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The story of my life (part 13- Disfellowshipped)
by onacruse inso here i was, in my late 20s, and in the late 1970s, disfellowshipped.. .
to offer a bit of perspective: being dfd then was not like it had been before, or since.
for a period of several years (1973-1980, as i recall), the wts had "lightened up" on the amount of communication that was "allowed" between dfd people and other jws, especially when it was family.
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The Breast Cancer Site needs your help today, please.
by Frannie Banannie inplease do this, it will only take a minute of your time!!!.
a favor to ask .
it only takes a minute.... .
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Appreciating the info here
by kiddotan ini am engaged to a wonderful man who is jw.
this wg has been bombarded by his mother.
father is pretty happy to us about us.
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I've been debating on whether or not to share this...but here goes
by findingmyway infor those of you who will be disgusted that i even attended the meeting, let alone allow my son to give his first public talk tonight, please, spare me the shouting messages.
i take full responsibility for what i experienced this evening.
yet, i feel the need to share this experience that has me enraged.
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I'm just numb! :-( I need to vent!
by caz ini have just witnessed for myself one of the most hypocritical scenes ever before in my life!
my sister's ex husband, ( father to 3 boys, 12, 15, 20 years) commited suicide a few days ago.
he has been a jehova's witness all of his life and and also suffered from bi polar disorder for most of it also, particularly bad in the past 3 years.
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Mrs. ITIS/FreedomLover - How I "saw the light!" ha ha ha
by freedomlover inokay, first thank you to the greastest degree for the warm welcome and insight you all have given itis and me since i've started visiting your very apostate site.
my life as a jw.
it starts with my maternal grandmother.
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Did you read ..........THAT........book...............
by vitty in.
.............. coc, of course.
when you were still in the org, or when you had already left.. i read it when i was still in and it had a profound effect on me.. lets take a poll .
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The story of my life (part 12- My first committee)
by onacruse ini title this part this way because i was, over the course of the next couple of years, involved with so many committees (one way or another) that, even though i wasn't an elder, i almost felt like one...as subsequent parts will show.. in any case, it was inevitable that my smoking would be found out.
to his credit, the brother that approached me did as the bible says he should do: he approached me privately, inviting me to voluntarily broach my error with an elder.
of course, as much as i respected, and still have no reason to disrespect, this friend, there was the clearly implicit threat that "if you don't, i will have to.".
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Just sayin Howdy
by forsharry ini saw that other people had done this and i figured it would be a good way to introduce myself.
i've been reading many of the threads and let me tell you that it's comforting to read that others feel the same way i have felt about being in the organization.
i'm not sure how much i can contribute as far as delectible tidbits of information, but i have replied to a couple of threads to, if nothing else, interject some 'humor' into things.
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Introducing myself proper-like
by Sheepish ini guess i should do this in some beginning way, i am new here and still learning my way around the site.. i was raised in a divided household, and my mom taught us in secret.
when my dad found out the insuing religious wars pretty much marked me for life.
but i was imprinted with the wt.