Posts by iamfreenow

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Let's count the years together.....

by AK - Jeff in

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my years in = 43 total of those on this thread = 43. .

make it progressive - add yours to the last one posted and keep adding - lets see how many years we have invested.. so we have 43 - now add yours and keep it going.

Did You Shun Someone?

by Country Girl in

how did you feel when you met the person in public that you were shunning?

what were you thinking as you were shunning the person?

did you think about what other witnesses were thinking if you did not want to shun the person?

I used to nod to people, and sometimes give them a little smile myself, if they were someone I'd been close to before they left the Witnesses. It's really hard to see totally blanking someone you might have been friends with for many years as an act of love. I haven't been personally shunned yet, but living where I do, with several JWs from my congregation living close by, I imagine it's only a matter of time before I am. The biggest hurt, I am sure, will be when I see my oldest son and his family and he carries out his threat to shun me. I don't know how I am going to take that yet, but I expect it will happen eventually.

I just know I will speak to my grandchildren, how could I not? I just hope that they don't get punished in some way for speaking to me, as I'm sure they will.

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This is so cute

by What-A-Coincidence in

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thought you'd all enjoy this experience from canada.. .

this is a cute experience from andre' ramseyer,.

overseer, just back from the branch committee course.

iamfreenow

I've heard that story before, and marvelled at it, but now I see it through differrent eyes, there are more than a few holes in it. There is no location given, and it seems, seeing as it has "happened" in the USA as well as the UK, that more than one dog is involved. The man, and the dog, are unnamed, as is the congregation and area, all suspicious. I used to believe stories like this, but not any more. They are all too positve in favour of the JWs, and all seem to result in someone becoming a JW, very unlikely to say the least.

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I think I am finally free!!

by hambeak in

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thanks to all who have responded with my questions about law and and illness and my legal rights.

i now know from my attorney that i actually do have more control than i was led to believe.

now my kids all in their mid 20's and early 30's get only what i want them to have.

iamfreenow

Good news Hambeak, I am very happy for you

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Cancel Your Credit Cards Before You Die!

by Sad emo in

i hope this reads ok when i post it!

i couldn't change the formatting.

family member: "i'm calling to tell you, she died in january.

iamfreenow

Emo, that is very funny. I'll have to show it Trevor when I see him, to make sure he complies

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MY SON'S LEAVING HOME!!!!!!!!

by Dansk in

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my older son, karl, is leaving home.

it could be this coming sunday but, if not, definitely sometime during next week.. karl has been a wonderful son and friend.

leaving watchtower was made so much easier because of him - and his decision to exit undoubtedly prompted my wife, claire, to take a look at the damning evidence herself!

iamfreenow

Hello Ian, I am glad that you and Claire had a safe journey, and everything went well for Karl. It is a wrench when your kids leave home, I remember when my youngest left home to go to university. Of course, he wasn't a JW, which was heartbreaking for us at the time, but which I am relieved about now, and his leaving meant we had less opportunity to try to get him to see the "error" of his ways, not that he would have taken any notice.

I am so happy for you that you have most of your family out of the JWs, and I hope and pray that your eldest daughter sees the light one day, as well as my eldest son.

all my love

Marion xxx

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How many hours do your work a week?

by liquidsky in

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just curious.

i work between 50-to 65 hours a week, sometimes 70. in fact i don't of anyone in the company i work for that works less then 48. does anyone here work a "normal" 40 hour week?

does it even exist anymore?.

iamfreenow

I just work part - time, 18 hours a week. It's enough for me

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Did You Shun Someone?

by Country Girl in

how did you feel when you met the person in public that you were shunning?

what were you thinking as you were shunning the person?

did you think about what other witnesses were thinking if you did not want to shun the person?

iamfreenow

Yes, I used to shun people who were disfellowshipped or disassociated, it was what I was expected to do as a loyal JW. I hoped at the time that it would make them think of coming back, but now I'm out I know it wouldn't make me think of going back, so this so - called loving act, which is how the Society see it, is a hateful act.

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WHY?

by Dansk in

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not too long ago a new kingdom hall was built in bury, near where i live.

it is frequented by two congregations, whitefield and bury.

both have problems and are losing members (let's face it, with my family alone whitefield lost 5 .

iamfreenow

why is Watchtower constructing new kingdom halls ANYWHERE if the new system is so close?

Probably because it isn't that close Ian, and they know it, they just aren't telling their members that. I've heard that story about the book study a few times, and probably said it myself. As I now realise,it's designed to scare people into attending, nothing more. The brother who is telling you might well believe it at the time, probably does, but to the hierachy it's just another tool to keep the faithful in line, as yet another doctrine becomes shaky due to the passage of time.

It's like the much - heralded "big" announcement, which probably won't be that big anyway, but it keeps people in a state of expectancy, and therefore attending meetings, which is the main thing the Society want to see.

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SEX ABUSE claims against JW church may go to trial

by DannyHaszard in

napans' claims against church may go to trial

comment box add yours.

napa valley register, ca - 1 hour ago.

iamfreenow

As someone who has seen a case of child abuse within my congregation badly mishandled by the elders, and seen the evidence of the world wide cover up of theses cases by the Society, I have to agree with every word in Sunspots' post.

There is no longer any question, if there ever was, that the Watchtower sre hiding behind there 2 - witness rule, and using it to cover up the worst kinds of abuse imaginable. Worse, they will almost certainly carry on doing this, unless some of the numerous lawsuits are successful, and enforce a change.

I would hope that these lawsuits are won, and end up costing the Society millions. Then they may be forced to change foe financial reasons, which are the wrong reasons really, but if it saves more children from the unimaginable sufferring that some victims have been forced to endure, then it will be a change for the better, even if it is for financial reasons rather than because of human decency, which I wonder if the Society are even capable of nowadays.