happy1975
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My Personal Ad - Update 11/4 see end of post
by Cygnus insorry i had to start a new topic but the board's software is not allowing me any replies and with all the newer people here they might want to get to know a little about me.. i was raised in a jw household that wasn't terribly strict, but strict enough where i had no worldly friends and wouldn't even consider college or extracurricular school activities.
baptized at 17. that and getting married just after turning 20 stunted me emotionally and i'm still recovering, though i think i'm doing an okay job.. started working in my father's business and pretty much took it over when he retired and moved to florida in 1995.. quit associating with jws in 1997 at age 25. jw wife left me on the advice of the elders, but she came back 5 months later.. grew my hair very long and pierced my ear.. in spring of 2000 two elders came to my house under the pretense of inviting me to the memorial.
" they then informed me that the real reason they were there was to serve me notice that a judicial hearing was being scheduled and i was asked several times to either attend or put something in writing that i was no longer one of jehovah's witnesses.. i chose to attend the hearing.
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Not afraid anymore and it feels great
by mac n cheese ini guess i should mention my/our status these days first:.
i've posted sporadically here, but have been a voracious reader of all of your wonderful posts.
spouse and i are almost inactive now.
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The Watchtower Game!
by Confession induring the nineties, there was a big mexican family that attended our congregation.
while they were not financially well off, they often enjoyed having the friends over for gatherings in their large home.
did it have something to do with the way sister oliveros actually said the word broom-ho?
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Did you actually "believe" as a JW or was it Emperors New Clothes to you?
by LovesDubs ini decided post jws that i was walking the walk and talking the talk but deep down...wasnt buying it.
i really wasnt.
but i couldnt say anything to anybody because that was part of what was expected of us.
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Social Networking Media to Hasten the Demise of Watchtower
by Scott77 inthe social networking media technologies like facebook, will over the years, continue to present insurmountable challenges to the growith, stability and eventual demise of the watchtower as an organisation.
realizing this inevitabilty, its therefore easy to predict that over the coming years, more and more talk about the perceived 'threat' of internet will be part of standard talks in kingdom halls, assemblies and convections.. what do you think about that?
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The perfect is the enemy of the good
by JeffT ini've been thinking about this quote (usually attributed to voltaire).
my last employer was never satisfied with good, he always found a way to demand more.
the wtbs has the same problem.
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Basic JW beliefs
by happy1975 ini may have an opportunity to discuss why i no longer attend meetings with an old friend that i ran into the other day.
she is very zealous - a pioneer for many years.
i've printed some newspaper articles that refer to the child abuse scandal.
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Incredible Irony...
by Confession init is perhaps one of the greatest ironies i will ever witness in my life.
more than all other religions i know, jehovahs witnesses ardently emphasize the need to flee from idolatry.
no crosses, no holidays, no national emblems dont hang posters of pop culture icons, dont emulate worldly athletes or celebrities jehovahs witnesses are intensely concerned about committing idolatry, but they cannot see that their devotion to the watchtower society is as idolatrous as a thing could be.
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Anyone from Connecticut around? I got a story to tell
by Id rather watch Saturday Cartoons ini have been following this site for about 5 years never posted.
i was raised a jw.
i come from a family that takes their spirituality very seriously.
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Confused a little
by jacethespace inmy heads getting a little messed up lately.my lifes moved on a lot since i attended my short return and last meeting on 1.1.2008.. my jobs going extremly well.and recently got into a good relationship thats getting deep.and i mean deeeeep.especially today and i wont go into much detail here.. so why the hell do i feel like im still making a mistake walking away from the watchtower.i feel like im being sucked back into a world that i cant trust where the people around me are misled and im becoming more and more corrupted.is that just the watchtower mind control affecting me or is this really the way it is.. to spell it out i did something today that would get me disfellowshipped and i feel bad.but why?im not in the watchtower anymore.. oh well, just needed to vent a few things here..