Topics Started by stephaniesays

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Need help...I am so confused....(this will probably be rambling)
by stephaniesays in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i started going to church.

i am going to a baptist church just because they have a great youth program at this one, and my daughter (12) has really gotten into it, which i think is a positive thing.

i have never really taught her anything about religion because i never knew what i believed, and i am having to confront now, what exactly it is that i do believe.
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Got back from my sister's wedding on Monday (long)
by stephaniesays in
1. jw
2. experiences
i had previously posted about my jw parents making my sister miserable over marrying a catholic...well, the wedding was on the 27th.

my sister and her fiancee (now husband) went out of their way to make my ms stepfather and pioneer mother happy.

he gave up a catholic wedding, they gave up a church wedding, they wrote their own vows and worked it to where the man performing the ceremony didn't do the prayer but my sisters husband did (so that he could pray "through" jesus).
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College and EX-JW Discontent....Questions and Stats
by teenyuck in
1. jw
2. friends
*many* ex-jws say that they were robbed of an education due to the wtbts and as a result, they feel that their families and the wt screwed up their life by depriving them of the opportunity to go to college and therefore, earn a high salary at a job they love.

here is a link to the us census which shows that approximately 26% of the us population graduates college.

page 5, towards the bottom, shows the college graduation stats.
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JW Children and Immunizations
by LDH in
1. jw
2. friends
well the not-so-little baby (19 mos) got his next round of shots last night, 5 in all.

he was rightfully indignant, and let the nurse know it.. i mentioned it to my dad in passing, and he was saying that another family member doesn't allow any immunizations of their child.. this person is a df'd-jw hater, and yet the some of the brainwashing has hung on.

now, all 3 of us children are immunized, but i can't discount the brainwashing that the medical establishment has taken at the hands of the wbts.
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Anyone have an extra "Learning from the Great Teacher" book??
by lisaBObeesa in
1. jw
2. friends
i would very much like a copy of this book.

does anyone have one they would be willing to part with?

i would pay for your trouble and for shipping... .
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Should JWs Be Allowed To Foster...This Child Died Over Blood
by ISP in
1. jw
2. friends
probe into jehovah's witness's death after crash.

a jehovah's witness who suffered internal injuries in a motorbike crash died after refusing a blood transfusion.

jonathan everett, 22, told staff at bury general that he would not take any blood products before undergoing an emergency operation.
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Quick question...
by stephaniesays in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
who wrote coc?

a member of the gb or a nephew of a member of the gb?
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Online JW matchmaking!
by Abaddon in
1. jw
2. friends
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this is so surreal; i'm gonna find me an 18 year-old pioneer sister... mmmm.... http://www.jwmatch.com/welcome.php.
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Never ceases to amaze me...
by stephaniesays in
1. jw
2. experiences
my sister is getting married on july 27th.

she is marrying a catholic, after being raised a witness, but she has been living with him for over a year, so she has not been approved of by my parents for a while.

as the black sheep of the family myself, i have helped her to get over the needing to please the parents thing and see that she will never be able to.
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why do you post?
by SpiceItUp in
1. jw
2. friends
seems its been awhile since we had one of these questions go round so i figured with all the newbies lately we shuld get a new one going.

i get to do it cause well umm errr..... i've been here for over a year (and yes noone noticed *sniff* *sniff* but thats ok).

soooo without further ado on to the question at hand..... why do you post here?.