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Wow....you are such a strong person. With all the brainwashing going on, you still had something inside you that shone through. Your story has made me cry, and I think of my 8 year old being raised in the cult....and I hate it.
I am looking forward to what happened next....and I hope you are enjoying life now.....with your kids.
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at age 18, i was a regular pioneer.
at 20, a ministerial servant.
at 24 an elder.
I got married to a MS....then divorced him!!
my door sign actually keeps jws away!!
this past weekend while doing some house work i looked out of my front window because i saw shadows, i walked to the kitchen and looked out my side window, only to see two young brothers walking away.
one was about 19 and the other looked to be 14, i kind of wish they had actually knocked, im always prepared for them.
Heck....they were probably THRILLED to not have to knock!!
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It is so strange that with some people...there is NO reasoning with them. I think that is how mind control works though...further proof that it is a cult.
It does seem that every time I have ever heard her speak, she was slurring her words, and "on" something.I am sure there is so much more to come on the reason for her death. I hope the baby is healthy and gets to have a calm life.
I just heard that on the radio......How sad. I hope she gets to be with her son, and poor little baby, being born into all those tragedies.
"The Village"
well, i did my best with physical therapy but it's not enough.
my knee is very unstabile (especially since i fell again 6 weeks ago).
tomorrow i'm scheduled for knee surgery to repair my acl..
I hope everything goes great and you are back to normal in no time!!
PS.....Do you have a PM from me? I was your secret santa and I am afraid you didn't get it.
questions to ask to open the eyes of jehovah's witnesses and save some lives.
my first question is - you use acts 15 saying "abstain from blood" as if applied to modern emergency transfusions of whole blood but isn't it balanced by matthew 12:7 where christ says god wants "mercy not sacrifice" when surely the death of even one single adult or child is sacrifice;.
my second question is - isn't it significant that 1 samuel 14:32-35 says to stay alive all saul's men ate blood with meat and were not punished with death; they only had to build an altar to show they were sorry it had been absolutely necessary, and that was due to the mosaic law then being in effect;.
Here are my dad's responses to what I sent....just what you wrote.
Whether the Watchtower Society has it 100% correct or not, Jehovah will look favorably upon Tamra’s decision, because she place 100% faith in Jehovah. There are some things in life where you have to hold true to your convictions and take a stand regardless what others think or say.
Jesus didn’t burden mankind with as many rules as in the Hebrew Scriptures; however the Hebrew Scriptures gave mankind life sustaining guidelines. Jesus just gave a couple of commandments “love your neighbor…” and “abstain from blood…” obviously Jesus placed an enormous value on this commandment.
There is a new Blood publication out (August 2006) “Blood Why So Valuable”, I would be happy to send you a copy.
Love ya
Dad
as with the scribes and pharisees, there are a number of unwritten rules that witnesses are supposed to follow.
here's a couple : "worldly" kids in society depictions are shown quite often wearing their baseball caps backwards.
jehovah's witness youths would not want to imitate that "look".
Don't save for retirement
Don't pursue a career
Don't go on a vacation that you'd have to miss meetings for
Don't love anyone who is not a JW
