Thinking of you easyrider. I know it's not easy to hide things like your feelings when you know something is so wrong. But if it's what is best for you and your family right now, all the best with it.
There may be people here who do not understand, but there are a lot more that do.
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It's "lie through my teeth" time again.
by easyreader1970 inwell, the elders are coming over tomorrow for a shepherding call with me and my wife.
i am sure they will discuss my low hours in the field ministry and how i am not doing everything i could be doing.
for my wife's sake, i will be good and mostly "smile and nod".
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Im a newbie
by jetery inbaptized at 15 because forced into it.
i left the jw 2 years ago.
i should have left a long time ago.
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Hi jetery. Sorry to read of you and your Mum's tough experiences. All the best for you and your boy!
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Scientific Explanation for how JW's are made....
by Bring_the_Light in.... out of otherwise normal people.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1tmzascr-i.
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Yep; make us feel important, put us on a platform, and we'll play along.
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Carpe Diem
by joelbear69 inseize the day.
as witnesses we were constantly taught to put off our dreams, our hopes, .
our goals and wait til the "new world" to live.
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Thanks Joel. :) Hugs back at ya, ya life-liver, you!
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Where I have been!
by Sparkplug ini have been off the net.
the evil net...lol.
sometimes other people are really that sick.
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Diary of a thinking to return ex-Jw
by reniaa ini thought long and hard about posting this but the mis-information on this site finally persuaded me, i already accept many may not accept what i say on face value and get their appologist pens ready for making sure no pro-witness propaganda slips through the net on this site but here goes....... i've been on this forum for a few months my first post was about how i was thinking of returning to jw's and at my sisters recommendation to look at this site for both sides of the story before taking that step.. i faded from jw's 10/11 years ago now i left my hubby at the time divorced him to going on to have more relationships and kids, i was definately given the impression after asking on this site and with what i read that if i tried to return i might face df or at least a jc but definately a couple of elders questioning me over what i've been upto these last few years - none of these have happened.
i talked with an old jw friend (yes i do have then and she never shunned me quite happily accepted an offer of coffee from me and my asking for a chat) i told her i was interested in going back and was very frank about what i done in the last 10 years but not sure how returning was done now, she quite happily said she go ask for me to find out.. result!
she came back this week and said "all i had to do was goto meetings again" and an offer of a study was there for me if i wanted it to explore the open doubts that i had expressed i now had.. not quite the fire and brimstone welcome this site led me to believe would happen.. i will keep you posted with further updates if i feel the need to put them in future.. .
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Hi there, Can I ask you a question? Oops, too late. I'll ask you another one: Is it important to you whether or not Jehovah's Witnesses have truth? Apologies if this has been covered in posts you've previously made, but it's important to my answer here. I await your reply.
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Hello
by annalesia injust popping in to introduce myself, i am an exjw of 45 years and am looking forward to getting to know you.
i'm new to the internet so bear with me .
x. anne.
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Hi Anne, Welcome to the site.
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Those crazy J-dubs are getting aggressive
by superman inwhile at work today one of my co-workers came into my office and laid some watchtowers on my desk.
she knows that im a j-dub, faded, apostate, but ive explained to her about the whole deal of dfing and shunning and how for the purpose of my family ive just faded.
but she was telling me that one of her clients is a j-dub and offered her some magazines and she kindly refused but the lady wouldnt let up (basically bullying her) and insisted on how much she would enjoy them, so my co-worker (to be nice) took them.
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Or request to be a DNC?
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Investigating Feasability of a Project: Can You Help?
by AuldSoul in(from internal revenue service).
exempt purposes - internal revenue code section 501(c)(3).
the exempt purposes set forth in section 501(c)(3) are charitable, religious, educational, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition, and preventing cruelty to children or animals.
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Decrying government, the UN and other religions. Pressuring non-acceptance of medical treatment. Pressuring family members into shunning.
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Crushed, no. Hurt, yes.
As humans we naturally tend to assign importance to what is said by those who are closest to us, and in an ex-cultist's case that can result in pain. But when I look in my eyes in the mirror - I mean really look - I know that I'm me and that I'm doing what I believe is best - that's something that no one else can take away.
I think what hillary_step posted was good.
Hope you're not crushed, H4O. Strength to you to recover if you are in pain.