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  Where Are They Now?

  by Mister 8iggs in

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  xenu: .

  xenu was a person who, i imagined, sounded like latka when he spoke...at least that how his written words appeared to have sounded.

  he would often talk incoherently ("n = n* fp ne fl fi fc fl") and non-sensical.

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  Funny!!

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  Shepherding calls in a non-JW church

  by Dawn in

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  i have been reading through a number of posts here regarding shepherding calls in the past few days.

  having always been the "troubled child" i sure received my fair share.

  i got pregnant when i was 19 (unmarried) and know firsthand what a woman goes through during these so-called "shepherding calls" - having to tell every detail of your sex life to 3 old geezers, feeling dirty and worthless, and terrified of loosing everything if you're df'd.. i've been attending a non-denominational church now for a couple years and discovered that they also do shepherding calls (yikes!!

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  Enjoyed your post Dawn!

  While the "churches of Christendom" may have their faults, I have found that a good many of them are trying their best to live by Jesus words at Matthew 22:37-39, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind....Love your neighbor as you love your self."

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  Sunset

  by joannadandy in

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  the clouds flashed silver in the failing light and seemed to slash through the hazy orange sky leaving in their wake what seemed to be streaming red.

  at first it was a quick burst of red light that broke into view, but slowly the red trickled and then merely oozed on to the rest of the sky.

  staining as it went, the red would make nothing of that sunset the same.

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  BEAUTIFUL, Joanna!!!!

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  *COVERT OPERATION* THE STORY

  by zev in

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  first, thanks to all of you for your experiences, and replies, and for the tremendous amount of hits the site has received [842 as of this morning-in just over 72 hours.

  ]--- now thats spreading the "truth" (tm) isn't it?

  the thread is here : http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=35808&site=3 .

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  Excellent work!! I KNOW I wouldn't be daring enough to attempt such a feat!

  Thanks Harold and Gwen!!!

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  Home From Vacation/Visited German Bethel

  by Dutchie in

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  my children and i just returned from a trip to germany where we visited my deceased husbands parents, his brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews, and assorted cousins, all of who are jehovahs witnesses.. before we left, the children and i agreed that since their grandparents were old people and not in good health, it would be an act of loving consideration not to cause them any further distress by announcing that we were no longer active in the congregation.

  so we went prepared to attend meetings, to go out in field service and to pretend that we were still die hard jehovahs witnesses.

  we packed the proper kingdom hall attire, suits, ties, ankle length dresses, as well as our bibles and songbooks.. i suppose to some this may seem the cowards way out, that i should have just announced our new status and let the chips fall where they may.

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  Welcome back Dutchie! You were missed around here!

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  Matthew 23 and the WTS

  by Lady Lee in

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  the following is a beginning to something i have been thinking about for a long time.

  any ideas or additional thoughts would be appreciated.

  lee.

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  Excellent work Lady Lee!

  JWs are disfellowshipped for smoking, talking to disfellowshipped people, buying party cards (Malawi), celebrating Christs birth, getting help from the Salvation Army etc. but they allow sexual offenders to roam free in the congregations

  This is what really angered me after I watched Dateline and Panorama! It was annoumced that I disassociated myself by my own actions after I married a non-jw in a church, yet someone who sexually or physically abuses another person and says "I'm Sorry" (after they are confronted!) is allowed to still be called a brother?!

  Again, you did an excellent job dissecting this passage of scipture to shine the light on their deception!.

  Nikita
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  My Story

  by CC Ryder in

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  2. experiences

  well, i guess it is time to share my story with you all.

  most of the recent events in my life i have already shared in bits and pieces throughout various threads here on the jwd.. i am 47 years old and have one sister who is 44. we grew up in a religously divided household.

  my father was and still is a jw and my mother is still a devout bible student.

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  CC, thanks for sharing! Nice to see a happy ending where both partners exit and are very happy about it!

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  Madame Blavatsky / Theosophy / Krishnamurti

  by Larry in

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  i recently read nikita's story and she mentioned that she briefly came across the religion of theosophy in her travels towards of dub-ism @ a young age (thanks nitkita :) .

  her post reminded me of my studies of madame blavatsky, colonel olcott, annie besant, cw leadbeater, etc., the founders of theosophy.

  a book i recommend regarding madanme blavatsky is entitled "madame blavatsky's baboon - a history of the mystics, mediums, and misfits who brought spiritualism to america.

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  Thanks Larry!

  As you said, I was of a young age when I was exposed to Theosophy. It really went over my head-I couldn't understand why the adults were so "into" it, LOL.

