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  Head covering for women--how did you feel about this? Men? Women?

  by humbled in

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  thinking about how this felt awkward to some of us women when a bible student noticed something was "up" if a baptised brother sat in on a study.

  had to reference 1 cor.

  11:1-16.. i wonder if this irked any while you were still in?.

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  How much hair do we women need to be "covered", Legacy? Strippers wear pasties and a g-string. There's alot of latitude to the subject of what-covers-what.

  I have always wondered why the scripture at 1 Cor. 11:16 is not understood to allow that there should not be any hard-and-fast rule to head covering.

  In 1 Cor. 7 Paul in four different places says whether or not what he says is a command (v. 6) or whether the idea is from him not the LORD (v. 12), his opinion (v. 25, 40) .

  So why should we take anything Paul says as "gospel" if we choose to believe the bible at all?

  Paul himself says so often that he is not speaking for "the Lord"--so why don't Christians believe him?

  This is shameful, to make women continue as a child under her own male child. He grows up but she never does.

  A slave could become free but never a woman. Under this religion, under this kind of control, a woman never gets to have freedom.
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  My Mom is in the hospital

  by JeffT in

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  my mother broke her hip last week.

  she had an emergency partial replacement surgery friday night.

  we don't know how she did it as we have caregivers with her at all times, she may have fallen while in the bathroom for a few minutes.

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  Hey, Jeff,

  How old is your mom? Is she easy to talk to?

  Yes, things can happen so quickly. If she doesn't like her caregivers "shadowing" her ---as when in the bathroom---things happen. I care for a woman with advanced Altheimer's 2x a week. It is a challenge. Some mornings or some days she isn't steady on her feet as at other times. I am careful that her shoes fit properly. Also they put a little rug in the kitchen that I think she has trouble with--so I tell them. But I am not the only one taking care of her. It's a patchwork of care.

  It is true that time and unforeseen events do befall us. But we try to take care of each other--she will know you love her. That is always the greatest thing.

  Take care,

  Maeve
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  Progess!

  by Jon Preston in

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  well my wife asked me loint blank..."do you wanna be a witness anymore?

  " and i told her no.. .

  we then went into 1914 and shunning and 1975 and she said sheswondered many times about it.. anyways she said "so what do we do now?

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  So WONDERFUL !!

  The two of you coming to this----together.
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  I am at a gay bar!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  so fun!!!

  full report later..... .

  dd.

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  DATA-DOG,

  Thanks for the straight-up report of your night out. Yep, people having a night out and no body the worse for wear. Good for you.

  Get some sleep now.

  Maeve
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  Confused?

  by nomorepain13 in

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  i have been going to meetings since i was a child, long story short only recently i've started taking the truth seriously, i am not baptized but just an unbaptized publisher.

  truth is i am so lonely in the congregation.

  the other young people in the cong don't like me because they dont think i am going to "stay" for long, i've even worked on the ministry with an older brother and asked her am i giving the wrong impression to people?

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  humbled

  To quote one of my children, now 36 years old. "Life is hard--and that's alright. But it should not be miserable."

  Do not stay. You do not want a miserable life.

  The life you have described can't rise above miserable even if all the WTBTS literature and songs teach you to say otherwise.

  You can't rewind, unwind your experience and perceptions of life as a JW. Your desire to serve God will have to contort into a distortion of the gospel to fit into JW life. Don't let yourself get bent that way. Don't marry "in the Truth". Get with a life companion with whom you can share your life honestly.

  I don't try to run other people's lives but I want to be clear in this instance: this is spiritual warfare and the WTS will crush your spirit. Leave the religion and find your life.

  Maeve
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  Head covering for women--how did you feel about this? Men? Women?

  by humbled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thinking about how this felt awkward to some of us women when a bible student noticed something was "up" if a baptised brother sat in on a study.

  had to reference 1 cor.

  11:1-16.. i wonder if this irked any while you were still in?.

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  humbled

  Thinking about how this felt awkward to some of us women when a bible student noticed something was "up" if a baptised brother sat in on a study. Had to reference 1 Cor. 11:1-16.

  I wonder if this irked any while you were still in?

  Does the WT still remind the lady sheep to keep a scarf handy?
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  Talked to JW's in Service Today (kinda long...sorry)

  by exwhyzee in

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  i was in my company vehicle and i spotted some jw's going from door to door.. i circled around the block and pulled over.

  when they passed, i rolled down the .

  window and asked the pleasant looking middle aged couple as they passed, if they were jehovah's .

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  That was great. That is your talking to the couple--but

  I am sorry you lost you dad that way.
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  I'm not trying to brag, but being an EXJW is awesome!!! Status Update-

  by Coffee House Girl in

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  hello jwn!

  i don't get to check in here or comment as often as i would like because i have been working so hard at school...but i just have to share my news in hopes that newbees can see that taking the leap to enroll in higher education is worth it-.

  i am graduating this spring with a bachelor degree in art history, minor anthropology...many people (including nonjw's have given me flack for choosing a "dead end" career path) but since leaving the watchtower organization's group-think mentality and "leaning on my own understanding" instead... i decided to say fuck everyone else's opinion...i am going to pursue my passion to work in a museum as a curator or archivist-.

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  congratulations!

  I remember you when...you were coffee-house-girl-before-your-degree!

  I love that you set your cap for what you WANTED and got it.

  Maeve
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  Hello

  by GoUnion in

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  hello everyone it's nice to finally be able to post i had trouble getting emails last month and was never able to sign up.

  this has been a very informative site which has really helped me grow and to think for myself.

  please allow me to introduce myself.. i was born into a witness family and was baptized at a young age an was part of a small kingdom hall.

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  Good to hear from you, GoUnion,

  Hello and hang on.

  There is a lot of support here---and a lot of rough "weather" at times.

  Maeve
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  I did it !!!!

  by snare&racket in

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  7 years ago i started on a path i had long ago given up on as impossible.

  i met with my elders and told them i could not justify carrying on as a jw.

  i went and got my high school qualifications and my higher education diploma (a levels with distinction) in just 12 months.

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  humbled

  Doctor Snare.

  Congratulations!

  The peculiar triumph on top of everything else--you had to throw off the weight that easily ensnares: the whole soul-sucking WT Thing . And then start from scratch.

  Very, very good. Really proud of you.

  Go on, fella. Go on!