hi jwners.
ive been a lurker for awhile, and have learned so much from your experiences, wisdom and humor.
i still marvel at the reach of sadness suffered by so many on this forum.
Welcome, congratulations on your new mental freedom. I have found that the tentacles run deep so just when you think you finally have worked it all out something will come up that triggers it again. The good news is, each time you work through more of it, the next time gets a bit easier.
I look forward to reading more of your posts.
Ada
"altai court condemns jehovah's witnesses for 'extremism' ".
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16505&size=a.
It's kind of ironic to me that Russians are so opposed to the JWs when they let other far right evangelicals run rampant. Some of whom are the most hateful, bigoted people I have ever met. Oh well, one down 99 to go, huh?
Ada
in life, i usually trust new people, at least on face value, until i discover otherwise.
yet, my normal belief system is now in doubt.
i've just replied to a thread started by 'goldensky' - an alleged spanish lady with lots of history as an extremely devout jw in spain.
Welcome to both newbies, I trust the distrust will be worked out. I'm an oldbie with a newbie name.
Ada
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33178609/ns/us_news-faith/.
this was interesting and may just possibly affect mother watchtower.. ada.
BadBettie, yes they do make that claim, but in this case it worked to their disadvantage. Thats why there is no clergy/penitant confidentiality rights. you can't have it both ways. Either you are or you aren't. I think the cat's out of the bag on their database, too many know of it's existance.
Ada
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33178609/ns/us_news-faith/.
this was interesting and may just possibly affect mother watchtower.. ada.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33178609/ns/us_news-faith/
This was interesting and may just possibly affect mother Watchtower.
Ada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjy163p0i2a.
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halloween is so fun!.
Very cool, I love Halloween!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjy163p0i2a.
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halloween is so fun!.
Very cool, I love Halloween!
to fifty!!.
never dreamed life would be as it is now, .
there are times i did not think i would make it.
Congratulations, purps, it is amazing, when we didn't expect to see 18, then we didn't expect to see 21, then surely it would end by 30. And finally we find out that all that time we were just being fed a lie and we can really begin to live out the rest of our years. Hope the rest of your years are blessed with good health, abundance, and peace.
Ada
i am sure all of you know about it by now..
He did a courageous thing confessing this on national tv. However, if everyone was a willing participant and it was consensual, then really its his own business and of course now his wife's. Everyone is so quick to judge, but you never know what you'd do in someone else's position. I hope he work sit out. It's not like he was a clergyman or some sort of role model or something, the man was a comedian on late night tv. I hope he keeps his job.
Ada
growing up as a jw were you ever bullied bu worldy people for being a jw.
Yes, actually, we had neighbors up the way that screamed names at us and threw rocks. We tried to not walk home that way but bullies find you where ever you try to hide.