  Thank you for sharing these thoughts. In particular, I was drawn to this one:

  "You know, if a teacher loves mathematics, or history, or whatever it is he teaches, then you also will love that subject, because love of something communicates itself...If a musician loves to sing and his whole being is in it, doesnt that feeling communicate itself to you who are listening?...But most educators dont love their subject; it has become a bore to them, a routine through which they have to go in order to earn a living. If your teachers really loved to teach, do you know what would happen to you? You would be extraordinary human beings." - Equality and Freedom from Think on These Things (1964)

  I can remember how much I loved school as a child in elementary school! For the most part, I had teachers that seemed to be excited to teach and excited when they saw their students "get it." Leaving 8th grade, I had dreams of being a Writer or a Veterinarian. My teachers were sure I would go on to do great things, too. But as I graduated 8th grade and moved on to high school, I was also being indoctrinated into dubism.

  My freshman year wasn't too bad. I made friends, joined an extracurricular club, made good grades. But by my Sophmore year I was becoming more withdrawn from my old friends, from those extracurricular activities, my grades fell, and I missed many days of school. I remember thinking "Well, the new system will come, none of this will matter, why try so hard." To compound the problem, I recall that most of the teachers I had were just downright dull and indifferent.

  But, that same year, in Geometry, I was failing miserably! The second quarter, my Geometry teacher (who was always as excited and happy to teach as he was to see us comprehend his teaching) made a point to talk to me. He showed concern, he showed compassion. Something within me clicked right there and then. I began getting A's and A+'s on all my exams! My attendance became better, my grades in some of my other subjects improved-but Geometry was the most dramatic improvement. I was more self-confident.

  But, alas, it didn't carry-over into my Junior and Senior years. I was able to pass by the skin of my teeth in some subjects and get by with some B's and C's in subjects I should have gotten A's in. The teachers didn't seem to care, I didn't care.

  I still think of that teacher fondly to this day, Mr. Benjamin at Phila. H.S. for Girls. He was on TWA Flight 800 that went down over NY a few years ago. When I hear, I cried as if I had lost a dear friend, even though I hadn't seen him since graduating in 1983. He was a special man. He was most definitely an extraordinary human being!

  Peace,

  Nikita
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  Nikita's Story! It was a time long ago...the drama

  by Nikita in

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  i had this posted in another topic and it kinda got buried, so i thought i would create a thread all my own!.

  re: poll: new to this board?

  please sign in here!

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  Flower, Ron and Sherell-what was there last name? I was at another congregation a few times-in another part of Mt. Airy, but only knew a couple of people. Yes, Biggs has always been a cutie!

  little witch, you are very welcome! I am glad that you found your way here!

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  "Flower" Power- to encourage you!

  by Nikita in

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  flower, this was a thread of yours i recalled so vividly.

  i loved it!

  i thought it might encourage you today.

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  Nikita

  Flower, this was a thread of yours I recalled so vividly. I loved it! I thought it might encourage you today. Enjoy that little guy of yours! He will never have to grow up feeling the way you did.

  had a revelation today...and I thought I'd share.

  It hit me all of the sudden this morning as I was leaving my house around 615a. You see, I'm walking out to my truck to get to a 7am Doctors appt. My keys are hanging out of my mouth, my almost 3 year old is over my shoulder half asleep, in one hand is my cup of coffee and his school project and in the other is a bag with an outfit that needs to be returned and another with his constume for his school concert this afternoon.

  So I follow my scribbled directions to the docs office and make it there with 10 mins to spare so in the back seat of the car I strip down the kiddo and get him dressed for school. Then I realize that I forgot to stop at the bank to get the money for the doc and she only takes cash. So I have the docs appt then run to the bank and go back to pay her and were off to have breakfast at Dennys. Afterwards, I'm use my wet wipes to clean up my little sticky, syrupy pancake-face monster and drop him off at daycare.

  Then Hi-Ho-Hi-Ho its off to work I go to put in my four hours before lunch. Lunch hour will be stops at the post office and Walmart and phone calls to make appts. Then back to work for two hours before I go over to the school for the concert, which should be just lovely..(think of trying to get 20 2.5 year olds to sing a song together). Then back to work again for an hour or so before I pick him up and sit on Rt 1 in Friday night traffic with a hungry and tired and therefore bratty kiddo.

  Dinner, I have no idea yet what to make but in between cooking and trying to keep the boys (mine and the roommates) from wrestling and rough-housing which seems to be their latest obsession, it'll likely be 8 before we eat. By then my monster will have sprouted horns and a tail and probably will have a face full of tears and snot because my roommate is talking to me and he doesnt want her to or some other ridiculous reason.

  With a little luck we will get through dinner without anyone puking or wet sneezing. If the stars are aligned we might even get through without anyone singing while chewing a mouthful of spaghetti. Then after dinner hopefully within the hour at least one kid will be sleeping (the one that cant tell Friday night from a school night lol). The other will likely be glued to the tube so finally us Moms can relax with a few well deserved brewskis.

  Tomorrow is laundry and cleaning day..yippee.

  I know this is an ordinary day for millions of women around the world but I realized today that I AM SUPERMOM..and so are all the other moms out there.

  So HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the moms on the board. Say it today and mean it..I AM SUPERMOM!

  flower

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=27389&site=3

  Hugs,

  Leslie