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  My sister's decision to ex-communicate me, just might rock the boat!

  by Faithful Witness in

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  it was 11 days after i received the email from my sister, informing me that she is no longer going to communicate with me.. i was never a jw, so i don't fully comprehend this decision, nor do i understand the games jw's play.. i talked to my mom yesterday, and she (baptized within last year) is getting more and more fed up with the nonsense.

  she has been trying to get everyone to come together, and she is seeing more and more extreme behavior from my sister and her husband.

  my mom is blaming my brother in law, but my sister has clearly spoken up and said she is speaking for herself also.

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  If my mother even attempts to make a move or ask a question, this could get interesting.

  She has a special relationship with my niece, so she probably knows better than to risk it.
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  SEND THEM ALL !!!

  by Tech49 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i dont see anyone else mentioning it, so i will: last night at the service meeting there was a letter read, from the most holy 8.. a request for more workers!

  and this one with new addendums!

  i am pulling from memory, but pretty sure i have it right (feel free to correct me if someone else hears the letter too).. .

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  Faithful Witness

  I'm confused... if Armageddon is coming, why are they building?
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  a "worldly" (gasp) Catholic just showed my huaband what true integrity is

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  he was a tenant of ours in 2009 on a visa, but was unaware of all the rules,such as checking in with any new address.

  after some time, although hardworking, he lost his job and began getting behind in rent.

  he promised to keep paying as much as he could.

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  We (as Bible students) were told ALL about the virtues of the JW contractor!

  We hired 3 JW's, separately, to do some contract work on our house. They were typical contractors: Show up late, leave early, no clean-up.

  When we need work done on our home or property, we hire the Amish!!
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  My sister's decision to ex-communicate me, just might rock the boat!

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was 11 days after i received the email from my sister, informing me that she is no longer going to communicate with me.. i was never a jw, so i don't fully comprehend this decision, nor do i understand the games jw's play.. i talked to my mom yesterday, and she (baptized within last year) is getting more and more fed up with the nonsense.

  she has been trying to get everyone to come together, and she is seeing more and more extreme behavior from my sister and her husband.

  my mom is blaming my brother in law, but my sister has clearly spoken up and said she is speaking for herself also.

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  Faithful Witness

  It was 11 days after I received the email from my sister, informing me that she is no longer going to communicate with me.

  I was never a JW, so I don't fully comprehend this decision, nor do I understand the games JW's play.

  I talked to my mom yesterday, and she (baptized within last year) is getting more and more fed up with the nonsense. She has been trying to get everyone to come together, and she is seeing more and more extreme behavior from my sister and her husband. My mom is blaming my brother in law, but my sister has clearly spoken up and said she is speaking for herself also. She is "protecting her children" from me. Or, I think it is just me... Still confused about how this game works.

  The "good" news out of all this, is that my sister's decision to "no longer communicate" with me, is just another straw on the camel's back, as far as my mother is concerned. Before she ever got involved with the JW's, she made a statement about how they "divide families." It has officially happened now.

  While talking to my mother, I did my best to explain to her that I have no problem with my sister or her decision to be a JW. I have loved her since she was born, and will continue to love her and be kind. I told my mom, "Sometimes you can boil things down to 2 choices: be kind, or be unkind. I will be kind, no matter how I am treated by her." I have been jumping through hoops, trying to make peace in this family, especially over the last year. No matter what I do, makes it worse. (paraphrasing what I told my mom). My mom said, "I agree with YOU! Somebody is being too hardheaded here." She is blaming my brother in law, of course.

  I saw him recently, when we were both visiting my mom in the hospital. He avoided eye contact and would not speak to me. He did, however, speak to my children, and acted as if they were going to interact with him. He seemed surprised, when they were intimidated by him. Whenever I spoke to him, he looked at the floor, and like he wanted to jump right out of his skin. My niece (12) kept looking at me and smiling at me. It was 2 days later, when my sister informed me she was no longer communicating with me (I did not see my sister at the hospital, it was just my brother in law and niece).

  So anyway, like I said before. I can take rejection. I forgive my sister's abnormal behavior. I know it's not actually HER, not her natural self, the one who has known me since her birth. I have never been anything but kind to her. My mom and my dad both can see this. My mom is pointing it out.

