Topics Started by zev
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If you went back...
by LovesDubs inive not been to a meeting in five years probably.
yet my husband still goes and i always envision him going in and the hardy handshakes he gives, greeting and being greeted, sitting there with all those suits with the secrets hidden inside, and all those pretty dresses hiding the pain.
if i wasnt disassociated, i wonder if i would be bolder, speak up, be honest with the "friends" instead of toeing the company line.
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Dazed and confused.
by zev inin the wt 01-15-01 page 31 i quote:.
at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania on october 7, 2000, a special announcement was made by the chairman, john e. barr of the governing body.
{zev note:included below} making a very significant point, brother barr stated: "the faithful and discreet slave' and its governing body have had entrusted to them interests that are higher and far more encompassing than those granted to legal corporations.
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Anonymity in the Web: an opinion
by MacHislopp inive been asked to share some of my thoughts.
on addition to my contributions, based on a carefull research.. i do agree, and that is why i have prepared the few lines.
on the subject of anonymity.
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Leaving without losing
by somebody ingood afternoon all,.
after reading so many stories about people separating from their husbands/wives once the one of them stops attending meetings, i was wondering how someone could tell their spouse when they first starting learning the truth about the truth.
i know there are couples who got out together on this board.
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So What Tipped You Out, Then?
by Englishman incan you remember that distinct moment in your life when you suddenly knew that your time as a jw was truly over?.
for me, that moment came several years after the removal of my privileges in the congregation when i admitted to having known my then fiance in a way that was not fitting for a ministerial servant.. i was quickly stripped of my 2 servants jobs, group study conducting, pioneer status, public talk giving and praying in the kh.
i was also forbidden to ever be alone with the lady concerned.. about 15 months later i was assigned a public talk, after 30 minutes i dried up.
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"Use of the Internet-Be Alert to the Dange...
by zev init never ceases to amaze me that in my 30+ years of sitting in those cheep plastic chairs, how much i missed, took for granted or just plain didn't care.
i took advantage of my time this morning to look over a couple aticles published by the borg, that relate to sites like this and countless others.
{this one being the best of course, imho} .
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THE RECOVERY PROCESS
by zev inthe recovery process of leaving the watchtower taken from http://jwfiles.com/recovery.htm {credit where credit is due .
i worked years ago with a middle-aged couple that was second and third generation jws who at my urging, read ray's book crisis of conscience.
he had been a former elder and the effect it had on him literally made him sick.
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Cads!!
by expatbrit init would appear that certain dastardly husbands have been making witticisms at the expense of their dear wives.. don't look innocent, we all know who you are....... expatbrit.. husband quotes:.
i just didn't know her first name was always.. i haven't spoken to my wife for 18 months.
i don't like to interrupt her.. marriage is a 3-ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and.
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Is Winter Over Yet?????
by Thirdson indespite the ranting in some of the posts on this board i thought today was a good day.
today, march 1 (for me still right now) can be regarded as the first day of spring unless youre a stickler for changing the season on the equinox.
today was the first morning in umpteen days that i woke to outside temperatures above 0 degrees.