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Emma
Posts by Emma
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23Hi, recently widowed need conversation
by lapweaver ini'm recently widowed, 7mos, suddenly lost husband from heart attack, married 29yrs, have been inactive for around 5yrs and don't plan on going back to jw.. we were very close and i miss the daily interaction and conversation.
my daughter, 25, lives with me but it's not the same.
is there anyone els out there that would just like to chat,e-mail?
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Appealing a JC Decision
by Amber Rose ini had my jc about a month ago now and thanks to my dad i keep thinking "shoul i have appealed?
" has anyone ever heard of a decision being reversed because of an appeal?
do very many people appeal?
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Emma
From listening to others experiences, I doubt that appealing would have changed a thing.
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Harry Potter and the exasperated mum........help
by fifi40 inmy ex is a jw (as previously mentioned) and is against our son going to see the new movie, despite admitting that he has witness friends who will happily go and see it........oh and he also has witness friends that would dob their brother into the elders for going to see it.. i have just had a bit of a heated debate about it with him (our son is 14, nearly 15) and i just wondered if any of you have good sound reasoning for what is a 'matter of conscience' for these brainwashedd poo brains!!!!!.
help.........warlock can you just wave a magic wand or something............ a mother doing battle with the force...............a brain numbing, mind control force at that.
seriously folks though any gems you have would be greatly appreciated.
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Emma
Maybe you could use this as one of those teaching moments where you subtly encourage him to reason on this. You could also tell him that you and his dad differ on some things and that doesn't make one view wrong.
Interrestingly, I haven't heard anyone spreading smurf-like stories about having the HP books in the house.
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Harry Potter and the exasperated mum........help
by fifi40 inmy ex is a jw (as previously mentioned) and is against our son going to see the new movie, despite admitting that he has witness friends who will happily go and see it........oh and he also has witness friends that would dob their brother into the elders for going to see it.. i have just had a bit of a heated debate about it with him (our son is 14, nearly 15) and i just wondered if any of you have good sound reasoning for what is a 'matter of conscience' for these brainwashedd poo brains!!!!!.
help.........warlock can you just wave a magic wand or something............ a mother doing battle with the force...............a brain numbing, mind control force at that.
seriously folks though any gems you have would be greatly appreciated.
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Emma
If you have joint custody, just take him. This is crazy, no stupid.
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Thank you to the lady who gave me the address
by VanillaMocha73 insorry, i can't for the life of me remember your name... but the grandmotherly lady on here who gave me the address for my mom - can you pm me?
i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
the person in question wrote back to my mom and she was so excited.... he even included (by coincidence?
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Emma
Possibly Mouthy? She's who I think of when I hear the word grandmother.
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Public talk will be reduced to 30 minutes
by martinjw7 inhave you heard about a letter for all congregations announced next new change in wts politics?.
in letter is information that the time for the public talk will be reduced to 30 minutes.. does anyone have a copy?
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Emma
If it's true I wonder what the reasoning will be. I could understand if they extended the wt study as this would give them even more control. Maybe there are less and less "qualified brothers" who can handle a 55 minute stint on the platform.
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Public talk will be reduced to 30 minutes
by martinjw7 inhave you heard about a letter for all congregations announced next new change in wts politics?.
in letter is information that the time for the public talk will be reduced to 30 minutes.. does anyone have a copy?
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Emma
Me either!
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Service meeting part about My Space
by seek2find inthis week an article about the internet will be discussed on the service meeting.
at one meeting it was announced that the elders would be contacting parents about kids who have my space accounts.
anbody else hear it at their meeting?
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Emma
Are they planning on warning the families about the pedophiles
in the kingdumb hallon line?It shows that their interest isn't really in protecting kids, but keeping information from them. A pedophile in their congregation is OK, just don't let anyone have access to an alternate viewpoint.
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I can hardly contain myself! :-)
by R.F. insince my mental departure from the organization, i'm still trying to wrap my mind around the entire concept of freedom.
now that i don't have so many restraints as a result of being in the org, such as mental, and time restraints, i can't help but be happy!
there is so much that i want to accomplish in life now and i know that now it's possible.
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Emma
I remember that feeling so clearly when I realized I was never going back. Congratulations; how wonderful!
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Were You Surprised That Your JW "Friends" Dumped You After All These Years?
by minimus inhow does it feel knowing that your friends were so conditional----or your family?
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Emma
I would have been surprised had they NOT shunned me. Even though I faded and was never df'd or da'd, I knew how I'd be treated by family and friends when I became inactive. What surprised me was how fast it happened; no one tried to "save" me, which made it all easier.