  This "new" development, along with other comments recently made by my sister (about not being willing to even consider coming to the family homemade trade party), have caused my mom to get upset enough to actually question the JW's out loud to my father. "I told Dad... You know, it's things like THIS, that make you look at the Jehovah's Witnesses and think, I don't want anything to do with it!" She was in tears, talking to me about how hard it was when her children were divided. (I learned my peacemaking from her).

  I feel pretty good about the conversation, which was actually a nice 40 minutes on the phone, with that little 10 minute drama about my sister, mixed in between other real life issues. I feel like I am starting to be reconnecting with my mom again, which is awesome. She's been like my best friend my whole life, until her recent immersion in the Watchtower bathtub.

  I know she can easily slip right back into blowing bubbles... but it sure was nice to talk to my mom again, and to hear her say that she thought my sister was making the wrong decision. We might be going on a special diet together, so this will hopefully lead to even more communication between us.
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  When Simon met me, he told me I was "The One"

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "the one" person whom he had ever met who hadn't seen the matrix.... .

  i am gonna watch it today!!.

  shhhh don't tell me the end!!

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  Faithful Witness

  I haven't seen it. I've also never watched Star Wars.
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  Ha, my hub wants a gift~!

  by Angus Beef in

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  he knows i'm done, he's willing to fade.... out of the blue last night he tells me if i want to buy him a gift, he'd like the bacon bowl maker and the hamburger press (with the hollow center for fillings) so i will be buying him a valentine gift and i'm excited to be able to do it.~.

  i'm looking forward to doing lots of things we couldn't do, we may have to secretly do them since we still have family in wt.

  my mind is overwhelmed with excitement.... .

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  Faithful Witness

  What is a bacon bowl? Sounds divine.

  Congrats on your new choices and freedoms. Scratch off tickets can be fun, because you don't have to wait to find out you lost.

  If you go to the casino, watch a couple of videos on blackjack first. Don't spend more than you can afford to lose! May I also recommend BINGO!
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  I Admire Norway

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://news.yahoo.com/norwegians-become-crown-millionaires-oil-saving-landmark-172511178--sector.html.

  wow!

  what a country!.

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  I admit I haven't done a lot of research on that one, Flying. I'm sure you're right. 30-40% isn't that bad for a tax rate.

  I admit to being a person who prefers freedom and self-reliance, over government controls in my life. This way of thinking is vanishing is the age of technology, and as they work harder to achieve one world government.
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  Legitimate Children

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have my own personal viewpoint on why its often so futile to reason with a jehovers witness.. i think many witnesses, feel like legitimate children to the organisation.

  ( i have often heard the org being referrd to as mother).

  and this parental sence of belonging is so strong that new membets become " stepchildren".

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  As one who got out before getting baptized, I can sort of see what you're saying. There is definitely a pecking order in the KH, and even a visitor can figure it out, if you're paying attention. "We're all equals," is one of those claims they make that just aren't true.

  Since we were shiny and new, we never got demoted to stepchild. I think I noticed it happening to one unnoticable lady in the congregation. She got baptized at the CA, and I heard the comment from someone, "Oh, she's finally doing that huh?" There didn't seem to be a lot of joy in it.

  I observed a few baptism "talks" and ceremonies, as a non-JW (student). They were creepy.
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  Best "wake-up-call"-arguments?!

  by Mr Fool in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi everyone .

  it was not my intention to write here anymore, but i found things that caught my interest, things that i feel to share in the hope of someone finds it interesting.. the core is that the wt surprisingly admits that what "we" believe in, is after all, only opinions (awake 2000 june 22 page9-11 "do not be a victim of propaganda).. anyone with a scan of thiese pages would make my day ;-) the questions/arguments below are built around this:.

  feel free to find better arguments ;-).

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  Faithful Witness

  This is a great find, and I hope it can help open someone's eyes. Do the JW's teach opinions or are they the inspired mouth of God? ("Not for me to decide... That's what I love about this," said my newly converted to JW dad.)
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  I Admire Norway

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://news.yahoo.com/norwegians-become-crown-millionaires-oil-saving-landmark-172511178--sector.html.

  wow!

  what a country!.

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  A commentator yesterday said that Sweden has a 75% tax rate. (I'm sure we'll get there some day...)