They mirror their god; completely unforgiving and inflexible.
Posts by Emma
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24Crazy Concept - We have to kick you out because you dared to leave!
by AK - Jeff inhow ludicrous is that witness idea?
wifey and i have been out for well over two years - and had 'faded' some months before that.
not a single 'shepherd' of the flock has given a flying shit.
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Who has or has not been invited to the memorial?
by misspeaches inwell the memorial is tmrw night and time is running out to give out invitations.
(au time that is...) .
last night my mother asked me if i've heard from any of my old jw friends.
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Emma
No invite. Never have been invited once in the ten or so years I've been out. One "sister" who was always really nice, saw me on the street last year right after the "memorial." She said she'd been thinking about me but didn't know how to contact me. I smiled, thanked her for thinking of me, and agreed that I knew I could come to the kh any time. She's so sincere, spent her life with the stigma of having an unbelieving mate but still blinded.
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Were you ever scared of going to prison as a JW?...
by Hecklerboy ini remember growing up a jw and always being told that someday the goverment would turn on us and throw us in prison.. i was watching a documentary on national geographic about san quinton prison and it brought back old memories of those fears.. i remember thinking how scared i would be if i had to go to prison and what i could do to protect myself.
i would think of how i could just stay in my cell all the time so no one could hurt me.
especially after seeing stories on the news about riots and rapes and people getting stabbed.. leave it to the jw's to make a kid worry about going to prison.
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Emma
Oh, yes. Scared of the police (somewhat to this day), persecution, concentration camps, what would become of my children, just like others have answered. An elder told us that if we had any fear of this stuff, we'd already lost as we'd cave in if persecuted. Talk about a signed, sealed, and delivered judgement. Why bother trying to be faithful.
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Anyone ever been moved from one congo to another?
by MinisterAmos ini'm pretty sure it wasn't a personal thing, just that they needed more publishers to start the "new" congregation, but about a year ago i got tapped to move from one congo to another.
i also suspect that they were planning on soliciting loans from wealthier brothers (like me) to finance the hall construction.. a little background; i had been active and happy for almost two years in a congo about 20-30 minutes to the east of my home and had set up work and appointments for myself and family to take advantage of the fact that i would be in that particular neighborhood on those days and nights.
the usual like doctors, schools, day-care etc.
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Emma
Being moved was an unforseen push to my exit. I had to work outside the home (yes HAD to, my husband was ill) and had manipulated my boss into giving me all the meeting times off. Then they asked our family to move to another congregation because they need "numbers." It was the congo we shared a building with so naturally all the meeting times were opposite of what I'd just lobbied for. I absolutely refused to ask my boss to change my schedule as everyone else around me had gotten their hours based on my request and I knew how snotty that was; couldn't afford to loose the job, either. I got to see how lovely it was not to have to study for and attend all those meetings!
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Whatever plans you have for this weekend - MINE ARE BETTER!!
by nicolaou inokay, i feel a bit smug.
i posted a few days ago how it was our 20th wedding anniversary this week (wednesday actually).
well tomorrow i take my lovely, gorgeous, delicious wife away for the weekend to a fabulous hotel in the english cotswolds.
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Emma
Congratulations are in order!
Have a wonderful time.
Emma, of the "I'm envious of the b&b class"
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I'm glad the board came back !!!!
by JH in.
i thought that it was hacked and my 10,000 posts all gone.
glad to see it back up
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Emma
Just shows me how dependent I am on it; my little fixes throughout the day...
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Blood matters - unbelieving spouse
by HAL9000 ini am well aware of the jw attitude to blood transfusions - one would have to be deaf dumb blind and stupid to have missed it.
where i am coming from relates to my personal situation as a rational being and not one of the chosen.
i am sure that this question has been asked before, so you must excuse me on that count!.
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Emma
Servants of God have been told in the Scriptures what is to be done with blood.
This is what always galls me! If blood is to be "poured out" how can they allow the use of factions! This got to me when I was a faithful jw, too. It it's to be poured out, then pour it out!
As far as your wife, if she was a dub I think she'd deny you the transfusion; I would have even for my dad who was not a jw. Your safe bet is to have your back up plans, tell your dr and the local hospital.
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How many do you remember ?
by vitty in.
when you were in the borg how many scriptures did you know off by heart and could remember chapter and verse.. id say i could remember about 20, and they were the ones we would constantly use !
sad really after 20 years.
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Emma
Funny thing is that I can remember the arguments surrounding many scriptures, but not the actual scriptures.
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Emma
You gotta love Danae! I've been following this "story." Of course it reminds me of fundy's, the wts foremost among them!
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Telling a Friend I Don't Want to Go to Meetings Anymore
by Good Girl or Bad Girl? ini have a very close friend, who has been a mentor to me for years, who has never judged me in spite of things i've been through.
she is nearly 35 years older than me but we have a kindred spirit.
she is a very devout jw and i believe she always will be.
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Emma
It would probably be a kindness to her not to give her a reason to go to her husband. I know you want to confide in her, but if you could leave it at "I'm sorry, I really am not ready to talk about this," or, "I'm going through some depression and need to sort it out," that might buy you some time to let her adjust as well.
As far as this quote goes,
get back on track" with my service to Jehovah
they have no idea who Jehovah is or what your service to him means, so they have no right to talk to you about it! You'll be fine, but it will take time. As you leave this organization behind, you'll fill up your life with meaning and friends and eventually the wts will be way in your past.
I'm wishing you the best, Emma