Posts by Onager

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What's your passion???

by Faith after Deception in

yesterday, i was feeling very blue.

this is quite unusual for me, as i tend to be quite an upbeat, positive person, so spells of sadness or depression take me by surprise and are a real shock to the system.

you know, i don’t believe in “putting on a face” or pretending to be ok; this “fake it ’til you make it” malarkey has never been something i’ve liked.

I have explored my passion for the natural world and have focussed on a particular interest of mine: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. There's a lifetime of study here and it also gets me out of the house and into the woods, which is good for the soul even if you aren't interested in little flying critters!

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How do i keep seeing my daughter when she turns 18

by agnosticnow in

hi.i have a 13 year old daughter that i still have for a limited time as she comes to stay about one night a month at present.the law here in australia is on my side in that the australian governments stand is that the child needs regular access to both parents .

i am currently arranging for mediation to have her more often .

her mother can not stand that i am living with another woman and doesn't want her here .

Onager

I don't know if you've heard of this cult called the JW's Nathan Natas? They remove free will from people by coercion techniques that affect all aspects of their lives, even when it comes to family relationships.

Agnosticnow's very valid concern is that this sick method of controlling people will take his child from him. If I was in their position I would also be looking at all avenues of countering the indoctrination with the hope of maintaining my relationship with my child.

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aaaaaaaaagh----already

by stan livedeath in

so--ive bought a house--got the keys yesterday--took a car full of stuff over to it today--i'm upstairs--heard my wife talking to someone downstairs at the doorstep.............. yep--2 dubs--handing our invites to an assembly next month.

but its in a town called bournemouth ( uk )--which means an hours car journey--plus a very expensive ferry crossing.

( i live on an offshore island ).

Onager

Man I got so pissed in Bournemouth one time.

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Disfellowshipping - What It's Supposed To Be

by pale.emperor in

first of all, the wt tell this lie to the rank and file:.

two factors—which must coincide—result in the disfellowshipping of one of jehovah’s witnesses.

first, a baptized witness commits a serious sin.

Onager

Tell me. When the prodigal son returned. How long did he have to wait before his father embraced him back? A year? Two years? No, he welcomed him back immediately. Those who stop their sinful course and repent should be welcomed back right away.

Actually the father starts doing backflips of joy from the moment the prodigal appears on the horizon. He might have been coming back to give his dad a quick update on how he loves lying with pigs for all the father knows.

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Alcoholic

by openheart in

jw
friends

hi i was raised in the truth in the uk since my birth in 1970 i went wayward as my family left in 1981 when i was 11 never took a career just wasted my life away now i'm 46 i rejoined when i was 22 rose to be a auxiliary pioneer and ms then it all went wrong my wife diagnosed bipolar disorder i got diagnosed depression a mega implosion occurred now i'm lost what now ?.

Onager

Hi openheart,

my non-JW wife is bi-polar as well, it's been incredibly hard over the years so I understand your pain.

My advice with regards to your wife would be to talk to a professional, the sooner the better. Talking to my wife on my own ended up in endless circles that just repeated every time she was at the top or the bottom of her mood cycle. You need that dispassionate outside viewpoint to break the cycle.

Good luck,

Matt

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Hi everyone, just signed up here

by samj in

jw
friends

hi, i just signed up.

i'm 35, i've been baptized 20 years, married 15 years.

it seems like the wife and i are going in opposite directions spiritually.

Onager

Hi samj,

Either the Organisation is right or it is wrong in what it teaches (you can't be partially right with divine stuff, it's an all or nothing deal). If the Organisation is right then what are you messing around at? If the Organisation is wrong, then it's your wife who is on a downward spiritual path just by following the Organisations teachings.

Cheers,
Matt.

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CAN you remain Human and be a Jehovah's Witness?

by TerryWalstrom in

two ball bearings manufactured at the same time, in the same factory, by rigorous engineering standards, and produced to serve the same function inside a particular machine.. question: are they identical?.

the practical test of identity is separateness which identifies some reason for a rational distinction our mind demands!.

you can replace one ball bearing with any other ball bearing of the same batch.

Onager

You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You aren’t your clothes or your reflection in the mirror.

You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.

:)

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Well... im disfellowshipped now.

by pale.emperor in

very long story.

i've been away from this site for a while.. basically, i tried to leave.

handed in my disassociation letter, it kicked up a storm and 2 weeks later i was disfellowshipped.

Onager

Don't play the reinstatement game, play the lawyers, parental rights game.

Good luck.

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Won't get fooled again .....

by The Rebel in

jw
friends

having left the witnesses i hope i won't get " fooled again".

yet life outside the organisation seems one big advertistiment telling me how useless i am.

these advertisements tell me i am physically ugly, which can only be corrected by buying the advertisers " answer to my prayers" product.