Hi Mouthy! I like your style...! : )
Posts by JBean
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118Average age of apostates survey.
by sleepy ini thought it might be a good idea to find out at what age or after how long we descided to leave the watchtower.. prehaps we my find a patern in it which we could use .. i think what we need to know are ,.
1.age you left the watchtower.
(or age you found out it was wrong).
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Average age of apostates survey.
by sleepy ini thought it might be a good idea to find out at what age or after how long we descided to leave the watchtower.. prehaps we my find a patern in it which we could use .. i think what we need to know are ,.
1.age you left the watchtower.
(or age you found out it was wrong).
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JBean
Doubts started at 38, 40 now...quietly (hopefully)fading
Baptized at 17-18
3rd generation JW...born & raised : (
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The Duped Generation
by ISP inso much promised to so many which resulted in so much disappointment, despair and misery.
what future for the young?.
because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.
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JBean
Hiya Fred! I don't know if this was ever touched on before... but may I ask what your profession is? (In all seriousness...)
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The Duped Generation
by ISP inso much promised to so many which resulted in so much disappointment, despair and misery.
what future for the young?.
because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.
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JBean
I TOTALLY AGREE!!!! I see this with my folks who are fast closing in on 70 years old! No careers...still doing manual labor. It makes me sick!
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Paradise becomes a Prison
by JAVA inwhile doing some research, i came across a cnn.com article, nov. 18, 1998, about the jonestown massacre, and reflections 20 years after.
one subtopic, "paradise becomes a prison," caused flashbacks from my time in the tower.
towards the end, i felt like a prisoner serving time.
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JBean
Yup...I'm in agreement with you... when Jesus said "the truth shall set you free..." he for sure couldn't have meant the JW's!!! There's gotta be a better way... I'm just struggling to find what that is.
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My wife's anxiety, guilt
by ashitaka inmy wife has been depressed each time we see our jw friends.
she doesn't want to see them anymore, because it reminds her of what she left behind, and it makes her feel bad.. i've offered to go back to meetings for a while to help her break away.
she never wants to go back, but her guilt and anger make her so uncomfortable around active jw's.....it's really bothering her.. any good books out there on breaking away from controlling organizations, especially concentrating on keeping the friendships but not the allegiance to the organization in question?
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JBean
Ashi... definitely do look into getting those books for your wife. The Simple Abundance one is EXCELLENT! I read it myself daily (takes the place of the "text"). Maybe you should look into joining a "club" with her... not just have her do it on her own. You can start slowly... many cities have Adult Education classes that are held in local schools or community houses in the evenings. Pick out a course that interests both of you, i.e., ballroom dance, wine appreciation, intro to a foreign language, etc. These courses are VERY cost-effective and lots of fun. She's sure to make new friends quickly when she's around folks that share her interests!
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Tatto`s
by Beans inhow many of you have gotten them since leaving or piercings?
i got my ear pierced right after i left and when i was living at home my dad said i couldn`t have it on in the house.i got a tatto about six years ago the look on my dads face was priceless at the beach but he never said anything.. beans.
if you don`t have anything good to say,say it often!
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JBean
I don't have a tatoo, however, I do know of a few JW's who have them in very discrete places so they'll not get caught!
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Technical Curiosity
by JBean inhi everyone... in my last post i admitted that i was semi computer-illiterate (!
) so my question is, given the stuff that's just gone on with yoyo/sexyteen's threads... how does simon (or anyone) figure out that these are the same people?
he mentioned that the post was from the same computer!
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JBean
Thanks Simon (and everyone else too!)... that explains a lot! : ) And thank you also for having much respect for our privacy... for some of us it's been a life saver. Jbean
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Technical Curiosity
by JBean inhi everyone... in my last post i admitted that i was semi computer-illiterate (!
) so my question is, given the stuff that's just gone on with yoyo/sexyteen's threads... how does simon (or anyone) figure out that these are the same people?
he mentioned that the post was from the same computer!
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JBean
Hi everyone... In my last post I admitted that I was semi computer-illiterate (!) So my question is, given the stuff that's just gone on with YoYo/SexyTeen's threads... how does Simon (or anyone) figure out that these are the same people? He mentioned that the post was from the same computer! He can do this even if the e-mail address is blocked? How? (Does he actually know who I am???) : )
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For those who grew up a JW . . .
by Trixie indoes it ever surprise you when you see people that you grew up with as a jw and they're still witnesses?
i went to school with a lot of those jw kids my age and i can't believe that they continue to be jws when they are free of their parents.. i want to say," you're an adult with a high school education or a ged!
haven't you figured the scam out?!".
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JBean
I appreciate everyone's comments... but I want to clarify one tiny, little thing: not all JW kids were/are geeks!!!!! : ) I for one, can say (humbly...you have to trust me on this...ahem!) that I'm QUITE attractive and since my entire extended family is "in"... siblings, cousins, etc. they are also QUITE good looking... my brother (a servant) is absolutely gorgeous with a personality to boot... he even tried his hand in modelling a while back. Soooo, it HAS to be lots of other things other than looks or being "geeky"!!!! Although I do admit that the JW's do draw some very "unique" types of people... ha! I really don't know why most of my peers are still in, I truly don't. And...please don't ask for a picture as I'm kind of computer-illiterate and don't know how to 'scan' things... : )