Fleshybirdfodder
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returning to this site...
by rune inhello everyone... i am returning after vanishing from this place over a year.
i don't recognize anyone, sorry :s i grew up in arnprior, ontario of canada, which is not far from ottawa, the capital city of the country (the place i live now).
i was raised in a strict witness upbringing until i was 15, when i got loose finally.
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Overheard at the Book Study
by under_believer inhere are a few comments that i overheard at this week's book study (of the third chapter of the bible teach book), and the thoughts i had after hearing them: .
conductor: "as food shortages become more and more common as the time of the end advances, they will make excellent field service points since they were predicted by the bible.
me: great.
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I just love this board because ....
by eyeslice infill in the blank.
eyeslice .
in my case because it gives me a sense of community and a source of news that i must admit i miss since leaving the 'truth'.
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Iran eyes badges for Jews - Law would require non-Muslim insignia
by Elsewhere inhere we go again... another hitler on the rise.
http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=11fbf4a8-282a-4d18-954f-546709b1240f&k=32073.
iran eyes badges for jews.
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A wedding UNinvitation... please help me before I flip
by Fleshybirdfodder ini just got of the phone with my younger brother and i am angered to the point of apoplexy.
he was planning on going to a wedding of an old close friend of his accompanied by my mom (an active witless still), but happened to check an email address he doesn't use frequently anymore.
surprise!
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An Elder called me today
by xjwms inat first it was business..........then it got bad.
a long, long time ago, ... in a land far far away i was considered as "family" with this family.. thank gawd he lives about 100 miles away from me, ... and the calls are mostly business.. this time, .... it was ....well, when do you think you are going to return and start serving jehovah again.??.
shocked the hell outta me cause i did'nt hear these words for years.. when that conversation ended..........he was singing a "new song".......i let him have it.. this year (2006) marks five years since i was active and regular as a jw........no one has cared...... whats the difference now.. .
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Reading WT & Awake for X years = College Education
by under_believer inhas anybody ever heard any witnesses utter that old saying "reading the magazines for 10 years [or whatever] is equivalent to getting a college education?
" a couple of things are amusing about this.
one is its utter and complete falsehood--what a crock!
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What did your worldly friends think?
by Fleshybirdfodder inat around 19 years of age i started dating a "worlding" girl and brought her to meetings to get the elders off my back (to no avail of course... i was "marked").
needless to say word got out and some of my other friends decided to check out some of the meetings.
one of my closest friends who had been to many church services (he is a gifted musician and played organ at his church and several others) came to a theocratic ministry school/service meeting.
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Did you ever write an excuse on the back of your service report?
by JH in.
when i joined the jw's, i remember an elder stating that when you do less than the average number of hours in your month, mark the reason why in the back of the service report sheet that you give at the end of each month.. did anybody else receive these instructions way back in the late 80's?
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Double Standards with Liberal Witness Friends
by Fleshybirdfodder ini'm sure this may have been covered, but many ex witnesses i know that have not been formally df'd or dissasociated thenselves still retain some friends among witnesses.
any friends i have for the most part that are still in the org are really congenial people, until it comes down to any discussion that might teeter on the edge of being remotely deep.
i've had one friend i hadn't seen in a while who came to visit me tell me right off the bat that we were not to "discuss religion", because i'm "too smart" and he "he won't be able to argue" with me.