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ever changing WTS
by logic in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i guess the following article and many more like it no longer apply since the sept km.

(aug 15, 98 wat pg 20).

19 jehovahs organization does not discourage sincere, timely questions, as some opposers mistakenly claim.
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another story
by mentalclearness in
1. jw
2. experiences
well learning to fly's story inspired me to write this one...it happened to my extended family...well here goes...our family is very deep rooted in the organization....like in the proclaimers book...part of history...anyways, this one famous "brother" had several children and was an active witness throughout his life..enjoying the type of notoriety that comes from being part of jw history and having a recognizable last name...one day we find out he has died...and apparently it wasn't an accident because he left a note....of course other family members try to say he mixed his medicine...but why the note???

well soon after one of his daughters is super depressed and tries to commit suicide.

she is also a witness...slowly after much therapy seems she gets her memory back and remembers that good old dad sexually abused her until she got her period...turns out he did this to all his children....of course all of them had blocked out the memories but all had problems with their husbands in the sexual department...they all began remembering incidences as well...so in the end, this brother that everyone looked up and thought was so wonderful was just another sick pedophile who raped all his kids and committed suicide.
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My Story
by LearningToFly in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello fellow forum members, i am very new here, and feel it is time to share a little about myself.

this site has gotten me quite riled up again, and even after many years my experience is not memorable and still upsets me when i think of it.

my beginning experience of joining the jw organization at age 6 was not unpleasant at all, and was not for many years.
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What you are listening to/What you listened to recently?
by KW13 in
1. jw
2. friends
i am playing mr blue sky - electric light orchestra - love this song and matches the mood i am in right now.. you?.
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overcompensating when leaving JWs?
by B_Deserter in
1. jw
2. experiences
ever notice this phenomenon?

seems like a lot of people that leave in their early 20s tend to become wild party animals as soon as they leave da troof, getting tattoos, piercings and the like and going almost overboard with it.

anyone ever experience this?
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banks
by mentalclearness in
1. jw
2. friends
i was talking to a friend of mine and he pointed out the fact that banks seem to use the same strategy the organization does to attract "customers".

they make it easy to open an account and so complicated to close it.

so in the end people just continue loyal out of inertia.
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Part II of my story
by B_Deserter in
1. jw
2. experiences
part 1 is located here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/138938/1.ashx.

i moved to a neighboring congregation and my whole life and view of the witnesses changed.

it was a huge step above lakeview.
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Anyone seen the Secret?
by Satans little helper in
1. jw
2. experiences
someone lent me the dvd of the secret over the weekend.

we watched it last night and i wondered what everyone thought of it?

i thought that it was very "evangelical" and alot like the jw's - large on promise and small on content.
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I know it's only a discussion forum...
by nvrgnbk in
1. jw
2. friends
but how has having a place like jwd improved your life?.

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Molested by JW who went to Bethel
by DeeR in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i was molested by a jw.

he was a young man about 19 yrs.old and he went to bethel after molesting me and i was only about 12 or 13 yrs.old.

i have never told anyone because i was so afraid of being disfellowshipped for letting this happen to me.