When I was thinking about leaving the JW religion I also thought about counseling. I called a few from the phone book and had to leave messages with my phone number. I was upset one day and prayed for god to give me a sign of what I should do...just then the phone rang and it was a counselor wanting to set up an appointment with me...I took that as a sign from above...after going for a while and a recent development with another witness and the way the brothers handled her situation helped me make my decision to leave..
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148Have you ever had a prayer answered?
by nicolaou inprayer topics seem to be the bandwagon of the moment so i'm jumping on!
seriously, has anyone here asked for something specific in prayer and actually gotten what they asked for?
what convinces you that you wouldn't have got it in any case?
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May 22, 1969 Awake! promises "you will never grow old" - Creative Writing
by Mad Sweeney inthe year is 1969. faithful followers of the watchtower society are gearing up for the imminent end of the system of things just as they had been for the previous ninety years.
a young witness named andrew is trying to decide what to do with his life.
andrew is a smart kid and he has an entire lifetime ahead of him.
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That's the answer I got when talking with a witness(in Australia) on my facebook . We were discussing the Child abuse issue and I quoted how they did not report it unless the law demanded it..she announced that they did have a talk at her KH on how the authorities should report it even if the law doesn't require it..the speaker giving the talk, his daughter was molested! I told her that was not the rule but the exception, she then said:
The GB are just imperfect men doing their best."
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WBTS report from Japan
by Mickey mouse inat least 2 jws dead, 115 missing and 5 kingdom halls destroyed.. http://www.jw-media.org/jpn/20110316.htm.
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We were also taught that we could only pray for strength to endure, not for physical help. We could also pray for spiritual strength..did they forget that? Maybe someone needs to remind them...
Snoozy, listening to a special report on the radiation leaking right now..
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June 15th WT, Trap Your Kids in the Cult
by LostGeneration inthe new wt is up.
the worst article is the first one, a non-study article.
shows pictures of a kid, looks like he is 10 years old.
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Troubled Mind, I caught the way that they said "We" can help him rather than Jehovah's spirit can help him..
When my youngest son got baptised @16 one of the MS came up to me and said, "Now we can REALLY help him ", WTF did that mean ?? What came in to my mind immediately was 'yeah now you guys can pressure him to conform because you will hold DFing over his head ' . What held them back from helping /encouraging him before ? ( i had tried to talk my son out of baptism )
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May 22, 1969 Awake! promises "you will never grow old" - Creative Writing
by Mad Sweeney inthe year is 1969. faithful followers of the watchtower society are gearing up for the imminent end of the system of things just as they had been for the previous ninety years.
a young witness named andrew is trying to decide what to do with his life.
andrew is a smart kid and he has an entire lifetime ahead of him.
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On reading this remark by drew I remembered two very special witnesses in my life that decided to wait till after armageddon to have children.
I a bunch of words: This really nails it. We all know people who are like Andrew. I remember a friend of mine who was an elder and who would be in this age group as he graduated in 1969. He married a sister from the hall and they both wanted children. Of course, it was very unpopular to have children since the end was so close, so they never did. Although he has made a nice career working for his father-in-law, he told me that he and his wife both regret not having children. I'm sure there are thousands and perhaps millions of people with similar stories or can relate. Of course, to point this out to a JW that they were wrong in saying "You will never fulfill a career" they will just say that they are wrong sometimes. Howver, it has been detrimental to so many witnesses and their families.
As far as I can tell from reading if you die and are resurrected you can't have any children? That is what I get from their literature anyway. So I wonder if they knew this back in the 60's or did they just make this promise and not tell them the rest? Anyway they decided to wait and now the husband is deceased. So what happens to their dreams to have children..? Heartbreaking stories like this come back to my mind and like Grace I too feel a deep sadness over their loss and so many others that listened to the WTBTS.. ( and many that still do).
Thank you for posting the Awake article and reminding us just what foolishness we all listened to (and believed) in the 60's..
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They really are pooping their pants over these latest "signs"...
by undercover ini've seen a few threads/posts where some of y'all have heard from jw contacts and how they've stepped up their 'the end is close' rhetoric because of the earthquake/tsunami in japan.
i usually take those things with a grain of salt.
there's always some jw whose cheese has slipped that reads prophecy into every little thing that happens.
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All you have to do is look up "List of earthquakes" to see we are experiencing nothing new!
