ButterflyCharmer
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Finally, I found the REAL truth!
by N at H inhello everyone, just wanted to say hello and let you know a bit about my story and tell you how thankful i am that i found this site!.
i was never a baptized jw although in the early 90's i studied for about 3 years and was an un-baptized publisher for about 1 year before my doubts about some of the beliefs and also my inability to overlook the constant hypocracy of the elders did me in.
sadly it was not before i dragged the love of my life into it, and also my sister (they are both baptized although she left after seeing the elders double standards when it came to doling out counsel/punishment to their own families, he is still in) anyway even though i couldn't bring myself to commit to the org because of the crap i saw going on in the 2 different halls i attended i still believed it was the truth...what an idiot!
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Inapropriate behavior by jw family members
by ButtLight inok, i have said in one other thread that i appreciate the fact that a family member that i have, doesnt really shun me, but wont get together with me where the witnesses can see.
but i have a problem that really bothers me.
this family member has a really good worldly friend, who started out as a business associate.
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When I was a kid, I didn't want to be a JW.
by kwintestal ini'm thinking back to my childhood here, and remembering hanging out with my jw friends.
my buddies and i, when we were 9, 10 years old knew that we wouldn't stay jws.
we hated the restrictions that were put on us and hated being different.
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WT Armageddon Drawings Described as "Aluring"
by Gerard inthis guy is currently undergoing bible study and before his critical thinking capabilities were utterly destroyed, he seemed to do a bit of research on wtbts on the internet, where he contacted me regarding rand cam shares owned by the wt.
i was happy to answer his questions and gave him some bonus material on the united nation's deal.
some days latter, he wrote back asking me if i considered the jw doctrine to be a cult, so i indulged him and sent him well written documents i found on freeminds.org as well a link to quotes, where he seemed to have spent some time looking at the armageddon picture gallery.
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Told my nonJW brother-in-law I'm done with the JW thing
by ithinkisee ini am slowly ramping up the wheels of apostacy and have begun telling a few people to help brace the fallout of me telling my wife.
i have many relatives that aren't jws - both on my side and on my wife's side.
i've already told my dad (who was never a jw - to which i am eternally grateful), and some nonjw business people that i am also friends with.. my wife's brother was never a jw.
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A Bio of Millions
by millions now living are dead ini thought i would give a quick bio of myself.
i was raised a dubber.
every stinkin' family member of mine is a jw including a huge extended family.
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I've been replaced...
by Quentin inmy two year old grandson calls me bap-paw...every afternoon when my daughter picks him up from day care his first words are: my bap-paw.
yesterday my daughter brought home a black lab puppy.
when she picked him up this afternoon...that's right...his frist words were: my puppy...of course my daughter wore out her tires getting home, so she could call and regail her mother with grandson and doggie stories...i've been replaced by a dog...i'm depressed, hope i can sleep tonight...a dog for god sake...
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Why I may not be able to sleep with anyone again
by ballistic inalong with finding my favorite arm-chair and coffee mug, growing (slightly) older has brought on some curious sleeping habits.. for some time now, i have been in the habit of positioning four pillows in the shape of an arrow and sleeping with my head nestled in the middle supporting shoulders, on my back, with arms and legs stretched out across the whole bed (like a star-fish).
i also have a king size quilt which i use all of.
there is now even a slight dip in the centre of the bed where i sleep in the middle.. has any other single people got any curious habits they would find difficult to give up?
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Breaking News--Better things are happening
by JohnHag ingood news friends-you can all go back now- the watchtower has dfd all on the governing body that was with the un for those 10 years-----also 678 of the annointed have been dfd for not seing this stupid mistake- also from now on you will not have to turn time in each month- this will mean one will witness out of love instead of pleasing the elder in charge of the time slips- also beginning in sept the watchtower will only be printed once a month- there will be 5 spiritual food lessons in the seetower this will give us all we need for a month--also in order to get the work done we have also cut the awake down to once a month--this will free up the brothers to take care of their properties like those in the world do-and also when a child has been touched or abused he must call 911 right away--this will keep the congreation much cleaner- also for those 3 day hot sunny assemblies that also has been cut to one day- mothers can bring strollers- because the people who made strollers made them for a reason--also no more meetings at the friends home for a book study--they need their home like everybody else does--and also starting in october there will only be one meeting a week--we can all get enough of spiritual food out of that one day--and also if one wants to celebrate christmas that will be on his or her conscience- they are not to be looked down upon---also if one is in need of a blood transfusion that person has that right- it is no bodys business--also elders are no longer allowed to walk around like roosters as if they are the cock of the flock- the elders no longer will walk around before a meeting shuffling a lot of paper like they do at the pentagon---yes friends things are looking better--it feels so good to have seen the light--well we always told you the light was getting brighter--now you know what we meant---and to all those older ones who loved country music like hank williams- merle haggard-conway twitty -johnny cash--etc--you may now buy their cds and it wont be considered idioltary anymore-you can also now buy a 2 door car and no one will say you are not theocratic- they will be dfd if they say anything--mothers that have young children may not touch that child--you can now go home early if the child acts up-also ray franz is coming back to be our leader- we owe that brother so much--i only hope we can make it up to him before armageddon--we can now say good morning to others going to church on sundays- after all they are human like us-we also have appointed a elder to answer all your doubts- you now have the right to ask anything that worries you or anything yo have doubts about--it will be noones businss about your doubts--so stay tuned flock--better things are coming--
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Just had to share this one....As we age, our priorities change
by hubert inthe other day i came home and was greeted by the wife,
dressed only in a very sexy underwear and holding a
couple of short velvet ropes.