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I need a good beating for what I did this morning
by freeman inthis morning i let my emotions run away with me and challenged my 20-year-old son into defending his loyalty to the watchtower shunning doctrine.
it was not good, im in no way proud of myself.
im sure he and my dub wife will likely mischaracterize it as an attack on god; anything said against the tower is always an attack on god.
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Did anything a householder said ever make an impression on you?
by Alleymom incoming at this as a householder rather than an ex-jw, i'd love to hear from any of you about comments from householders that made an impression on you, back when you were active in the door-to-door work.
since the jw's first knocked at my door 13 years ago, i've done my best to give them something to think about every time they knock at my door.
i always introduce myself by name and try to get their names.
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New Girl on the block
by Teela ini have been reading the threads for about a year now and thought its time to post my story.
i cant remember much up until i was ten except the usual no birthdays, no worldly friends or bad associates.
then it was a series of arguments of why i didnt what to go to church.
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Do JW wedding vows provide a "way out"?
by Gopher inas many of you know, i just got married for a second time about two weeks ago.
i noticed a sharp distinction in the marriage vows as read to us by a justice of the peace when compared to the vows written by the wt society for jw weddings.. the traditional vow, as read by the jop, included the phrase "i take (insert name), (insert good and bad circumstances), until death do us part".. the jw vow says something to this effect: "i take (insert name), (insert other stuff), as long as we both shall live together under (or "according to") god's marital arrangement.".
the traditional vow sounds quite permanent to me.
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Paradise vs. Living Forever
by Water ini wonder; if the typical jw was given a choice between living 100 years in paradise or living forever in a society such as we have today, what would they choose?
what is the real draw, immortality or perfection?.
water
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newbie and not understanding all of the aspects of this site
by Maggie ini have read alot on this site for a while and just have been absorbing it as i make my way.. one thing i noticed was alot said about abuse of children... i experienced the reverse...false stories told..believed by elders because of hidden agenda and 20+ years as special pioneers ..etc.
as of no count and belief in a new publisher destroyed our lives and children's lives.
the horror never stops ...some of our family is disassociated...some disfellowshipped...some inactive...some active..some on a fence...mostly because of one or two elders and the misapplication of their power and lack of love to our family.
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something funny!
by fairy inthere was this guy and he had a girlfriend named lorraine who was very.
pretty and he liked her a lot.
one day he went to work and found that a new girl had started working with.
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oooohhhhh what have i done?
by Eppie inhmmm i havent been here in a while....but tonight i did something quite stupid......i sent an email to all friends etc.
because i'm moving and i wanted to give them my new address...and in a spur of the moment i decided to add an invitation already for my birthday party.....then while i pressed the send button i saw that my very jw cousin was also in my list.........she might know im fading but i did it very carefully.....woops....... hmmmm.
the apparantly now-out-of-the-jw-closet-eppie....
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Those with mates still in
by tech 597 ini got home a little late from work this evening, and my wife was getting ready for the bookstudy.
she was quite happy and we began to discuss the days activities.
things were going great.
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Yet another simimilar story.
by enlightened ini was told about this site from family members that have all survived/overcome being jw's.
i must admit it is wonderful and so disturbing at the same time, to read all of these stories.
it's amazing what a religion/cult can do to you, first by embracing you then completely consuming you.