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Dysfunctamentalism
by Incognigo Montoya inin reading through many posts over the last few months, i have started to form a viewpoint towards at least some of those witnesses/witness families, who are abusive and overzealous in their thinking.. arguably, many, if not all here, would say all pimi witnesses are overzealous in their thinking, but i sort of disagree with that.
without revealing too much about myself, my parents who are still in (father long time elder, mother regular pioneer), i consider stable and balanced in their views.
while i was shunned to a degree, after being disfellowshipped (they didn't go out to dinner or the movies with me or socialize with me publicly or very often privately, they didn't attend my wedding) they still spoke to me on the phone every few months, as i checked in on them and let them know i was doing alright (i moved out of state in my late teens).
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Let's Talk About Writing
by TerryWalstrom inlet's talk about writing.
for me, writing is sort of like jazz.. writing is "thinking inside the moment".
improvising and surprising an audience--is good jazz.. have you ever heard "bad" jazz?ha ha ha--of course you have!
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Crisis of conscience
by Incognigo Montoya inso i have not read it yet.
where would be the best place to get my hands on a copy?.
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2 mothers---2 sons.
by stan livedeath infirst mother...a friend of mine--in her 60's.. her son--is 42. he is less than useless.
his last long term relationship ended 3 years ago when his wife to be called off the wedding and kicked him out of her house.
he went back to live with his mummy--rent free.
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My brother is shunning me (but he's not a Witness)
by john.prestor ini didn't know where to post this but it's been on my mind and i'm looking for support and advice from people who know what it's like being shunned.
i was raised in a fundamentalist baptist church, so what i'm experiencing is a little different than most posters on this site.
i've been out of that church for years, and my brother's been out for a while too.
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Recent random highlights: Disrespect, Hypocrisy & Creature Worship
by neat blue dog injust some clips from recent articles.. in the one about holidays:.
rosh hashanah.
this is the first day of the jewish year.
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Facebook evangelising
by jhine inhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2226652490738312&set=a.106546726082243&type=3&theater this was posted on fb by a witness who l am " friends " with .
she has since posted another jw propaganda piece .
these look like they are from the wt and are official evangelising tools .
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Just a Rant .......
by LOLS inhi beautiful people ..... so today is my wedding anniversary ....... .
and first of all my dear husband forgot again .... which is normal according to my dear old dad "it's a man thing " .
but to add insult to injury , i must wait till friday to be taken out for dinner , because low & behold my jdub husband can't miss one bloody jw meeting !
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The Baptist Churches Turn.
by Lost in the fog init's the turn of the american baptist churches to come under scrutiny now.
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https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/star-telegram-uncovers-hundreds-of-sexual-abuse-cases-in-fundamentalist-baptist-churches/.
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Lord, to whom shall we go?
by Lee Elder inonce someone figures out that the watchtower is not a safe place for their family, they come face to face with the question of where they should be.
i don't have the answer for that, but can speak to my personal experience over the past 20 years.. i ended up taking a 12 year break from organized religion, and then read an article about a new group that had formed locally called aldea spiritual community.
after a few visits, i realized that i had found a home among others who were fed up with organized religion.