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  My mother says I should just DA already.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  cut the cord.

  sever all ties.

  start new.. and she's right.

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  carla

  I am so sorry to hear about your cat. It just adds to your already burdened heart.

  As a non jw I am not sure it would be proper for me to add my two cents, I just wanted you to know I am thinking of you and wishing you a bright happy future!
  
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  I got half custody!

  by outsmartthesystem in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so it has been quite a while since i've last been on this site.

  the jist of my story is that about 5 years ago, i started a research journey that took me 2 1/2 years to complete.

  against the advice of this board, i decided to show my wife because i mistakenly thought she valued truth.

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  carla

  Thanks for the update and great information for others! Wishing you all the best, carla
  
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  JW.org email and contact numbers

  by Juan Viejo2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ok - here is your task for the day:.

  go to jw.org and find their information email address.

  then find their weekend support desk phone number.. there is a link at the bottom of many pages that says [ ] email link.

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  carla

  I bet if you told a r & f  this story they would not believe it!
  
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  talk me off the cliff please

  by sowhatnow in

  1. social
  2. family

  my son, at age 25 finally, was able to get accepted into a community college.

  but i dont have words of joy to share with him.

  im instead dizzy with fear of possible financial failure.

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  carla

  Sometimes the kids need to take a few lumps on their journey in life just like we did. You made your worries known to him now it is up to him so wish him well. He is 25 after all.

  Who knows what new doors may be opened to him now? New ideas, new critical thinking skills, etc.... who knows? he may even decided an entirely different course before he is through.

  Wishing him all the best and for you some peace from your anxieties. It will all work out.
  
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  HOW TO TURN A HOME BIBLE STUDY into an underground railway

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  are you crazy?.

  you find yourself 'awake' to the truth about the 'truth' and all you do about it.

  is sulk?

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  carla

  Aren't most jw's suspicious of old literature? don't their apostate bells go off?

  When I was fighting the good fight (trying to reason with my jw) he would not believe ANY old literature quotes and even if I had an old wt he thought it was a fake made by an apostate to be sold on ebay or elsewhere just to make jw's look bad.

  Trying a different tack and making the mistake of telling him that some jw's had left the org just by reading the Bible, particularly 2 books of the Bible and asking him if he would be willing to read one of those from start to end he declined saying, "why would I want to read them then?" (meaning some jw's had left due to reading one of these 2 books of the New Testament). So even the Bible itself was off limits if read with an open mind.
  
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  2014 Watchtower Publisher Statistics

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the 2014 grand totals page has been released onto facebook.. .

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  i have started updating the statistics and graphs at jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php, and will release highlights as i work through it during the rest of the day..

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  carla

  275,581 for baptism, is this worldwide?!
  
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  Is shunning effective?

  by rebel8 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does shunning accomplish its objectives:.

  make the person repent?.

  deter others from committing similar offenses in the future?.

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  carla

  Aside from the unloving nature of shunning, why would they want people back who clearly do not believe but are only there for family, friends and/or work?

  I understand why the wt/gb would want them as money is still green be it from believers or not but for the real believers, the diehards, why would they want to associate with the riff-raff of unbelievers knowing how they feel about them?

  Surely many of the r & f must know the halls are filled with those of questionable faith?

  Hope springs eternal? they think if they just hear the right article regurgitated at a  meeting the light will dawn and the previously shunned will see the light? That's all I can think of.
  
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  Site issues: Jan 02 Update (Sign In)

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i've deployed a fix for people affected by sign-in issues caused by having multiple accounts associated with the same email address.

  here's how to activate the fix:.

  you must attempt to sign in using the email address associated with your account (not a username) and must have access to that mailbox.. if there are multiple accounts associated with the email address then you will be shown a warning message with the option to have an email sent to repair your account.. the email will contain a link to a page showing all the accounts associated with the same email address and allow you to select the one you want to be active (it will disassociate all the other accounts from the email address).. once you have completed the process then you should be able to sign in as normal.

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  carla

  Just letting you know I got on, thanks Simon!

  now to figure the new place out and fix any email acct's associated with my profile.

  thanks again,

  carla
  
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  UPDATE: JW jailed for five years for indecently assaulting young girls

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  update: jehovah's witness jailed for five years for indecently assaulting young girls.

  barry furlong.

  first published monday 22 december 2014 in news last updated 10:41 monday 22 december 2014 by will frampton.

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  carla

  Thanks for sharing the article.
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  To all my congregation Elders :

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thank you for coming to my house so often because you were so concerned about me missing so many meetings.. ( actually, the only time you visited was when the circuit and district overseers were in town.

  you really showed them how concerned you were about your sheep.

  i now know that it is more of a duty than a concern.).

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  carla

  Not being a jw I am thankful they treated you like that (sorry for your own pain though) and I hope they treat all the flock like crap more often! Maybe then more jw's will open their eyes and find the truth about the truth! Or so I am hoping but perhaps some poor jw will just keep trying harder to please the overlords, sigh, I dunno......

  That's why it's a cult, there is no easy way to leave and keep friendships and family for simply using your brain and heart to make your own decisions. For a group that supposedly uses a Bible they have no concept of freedom in Christ.