As far as Jesus coming and Gd's destruction of the old world and the making of a new world..what makes people think that if God screwed up the first time he will do better the second time?
Shouldn't God be able to get man/earth right the first time?..Maybe he is just playing games with us, add a little spice to his long days...
I am sure we are quite entertaining to him..
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Ran into not One, not Two, but THREE elders at the same time!
by Soldier77 inso i'm out doing some shopping at the supermarket and as i'm walking to the checkout, i see my so and his wife (in full fs attire) talking to someone just past the checkout registers.
i am looking for the furthest checkout at this point making sure not to be noticed by the so or his wife.
well, just my freakin luck, there is only one checkout open.
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Soldier ,you are going to start having dreams about gorillas chasing you...
I feel sorry you are in that predicament and hope someday soon it will change for you.It has to be miserable feeling like you have to hide but I totally understand...
I wonder if they all got together outside later and laughed about almost making yuou pee your pants?
Hugs,
Snoozy
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...Change your Clocks Tonight...
by OUTLAW indaylight savings time is here!...
the perfect excuse... to miss the ever boring,public talk... at your local kingdom hall... .
........................... ...outlaw.
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I remember one time we went to the Sunday meeting at the Kingdom hall and no one was there...we waited a long time and wondered what the heck happened. While sitting there listening to the radio we discovered why, we had set our clocks the wrong way. We were two hours early!..
We went back home and slept for an hour and went back..we were sleepy all day from that. It was a long day!
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Nightmares
by palmtree67 infirst of all, i have severe arachnophobia.
rationally, i know most spiders are harmless, but something takes over my brain and my body when i see one........i totally freak out, i can't help it.
they are little pieces of death, wrapped in scarey...... .
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daddy long legs won't hurt you that much, they will only cause a slight stinging sensation (their fangs are only 0.25mm). That is, if they even bother to bite you.
I used to play with them as a kid
Doesn't matter.....it's one of those things you can't explain. I think it being on my steering wheel and looking at me is what paniced me..he had no where to fall but my lap..and I had a skirt on and he had all those little legs!!..
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Nightmares
by palmtree67 infirst of all, i have severe arachnophobia.
rationally, i know most spiders are harmless, but something takes over my brain and my body when i see one........i totally freak out, i can't help it.
they are little pieces of death, wrapped in scarey...... .
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Dream interpretation for SPIDER:
Spider
To dream of a spider, denotes that you will be careful and energetic in your labors, and fortune will be amassed to pleasing proportions. To see one building its web, foretells that you will be happy and secure in your own home. To kill one, signifies quarrels with your wife or sweetheart. If one bites you, you will be the victim of unfaithfulness and will suffer from enemies in your business. If you dream that you see many spiders hanging in their webs around you, foretells most favorable conditions, fortune, good health and friends. To dream of a large spider confronting you, signifies that your elevation to fortune will be swift, unless you are in dangerous contact. To dream that you see a very large spider and a small one coming towards you, denotes that you will be prosperous, and that you will feel for a time that you are immensely successful; but if the large one bites you, enemies will steal away your good fortune. If the little one bites you, you will be harassed with little spites and jealousies. To imagine that you are running from a large spider, denotes you will lose fortune in slighting opportunities. If you kill the spider you will eventually come into fair estate. If it afterwards returns to life and pursues you, you will be oppressed by sickness and wavering fortunes. For a young woman to dream she sees gold spiders crawling around her, foretells that her fortune and prospect for happiness will improve, and new friends will surround her.IF IT'S CHASING YOU:
How do you React to being chased?
Do you stop and confront the pursuer, eager to face the threat or issue? Or do you continue to run, feeling confident that you can outrun the chaser?
Let's face it, the primary objective of running from a pursuer is to escape... So, ask yourself, who or what is it that you are wanting or trying to escape from in your life?
The figure or person you are being chased by in your dream can also represent an aspect of yourself. Anger, jealousy, fear, love, and insecurities can all manifest in your mind as something to fear, avoid and run from. You may be projecting these feelings onto the unknown chaser.
Dream of insects:
Insect
To see insects in your dream, signify minor obstacles that you must overcome. There are small problems and annoyances that need to be dealt with. You feel that you are under attack. Or something or someone may be "bugging" or pestering you. Alternatively, insects are symbolic of precision, alertness, and sensitivity. You may need to organize your thoughts and sort out your values. Sometimes they are seen as divine messengers.