RedhorseWoman

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  Were You Ever Put On Restrictions?

  by minimus in

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  as a jw, were you ever put on restrictions?

  how did you feel when you were told that a certain "privilege" was being taken from you?

  were you given any warning by the elders in charge that what you did merited a removal of some sort?

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  RedhorseWoman

  Put on restrictions for turning myself and my fiance in for making out while engaged to be married (no sex). We moved to another congregation and assumed that the restrictions went along with us, so we were careful to abide by them. Finally, after about five years, and after several bouts of sporadic inactivity, I asked one of the elders in the new congregation (second one) when restrictions would be removed. He checked with the original congregation and found that they had totally forgotten about the whole thing, and supposedly restrictions were removed after about a year or so....but they never bothered to tell us.

  It was nice, though, not being able to comment or give talks.
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  Things that you'd witness in a kingdom hall, but isn't in one

  by ColdRedRain in

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  "time went by and we entered a full-time ministry to the cults.

  now i had the opportunity to speak with these people, both inside and outside of his group, as well as to attend one of their public meetings.

  the women were dressed most severely with long hair in a bun, and the meeting was the most joyless i can remember.

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  I've heard about these people before, but never knew too many of the details. Other than the hairstyles, you probably couldn't distinguish them from JWs.
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  Watchtower to pay for Silentlambs trip

  by Dogpatch in

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  from silentlambs (bill bowen):.

  on thursday of this week world wide work money will again be spent to protect a pedophile.

  in addition it will also be spent to pay money to a disfellowshipped person in order to find a way to prevent them from assisting the court case of abuse survivors.

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  RedhorseWoman

  shouldn't that be enough instead of trying to screw 6 million witnesses out of their donations?

  This has a very simple solution....stop donating to the Society until they clean up their act.....then you won't have to worry about them utilizing YOUR money to compensate for THEIR failings.
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  Donnie Darko

  by Huxley in

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  has anyone seen this film?.

  i just watched it today and was blown away!

  it really has my head spinning.... .

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  Saw it some time ago...purchased the film....now I am getting inspired to watch it again.
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  Tell me why I bother?????

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  (i used to be a truck driver.

  trust me.

  i have the vocabulary).

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  RedhorseWoman

  Asleif, my dear, you are doing more good than you might realize. I love seeing your posts. You make great points, and you are saving me millions of keystrokes....trust me on this. LOL

  Sometimes I get really frustrated over there, but then I'll get emails from some of the posters who want to know the scoop about the WT, and I'm more than happy to assist. I've also gotten emails from several lurkers/posters who are trying to deal with some really nasty JW stuff, and I think I've been able to help somewhat. Some of these people are too shy to post on this board, and some DO come over here to check things out and then stay.

  It gets frustrating, but it somehow seems worth it.....most of the time. LOL
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  I'm stressed

  by shera in

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  hello people who read this post by me..... sometimes i don't know why i start my own threads...not any body really responds to me.i thought i had friends here,that i could whine and be a big sookie to and that would be ok.sorrie if i offend anyone here who does care.. well,some of you may know i have a disabled child with autism.i am at my end of my rope with him.i love my son a great deal but sadly to say.i may be placing him in a home.for he can get the help he needs.i know there isnot much help for austic people and i know i basically get no help for matthew.

  (petty i am still thankful for what you tried to do for me,you mean a great deal to me) i have asked for help,over and over.i asked for teaching for myself,for i could help my son.it will not be givin to me.

  i get some goverenment help for my son,whcich is 300 a month for care ,trasportation.it doesnt help at all.people want 10 an hour or more to take my son out,and i have to pay for places to bring him....gezzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

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  RedhorseWoman

  Shera, I didn't know about all the extra problems you have in caring for your son (as if you didn't have enough to handle already.)

  I certainly hope that you can find someone in one of those agencies that Spice posted. Just a word of advice....keep trying. Call places that may not seem to be "exactly" what you're looking for. Sometimes, there might be a person there who is empathetic and who can pull a few strings for you with people they know.

  Although my daughter is not autistic, she does have a severe anxiety disorder and has finally been able to go on disability and get help. Initially, however, I felt as if I was beating my head against a wall. I called all of the "regular" agencies that were set up to help people in this situation, and they would either not call back or put us on a waiting list.....and we would wait....and wait.

  While going through the process to get her on disability, a doctor gave her several coupons to get medication that was helping her condition while we waited for things to get official. After months of calling and waiting and hoping, her coupons ran out, and the doctor would not prescribe more.

  She began having severe withdrawal symptoms without the medication, and I was in a panic calling everywhere I could think of to get help. Nothing...nothing....nothing. I finally called a small hospital to ask for any sort of referrals they could give me to help her. The nurse who took my call said that her facility couldn't do anything, but that she would contact the appropriate agencies (ones I had already called, btw) and put pressure on them to help. Within a couple of hours, my daughter had an appointment with a therapist and a medical doctor, and a temporary prescription for her medication to last until she was officially evaluated.

  I had been trying to get things done for over a year with no results...and one knowledgeable and empathic individual was able to cut through all the red tape for us.

  Don't give up. Keep calling.....keep pressuring.....whine, scream and moan if you have to.

  ****HUGS****
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  Steak And Kidney Pie.

  by Englishman in

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  steak and kidney pie, mushy peas and chips.

  yum!.

  ..or do you prefer your steak and kidney pie with gravy?.

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  RedhorseWoman

  You're bringing back memories here. When I was first married, we pretty much lived on steak and kidney pie because a local butcher couldn't sell the kidneys (no one wanted them) so he would give them away if you asked. Every week, we would trek up to that butcher's and beg for kidneys. If we were particularly flush with money that week, oysters would go into the mix.

  I should make that again sometime.
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  for the pet lovers, ....and for stephanus

  by nowisee in

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  this is a story i recently wrote about my cat, squeak:.

  i said goodby to squeak yesterday.

  having had to do so has been a most humbling experience.. i have been thinking back over the last l8 years of her life.

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  RedhorseWoman

  Thank you for posting Squeak's story. It's a reminder of how special all creatures are and how much they give to us.

  Have you considered rescuing another furbaby?
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  Vicki Boer v. Watchtower Child abuse Civil Trial - No News Yet but Update

  by hawkaw in

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  2. child-abuse

  victoria a. boer v. watch tower bible and tract society of canada et.al.

  involves vicki suing the watchtower and some of its elders.

  the organization treated her paedophile father in high regard even after vicki came forward.

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  RedhorseWoman

  The Shelburne congregation has been continually praying deeply for Vicki to lose her case.

  Why would any good Christian pray for a rapist to win the case and for the victim to lose? This attitude is utterly incomprehensible.
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  What should we reply when invited to memorial?

  by bluesapphire in

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  when my mil invites my husband to the memorial he plans on saying, "well i've already been to the memorial before.

  if you've been there once, there's no need to go again since the talk is the same mumbo-jumbo year after year and i'm not anointed anyway.".

  what do you plan on saying or have you said?

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  RedhorseWoman

  Well, I suppose you could always ask them if there will be an Easter Egg hunt after the talk, and will they be serving Marshmallow Peeps?

  Of course, they'll think you're insane, but it should get you off the hook.