Posts by KateWild

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Hi everyone!

by cognac in

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was just listening to a song that made me think of the jws so thought i'd say hi and see how everyone is.

i'm doing ok. kids are fine.

i'm good, making tons of friends, very successful in my career, bla bla bla.

KateWild

Hi Cognac,

Nice to have you pop in to say hello.

Kate xx

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shutting down topics now?

by disposable hero of hypocrisy in

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5744214272901120/suicide-idea?page=3&size=10.

i can't comment on this topic on either of my devices or multiple browsers.. so we're shutting down topics now are we?

i'm assuming you've disabled commenting due to your feeling that it's a troll.

KateWild

Maybe it's just a cry for help and she needs some attention. Isn't that why we all come here to some degree.......for attention.

Kate xx

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I Love you grand Pa!

by James Mixon in

today talking with my jw daughter (the one that told me she will never shun me, no matter how.

much pressure they put on her) and i heard my 4 year old grandson in the background.

so i told her.

KateWild

Sorry to hear this. I understand how you feel. My family has been torn apart too.

Kate xx

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My brother died last night

by LisaRose in

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i found out this morning that my brother died last night, he was also an ex jw, 73 years old and died of heart disease and kidney failure.

it was not totally unexpected, as he had been in poor health, but it's a blow, especially as i just lost another brother two years ago.

there were six of us, now only four.

KateWild

I am sorry for your loss lisarose

Take care

Kate xx

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Entertaining Guide to Bad Science Journalism

by cofty in

healthy skepticism and a bit of effort is essential to avoid believing bad science.. ....

KateWild

Great vid cofty. If you haven't read it yet Ben Goldacre wrote a book called bad science.

He highlighted the points about control groups and that research without control groups was Bad Science.

Kate xx

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I'm getting baptized

by BlackWolf in

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i know i've started similar topics before but this time i'm serious.

my parents have been constantly pressuring me and after yesterday's watchtower study they asked me if i was going to be baptized this summer... and i said yes.

i probably should have thought about it more before making a final decision, but they're pretty much forcing me to do it anyway.

KateWild

Thank you for giving us an update I am so glad you have the strength and social skills to approach your parents.

Well done

Start a new thread and tell us how it goes.

Kate xx

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it's easy to think of exjws as being a single amorphous group but the more i think about it, the more i believe that there are two distinct sub-groups and wonder if you agree.. there are those who believe and those who don't.

i know that seems obvious but let's break it down a bit more.

there are those who don't and never believed and some who are looking for a religion to match their beliefs.. i used to think this split would be between born-ins and converts but of course it's possible for born-ins to be believers although i suspect that many, like with other faiths, do so simply because they have never experienced anything else or made a conscious choice.

KateWild

Some people who buy a new bike love their new bike and it makes them happy, so they want to sell more new bikes to others who rode their old bike with them once. They want to express how much better the new bike is. Especially if people want to drive trucks from now on.

Simon, they mean no harm, and if all bikes are the same many will come to the same conclusion. But there will always be some who want to sell you a new bike.

Is it so bad to have that side of the argument on your forum if it helps people learn how to drive a truck?

Kate xx

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Availability Crisis of Conscience.

by Ben131895 in

most of us are desperately waiting for the availability of a legal crisis of conscience.

deborah dykstra provided us with two updates.

on december 12, 2015 there was a clear statement about the copyright which stopped all illegal activity in spreading electronic versions & prints.. finally, she promised a new update by or before may 6.. so far no new update.

KateWild

In the meantime distribution of the book as a shared PDF is no doubt continuing unabated.-K99

Yes indeed, if anyone asks me I will provide if there is no other source. I have sent Deborah Dyrska a email stating this and told her to bill me her costs if she wishes.

It's between me and Deborah what I do with my copy now, and she is not fulfilling her promises to meet deadlines. She refuses help also.

I do also agree that not everyone needs CoC to wake up, but it certainly does help to know how the GB work. As most JWs think holy spirit guides their decisions which CoC exposes as false.

Kate xx

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I'm getting baptized

by BlackWolf in

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i know i've started similar topics before but this time i'm serious.

my parents have been constantly pressuring me and after yesterday's watchtower study they asked me if i was going to be baptized this summer... and i said yes.

i probably should have thought about it more before making a final decision, but they're pretty much forcing me to do it anyway.

KateWild

How are you feeling today Blackwolf?

I know a lot of posters are telling you to not get baptized. But I understand what it's like to be a child of baptized JWs. I was once the JW parent of a 16 year old daughter, who wanted to make her parents happy and wanted to be a good person with good and desirable qualities.

I told my daughter the only way was Jehovah's way and that anything else was Satan's way and did she want to please Satan. She let me control her as she knew I really loved her and cared about her. But she had different views on right and wrong. She gained my trust and did things her way without me knowing.

I feel regret that I was so controlling and my 16 year old had to lie to me. I feel for you and understand you really have no choice, because you know your parents truly love you.

Let us know how you are doing today?

Kate xx

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I'm getting baptized

by BlackWolf in

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friends

i know i've started similar topics before but this time i'm serious.

my parents have been constantly pressuring me and after yesterday's watchtower study they asked me if i was going to be baptized this summer... and i said yes.

i probably should have thought about it more before making a final decision, but they're pretty much forcing me to do it anyway.

KateWild

This thread is not annoying Blackwolf. You are being coerced and forced to do something.

Before you know it you will be pioneering and then getting married to a ministerial servant who will force you to do things you don't want to do aswell.

I understand you have no choice and you have no freedom. I gave you my number so we could talk properly on wifi......but you can't even get the freedom to talk to people without your parents knowing.

The sad thing is they think it's in your best interest and we know it's not.

Keep posting I will support you Blackwolf.

Kate xx