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  We gave them our letters of DA

  by Redneckgurl in

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  well, i guess it will be official very soon, the announcement will be read and we will be "lost" into satan's world... my husband gave our letters to the elder who came to visit us with his wife the other day.

  this is the 3rd time they came by in the last month, even after he told them he would call them if we wanted to "talk".

  they saw the christmas tree shining through the door, brightly lit, so there could be no question that we had already taken some steps away.......but he still stayed for an hour trying to convince my husband that it was the "truth".. later that day my parents came over (i wasn't here) and he said my mom just looked at our christmas decorations with jealousy in her eyes.

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  Do jws realise the amount of control the watctower has over them?

  by Gadget in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was talking to my ex-girlfriend today, and we got on about the witnesses.

  she refuted how much control the watchtower has over each witness, saying that the watchtower is only a guide as to what to do, everybody has to make their own mind up.

  is this a general view of witnesses?

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  Losing the Truth in Bible Translations?

  by ApagaLaLuz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here's something i wanted to throw out for debate.

  there is a line in a smashing pumpkins song that says "something always gets lost in the translation.

  " how true of a translation of the bible do you think you can find?

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  For those who don't want Witnesses coming to their door

  by Maverick in

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  2. friends

  this is just some general information for outsiders, (non witnesses) who want to know how to get the witnesses to leave them alone.. .

  each kingdom hall has an assigned area their members are responsible for doing the door to door preaching.

  it may be the whole town or, if there are more than one congregations, the town or city will be divided up between halls.

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  The absolute stupidity of Christianity

  by logansrun in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so often people here confuse just what the real evil is.

  we think it is the theology and practices of the watchtower.

  neigh!

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  Mouthy is not feeling well...

  by invictus in

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  2. friends

  we just returned from visiting mouthy- she is not feeling well -her back is "out "since friday, and she is in so much pain she can hardly walk.

  she is still a trooper,doesn`t complain much but it is obvious it is not easy for her.. she is not able to post much right now because she needs to lie down and rest,but she sends all of you lots of hugs and kisses.with her permission i am writting this, so if someone would like to send her some get well thoughts it would be much appreciated.. thank you all.. get well soon dear grace , we love you very much.

  invictus and family

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  Just lost our parents....

  by 2escaped lifers in

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  well, the shunning begins.

  we finally had "the" discussion with my parents, that we no longer consider ourselves jw's, and a little bit of why we felt that way.

  of course, "dad the elder and po" and mom the pioneer dutifully informed us that not only will they be "loyal to the organization" and shun us completely, but that he would immediately let the other elders know, so that proper judicial action could be taken.. it was a heart wrenching discussion, with all of us, including my two young boys (9 and 10) all balling our eyes out.

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  My mommy is dying.... :(

  by outnfree in

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  2. friends

  i'm off to new york this morning.

  i'm fortunate that my oldest daughter will drive with me, missing class to support her mom and possibly to say a final farewell to her grandma.. my mother has has two strokes this year, and, after the first one in may, told me that she felt like she was dying from the inside out.

  she had another stroke at the end of august, and was eventually put in a nursing home.

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  Now I`ll be disfelowshiped for sure ...

  by invictus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well after two months of silence i got a couple of phone calls from my "best jw friends".

  probably motivated by november watchtower instructions, they were nice asking about a family, kids etc, and then came "the" question: when are you going back to the meetings?

  i told them again reasons why not ,yet they tried to be sympathetic by warning: as long as you do not go around and bad-mouth the organization we can still be friends.

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  I'M SICK AND TIRED

  by Yerusalyim in

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  2. friends

  literally, sick and tired.

  burning my candle at both ends is catching up with me.

  14 to 16 hour days at work have me worn out...and i picked up the cold that's been plauging my daughter for a week now.

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