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  newbie from Canada

  by invictus in

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  hello to everyone on the forum.

  my family and i are indeed grateful for people like you who are brave enough to tell the truth about " the truth " and watchtower .

  i`ve been lurking for quite some time, and finally got some courage to post.

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  Emma

  Warm welcome to the board!

  Our first doubts started around 1997 when we started to experience gossip, hypocracy,backstabing and general lack of love, and what was really funny was that up till last six months we taught something is wrong with us - we are not spiritualy strong, we lack confidence in Jehovah and we should do more.

  This is how I felt for years. I thought I was deficient and flawed. Up until I found the friends on this board, I thought of myself as weak and inactive; I would never go back. After "meeting" the members of this board, being encouraged to read "Crisis of Conscience" and reading the research of some on the board, I no longer carry the guilt. You've come to a wonderful place!
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  My Spidey Sense is Tingling

  by SixofNine in

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  is our world famous opera singer back with a new job?

  or just her ilk?

  six~ got ilk?

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  Emma

  What?

  
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  what do you do when JWs call at your door now?

  by franklin J in

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  i have been away from jws for 20 years, after having grown up as one, a pioneer and ministerial servant.

  i have rebuilt my life, am very happy and have a wife and three kids who never were part of jw.

  i have moved back into the town i grew up in.

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  Emma

  I just say "no" and close the door. Not mean, not polite, just "no."
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  Time For A Joke

  by worldlygirl in

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  2. humour

  three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered.

  getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother.

  the first said, "i built a big house for our mother.

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  Emma

  Thank you! I've already copied and pasted it and sent it along.

  Emma
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  Secrect Santa Again This Year????

  by kelpie in

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  wondering if anyone is interested in doing secret santa again this year.. last year was soooooo much fun.

  i am quite happy to put up my hand and organise it... .

  christy did such a fantastic job last year i will have a lot to live up to.. let me know what you all think.. merry christmas.

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  Emma

  Please add me to the list.

  
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  I got my voters registration card in the mail today!

  by TresHappy in

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  opened the mail this morning and guess what, i've got my voters registration card.

  i'll be voting for the first time in many years!

  how cool is that?

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  Emma

  Congratulations, Tres! Doesn't it feel good to register!
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  "Worse and Worse" - It Makes My Blood Boil!

  by metatron in

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  everytime i get stuck going to a sunday meeting at the kingdumb hall, it seems.

  "worse and worse!".

  don't tell me "worse and worse",.

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  Emma

  What a great thread!

  I remember when I realized that I was not going back to the borg again, it was like a grey filter was taken off of my eyes; the sky was bluer, the trees greener, the breeze and life itself felt more wonderful than ever. I had new neighbors and friends that Really Did Care About Me for who I was.

  The wts thinking is an endless spiral of negative thinking; no wonder so many suffer from depression. They "see" things getting worse and yet armageddon is no closer.

  Emma
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  If your still-JW parent died...

  by starfish422 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  would you attend the funeral/memorial service?

  assuming that it would be held in a kh; or even if it wasn't.. this is something that's been on my mind lately; honestly, i'm not sure why.

  my parents are both still relatively young; 60 and 61. my dad has been diagnosed with skin cancer but both are otherwise healthy.. i really don't know whether i would; particularly for my father.

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  Emma

  When my father died, I was phoned and told about the service and that I could come "if you really want to." I took that as an un-invitation. And he was NOT a witness and wouldn't have wanted a witness funeral. Against her biggest request, my family had a witness funeral for my grandmother who was an old lefty and athiest. I think her biggest sorrow in life was that both of her children became jw's (though one later left the borg) and that all her grandchildren grew up witnesses, shunned college and a life she saw as good. I couldn't believe that when she died the family had a witness funeral. How absolutely disrespectful to her; I was so angry I cried! As for my mom, I don't know if I could go into a kh again, even for her. I think I'd arrange my own "celebration of life" to honor her life.

  Emma
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  Why Lady "C" and JT have no Kids- WT Style

  by JT in

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  *** g74 11/8 ***9 is this the time to have children?

  there has always been a positive attitude about childbearing.

  families with many children have been praised and honored.

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  Emma

  Yes, the "sheep" get the message but the wts can never be held accountable.
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  Society

  by tyydyy in

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  what a strange word to use when talking about your religion.

  doesn't that sound like cult language?.

  it turns out that it was appropriate.

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  Emma

  Exactly cult-like. My kids pointed this out to me. The "organization", the "brothers." So much of the pure vile language is all that is needed to show it's truly a cult.

  Emma