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  Credit card machines at district conventions

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  so it's true they are real.

  i never thought i'd see the day when the org.

  would be so desperate for money that they would do this.

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  This has been troubling the GB for many years now!...

  Really? How do you know?
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  What the hell was I thinking?! Stupid me!!

  by freshstart in

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  so my husband and i have a son who will be 2 years old next month and i really wanted him to be socialized more.

  ever since we stopped going to meetings, we have been pretty much shunned even though there has never been an "official" reason for it (df, da..).

  i am terribly introverted, so it's difficult for me to get out there and talk to people but our son is a people-person and i wanted him to have more peers to be around.

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  Are there any mothers groups around?

  They'll be a way for you to make new friends with other mothers and your little boy can make non-conditional friends there too.
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  A Day In The Life

  by jbeau504 in

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  LISTEN TO YOUR INSTINCT!!!
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  The Vent of Whathehadas

  by whathehadas in

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  i wish i could go back and get away from all the time i spent sitting in those kingdom hall seats.

  i wish i could go back and take back all those comments made for the watchtower and book study.. i wish i could go back and take back all the money spent on buying suits and book bags.. i wish i could go back and take all the money......no wait....some of the money that i placed in the donation box.. i wish i could go back and hang with all the friends labeled as bad association.. all in all, i hate that orginization.

  the time spent there worrying about my "spirituality" and trying to be happy amongst fakeness.

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  Broken Promises

  It's ok to vent now and again. It prevents us from stewing over stuff for ages. Just get it out of your system and you'll feel better for it.
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  What's Life Like After Leaving???

  by Nellie in

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  wow!

  it's been over a year since i visited the site and seven years since i joined!

  seven years since i stumbled across this forum in my quest to finding out some serious answers about the organization i'd been a part of since childhood.

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  Great post, and congrats on getting on with your life!

  I've come to similar conclusions myself, especially about why I do some things and not others. Sometimes you may feel some WT thinking trying to wiggle in but you can soon get rid of that!
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  untitled

  by jemba in

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  i often wonder what the borg would do if governments decided to end 'marraige'.

  so you have the ceremony but there is no need for the legal bit.

  i kinda think things are headed that way because defacto and same sex relationships already have the same legal rights.. marraige is open to abuse.

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  Hey dingo1, you're a cynical old bastard, aren't you?

  If marriages were de-legalised, I'd say the WTS would consider the religious ceremony to still hold the same significance, as it would be considered "before God" if done by a JW elder.

  It would be interesting if they then decided that a marriage wasn't scriptually legal unless it was conducted by a JW elder!
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  JWs wouldn't preach despite multiple opportunities...

  by EntirelyPossible in

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  i was on a date tonight, eating in a cuban restaurant owned by jws (they have never met me, incidentally, the food was really good) when i realized that there was not just one, but two conventions in town.

  one was the standard english speaking district convention folks, the other was the asl folks using the assembly hall in town for their district convention.. my date, who knows all about my jw past, tries to strike up a conversation with some of them sitting at the bar, asks them what they are in town for, etc.

  they just said "for a convention".

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  They don't make JWs like they used to, lol.
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  I visited relatives who are non JW and they see I have made a positive change since leaving the Borg:)

  by andys in

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  i am over here in south dakota on vacation, the last time i saw all my relatives was during my grandmothers funeral which was about 2 years ago, during that time i was still in the borg, yesterday i was visiting all my non jw relatives and they were all shocked that i have changed in a positive way and they all know that i have left the borg, my aunt told me i am alot more happier and have alot more self confidence, i still have family members in the borg my 2 brothers and sister and parents who all shun me on a certain level and also i told all my relatives what i have gone through after leaving, i told them about the shunning, during christmas i called my dad and i was told that i am not allowed over at their house and my dad hung up the phone and didn't even say goodbye also at the time my roommate was listening to the conversation since i had my speakerphone on and she was very shocked about the shunning.. i want to say thankyou to all the people who have helped me mentally out of the borg, all the youtube videos that people have made, plus jwn, if it was not for the internet i would have still been in the borg, i have to say the internet is one of the most greatest thats how i did all my research and totally clearing out my mind, also now i have some new skills, i have learned how to do critical thinking, plus also have learned so much more about the world around me, because i slightly suffer from a form of autism i have been able to work at that more and now understand so much more about people around me and also have made alot of new friends:).

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  Nice to hear a good-news story for a change!

  Good for you!
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  The parental talk...

  by Sappho G. in

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  so, i've been out for about four years, and i don't give a damn about comming back.

  my parents moved back to the area where i live and i was asked by my father to help move some stuff.

  we had an awkward breakfast after i told him that i was now enrolled at an ivy league school and of course i got that annoying glazzed look and the even more annoying why.

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  Good for you for taking your life into your hands and doing something about it!

  Don't worry too much about your Dad. He'll be thanking you for getting that degree when you're able to put him into a comfortable home in his later years, rather than sticking him in some below-par nursing home.
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  If you have kids age from 8-12, read this

  by Iamallcool in

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  http://rsvp2.applersvp.com/us/sections/summer_camps/stores.

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  Broken Promises

  You say that like it's a bad thing, Iam.