joelbear69
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A deflating talk with my brother re: anti-witnessing,,,,thoughts?
by smellsgood in**edited to say, my brother is not a jw, never has been, nor have any of my family.
i'm referring to jw's i don't know who came to the door finally (i posted about it a couple weeks ago in personal experiences) i was just talking to him about it because he got word of it and doesn't like the idea of it** .
talking to my brother today, he doesn't like the idea of me getting involved debating with jw's (i've done this plenty, just not in person:).
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For Those Born 1930 - 1979 Remember The Good Old Days ?
by AWAKE&WATCHING inthose born 1930-1979. .
to all the kids who survived the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!.
first, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and or drank while they were pregnant.
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Avoided the Meeting
by Lloyd Braun inwell, they wanted to talk about something, but i didn't have the time to meet with them, and luckily, one of the two who wanted to meet missed the meeting himself anyway, so the other said they would reschedule.
i told them that last night would have been the best possible time to meet for a while, since my workload is picking up and i will simply not have time on my hands, so whatever it is, it will have to wait a while.
i think i might just stop going to meetings for a while and stop answering my phone and door.
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I am extremely odd
by joelbear69 ini am fascinated by things that are different from me.
what makes other people tick.
i am goofy and have a constant stream of consciousness going through my mind that when expressed verbally or in writing appears to most to be the mumblings of a mad man.
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called an old friend
by joelbear69 ini called an old witness friend who pretty much ignores the df rule yesterday.
he sounded about the same as he did the last time i saw him 20 years ago.
i asked about some of my old friends.
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Nightmares
by joelbear69 ini had another one last night.
they all center around me seeing jehovah's witnesses from the past who i cared about .
and still care about.
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What Positive Things Have You Achieved Since Leaving?
by sweet pea inpurps' wonderful thread about love made me wonder about something else.
what have you achieved/become since leaving the organisation that proves there is a happy, successful life outside being a jehovah's witness?
for me, although it's only been a very short time, too short to achieve much, i count becoming: non-judgemental of my fellow man; a mum that can give her kids all the room to grow and blossom without fear of 'sinning' or being kicked out for bad behaviour; a person that can feel comfortable worshipping in a church or not, depending on whatever i feel like doing; someone who can love and give freely and celebrate life in all it's glory (i just love birthdays!
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left 16yrs ago n still have issues and confidence probs,
by xnmad inileft "the truth" 16yrs ago and still cant move on in some areas of my life, i have no family now as they stopped talking to me and have never relented.this has left me with serious problems with needing aproval from people in my life.i have never stopped trying to win my fathers aproval and no i,l never have it unless i go back(which would never happen)jus wondered if any1 else has similar hangups, n if you do, how do i deal with it n move on.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Today & Yesterday
by minimus injws today are not like the ones i knew when i was growing up.
we used to look down upon those that didn't make all of the meetings and regularly go out in service every weekend!
if someone was not in the theocratic ministry school----what was wrong with them???
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where did everybody go
by joelbear69 inits been years since i posted.
i've gone through a rough period.
but i've posted enough about that.. i have recovered and hope to be part of the board again.