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  My husband's first exposure to being shunned by family ......

  by troubled mind in

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  friday we were in the grocery store shopping .both of us were in a very good mood because our son was coming home for a visit ,and we were planning on some fun activities .

  then around the end of the aisle comes by husbands sister in law ( she is married to his step brother that is an elder) we nearly bump into her literally we are that close ...so i say ," oh hi ***** !

  " she would not even look at us and the expression on her face gave me chills ..pure contempt .

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  It's a shame that thing like this have to happen. Guess I'm one of the lucky ones with no direct family still in! In the past ten years, I've only run into two JW's that I used to be associated with and they were very nice even though I don't bother with the "truf" any more. I'm sure that they don't know that I am a complete apostate. lol

  I have one JW brother-in-law who lives in North Carolina that was always friendly with me in spite of my fade, but for about 5 years now he doesn't even acknowledge me. I kind of miss him and his family. He had a heart attack two months ago and I sent him a very nice card. Never heard anything from him!

  Oh well.....at least I have my XJW daughter and she loves me to no end! That gives me smiles and happiness. Hence my name..................

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  I'm coming out

  by MsDucky in

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  i just found out that i have breast cancer on thursday (see topic http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/medical/190249/1/i-was-in-the-hospital ).

  my sister has breast cancer too.

  she has had it longer than me.

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  My thoughts and prayers are with you.

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  What Does this Mean? (from new elders' manual)

  by jamiebowers in

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  pg 55, paragraph 25:.

  there are times when an emotionally distressed.

  christian may seek professional help.. whether a christian or his family pursues treatment.

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  Bottom line is......they don't want you to be enlightened to anything that makes you think! If you learn to look into yourself and the bad things that happened to you.....you may well discover that you don't have to be a WT zombie anymore. That's what scares them! You just might point the (truthful and well deserved) finger at them as the source of all your problems and anxieties.

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  Leolaia: Where is your story?

  by pirata in

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  i looked through your posts but couldn't find your life story.

  have you written it?.

  i would love to read your progression from/through jw to avid scholar :).

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  Thanks Leolaia,

  That was informative. Ok.......I won't call you an expert. I'll use the term "amazing"!

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  Do you love or hate to cook?

  by VampireDCLXV in

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  just a quick poll if you will.... i personally hate to cook.

  it's not that i'm particularly bad at it, i just don't have a whole lot of patience or motivation to do it.

  i suppose it has something to do with my having to live alone?

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  I love to cook when I have the time. I can make anything from a hard boiled egg to beef wellington. If you can read.......you can cook anything. That's how I learned and always recieve praise from those who share my gastronomical delights.

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  Could you die without anyone noticing?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  not long ago i had 100 'friends' - or so i thought.

  i certainly had 100 or more people who said they were friends.

  then i left a cult, and found myself with very few friends - those kind in the flesh, in the community.

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  Jeff,

  Even though I boast that I have more friends now than I ever did as a JW.....I know that if I dropped dead in my apartment.......no one would know any different. The only person that matters to me and loves me is my daughter who lives 1200 miles away in Florida and calls me every day. If I didn't answer my home phone or cell phone in a day or so........and didn't respond to her emails and Facebook inquiries.........she would make the proper calls to whomever. Even the church I now attend and claim friendship with some of the ones there....... they are superficial. I say that with confidence because when I quit going for a time, the only call I got was weeks later from the pastor wondering what happened to me. I'm ready to give that up also. I've come to realize that I don't need to "belong". If I want to claim belief.....that is between me and the creator I believe in.

  I think that at almost 64 years of age.....I'm finally evolving.

  Best to you,

  HappyDad
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  Please help me publish my book on the JW organisation.

  by TheEndIsNigh in

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  my book, the end is nigh...again (but this time we really mean it) is now finished and available to read.

  its a tongue in cheek, real life saga about the life of a second generation jehovahs witness that pokes fun at the organisation that to this day continues to completely screw up the lives of many decent people.

  i have uploaded the entire manuscript to a site called slush pile reader.

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  Why? There have been enough tell all books as it is. Getting kind of boring!
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  Does Islam disfellowship? What happens when a Muslim wants to leave?

  by journey-on in

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  the internet is full of confliction on the subject.

  anyone have firsthand knowledge?.

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  As usual, Beks has her head in one of her orifices.
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  The Master spoke to me this morning. . .

  by Inkie in

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  this morning as i lay lying in bed i was listening to music on the radio station on my headset.

  when i do this, i do this so as not to disturb the wife while she is sleeping.

  only this morning, she had already risen and was downstairs getting ready to go to work and just about to walk out the door.

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  Yikes! Even though I am now a church going Christian, this would scare me away from being one if I wasn't already a believer. Too many religious kooks in the world....from Christian to Zen! Talk about how to turn a potential Christian off....yikes again!

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  When Was The Last Time You Went To A Meeting?

  by minimus in

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  i think it's been around 7 years for me.

  and i never ever missed going or being with the "friends"..

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  From 2000-2003.....probably less than a dozen times. That was after I read COC. Last meeting after quite a long hiatas was memorial of 2003 because of guilt feelings. Haven't been back since and do not intend to. No more guilt whatsoever!

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