Posts by unique1

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shunning and its effect on the emotional fabric of families

by hurricane in

i am very concerned as to what the long term effect of df or ds can be on young children who may be deprived of the love and care of close family members, such as grandparents who may still be loyal jws but whose own married children are dfd.

the modern epidemic of youth rebellion is often traced back to dysfunctionality within the emotional fabric of societies.

the organisation may very well be contributing to this breakdown.. how many members of the gb are married with children and grandchildren who can fully empathise with what their policy is doing, has anybody written an article on this subject..

unique1

Long term effect? Like wondering why you only have one set of grandparents or why your parents are always trying to convert your grandparents because they are scared they will die at armageddon? Yeah one of those has happened to a lot of people here. I wouldn't call any of us super sane. But most of us did turn out well rounded.

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Any Elders here...

by FlipThis in

after leaving, have any of you former elders bumped into anyone you've df'd in the past?.

how'd that work out for you?.

unique1

Wow, guess not.

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Belated welcome to JWD for iveseenthelight!

by nvrgnbk in

jw
friends

love the avatar!

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welcome, iveseenthelight!.

unique1

WELCOME!!

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Please Put Your Hands Together For ...

by snowbird in

i'veseen the light.

note:.

iveseenthelightre: new kid on the block 30-aug-07 10:20aug 30, 2007. .

unique1

Welcome to the board.

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What affected you more, growing up in the cult, or a dysfunctional family?

by Bumble Bee in

i think for me, it was the dysfunctional family.

things from my childhood are finally getting to me.

i've tried for so long to just push them to the back of my mind.

unique1

A slightly dysfunctional family magnified by a cult.

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Interesting tidbit from a bethalite

by Princess Daisy Boo in

so my "bethalite" sister calls me last night for a chat (now i must digress slightly and say that conversations with my sister are few and far between - we have very little to say to each other and any calls to each other are merely out of duty) .

after all the small talk, she tells me that she was doing stocktake in the tuckshop for a change instead of the usual housekeeping job that she is meant to do.

i ask her why and she tells me that all the dept's within bethal who keep a supply of products have to do a stocktake in preparation for the big courtcase on friday.

unique1

Sounds interesting.

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New kid on the block

by Maddie in

this is my first message and i am glad to be here.

i guess you could say i just got some new light!.

i have had a tough time lately - all the scars from being a jw and not wanting to lose contact with my family.

unique1

WELCOME MADDIE!!!!

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My interesting anti-witness to a phone rep......

by megsmomma in

i am really excited about this...i feel like it was "meant to be".. i called my cell phone company to see about getting my grandparents on the same net work, but had to make sure they would get reception in both places they live.

(they go back and forth from nevada to ohio) i also checked into getting them the same type of phone i have so i could show them how to work the darn thing.. the woman i spoke to was very nice and she said she wanted to commend me for showing such love to my grandparents and how there weren't a-lot of people who would do that.

i told her that they were wonderfull grandparents and are really like my parents because they have taken over the parent role to me since my own are in a cult and have disowned my family.. we talked a little about that and i said i wasn't angry with my parents, just sad because they are being tricked into thinking they are doing the right thing...and she asked "if you don't mind saying, what religion are they in?