Aww, Maddie, I am sorry. It is awful to think that you may lose grandparent rights because of a change of mind concerning ones religion. It is stupid. I am shunned now after years of fading, so I feel your pain. Hang in there.
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What sort of choice is that anyway? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Maddie init feels like being in the twilight zone right now!
what kind of choice is is when we are put in the position of choosing between loved ones and our freedom??
i am so angry right now, i feel like screaming in frustration.
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Elders/friends praise me for my note taking at meetings.
by oompa inas i faded over the past year, i still went to some meetings each month, and my wife always likes to sit (pretty much alone) near the front of the hall.
although there in body, i could just not stand to keep listening so i decided to start writing a book.
action/adventure/suspence revolving around a worldwide effort to end islamic extremist terrorism.
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Classic.
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I walked off the job today....
by Terry incan't explain this one.. right in the middle of my shift i became disassociative.. my brain locked and i threw my hands up and kept repeating, "i can't do this!
i can't take this!
right out the front door of the bookstore.. i wasn't angry.
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Been there, done that at least twice. It really freaks people out. Sometimes you just need to go somewhere and scream at the top of your lungs. Both times though, have led to me making changes for the better like getting a new better job or learning to communicate with others and express my feelings that I at other times repressed. Hang in there, it DOES get better!!
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Fresia...my story
by fresia inhello all, i must say it is really very hard for me to know where to start.
but i guess a little bit of background before i became a jw may have to be said.
i came from a disfunctional family and at the age of 3 was sent to homes, returned back to my family only later on to be sent back to other instituations, mainly due to neglect, but later on due to my running away from an abusive home.. my mother was religious, permiscuious but still religious, this turned me of religion in general but i liked and believed in the bible.
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Wow Fresia, glad you were finally able to make a clean break. Cheers to you. Hang in there.
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Sad News Orangefatcat's husband died this morning.
by orangefatcat inthis is one of the sadest days in my life, my beloved husband marco passed away this morning at 5:15 am.. it has been a dreadful day.
but my dear friend was with most of the day while we went togerther to make funeral arrangements.. that was really hard on me.
i have done nothing but cry and cry all day, i finally fell asleep a few hours ago while my friend diane was here and she let me sleep.
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((((((((((((((((OFC))))))))))))))))
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Err... JWs and Malaria ???
by AlphaOmega inhow the hell do jws justify this claim ???.
religion, prostitutes reject malaria spray.
new times (kigali).
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That makes no sense. How can spray be agains their religion? Are they spraying blood??
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My JW roommate and I were watching a program on cults the other night
by oppgirl63 inthey were talking about how when you are in a cult, you are not allowed to think outside their 'box'.
i didn't say anything and she says "that sounds just like the jw's doesn't it?".
i just smiled and said yes...i was thinking that very thought but wasn't going to say anything.
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Sounds like you have a good friend. Keep it up.
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OMG! OMG! OMG! My DAD has the Sept KM QB part!! We have been....
by oompa ine-mailing back and forth for days about the qb, and he only told me today that he had not even noticed anything new or different about this material until i had brought it up.
he says it would be "absurd" to think the fds mean all literature and web sites other than the wt ones are not to be used for anything, but that the context of the article needs to be taken into consideration.
that the context is key.
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Sounds like your dad will present it in a balanced manner since your discussion. Most elders would not. I say go to both just to see the difference in presentation.
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The Fader (Me) at a Restaurant with the Cong. Dubs (long)
by OnTheWayOut inso this fellow from the congregation my wife goes to (and i am inactive from for almost 6 months).
is moving to where the need is greater.
he's an ms, totally indoctrinated loyal jw.
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WOW That was a great witness they gave. You can really see the love among them.
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Encounter with JW neighbours # 2
by winnie inas i posted in a previous thread, we moved about 5 weeks ago into a house next door to a local elders family (who also happen to be related to us through marriage).. the elders wife (i'll call her mrs m), decided to weed her garden when we went out this morning.
but we were only gone for 20 minutes.
to weed a part of her garden, she has to come into our front yard to reach it, which she was doing when we came home.
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CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!