Odrade

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  My recent 7 paragraph letter to my parents, and their short reply. . .

  by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

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  we haven't talked in 2 years, but i only email them smart little morsels about the gb etc that i get from you guys, you know, since i'm already not a fit associate why not try to educate them?!?!?!

  it's not necessary to read my whole letter to get to the point--his weak but kindly short response (that i waited for 4 days to get) where he spends most of his sentences explaining himself, and i hung on his every word, and i wrote back about what we've been doing, and 2 weeks have gone by and he's not responded to that.

  .and i check my email 10 times a day to see if he wrote back and nothing and i wonder.

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  ugh. I'm sorry pio.spit. What makes me furious is JW parents who pull out that martyr card: "You have no idea what it's doing to us!" Whatever. My mother told me that she was suicidal over my inactivity. This was when I was still mostly active and still a believer!!! She also blamed her anorexia on me "not serving Jehovah." Whatever.

  And yet in spite of that, I just can't make myself cut ties with them. It still makes me sad and angry that they just can't relate to me outside of their little JW prison.
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  My daughter is in the hospital .......... it's kind of weird not to pray

  by AWAKE&WATCHING in

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  my daughter shannon is 20 weeks pregnant.

  the placenta is pulling loose and she has some bleeding.

  the doc seems confidant that both she and the baby will be fine.she found out this week that it is a boy.

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  I hope she and the kiddo both turn out A-ok.
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  Barbara Anderson's Comments from her CD compilation now online!

  by Dogpatch in

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  barbara anderson's comments from her cd compilation:.

  secrets of pedophilia in an american religionjehovah's witnesses in crisis.

  update 1/17/08: barbara anderson has released her nearly 100-page commentary found on the cd, secrets of pedophilia in an american religion, jehovah's witnesses in crisis, for general distribution.

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  Thank you for making your comments available, Barbra. It's tremendously appreciated.
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  I thought I would tell everyone here first... I'm going to prison

  by Elsewhere in

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  what i did was totally out of character for me.

  i had a sharp pare of scissors in my hand and i was just so angry.

  before i knew what happened i had thrust them forward... over and over... once i finally stopped i just couldn't believe the mess everywhere.

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  Say it ain't so!!! No!!! Why'd ya do it Else? WHY???
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  Ian (Dansk) in hospital with CMV

  by Alleymom in

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  hi, everyone ---.

  claire asked me to let the board know that ian is back in the hospital and expected to be there for about a week.. those of you who have been following the weekly vigil thread know that his cmv has returned.

  the virus is not responding adequately to the tablets, so ian needs to be medicated intravenously.. please keep ian and claire in your prayers.. marjorie.

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  Sending good thoughts and well-wishes your way, Ian and Claire.
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  My Husband found out about this site...

  by cognac in

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  i told him that i have no intention of leaving.... he told me that i was like "a dog returning to its vomit"... .

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  I'm sorry cognac. I can't imagine having to deal with that in your own house. Did I see you say that you had only been married a short time? :(
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  My story: "Pop!" goes the Little Circuit Breaker

  by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in

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  i guess it's about time i write my story.

  i've put this off for a long time... primarily becuase, while i thought my story was bad, i've read so many worse and heart-rending stories here.

  i think, though, there is some therapeutic value in 'letting it all out' with others who know what 'it' was like.

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  TJ, I am so glad you and your brother and sisters have all made your way out of that torture. I hope you all can find joy and safety.
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  You Who Have Been on the Board For Awhile - What Are your Concerns ?

  by flipper in

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  well, it's late.

  i need to go to sleep, got home from work, but i thought i started a newbie thread why not a thread for those who have been on the board a long time , or for awhile now ?

  so, lay it on me, what are your concerns for jwd ?

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  :::I have concluded that farting with either of your mouths is probably your only real achievment in life

  Regardless of the facts of the argument, that right there is some funny stuff!
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  I'm a Pioneer Married To a Wonderful Brother Reaching Out to be an MS...

  by cognac in

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  and petrified... i just recently became a pioneer and always had nagging questions in the back of my mind.

  so, i decided that when i have get a study i would research all the questions as i go along so as to prove everything in the truth... i got 4 studies in about 2 months.

  all was fine, until i reached i think chapter 6 in the bible teach book about the resurrection.

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  I'm glad you all had a good time. It's a shame this became such a brouhaha over "verifying" a new user. I suppose looking at the bright side is that coffee-black got to meet two nice ladies! (Glad to have you around cognac, hope hypnotic can get past the traumatic start and come check out JWD again.)
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  Newbies - Tell Us What You Dealing with - Getting out of the Witnesses

  by flipper in

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  hello newbies and all others !

  with all of the newbies the last few months joining the board i wanted to provide a thread for them to express what stresses they are going through in exiting the jehovah's witness cult .

  so please all newbies- we are happy you are here , tell us what you are going through , and some of us will help if we are able to.

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  so sorry cognac. Hang in there.