LongHairGal
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Making restitution to People
by LongHairGal inthe recent thread about being ripped off by untrustworthy jws made me think:.
since many here are ex-jws, i wonder how many are guilty and have made an effort to make restitution to that brother who you owe money to - especially if you find out that the brother is no longer a jw and maybe even is posting here??
this can also apply to other wrongs we committed, not just about money.
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My opinions of Crisis of Conscience and Awakening
by LongHairGal ini read the two books.. awakening - this was the story of a married witness woman (elder husband) with family in the religion.
she had childbirth/blood rh issues and had to deal with not 'associating' with a disfellowshipped daughter.
throughout the book she wrestles with various issues and suffers mental anguish jumping through hoops because of the religion.
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I am finally reading Crisis of Conscience and Awakening...
by LongHairGal ini finally obtained these books from a friend.
they won't make any difference about how i feel about the religion now because i already know what i know and have so for at least seven years.
i started reading the first chapter or so of c of c and was horrified about what went on in the beginning of the religion and how young people were told not to marry, etc.
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I am happy to report an old exJW friend looked me up..
by LongHairGal ini am so happy that this old friend contacted me!.
in one of my earliest posts i reported that jws had done strange things to me.
well, this experience was one of them.
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What happened to story about Ft. Dix terror plot?
by LongHairGal injust the other day the headlines told about a home-grown terror net that got busted for trying to attack u.s. bases.
they were not known to be connected with al-quaeda.
i guess the press or somebody just "made it go away".
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My sister sent me a copy of J. Castro's article in NY Times
by LongHairGal inmy sis just sent me a copy of the article which appeared in the ny times magazine about this ex-witness.
she was shocked because it spells out all the things i told her about.
i am sure they are not happy about publicity like this - especially when it makes its way into a paper with so wide a distribution as this!
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They wonder why they are losing people???
by LongHairGal ini have to laugh at how hard they try to bring people in by knocking on doors and rv's - but once the people are in they are pushing them out the back door with both hands!
we all remember how hard it was to stay there (even if you believed it all) - let alone the head-trips they put you through!!
listen to this.
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Being told the expression "We're All in the Same Boat"
by LongHairGal ini used to hate hearing the expression "we're all in the same boat".
usually it came up in conversation when you were discussing the state of the world and financial affairs, etc.
i used to particularly hate it when it came from somebody (usually an elder) who had a business and a great deal of money.
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Getting wedding invitations from people who really don't know you or care
by LongHairGal ini am sure many people get wedding invitations from people who don't really know you or care about you but who invited you just the same.
sometimes they got cancellations and had to fill a number or they want $$.
maybe you went because it "wouldn't look good" if you didn't.
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Trying to get people to "support" pioneers!
by LongHairGal inthis was one topic that used to make me furious!
here the bible makes it perfectly clear that back then they supported their own ministry by working.
there is also the scripture about "counting the cost" implying that one should not undertake any project without making an assessment as to whether or not they could do it.