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Does it still gross you out, so to speak?
by feenx ini remember back in the day my mother, along with all her "friends," being completely disgusted and voicing said disgust, over what she felt were hypocritical people and jesus "lovers" such as tv evangelists, people who could do nothing but talk about jesus, people who were all about their version of christianity, especially the ones encountered in service that tried to instruct her versus listening to "the truth" she was "sharing" with them.
now, she had these opinions obviously because she was a devout jw, and especially at this time of year she was very vocal.
good god, it was pretty much 6 weeks of loathing coming out of her mouth at the end of every year.. do you find yourself, as an adult, with the same irriations but just for different reasons?
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To tell my parents or not to tell my parents...unfortunately that is a question
by feenx ini could use some perspective on something i'm struggling with.
first off, a little background info.
i am an only child and my parents, in addition to quite difficult circumstances we've all experienced, both personally and as a family while i was growing up, remain devout.
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I got engaged this weekend!
by feenx ini popped the question and got a yes!
i have to say, it's a bit surreal.
being raised a jw, being out now for 7 years and gradually adjusting to "normal" life.
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Feeling sad and completely drained
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A sincere question to active JW's
by feenx ina recent post displayed a letter written by a current elder.
it got me thinking about active jw's in general, and i am quite curious, in a genuine and sincere manner, how one deals with curiosity and sincere questions and/or concerns about the organization.
in my experience, as with the people i grew up with who now are also out of the organization, we experienced extreme supression while inside.
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Latest Watchtower - Prayer and Married Couples
by feenx inhappy hump day everyone!.
i saw in another post (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/182246/1/discussion-with-wife) a reference to a recent wt talking about prayer and married couples and how it was controlling, whatever was said.
since i haven't seen let alone touched a wt in years, i was curious if someone could fill me on the latest nonesense?.
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Link for Examining The Scriptures Daily
by feenx inmorning all!.
does anyone have a link to download the latest, or even recent, examining the scriptures daily?.
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Birthdays
by feenx infor those of us who were not able to celebrate birthday's growing up, do you find that in adult life you put a lot of emphasis on your birthday?
it's personally my favorite celebration, second would be thanksgiving but really only because i'm a sucker for lots of turkey and booze lol.
seriously though, since coming out birthday's have surprisingly become a very sacred thing to me.
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A non confrontational saddness
by feenx init's sad to me that while people who are still inside the org.
realize there are problems, have chosen to deny and/or ignore the plainly seen holes in jw theology, still remain and state they do so because they want to be loyal, that jehovah deserves their loyalty, and that they want their life to stand for something, for opposition against dark forces that seem to rule our world.
this saddens me on a very deep level.
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Recent Daily Text & Service Meeting discussion
by feenx inhappy hump day everyone!
i was wondering if anyone had a humorous or out there daily text and discussion they could share from a relatively recent morning service meeting?
i am writing a short screenplay and would love to include a good story in this scene, where a young boy, 11ish, is sitting with his parents listening to everyone get prepared for field service..