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I'm New... and I'm running...
by running_away init's some kind of funny... i was the perfect little ass, even that i never believe it all.. there was something that doesn't sound right... but, i was little, i was with my family, i never believe that my family will make me adopt a cult.
well i get batized in my mid teen years, i was the exemplar, ms at 19, even serve my time at bethel.
get married to a pioneer, start a spiritual family, get my 2 kids.
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As a JW, were you easily lead ?
by Phizzy inthe reason i ask is that, in the wake of the brutal murder of a serving soldier in woolwich, the second murderer/accomplice michael adobowale, the son of jw's at one time, is described by ex-schoolfriends of his as, "easily lead".. when we were being brainwashed and controlled by the wt, we were told to suspend our critical thinking skills, but more pertinately, our consciences, which would be supplied by the wt.. if necessary, we would sacrifice the life of one of our babies because the wt/jw cult told us to.. does not such an upbringing leave a young man like michael/toby vulnerable to the influence of baleful people like the rabid, hate-preaching clerics of radical islam who have for too long influenced young men to carry out appalling acts ?.
he has no real personal moral compass, in his formative years it was drummed in to him at jw meetings what he should think and feel, he should ignore as from satan himself any dissenting thought or feeling within him,the same regime within radical islam has produced this young man willing to take part in a terrible crime against humanity.. there, but for the grace of god, go you or i..
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Advice please - How dating works in world?
by ekruks inlooking for your advice.
i was born in 'the truth', homeschooled, washed windows for work, etc.. im rather ignorant of how the whole dating thing works.. .
i'm sure i'm not the only person on here who grew up 'in the truth' and is/was a virgin in their late 20s, never been to a nightclub, etc., while everyone around them has a family/kids.
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How Does An EX-JW Go To Church For The Fun of The Experience?
by LoisLane looking for Superman inif you are on vacation and see a cute, pictureques, church and your fun and artistic side says, hey...let's go in...what's to be expected?
i would think that it would be ok to just slip in for a few minutes and slip out again.
geez...i don't want to listen.
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WT August 15, 2013 QFR - Sitting next to a disfellowshipped child at meetings
by Designer Stubble inpage 8 of the latest wt (insider version) has a whole page dedicated to the question whether it is appropriate to sit next to a disfellowshipped child at meetings.. not sure how to paste this in, but check jw.org.
perhaps someone can do this for me.. horrible, no words really on how pharisee like their cult grip and control has become!.
first of all, without any shame they are talking about disfellowshipped minors.
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Advice on being an enabler to my unbaptized JW son
by marriedtoajw inok i feel almost embarrassed coming to this board and asking advice about something that my common sence has already answered for me, but i hesitate because of possible fall out unique to jw issues.
most of my posts on this board lately have been about my 21 year old son's involvment with the jw's encouraged by jw mom, both knowing i'm against what they teach.
i've gotten some good advice on this board by some of you who answered a previous post of mine related to my concern of me being an enabler to my 21 year old son.
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marrying younger spouses
by ssn587 inmy wife passed away 2 years ago we had been married over 30 years, i have since remarried and my new wife is younger than 3 of my children from my first marriage.
i just wondering if there are any more like me out there.
i stay in excellent shape for my age, work out almost daily eat good and have absolutely no medical problems or at least none i can do anything about, bad knees, but my vitals are excellent, and i am known as the teenage because of them when i have my yearly medical checkup.. so was wondering if there are others out there like me, and what some may think about it, just for the record i am extremely happy once again, and we have a 18 month boy who delights me, have a whole new outlook on fatherhood and child raising.
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MIL letter to my wife
by AggieNostic inbackground: my wife and i are inactive, we stopped attending in 2005. raised as jws, were pioneers, i was elder etc... .
our kids are in college, also inactive but are baptised.
my wife went back to college, getting her degree this month at age 48!
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Michael Jackson's kids decide no more going door-to-door
by Gopher inthis article made my day.
it looks like paris jackson and her brother prince michael have told katherine they simply aren't interested in peddling jw stuff from door-to-door any more.
i'm glad they are becoming their own people and emerging from their grandmother's control.. http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/05/paris-jackson-prince-michael-jackson-jehovas-witness/.
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What to Say When a Witness Comes to Your Door
by Darth Rutherford injw: yes thats right.. me: good!
jw: yes, thats true.. me: good.
jw: yes, sure do.. me: tell me, john, what would you do if jesus christ told you that you shouldnt follow jehovahs witnesses?.