bythesea
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Hello!
by shera13 ini admit i have been a lurker for a few months and now i can finally talk to u guys!
i want to thank you guys for your honesty on this site and your humor...my husband and i formally dissassociated ourselves from the darling watchtower a few months ago and your site helped us keep our chins up!
we particularly enjoy blondies weekly commentaries on the watchtower articles!
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New here on board..
by tweetybird193 in!st.
i cant get this red to change on here.
im glad to be here.
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Hi
by OpenFireGlass infinally have the time to type more than a sentance.... .
my name is, mike warren... that's my real age in my profile...& yes that's my real pic.
though i was never baptized, i was raised in the silly religion... my parents started their study in early 1974 (at least i got 1birthday &1 christmas, not that i remember...) mom was baptized in less than a year after she started her study... it took my father about 7-8 more years to give up smoking, but he still made all the meetings & ruled with a leather belt.. i also have a younger sister that has faded (she got baptized).
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Do you rather confront the elders or not answer the door?
by JH in.
i'm the type that rathers not answer the door, when an elder will come over, to try to bring me back on the road of eternal life.
how about you, do you rather answer the door to them, or just avoid opening the door, when you know it's them?
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Crazy Californian Witnesses...
by Dune ini dont know if you guys noticed or not.
but there is a general consensus among my friends and some witnesses that i talk to that there is something almost inherently wrong with californian witnesses.
(i'm on the east coast) .
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Did you attend KH meetings under difficult conditions?
by greendawn inas jws were you willing to attend meetings even in cases of difficulty such as bad weather, if it was really cold, rainy, snowy, or if you didn't feel really well, or if you had to spend a lot of time to get there by car or public transport?
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any interesting experiences?
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Keep in Step!
by Rooster inkeep in step!.
22 kingdom interests on the earth have been entrusted to "the faithful and discreet slave," which is represented by the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.
(matthew 24:45-47) the governing body is primarily concerned with providing spiritual instruction and direction for the christian congregation.
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New light re: talking to DF'd persons
by caryl ini was df'd in 1985 and have not been back since.
of course disowned by my family.
at that time they rarely called or came over because i had small children and they called just enough to semi maintain a relationship with them.
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Letting go of the black and white thinking...
by tall penguin ini think that this is the most difficult lesson in leaving the jw world.
the black and white thinking created such a neat little world where everything was so easily explained and categorized, provided you didn't mind living in a bubble.
i think the one area of black and white thinking that caused me the most difficulty and cognitive dissonance was the question of jehovah's will vs. satan's temptations.
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Here it is: my da letter
by BlackSwan of Memphis ini sent it out nov 14. my bday.
thought that i would finally share it with you guys.
in the end, that story is just not that important now.