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  rumspringa

  by mentalclearness in

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  2. friends

  did anyone catch the documentary on rumspringa among the amish????

  i thought it was pretty interesting stuff.

  rumspringa is a time for adolescent amish youth are allowed to pretty much "run around" and do anything they please, before deciding whether to join the church or to leave it.

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  shepherding visits.....were they?

  by angel eyes in

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  2. beliefs

  we have friends who say that they have had some awful shepherdings,the things theyve been told in them were far from encouraging.. we havent ever had one so to be honest i cant comment...but would love to know if you had one?

  were they regular and were they ever encouraging?

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  scripturally free to remarry secret!!!

  by asilentone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i know a brother that was not scripturally free to remarry to the best of his knowledge, his ex wife was disfellowshipped in another state, his ex wife did not contact him letting him know that he is scripturally free to remarry, but the elders at his congregation knew about it, but they chose to keep it a secret from him for whatever reason???.

  he did not know about it after one year after the fact!

  he learned about it from a brother from another state.

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  When did a lightbulb first go off in your head that something didn't seem right???

  by cognac in

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  2. friends

  i was about 4 or 5 years old.

  they must of been talking about prejudice in the meeting or something.

  that's when i first learned about it.

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  This is frustrating

  by bluecanary in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm filling out an application to volunteer with big sisters.

  they want references.

  specifically: "please type or print information requested for three references that are non-family members who have known you well on a personal basis for at least two years.

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  A POLL! How long did your "re-evaluation" take?

  by Gayle in

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  2. family

  from beginning to end, how long did it take you, when you first started your personal questioning and re-evaluating the watchtower organization and concluding that the wts was definitely not true?

  my sister is asking this.

  some of us (who left a couple decades ago - pre-internet) are saying it took about 10 years on average.

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  Name Some Jehovah's Witness Character Traits

  by minimus in

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  let's get a list here..

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  therapist says affairs can help some/my marriage....really...

  by oompa in

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  2. friends

  well that took me back a bit...but since i have led a double life since third grade...i have become the master of compartmentalizing...and since my exit and since it is now not just to my parents (as a youth)...but now having to do it to my hardcore jw wife....well...it just gets frikkin easier and easier...i now think i am becoming capable of stuff i would have never dreamed of...this is scary.... i have decided i can afford it financially though i dread this at 47, since this is the second time i would lose half my assets....crap...and my wife is a wonderful lady!...hot even!...but i so want to grow and be totally free...damm the costs are so high...why cant i be content with a non-nagging jw wife?????.

  oh...and basically it seems that if certain needs (not just sex!

  ) need to be met...and your mate will never know...than it can help your marriage continue with no bad side effects???

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  1914 coverup has begun

  by hamsterbait in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i spoke to an elderly sister, 94, who is deteriorating rapidly.

  she honestly believed she would never die.. obviously she is desperate to deny to herself that the cult she allowed to steal her one and only life a second at a time is still true.. "the generation change is just like 1975 - we were sifted.

  we were being tested as to who was serving jehovah for a date and those with unbreakable trust in the organisation he has appointed.".

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  Is it naive to believe that you will always be faithful to your partner?

  by nicolaou in

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  2. relationships

  i was told i was naive for saying that i'd never cheat - ever.

  but i meant it honestly.

  i guess my question is, can it happen to anyone?

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