Topics Started by alamb
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Birthdays: Anniversaries of baby showers?
by alamb inwell, aren't they?
my jw father is arguing with me about holidays and birthdays so i asked him what baby showers were and how they differed from birthdays?
if mother's day and father's day are wrong, how is a baby's day (shower) not idolatry too?.
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My daughter's wedding photos (I got to go!)
by alamb inmy daughter got married last week....and i got to go!
please see her photos at www.mjmorganphoto.com.. go to proofing and then type "jessy".
everything was so beautiful and the photos are outstanding.. .
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need words for my JW father
by alamb ini have been pointing out that the shunning doctrine is unscriptural and unloving (jw speak).
he texted that my whole family stayed in the "truth" it was me who left.. please give the concise words to answer him.
i know it won't really do any good to try to reason with him, it will just feel good to "nail it.".
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Our Strengths...a list of attributes post-cult
by alamb infound this tonite while online.
i was comforted to know that we have all come out stronger...and why.. compassion & empathy: having survived cultic abuse, you may be readier to empathize with someone else's grief.
it's easy to see the difference between the care and concern our commenters show each other and the hurtful sarcasm so prevalent in the blogosphere.
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Who have you lost?
by alamb ini wonder if we each put up who we lost from our lives and how long ago if it would be a testament to those who might find this thread and think.
the absurdity.. my parents: 12 years.
my brother: 12 years (he is now married).
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Ironclaw needs our support.....
by alamb inhis mother passed last month and he is hurting.
i told him our little family here would support him through this.
he will be following this thread.
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to my friends here....
by alamb inas a loyal jw, i was ready for my whole world to come to an earth-shattering halt and for life as i knew it to be gone...at the hand of my loving god.
i only remember a life of grey, shades of grey punctuated by flashes of color and emotion which i quickly prayed to get through and to not be tempted by the colors i had seen.
i viewed these as a sign of spiritual weakness and dove back into studying and praying and a living death i called "spiritual paradise".
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Legal language in old mags...huh...
by alamb injust looking though some old literature this morning and found:.
"and our society cannot afford to be drawn into the affair legally or take the responsibility for the way the case turns out.
" and, "we merely offer the above information on request, but can assume no responsibility for the decision and course the reader may take.