Somebody's doing fireworks!!! I can hear them, but I can't SEE them.....DAMN!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
RedhorseWoman
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HELP!!! Hubby turning home into 'Book Study'
by Skeptically Yours inmy husband, who's a ministerial servant, was approached by an elder and asked if he'd offer our home to become a 'book study' meeting place.. i'm a bit of a loner, and need lots of peace, quiet, privacy, and solitude; plus to boot you all know i'm living this sort of double life, you know, just doing the very minimum to remain a witness.. this is awful!!!!!!!!!!
i can't deal with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
take care!
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RedhorseWoman
Well, I can see that others have already posted most of my ideas on this subject.
I would suggest, however, that if you feel uncomfortable speaking directly to your husband concerning your unease at having the book study at your house, you write down your feelings and give it to him to read. Sometimes it's easier to write than to speak. Perhaps he may surprise you and understand your feelings in the matter.
If all else fails, do as Blondie suggested. If HE decides to have the study there even though he knows your feelings on the matter, then it is HIS responsibility to make sure the house is presentable. Notice that I said it is his "responsibility"...not yours. This would not be a joint decision, and he has no right to expect you to do anything with regard to this.
Also, if the pressure becomes too much for you, just excuse yourself and go into another room....perhaps watch TV or go read a novel in bed. All you need to do is to say that you have too many things on your plate, and the stress of having the book study there is too much for you. You'll look like a bad wife.....but who cares....you'll get your privacy.
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RedhorseWoman
Sparkling grape juice....and the idiot husband left it too long in the freezer....then he put it in the microwave....we had carbonated, grape-flavored, semi-slush. But it was good anyway. However, he also made us drink it at 9 p.m. because he's too old and tired to stay up until Midnight. Gotta get my own still.
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Anyone in Mo/MA that is free!
by SheilaM in.
i attended cabool, missouri 1983-1987. methuen-ma 1987-1992. gladstone, missouri 1992-1995
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RedhorseWoman
Hmmmm....I'm not sure, but Lakeville wouldn't be TOO far from me (I'm in RI). Could you please e-mail me the specifics, also?
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Help! Neighbor starting a study
by Trotafox ini am so furious.
the very zealous elderly pioneer sister who lives across the street (alberta) has been canvassing the neighborhood for studies.
i watch her walk up and down the street and being very friendly and helpful with her neighbors (all the while preaching to them i'm sure).
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RedhorseWoman
Trot, this is great news. I had missed the thread originally, but I'm so glad that things turned out this way. I can't believe the gall of the Witnesses attempting to study with this woman's granddaughter without her parents' permission.
It's good, too, that Mary now knows that you were once a JW. I'm sure that she'll be able to use you as a resource in the future if Alberta starts to get pushy again.
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Christmas Morning, The Elders Come Knocking!
by Yizuman inany of you ex-jdubs get hit by the "sheparding" call this christmas morning yet?.
just wondering and i haven't seen a post about it just yet.. yizuman.
~proud to be a well educated deaf individual.
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RedhorseWoman
One of the advantages to living out in the country and having a woodstove. All of that stuff makes great kindling. I'm not really worried, though. In the 10 years we've lived here, the only JWs I've seen have been the ones delivering the "special tract" a couple of years ago....and they drove from house to house and performed a "push-bell-stuff-tract-run-like-hell" mission.
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Elder Resigns Because Of 9---11
by minimus inlast night i talked to an elder that resigned early this year and he told me that he resigned as an elder because of 9--11. he felt that after seeing thousands of people dying in such a horrifying way, there was just no way god would destroy 99 and 9 tenths of the world and only spare jehovah's witnesses.
he also felt that since the kingdom message could not be adequately preached by a handful of jw's so that people could get life, the whole thing is a sham.
he no longer goes to meetings and his wife crys to everybody about her husband.
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RedhorseWoman
BTW, I've heard two versions of Brooklyn's reaction after everyone came running over the bridges.....one is that they opened their doors to the public, provided coffee, blankets, food, comfort and medical care. The other version I heard is that they literally locked their doors. Anyone know for sure what happened?
The version I heard (read, actually) was posted on WOL by an active Witness who had received an email from a relative who was at Bethel. The Bethelite stated that someone coming over the bridge had wandered into Bethel seeking shelter and a glass of water. The Bethelite said that the doors were then locked because they didn't want any more "worldly people" wandering in.
I'm inclined to believe the version I read there, since it was totally off the cuff, and posted as the tragedy was unfolding. The WTS PR department hadn't yet had a chance to get themselves in gear, so comments made at that time would, IMO, be closer to the truth.
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My Finale on the Internet - Forword to 3 Parts
by Amazing inlife is tough regardless of whether we were ever jws.
my own life has taken some twists and turns i did not expect or like ... and i have to focus all my attention now on getting my badly needed open-heart surgery or face death in about six months ... so in the next couple of days, i am making the last of three posts for a while ... then all my efforts will be aimed at getting better, and facing some issues in my life and making the best decisions possible for me and my family.
i decided to limit many activities because i tend to do too much and neglect some things that i should not ... this is not a good-bye post, but more of a long vacation post.
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RedhorseWoman
Sending much white light to give you strength through the trials ahead. Thank you for your posts. I will look forward to many more in the future.
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everone is in confusion
by zolensky ini joined this site last week hoping to meet people that would steer me back to the organization.
instead the people i have talked to her are all trying to tell me too see the light and get out of the organization.
in my opinion, not that it matters, i really think that if a person had the truth deeply ingrained in them, they would never leave the truth.
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RedhorseWoman
Zolensky, being away from the meetings for only three months is not a particularly long time. You are young, and I can understand your fighting against all of the rules and regulations and then feeling guilt because you, somehow, feel that you are fighting against Jehovah, himself.
Truth be told, Zolensky, most people leave the JWs, not because they don't like the rules and regulations, but because they've learned enough and seen enough to hate the lies, hypocrisy, and "untruth" of the JWs.
I never had any problem with the rules of the Bible. I did, however, have a problem with the lies told by elders, along with the maliciousness and backbiting, and the lack of love, coupled with the hypocrisy of some who were in favored positions being allowed to break as many "rules" as they wanted without repercussions, while others who were not so favored being unduly punished.
Have I found another church or religious group? No....I've found a personal relationship with my God, and is it much better than any proscribed "truth".
Don't just accept the Society's claims about the makeup of the "world" or the proclivities of ex-JWs. Look, read, listen and learn.....then decide for yourself what is true.
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Our Mother is in a coma :(
by noidea inkarla and i came home for a quick shower and a change of clothes.
we ask that you keep our mother and our family in your prayers.
we posted a few weeks ago that our mother had been diagnosed with pancreas cancer and was given 6-18 months with chemo.
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RedhorseWoman
I'm so sorry to hear this. ****HUGS****