Hurry back, Happy Camper, you've brought us out and all a little closer to.
One hand scratches the other 'ya know what I mean?
prophecor
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having a hard time making friends
by happy camper ini was wondering if anyone else has had a hard time making friends since leaving the organization.
being raised as a jw, it seems difficult to me, as i was never allowed to have any friends who weren't other jw's.
as a result, i have isolated myself to only my immediate family.
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having a hard time making friends
by happy camper ini was wondering if anyone else has had a hard time making friends since leaving the organization.
being raised as a jw, it seems difficult to me, as i was never allowed to have any friends who weren't other jw's.
as a result, i have isolated myself to only my immediate family.
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prophecor
That's another thumbs up 4 U 2 Honesty, a church can be an excellent resource for socialization, as well as getting acquainted with hearing the word from a different perspective.
I was blessed to have been able to go to a marriage retreat. A kind of holiday away from the entire world where couples from all over the country would share and fellowship, much like our assemblies were. They were Bible based, faith based groups, non denominational, non threatening, with scriptural discussion regarding the marriage arrangement, why it's so difficult to maintain, and what you can do to get yourself on the right track, with Biblical, as well as practical instruction on how to get it accomplished.
Quite honestly, if we as witnesses were able to get together with similar concentrated energy, dealing from the standpoint of the husband and wife alone as a unit first, as a community, and not a lacsadaisical shepherding call like many couples would receive, I believe the rampant hidden unhappiness that exist among couples in the Kingdom Hall would be drastically reduced.
Though not married to a witness, they had some of the most profound helps and assistance for repairing even the the worst witness marriage, mines was saved because of it, and I am much richer emotionally because of it.
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having a hard time making friends
by happy camper ini was wondering if anyone else has had a hard time making friends since leaving the organization.
being raised as a jw, it seems difficult to me, as i was never allowed to have any friends who weren't other jw's.
as a result, i have isolated myself to only my immediate family.
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prophecor
That's a thumbs up 74, Community College did wonders for my socialabilty skills, why, I even found another witness sister who was also out of the truth in my same class. Even though I'm a married man, we still have frequency of association over the net, on the phone, and an occasional face to face meeting.
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Very Cool Picture
by pr_capone inprolly the coolest lightning strike pic i have ever seen!.
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kansas district overbeer
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prophecor
Must admit, that's quite a piece of work.
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Part of the reason I'm so glad I'm free
by CinemaBlend innow i can pursue the career i've always wanted without guilt.
i hid my writing career for 2 years, because i couldn't let anyone know the movies that i watched.
i'm getting published in newspapers, magazines, and running my own successful website on the internet... but i couldn't tell anyone.
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prophecor
That is so great living your dreams out in realtime. You are to be commended.
Congratulations and welcome to a whole new world!
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having a hard time making friends
by happy camper ini was wondering if anyone else has had a hard time making friends since leaving the organization.
being raised as a jw, it seems difficult to me, as i was never allowed to have any friends who weren't other jw's.
as a result, i have isolated myself to only my immediate family.
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prophecor
Hi Happy Camper, and welcome to JWD. As regards your problem socializing, its the nature of the beast that's been bred in many an ex Jehovah's Witness. We are by nature such a segregated society that if we ever leave the organization, we are hampered by our unfortunate previous behavior to the degree that we very easily can come to be confined in our own homes, knowing not how to relate to the real world.
It's a struggle that has been mine, even before becoming JW, as the teaching had followed me, despite my not being baptized until my later years. If you can step away from your comfortability, try making yourself accessable in your community, especially as it begins to get warm later in the year, often a little small step to get beyond our un-comfortability, can bridge the gap between you, and the rest of humanity.
Maybe find a public place where you can just leave yourself open for passersby who might strike up a casual conversation. I'm a mechanic and often my neighbors require small helps that I can assist them in, and I always use my skills as means for gaining entrance into the lives of the ones that I live with on my block. Small things that don't require them to feel they need to pay me. Just trying to be neighborly. I gotten many a surprise by investing energy in the lives of those who I would not normally be so inclined to socialze with.
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Music suggestions for Video needed
by confusedjw inlast year i put a video together for out hockey team and showed it at the banquet.
it was a huge hit.
i put the "best of" for each player to music.
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prophecor
Pyromania.............................Quiet Riot
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wanting to leave jw org
by min79 in.
i am a baptised jw and am wanting to disassociate myself.
i am looking to find someone who has left this org to give me some idea on the letter to write and how they dealt with their friends who shunned them
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prophecor
Hi min79, I've never had to DA, but there are several here who have and should be more than willing to help you.
Welcome to the forum and thanks for keeping the energy flowing.
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Active Jehovah's Witnesses - - - PLEASE READ
by nicolaou inan open letter to all jehovah's witnesses.
dear friend, .
what caused you to come and read the posts of so many of your former brothers and sisters who have either been disfellowshipped or have chosen to walk away from the society and the 'truth'?
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Nice Goin Nic
Suzy Que, hi, you're amongst a great bunch of folks here.
Your courage to step up to the plate will cause someone else to as well.
Once again I say, Welcome
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Current Favorite Movie Quote
by CinemaBlend in"god is just an imaginary friend for adults.
" - morgan freeman, the big bounce
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prophecor
........ " conscience is dead,....... its f___ your buddy, cheat on your wife, call your mother on Mother's Day,......Charlie.....it's all $#!+ "
Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman