damselfly
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Are emails from JW's who know you've left cries for help?
by kwintestal inas a jw, i always wondered why someone would leave 'the truth'.
obviously though as they were df'd or had da'd themselves you couldn't just go up to them and ask what the deal was.
yesterday we got an email from a friend of mrs. kwin who moved 3 hours away last fall, basically saying "i missed not seeing you at the assembly.
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Weird Field Service Experiences
by PaulJ indid anyone have any really weird calls?
i remember one when i was aux pioneering- some guy said he belived in 'the book of the yellow man' which he said was based on the belief that aliens came to earth in a hot air balloon and created mankind... or something like that.
he was an odd chap.
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Not recongnizing family
by damselfly ini have been out if the jw's since i was 18 and i moved clear across the country.
i moved back into my hometown around 3 years later, and promptly got kicked when i was down by the jc ( who lied about their reasoning.. but that is a different thread entirely!!!!).
so needless to say i no longer have a family of any kind.last night i was in the grocery store and noticed that a woman was passing by with her cart and sort of half smiling / half sad looking at me.
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i have lots of thoughts.ooohhh god
by tsunami_rid3r inwhere to begin.
yes, i wanted to meet new girls because i never hang out with any of the girls that are in my phone anymore and my friends are busy with their stuff like hanging out with their friends or hanging out with their chick friends.
why i never hang out with the girls i knew?
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What have you gained?
by bagpuss inits two years since i last attended a meeting or thought of myself as a jw.
despite the prophesys of doom and gloom for those who leave the org i have gained lots and lost nothing.. i have much more time to spend with my husband which has led to our relationship improving fantastically.. i have a better relationship with my children who stopped going to meetings when they were teenagers.. i have become much closer to my family (i've just returned from yorkshire from my great nephews 1st birthday party.
my confidence has grown dramatically as i no longer view myself as worthless.. the guilt of not doing enough has gone.. i now have real friends.. the list goes on, but i really would like to hear what you've gained or hope to gain by leaving the borg.
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What do you wish you had prior to your exit?
by kwintestal inone of the reasons that i stayed a jw for as long as i did was because i didn't know where to start my research about the wt.
i was scared of the stigma that jw's gave internet sites, so i avoided them for months after my departure, only visiting upon the advice of relatives.
i was in my mid-twenties, and had grown up being told my whole life that i was in "the truth".. it was books that got me out, reading apocolypse delayed, coc, and gentile times made up my mind.
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Kinesiology - what is the current stand? (Any elders?)
by ithinkisee ini don't feel like pretending i have genuine concern to go to a local elder and ask ... so i ask you .... what is the deal with kinesiology as far as jws?
the 94 wt where they talk about it sounds generally like the answer is no.
everything i read about the origins are traced back to some chiropractor who supposedly had occult origins ... .
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Funny quotes!
by Markfromcali inseems like most of the time it's some thread about profound sayings or pretty poems, how about one that's funny?.
been watching my family guy dvd set so here is one.
this is stewie speaking to a security guard at the airport telling him to face is problems head on since he's a big boy now: "hmm, the broken capillaries in your nose belie your wisdom.
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Birthdays
by 9thWonder ini have been df'd for over 3 years (for the third time... you know it's the charm).
i have an 8 year old who is being taught by my parents the same things that i was taught, including how we can't celebrate birthdays.
i have been doing a little research on the origin of worldly customs, such as weddings and birthdays only to find that there are many wedding customs that witnesses have adopted that have pegan origins.