Netty

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  thumbs up to......

  by desbah in

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  ...getting a puppy.

  ...having a full take of gas.

  ...payday.

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  to

  chocolate!

  my 3 year old doing mommy's hair

  The sound of my 3 and 7 year old, singing to me.

  Arizona sun shine, and the bluest of blue skies, as far as the eye can see
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  This takes balls....

  by chrissy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...and considering i don't have any, it is surprising that i found the nerve to post my photo as my avatar!

  i was leery to use my photo thinking someone i knew could catch on to my new apostate antics.

  so, i couldn't decide what to use.

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  From that angle you kinda look like Mariah Carey, very pretty! Good for you.
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  WTS Recognizes that Millions have Left the Faith

  by Bluegrass Tom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at the portland maine district convention that was held this past weekend, brother buck from brooklyn bethel gave the last talk on sunday.

  in this talk he mentioned the "millions of people that have left" in the recent past.

  he also mentioned them in the concluding prayer.

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  Yet they continually brag about how much their numbers keep increasing??
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  i set off a bomb

  by susu812 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well my friend is getting in alot of trouble--his ex's step-dad ratted him out to my dad and now the sh* t is hittin the fan.

  just from him getting in trouble about 6 other people will be--one is one of my best friends--this bites!

  i feel like its happening all at the same time!

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  I feel sorry for you poor kids. I remember this type of thing happening alot in the 80's when I was a teenager. They ought to just leave the young people alone for Christ sake, its hard enough to just be your age. I really hope your group can stick together and support each other.
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  30 years ago TODAY - 7-June-1975

  by BrendaCloutier in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i got married to my jw husband.

  my own personal armageddon began.

  this i call the second biggest regret of my life.

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  Wow Brenda, I am so sorry for all you had to go through. I am so glad that you had the strength to remove yourself from that awful situation, you are very, very brave. ((((Brenda))))
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  The troof book and the Shondells?

  by IP_SEC in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i've always heard the truth book aka blue bomb inspired the song crystal blue persuasion by tommy james and the shondells.. you ever heard that?

  any troof to it?

  dub legend?

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  I heard the same thing growing up.
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  Who ya gonna call?? CULTBUSTERS!!!

  by Junction-Guy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well i got a phone call last night from a sweet little old lady who saw my flyer at her church.

  she tells me "im at my wits end, and i dont know what to do" i asked her what the problem was and she went on to explain how her neighbor is forever more having bookstudies and holding field service meetings next door.

  her neighbor is a jw and is most likely an elder.

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  I work for city governement, worked in a department directors office for years. And let me tell you, nothing gets a fire under a city employees hoo haa (police included) like an angry council person. When my director got a phone call from a council office, or the city managers office, teIling her to jump, she could never jump high enough. If the police have done nothing, its time to take the complaint to higher. In alot of government structures, the Chief of Police will answer to a city manager, who in turn answers to a city council, (who have the power to fire him). So, I suggest your neighbor bombard the city managers office, and her council persons office with complaints and see if that gets her anywhere.

  I like the towing idea too. Also, good for you about picketing, I can tell your excited about what you do, thats great. Let us know what happens.
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  Honesty/Vs/tolerance--X-JW dilemna

  by cyber-sista in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been a struggle i have had since leaving the wt some 2 years ago.

  i have been pretty low key thus far about the reasons i have left and haven't really gone out of my way to speak to any jws about it.

  i have a nephew that is dfd and my daughter has a friend who is dfd and i have had a few brief discussions with them about the subject of my leaving.

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  cyber sis- I wish I could tell you there was a way to balance this, or work around it. But I seem to have run into exactly the same thing. I have very legitimate beefs about the org, and I express myself about it in a way where I am not yelling and screaming. I'm being logical, expressing the effects being raised in the borg has had on me. But, no matter what I say, or how I say it, I am an evil apostate I guess. I also have a brother who was df'd twice, is not df'd now, but not practicing the religion, but yet still so under the mind control. He is actually the one who spreads the idea in my family that I am an apostate, because I have tried to open his eyes to stuff. Makes no sense, he knows the religion is bull$#!T, wont have anything to do with it, but still believes all the bs.

  The hard part about all this is the feeling that you are all alone. You want someone in your family, at least one person who understands what you have gone through, and knows the truth about the truth, as you have discovered. I am sorry you are unable to find this, I know its hurts. If it helps, we are here for you, we know, we understand.
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  I'm new here

  by Apostanator in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is the first time i feel comfortable posting something.

  i've been a lurker for over a year and i must say there are a lot of courageous people here who left the watchtower.

  thank god for the internet and sites like this.

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  Welcome! Glad you are here, I love the name Apostanator, too cool...
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  what should i do?

  by susu812 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok i recently got df'd and i had a friend of mine email me last week to say hi--unaware of my "status".

  she was dating an old friend of mine and they practiced "sin" (just like the rest of the teenage group) and she ended up getting pregnant--but she had a miscarriage.

  after that they broke up and i haven't heard from her until last week.

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  did not give him any info but I did pass on the message to his daughter that her dad wanted to speak to her

  BINGO! There you have it. Ask him for his info, and tell him you will pass it on to your friend, and then let him know, you are OUT of the loop. If he does not hear from your friend, tell him, ever so politely not to come back to you again. Funny, how they can mis-treat you the way they have by df'ing you, but all of a sudden when THEY NEED something, you are suddenly good enough.