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  Hello Everyone

  by exjwgirl25 in

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  hello everyone, just thought i would let everybody know that i am new to this site.

  hope i can contribute to this forum anyway i can.

  :)

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  Sassy

  Hi exjwgirl25! Welcome to JWD!
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  This is why I'm Disappointed....

  by Nickey in

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  it's a public board.

  i was still a jw.

  i came here looking for answers to my questions and doubts.

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  Being new here and only months ago made my decision not to go back to the KH, I can see all the points here. I will also be honest and say for very different reasons in the past I from time to time was reading some on this board while being an active JW and with no plans to leave the faith. I was here to find infiltrators who were bragging about being on a JW board and causing havoc. It was an assignement I was given and I wasn't necessarily crazy about. (I never registered then) I must admit is is amazing to now be here by choice and post among the very people, some of which, I would have considered a 'problem' on my work assignment load. There are actually posts specifically making fun of me on this board. Even my picture was posted and made fun of back then. I was never one of the main targets but I felt the wrath. I didn't understand the need to cause problems for JWs in pranks and I guess here or there, I might have even been a little hurt on a couple of comments. However, I knew that they were judgements made about the person they thought I was, not the person they would know if they 'got to know me'. When my life changed, I could only hope that if those who may have found a dislike for me only because I was an admin or mod at JW board in the past, would not cause the dislike to be for me now as I am here for reasons that are honest and sincere. ok.. i'm rambling..

  but my point is that even now beign here and only newly 'out', I still don't understand the need for pranks per say. But I also know that for anyone who has had their life controlled for a length of time, scarred for the rest of our life to some extent, and being out causing our relationships including blood relationships cut off due to all the rules, we are affected every day by having been a JW. I don't want to be a part of a prank but inside if I was a different kind of person, would I have need for that outlet? not to carry out but maybe fantasize? Maybe a forum for such kind of talk should be under the private areas. That way someone just lurking and reading because of having doubts might not be put off by such kind of talk and read the other information. I think regular joking and fun should be out there for everyone to read. They need to see that even after leaving the JW life, one can still have fun. If you have been raised a JW all your life, you think once you leave, all real opportunities of happiness are taken away. I think not only should the posts about information and doctrine be readable but also the lighthearted fun threads there too..... those might even be the ones that draw them in to feel safe..
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  What was the first "Bad" CD/Record/Tape you ever bought?

  by ColdRedRain in

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  2. friends

  i was looking on the thread on music when i just thought to ask that question.

  for me, it was gwar's violence has arrived.

  i remember loving that band so much when i first heard of them to the point where i downloaded everything they had, from album mp3's to rare bootlegs.

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  Was that me sns who asked you what you were listening to? I don't like hip hop, but that has nothing to do with JW beliefs.

  no SimpleSally.. it was Michael.

  I know you don't like hip hop either which is why I don't play it when you come to visit.
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  Salt or Sweet ?

  by morty in

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  2. friends

  which is your favorite to munch on at the movies?

  salty popcorn or a pack of gummie bears and chocolate bar?

  went to the show for cheap night and it cost more for the damn junk food..no one could decide on either one or the other so we bought both...your opinon?

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  Margarritas - salt AND sweet and sour and alcohol

  YUMMMMMMM
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  Have you ever felt this way?

  by Ariell in

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  do any of you ever feel for some odd reason that this could really be the "truth"?

  i see what's going on in the world today and the stuff my mother usually spews is starting to make sense.

  i feel like i'm being sucked back in.

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  I don't know what I believe. At first when I made the decision to stop I kept thinking I probably picked the worst time to give up and let go. Probably everyone is right and the end is so near and wouldn't it be just my 'luck' that I gave up just as Armegeddon came. The thing is the more I am away and I think about things, I have trouble believing it is the truth. And I haven't even yet done the doctrinal research. It is other things that has caused my doubts.

  I think you need to do what you need to do. I dont' think you should be guilted into doing something though. If your mom is the only one in, and you don't believe in it, you do her no favors by going out of guilt. There was a time when I was the only one being an active JW. It was also at a hard time in my life. Its funny now that family is back in and here I am chosing not to be. But I had to do this for me. If I change my mind down the road, then I'll make that decision as well.

  Hope you find your answers.
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  Disassociation and Ray Franz

  by greatteacher in

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  2. scandals

  does anyone think that the rule which states that "associating with a disassociated person is a disfellowshipping offense" was created to disfellowship ray franz?

  the reason i ask this is because i noticed that the watchtower published many articles with that rule at the same time period franz left bethal, but published nothing about it before around 1981.

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  I had the old indexes and bound volumes but when I moved I was encourage to just get rid of them since I had the cd. Sure never thought at the time I might be sorry that I did and that information would 'disapear' as if it had never been on the current cd index's.
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  AOL - what's your opinion?

  by TresHappy in

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  i've had aol for several years now.

  i am dumping it very soon.

  anyone else have aol and what is your opinion?

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  I'm glad to be rid of AOL. I think for someone who has limited knowledge of computers, AOL can be easy to get on the net with. But I love having my cable internet, currently Earthlink. I had RoadRunner before too, that was awesome as well.
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  JW divorce rates!

  by shotgun in

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  2. friends

  this weekend i ran into a local elder who has been performing jw marriages for many years.

  out of the blue he commented that he recently did a tally and only 25% of the couples he married are still together.. when i started to think about it and calculate all the jw's that i knew which were married after 1985 the divorce rate was around 50% and some of the ones still together should probably have split.. how have the jw's held up in your area, better or worse?.

  shotgun.

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  I'm new to where I am now and have no idea but where I come from the rate is still down for divorce among JWs. I used to think as a JW it was a curse and a blessing. If you were in an area where divorces were so common, who knows how much people will put into it if that was the case, but areas where there were few divorces, well, this meant no eligible brothers. The only ones I knew in the circuit who were 'available' were NOT in a relationship for a reason.

  Fortunately my field has changed and I don't date JWs any more.
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  Matrix Revolution

  by Sassy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i was fortunate enough to be able to preview the movie a week earlier than it's actual release.

  my bf and i enjoyed it.. i hope you all do.

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  I actually found out I had an opportunity to see this early viewing the day before and I hadn't yet seen the 2nd one. Had to run and rent it quick so I could watch it the nightbefore. It was kind of nice because it was all fresh in my head when I saw this latest one.
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  What was the first "Bad" CD/Record/Tape you ever bought?

  by ColdRedRain in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was looking on the thread on music when i just thought to ask that question.

  for me, it was gwar's violence has arrived.

  i remember loving that band so much when i first heard of them to the point where i downloaded everything they had, from album mp3's to rare bootlegs.

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  I used to listen to some heavy metal music without it bothering me as a JW.

  When I dated a 'pretend' JW a couple years ago and he'd hear my hip hop in the background playing when we spoke on the phone, he would chastise me for not being an obedient JW and that I should know better than to be listening to that stuff.