Posts by KateWild

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My experience with a Judicial Committee, when in my early 20's

by Dunedain in

i joined this wonderful site, only a few weeks ago, although i have been away from the borg, for almost 20 years.

i didnt introduce myself, on a personal level, but i jumped right in, commenting, making threads, and just immersing myself in this community.

what a time, indeed, to be here, its almost as if i was "called" here, because the week i lurked, and joined, was when all this recent stuff came out.

KateWild

Thank you for you're story. I had a similar experience in a JC. I recorded it. Send me a pm if you want to listen to it.

Kate xx

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Did an EX-JW wake you up to TTATT or did you put the effort to wake up yourself?

by John Aquila in

how many of us were woken up by some apostate yelling false prophets at a convention?.

how many of us were woken up by someone holding a sign and yelling, what happened to 1975.

how many of us were coerced to investigate the wt because some ex-jw pulled up a bunch of old watchtowers magazines and told us to read the false predictions?.

KateWild

Cedars woke me up. He bumped his site on Google some how and I clicked on it by mistake.....we exchanged few emails and he finally woke me up.

I was experiencing injustice at the hands of elders I must admit.....but still very indoctrinated when I spoke to Cedars.

Kate xx

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My brother-in-law just graduated PSS

by Frazzled UBM in

so i was scrolling down facebook and i saw that my brother-in-law was getting lots of likes and congrats (including sadly from my wife) for graduating pss.

initially i thought peter pan (he is incredibly immature for a 23 year old) had gone against character and completed some sort of educational or vocational course until i found that pss stood for pioneer service school.

i was tempted to comment how sad this was but instead commented that "no matter how much you do they will always make you feel like it is not enough".

KateWild

Sorry to hear your wife is sending money to support pioneering. This goes against your belief system and it might result in the the recruiting of vulnerable people. But having said this I am glad you are not forbidding your wife to spend money as she wishes. You are giving her financial freedom in your marriage and treating her as an equal.

Kate xx

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Belief in God Can Be Turned Off Like a Light Switch

by cofty in

researchers in york used magnetic stimulation to target an area of the brain called the medial frontal cortex in a group of volunteers.

a control group received a sham treatment.. both groups were asked to think about death.

the group who experienced the magnetic energy reported 32.8% less belief in angels, god and heaven.. when faced with difficult challenges people often take refuge in ideology.

KateWild

The group who experienced the magnetic energy reported 32.8% less belief in angels, god and heaven. - Cofty

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How to deal with anxiety?

by BlackWolf in

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friends

lately my mental health has been rapidly declining.

i have anorexia and deppression, and my anxiety has become overwhelming.

i have been to many doctors/therapists in the past, but because i have not been magically cured my parents dont want to get me any more help.

KateWild

I am worried about you Blackwolf. You are 16. Homeschooled. Have no one to talk to. Depressed and anorexic.

You really need some support. You are in a cycle with your parents that they think the solution is prayer.....but one real solution is to stop going to Jehovah’sWitness meetings. You also need real support over your eating disorder. You could seriously damage your body.

I would love to help. But your options are limited. How can we really help Blackwolf?

Kate xx

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My mom passed away yesterday....

by minimus in

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friends

thank you all for your sincere encouragement during these last few weeks.

finally, she is at peace.

i was with her , holding her hand when she died.

KateWild

Glad you were with her right until the end

Kate xx

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Call For Children To Get Baptised From CO

by freemindfade in

so i've been pretty good at not going to meetings lately.

yesterday i went for the co's last talks.

older co. his last talk was absolutely shocking.

KateWild

I asked my wife this morning what she thought of the part, she said she didn't agree with it. - fmf

I am so happy for you. Small steps are better than a huge leap. Steady and slow is the best way to wake up. There will be more things in the future she doesn't agree with either. School friends, extra curricular activities, higher education. The possibilities are there.

Just keep asking her opinion now and then.

Take care

Kate xx

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Intersting Visit from our local JWs yesturday

by little_Socrates in

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way to early on a saturday morning we got a ring on our doorbell.

someone else answered the door.

after they left i walked by our entry way and gagged from the smell!

KateWild

What is wrong with this rule.... Your personal fragrances should not be noticeable outside of your own personal space. Am I being unreasonable here? - LS

When I first put my perfume on it's stronger than it is an hour later. So it's outside my personal space for a short period of time. From now on I will apply it an hour before I go out. Stronger perfumes might be different, but perhaps they just recently sprayed it.

Kate xx

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Intersting Visit from our local JWs yesturday

by little_Socrates in

jw
friends

way to early on a saturday morning we got a ring on our doorbell.

someone else answered the door.

after they left i walked by our entry way and gagged from the smell!

KateWild

I am sure if I had used any of those previous examples... I would have tons of support. All of those things are rude and unacceptable. What you have to understand... even though you as well are sensitive to those sensations.- LS

I don't think I am being callous when I say I want to wear fragrances. It's not rude to smell of fragrances. All you're other examples are people doing things deliberately so upset others. I can see your perspective LS, but it's clear you don't see other peoples perspective. If a close friend told me my fragrance hurt them, I would not wear it when I was with them, but I will not stop wearing fragrance because the person next to me in the supermarket might get a migraine from it.

If a person has a disability or sensitivity they should not expect the whole of humanity to change for them, they need to adopt strategies to cope with their disability or sensitivity. You need to understand people who wear perfume are not deliberately being rude, and I think that it's this point that you don't grasp LS.

Can you see my perspective too?

Kate xx

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Rumor that SP OVER 50 are being put back in the system.

by notjustyet in

just read this over on jwr that a few members have heard that sp that were being told that they were being cut at the first of the year are now being put back in the system.

the speculation is that they would have a harder time finding employment than those under 50.. anyone else able to confirm this?.

its probably a good thing as the wtbts will lose that money, these older ones will still be able to make it and the wtbts have shown their hand as far as this is what they would have liked to have happen.

KateWild

I don't think WT are going to be making any u-turns. Once they make a decision they normally stick to it. Humility and charity are not qualities WT display

Kate xx