Posts by Hapgood

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Happy B-Day Corvin!!

by Maya in

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hope you have a great one!.

sincerely,.

maya.

Hi

by Nancy Drake in

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hi everyone, i'm nancy.

Would you wear a crucifx?

by orangefatcat in

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my wonderful husband knows that i have been a religious person most of my life and while he despises jehovah's witnesses with a passion, he knows that i still believe in god and christ.

he being a greek orthodox and a wonderful human being he bought me a beautiful crucifix of jesus on a cross.

it is black stone and silver and says on the back of the cross, alpha and omega.

I have a beautiful silver Celtic cross from Ireland. I just had to have it. It is hidden in my jewelry box. Right now I can't wear it( I'm not brave enough), my hubby is still an active JW. I hope to some day wear it openly.

Hapgood

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Beware the voice of strangers...

by flower in

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i havent really been keeping up with the latest garbage being spewed forth from the wts to its members, but stumbled on this little gem from

http://quotes.watchtower.ca/bewarethevoiceofstrangers.htm

i'm sure this has been mentioned before and i missed it but i enjoyed this talk.

Hapgood

I heard this talk at the assembly last summer. I ask my JW hubby if it was true that the media is spreading lies about the WTS why with all the lawyers that they have, why doesn't the WTS sue the media for slander. He couldn't answer me.

Hapgood

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Sex abuse forum

by Phil in

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it appears that william bowen is starting procedings to take the watch tower to the courts.

(desert sun 28 march,2004) he says that about 6000 sexually abused persons have contacted him in the past to express outrage at being silenced by the bad institutionsl policies.kimberly norris of fort worth texas is handling a case for 47 alleged abuse victims and she says that she has been contacted by 2000 individuals who have claimed to have been abused.. has anyone read about this?

Hapgood

I was over at my Mom's today and this made it into her local paper. I was going to bring the article home, but I forgot it and left it at her house, she's saving it for me. It appears that this is finally hitting the local papers.

Hapgood

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Send a great big G'day to an aussie visitor who needs sympathy right now

by ozziepost in

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right now there's a friend who needs a friend in sydney.. you've all 'been there' and can help him thru' it.. what do you say to someone who knows in his head that the borg just isn't right, yet was brought up "in the troof" and so knows nothing else.. then the borg's inhumane judicial procedures can cause unspeakable mental anguish and emotional disturbance.

yet at this time there's simply no-one to turn to - a recipe for disaster.. so....would you give some words of reassurance to our new friend?

tell him what it's like to be free of the borg.

Hapgood

G'day Mate from the USA!!

First of all you are not alone. The WTS wants you to feel that way, you are not alone, remember that. There are many of us that feel just as you do.This very fact helped me tremendously that there are others like me. It takes time to heal, give yourself time, trust me, it will get better, this is only temporary. What you are going though is the grieving stage right now, you have lost so much, so be kind to yourself, do things that you enjoy, take time for yourself. Freedom is so worth it, just wait and see! And take advantage of any support and help that you can get. Be true to yourself, to me that is so important that I have this quote "to thine ownself be true" engraved on a ring that I wear, boy do I need that as a reminder sometimes :-)

Just remember the pain passes. Take it one day at a time, I know it's a cliché, but it's so true.

((((Hugs)))))

Hapgood

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What's The Most Traumatic Thing That's Ever Happened To You As A Witness?

by minimus in

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when you look back at your witness life, you probably can see that you were regularly exposed to traumatic conditions and situations because you were a jw.

thinking back, was there anything that stood out in your mind that especially wounded you?

Hapgood

I was admitted into the hospital unexpectedly after hemorrhaging. My blood count was half of what it should be (didn't know that at the time) . My JW hubby was not there (he went home to get me a few things, and to take our daughter to McDonalds for something to eat ), but my parents were there, they are not JWs. The surgery was planned for the next morning, but after getting the test results back, the Doctor wanted to do the surgery right away. I had to stand up alone to the Doctor, to an angry nurse (boy was she mad), the Anesthesiologist, my crying parents, I was insisting that in no way what so ever would I allow a blood transfusion. I really didn't understand the whole blood issue thing. Later, I managed to get a hold of an Elder, so he showed up with his wife for support, and my hubby showed up just before I went into surgery. It was pretty scary thing to go through, not knowing if something should happen, I wasn't going to get a blood transfusion, I could bleed to death and never wake up. The first thing that I saw when I woke up from surgery was the Anesthesiologists' bent head, for some reason he had his head wrapped in a red bandanna. From my vantage point his head looked like a hanging bag of blood (ok I was groggy), that really gave me a start.

Hapgood

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How have you changed since finding this forum?

by happehanna in

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my friends and daughters say that i am more relaxed and i seem happier in my own skin.

which is just great, but when i first started reading stuff here i was a quivering mess, i was in shock, but spending more time researching things are now slotting into place.. .

Hapgood

As a JW I felt so beaten up, I was never good enough, could never do enough. I lived in fear of dying at Armageddon, I knew that I would not make it. Consequently, I was a very miserable, unhappy person with a very low self esteem. What I found out on this forum was, that's not true! This forum has made me realize it's the evil cult of the Jehovah's Witnesses that perpetuates this myth that we are never quite good enough, we could never do enough, it leaves us with unbearable guilt. When I realized that the JWs is just a book publishing company masquerading as a religion, that's when I was free. Thanks guys!!

It's been a long road and a long road is still ahead. I'm really happy now. I'm more relaxed. I'm more tolerant. I still need to work on the low self-esteem, I brought that with me when I joined the JWs. Being in the JW religion made it worse though. I'm still learning to think for myself, I'm having a really hard time with that. It's like my brain won't kick into that gear. I really like this forum for that reason, it forces me to think. I read your posts and I think "well how to I feel about that, or what is my opinion, or what would I do." Even though I didn't post, it gets me thinking. And it's great that I'm not alone on this journey.

Hapgood

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Prayer Request - Court Today

by outnfree in

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hello, dear people!

my cousin from texas, she of the abusive husband, cancer, and impending loss of home due to foreclosure, whom many of you helped greatly with gifts, good wishes, and personal attention (.

she requests prayer in agreement beginning at 10 am cst, that not only will she get the spousal support she is seeking but also that her divorce become finalized today, that god looks over the judge's shoulder and makes sure he is aware of all the suffering, abuse and malicious treatment she has endured for the past two years, as well as the financial facts of the case.

Hapgood

Here's a prayer for Colleen that the Judge will have compassion for her situation. I'm on the east coast and it's 11:00 AM right now.

((((Brenda and Colleen)))

Hapgood

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The grandson i never got to know

by kls in

lately there has been threads on family members passing and each time i read them it bring up my grandson devon.

i think of him often but these sad threads of family dieing makes me wonder what he would look like ,what his interest would be.

he would have been 7 the first of march but it was not to be.

Hapgood

kls, I'm so sorry for your loss, my heart goes out to you. Nothing is more heartbreaking then the death of a child. I admire you strength in driving your Grandson home, you are very brave.

kat2u and Thunder Rider, what beautiful poems. I'm in tears. So sorry for the loss of your Grandchildren.

(((Hugs)))

Hapgood