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Why are EX-JW's and JW's in doubt(faders) so ''afraid" of the elders?
by booker-t ini have been out for years now but i still tremble alittle when i run into an elder at the store or run into an elder on the street and my post question certainly applies to me as well but why do i still have fear of jw's elders?
i have been da'd for so many years but that fear still comes up.
and reading alot of the post here i still see ex-jw's and jw's faders living a pretended jw life or pretending to be happy when they are miserable in the wt.
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How I discovered the true face of the Governing Body!
by Khufu ini live in brussels, belgium.
i became a witness at the age of 18. my parents were not quite happy.
my father forbade me to attend more than one meeting a week.
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feel kinda sick and shaky
by Merry Magdalene injust found out my mom's cancer is worse than she thought...widespread--colon, lungs, bone...so she said i can come down and see her if i want to (7 hours away), and my help would be appreciated if i could manage it.
of course i can manage it.
she's my mom.. but i'm dfed, and she's a jw, living with her jw neice's family.
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When you left JW, how did you help transition your kids?
by merfi inmy situation: i da'd this past march.
the ex is still jw, in a city nice and far away so isn't able to give me any local grief.
i have three kiddos, 8, 10 and 12. the 8yo (boy) could really give a crap, i think.
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Urban Legend
by Siddhashunyata indon't know if this has been posted somewhere but i just received it in an email : ( for your encouragement.
"thought you'd all enjoy this experience.. > .
> this is an experience from andre' ramseyer, overseer, just back from the.
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An intriging tale of corruption in the congregation {Mark Heber Miller}
by sf inhttp://www.nazarene-friends.org/pubs/confessions/000.htm
i haven't read marks story in a while and was looking for the part where he states ted jaracz went out in field service with him and a few other brothers back in the 70's, in newport beach/ balboa island, for another thread here.. if you grew up in southern california as a jw, you might find it a very intriging tale of just how the elite congs were being run.
i know for myself it is like trying to fit pieces of a puzzle.
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The Best I've Heard Yet
by Gordy intonight i had a call from one of my daughters (16) who is not a jw.
she wanted to borrow some money.
so she could go and attend a funeral.
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Talk Prayer
by under_believer insomeone posted something in another thread about how prayer is often used to summarize the content of the meeting.
this is absolutely true and is something that always has really bothered me about witness meetings.
jws often use the opening or closing prayer to "teach" the congregation.
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Things that still haunt you......
by whyizit ini heard a former jw lady give a talk and she said that even after leaving the wts and being a born-again christian for over 15 years, sometimes when she drives through certain neighborhoods that remind her of the homes that she used to have to go door-to-door at, she gets this pain in the pit of her stomach and that she had panic attacks for many years after.. she also said that one of her jw friends periodically calls her crying and begging her to give up her life of partying and running the bars, and come back to the jws.
she tries to explain that she doesn't do those things, but her friend just can't grasp that she left and is still a moral person who loves jehovah.. do any of you have similar experiences?
what were some of your biggest struggles?