tresbella
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ON A PERSONAL NOTE
by tresbella indoes anyone think it is wrong to still be a 'wittness' on the outside in order to ensure their family's love and support even though they know inside their living the "double life" i mean i want my family at my wedding and help me buy my first apartment.
i think certain familllies cannot bear the idea of one of their own "falling from the truth" (so it goes) so its a secret i hide.
but my long time boyfriend says i should tell my family how i really feel when we become engaged (he's not a wittness) in the future.
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CORRECT ME IF AM WRONG!
by tresbella ini just stumbled on something at the bookstudy last week!
o.k as you all know we are studying the draw close to god book and in chapter 15: "jesus sets justice in the earth" read paragraph 10 on page 152 and tell me if you do not see a correlation: (and i quote)
the religious leaders buried god's law under a mass of man-made rules and regualtions.
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TELL ME YOUR LONELY B-DAY STORIES!!
by tresbella inmy 21 birthday was saturday.
goodbye late nights; hello botox!
) i was kinda sad b/c i was hoping this year i would be able to have my first b-day party since i found out through my own research that celebrating them are not wrong.. but i was not able to plan a party or anything (hopefully next year).
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GOT QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSEWRS PART 1
by tresbella ini have some questions so whoever can; please ansewr them:
1. i read an interesting article on line that said that the jw belief that god's name was taken out of the bible is a myth b/c if that was to be the case then every single manuscript that was translated and distributed during bible times had to of been litterally seized in order so that the name could be taken out.
the article was quoted as saying "imagaine that..every manuscript all the thousands that were floating around were hand seized in order for this to be accomplished" it also brought out the point that why would the almighty god be able to keep the bible protected all these hundreds of thousands of years without a single person being able to make it nonexsistent and yet not be able to keep people from tampering with its words?
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How to tell if you are you in a cult....
by Elsewhere inhttp://www.letusreason.org/cults.htm
how to recognize if you are in a .
are you told not to question what is being taught because the leaders are honest and want the best for you so you must trust them.
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WT COUNSEL ON ABUSED ONES
by tresbella inis it me or does the watchtower always give the counsel to tell the elders or someone in the congregation when one is being physically abused by her husband.
would not the first thing to do is go to the police?
or are we in fear of bringing "reproach on jehovah's name?
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ANYONE KNOW A GOOD THERAPIST?
by tresbella ino.k, so i have major issues people.
issues with my low-self esteem, issues with my previous abusive relationship that i once blamed on the fact that i deserved for sinning,while dating a non wiittness.
issues with the control the society has had on me and the control they instilled onto my parents to have on me way before i even knew better and i was wondering if anyone knew of any sites or possible online therapists that specialize in helping former jw's or people like me who are still young and live at home and so therefore have no choice but to live that "double life.
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EEK:NEW VIDEO FOR YOUNG PEOPLE!
by tresbella inyou won't believe what wonderful new publication was just released at the theocratic meeting last night!
a dvd (soon it'll be on vhs) entitled what will i do with my life.
geared toward the young people (your truly ) in the congreagation.
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TELL ME YOUR MOST EMABRESSING JW STORY-WE ALL GOT AT LEAST ONE!!
by tresbella in.
i hate informal wittnessing.
ya'll need to understand how embarresing it is for a 20 year old socialite like myself to be outside in the middle of the summer with a handful of wt magazines in my hand in front ff the 7-eleven or gasp