galaxy7
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Many a "TRUE" word is spoken in Jest
by galaxy7 inone day the emperor who had no clothes (the emperor who drank) decided he wanted to expand his kingdom he called for one of none .the emperor said one of none i am sending you to where the sun almost rises go and and sell these special magazines and you will no longer be one of none.
one of none happily went forth because you see he thought the emperor wore fine cloths many many years went by and one of none became one of many though we really dont know because the numbers are hidden..the emperor who drank died and another emperor came still with no clothes.
the light was getting brighter and brighter and the emperor who had no clothes decided he would rather be a slave all this time one of none who was busy making many was totally unawear of the change in the kingdom.
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses refusing medical treatment? Not one of them does so
by garybuss inare jehovah's witnesses refusing medical treatment?
get your barf bags .
http://www.jw-media.org/region/europe/russia/english/moscow/e_crt990216.htm.
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The Drive Home Tonight,Crying.
by Blueblades inlet's see,where do i start?i decided to have a quiet drive home after work.it takes about one and half hours.no cd playing,no talk radio,no news, just a quiet drive listening to my own thoughts.i'm not concentrating on any one thing,just kind of letting my mind flow wherever it wants to.. then it starts,my mind goes back to when our children were small.as i'm driving i am having this flashback,i'm going to save my family from dying at armageddon,why the little ones are dependant on us for their future life happiness.. there will be no birthday parties,holiday celebrations,even though one of them was born on the 4th of july.no extra-curricular activities at school,and everyone will know that they don't salute the flag,nor sing the national anthem.and at the infirmary they know that they are not to take blood.. after school homework,the preparing for meetings,more studying comes next.no tv.
tonight,it's a meeting night.oh goody,the weekend is here,now we can go out and play.sorry,we have to go out in field service,mommy and daddy will show you how to have so much fun in the field service on saturday and sunday.. i start to cry,literally,there is real pain in my chest and a lump in my throat.as i have this flashback on the drive home tonight.i think of how i robbed my children of their childhood,i'm getting very emotional and angry,a picture flashes across my mind of all those years,30 plus,that i lost for my wife and children.the opportunities that we turned down,we are going to survive armageddon!.
i have had a talked with my family about my regrets over having put my family through this before and they don't blame me.they feel that i was doing what i thought was the best for them at the time.they forgive me,but i having yet forgiven myself.. the family says that they learned something about life,religion etc.that the experience has not made them bitter,and they have moved on.the children are happily married and doing fine.my wife and i are doing the best that we can with what time we have left.we are in our sixties,no retirement or pension fund.taking it day to day.. this is what happened on the quiet drive home tonight,it's been a year and a half of being inactive and still the flashbacks of the past 30 something years in the watchtower and all of what that has entail in raising my family still wells up inside me when i try to rest my mind and think of nothing.. i cried all the way home for one and a half hours,pain in my chest and heart,my head feeling like it would explode,angry at the society for the big chunk of life that they stole from us.. and i thought of so many others sharing the same feelings and experiences as my family,and those still stuck inside.soon as i arrived home,i collected myself together and said:"hi honey,i'm home!
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How old were you when you left?
by somebodylovesme ini only know a handful of witnesses, but i do know several ex-witnesses.
all of them left in their late teens, which (as i've read here) is pretty common.
i know there are a lot of people here who left later in life.
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Did the Watchtower leave you in a No-Man's Land?
by JH in.
after becoming a witness, slowly we became programmed to believe that 99% of the world was not approved by god and that they were evil, and in the darkness, and would all die at armageddon.. most of us left the watchtower, or are on the verge of doing so, so at a certain point it's normal to be in a so called no man's land, where you don't believe what the watchtower taught and at the same time you still believe that the entire world is not approved by god.
i was just wondering how long you stead in this mode of beleiving that the watchtower teachings were wrong, but at the same time, you still remembered and believed that the world was also doomed?
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When does it get better?
by MonkeyPrincess inwhen will the guilty feeling of leaving the org go away?
i am feeling at my lowest point right now, and its terrible.
this after visiting my parents and feeling that awkward tension building between us.
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JWs and Shunning on the Radio at KFUO.org this Saturday at 11AM Central
by jschwehm inhi gang:.
this saturday at 11am central time i will be a guest on the show family shield which is broadcasted out of st. louis, mo at kfuo.
you can listen online at www.kfuo.org.
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Moment of self-glory... My 100th post!!!! I love this place!
by somebodylovesme injunior membership, here i am!
i'd like to thank the academy... well, i'd like to thank doc (aka brucejw, lol) for the controversy on ww that prompted me to make about 30 posts in the last week.. i'm tired and bored.
this is exciting.
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enquiring minds want to know
by galaxy7 in1: does the faith discreet slave go out in the service 2: what happens to all that money my mother said as the faithful discreet slave live at bethel and get everything they need they dont need money.
there must be a catch somewhere.
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Mean things that Elders have done
by galaxy7 init was during the drought when alberta and sask were in bad shape for hay.my husband was promised 100 bales (this was before the drought).when my husband was ready for the hay the elder said he couldnt have any ,in the field there were trucks picking up hay which he sold for double the price.so here we were with no promised hay to feed 32 horses.does anyone else have a story?