiday celebrations of any kind.

he is slowly being sucked into this org., and we are heart sick about it.

from what we understand, he has to purge his life of all these "horrible" things (like birthday celebrations, etc.

bebu

The very FIRST thing new people are taught is that people who are "with Satan" including his own family, will try to stop him from becoming a JW and when it happens, the JWs go SEE??? We have the TRUTH because we KNEW that opposition would happen!! Jehovah is calling you..dont let Satans minions pull you back!"

And this is a tactic used not only by JWs, but by other cults as well. If you feel that your son is believing such things about you, you might ask him if there might be any way to reasonably test out the JWs without his jumping to conclusions about your motives. Remind him that the Bible warns him--and you--to test EVERYthing, and hold to that which is good. Proverbs 18:17 also says that the first to present his case seems right, until another comes forward and questions him. Let him know that the Bible recognizes the need for cross-examination.

BTW... please be careful about information overload. Make sure you breathe deeply and are calm before saying or doing anything. Overwhelming him at the beginning will be tempting, but be prepared for a long road. If he's online, that is best for you. You can send a link to a website like the Quotes website, which is one of your best options, because it is all WTS material... and what could he find wrong with that?? Ease into the scandals later. You can be very innocent about asking his opinion about how JWs deal with so many changes. Let him know that if there is truth to the JWs religion, and your life is actually on the line, shouldn't he help smooth the road out for you by answering your questions?

bebu

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It happened.....

by lavendar in

our son, who is married to a witness, has just announced that he can no longer take part in holiday celebrations of any kind.

he is slowly being sucked into this org., and we are heart sick about it.

from what we understand, he has to purge his life of all these "horrible" things (like birthday celebrations, etc.

bebu

The advice from sons and daughters who joined the WTS and later left is so helpful!! I hope others will post to explain what helped them soften, what didn't.

And WELCOME to the board, lavender. I also have not been a JW, but have a friend who has been in for nearly 50 years. When she has her birthday, she always gets a fancy gift and card from me--she can barely disguise her joy. (We even sang Happy Birthday to her this last time--what could she do?? She said "thanks"!) Anniversaries of blessed events are not inherently evil.

bebu