RaraAvis
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Introduction
by milola inwell i have been watching and reading long enough.
i have posted a couple of times but never told anything about myself so here goes.. i have been df'd for at least 30 years.
always had doubts even of the existance of god let alone one that could and would be so vengefull towards.
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One of the Governing Body had a stroke yesterday
by AndersonsInfo inon may 19th, theodore jaracz had a stroke.
he's in very serious condition in the hospital.. that's all the information i have for now.. barb.
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Being An Insider as a JW Means.... What?
by AllTimeJeff ini write this partly as a healing post for me, but also one built out of curiosity.... because as we all know, jw's have their own caste system, with the haves and have nots, the good jw's, and those barely hanging on for dear life..... since i have left, i have wondered how i should use my "insider" observations as a gilead grad, missionary, elder, etc.... frankly, for me to go all the way up the ladder is embarrassing for me to consider... what an idiot i was..... yet, for so many who are leaving, they are fascinated by what i got to do.
ditto certain others here.
(i think of randy watters or a@g videos, etc....) frankly, when i read randy's stuff at freeminds.org, i recognized it instantly.
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Hi I'm new here
by BloominMarvellous infeeling guilty already about being on here, the familiar words are recalled in my mind "don't go on any jehovah's witness websites except 'watchtower.org'!
so here i am, desperate for some help.
i'm 21 and have been studying for 2 years, i was made an unbaptised publisher in february and it was all going great until i had a problem with getting a little tipsy, the elders had to come scrape me off the floor of my witness friends house and take me home.
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A LOOK INSIDE BETHEL LIFE, THE ORGANIZATION BEHIND THE NAME
by Bethelite Elder inwhen i first came to bethel, the going reassurance was that if you stayed more than 5 years, you would be considered permanent.
many of the bethelites bought into the idea and stayed many years.
however, a few years back they had a test of faith.
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Your relationship with your children is different than with your mate
by palmtree67 ini was reading easyrider's thread about the co's council on children and the comment about the discrepancy between kicking out your kids vs. keeping a mate who doesn't serve jehovah.. i think your relationship with your kids is very different than your relationship with your mate.. your kids will always be your kids, no matter what.
nothing will ever change that.. not so with your mate.
they could die or you could divorce.
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So many ex-Bethelites here...
by jws injust thinking back over some of the many, many posts here.
it seems there are a fair share of ex-bethelites here or ex-branch office workers.. what percentage of jws actually go to bethel or a branch office?
it's gotta be under 1%.
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Accidental Instantaneous Sex
by rebel8 inthe litter-ature over the years has teachings that imply jehovah's special people are all on the verge of having unplanned sex on a moment's notice, with anyone, at any time.. you must have a chaperone if you are to be alone with someone of the opposite sex, even briefly.. this applies to people of any ages.
you could be a 99-year-old raisin whose flagpole hasn't risen since rutherford was living in beth sarim, but you still shouldn't be alone with a pimply 16-year-old shy obese virgin who still plays with barbie dolls.
she's a seductress!
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Baptism valid or not?
by RaraAvis ini am curious to those of you who were baptised as jws and who have left the organization, but still consider yourselves christians, do you consider your baptism valid?
how many of you out there felt the need to be rebaptised?.
ra.