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  Jeremy Vine Show (Radio 2) discussing JWs

  by pajaha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for those in the uk, note they are discussing jws on r2 (shortly after 1pm) today.

  they were asking to hear from those brought up as jws but i guess too late now.you should be able to listen on catch-up afterwards at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio (look for the jeremy vine show), but not sure if you can get it if you're overseas..

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  interview with: pajaha

  by pajaha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  tell us a little about yourself and your family.. single, middle-aged, raised in newport (wales) and now in peterborough (england).. .

  were you a born in or a convert?.

  are your parents / family jws?.

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  does anyone dream they are on the ministry?

  by pajaha in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  or maybe that should be "nightmare" - not dream.. it happens less and less, but still does now and again after 10 years.

  it's always associated with a great feeling of dread and going from door to door knowing you do not believe what you are saying (i should point out that, while i was in it, i pretty much did believe it).. i guess it shows how big a part of our lives it once was - a bit like you often dream of being in school or of long-departed relatives..

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  I have become a return visit!

  by pajaha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just for background, i da'd 12 years ago and i'm now an atheist/agnostic.. i normally avoid answering to the jws (i can usually tell it's them because i hear two sets of incredibly moving footsteps coming up the stairs to my flat) or they do a quick "magazine presentation" and then they're off.

  on one occasion a few weeks ago i answered and the guy seemed up for a discussion.

  i said i was an atheist, a lengthy discussion ensued and he "placed" a creation /evolution leaflet with me.. i was expecting a call and, after avoiding them a few times, i finally answered.

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  "newbie" post - after eight years registered

  by pajaha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  actually, this is my second post as i replied to a thread a few moments ago, but it turns out i originally registered eight years ago but had never posted.. i left in 2000 (from a newport, s wales, congregation) having been brought up in it from about the age of three.

  initially, i was obsessed with research and posting to forums but got over it after a few years and just rediscovered this site a couple of days ago.

  i just thought it would be worth posting my account of leaving in case it helped others.. i always considered myself to be "strong in the truth" and genuinely believed it,, but i suppose the amount of suppressed doubts had been mounting up and i think it was the summer of 1999 when i first thought of leaving.

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