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  Just want to tell you all I am drunk

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i do not give a shit if a mod locks this thread i am drunk - on my 4th margarrittta and i mix 1 part tequilla to 1 part mixer so they are strong and one can really taste the tequilla - and i am drunk and do not give a shit - oh and by the way i am not going on field service in the morning

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  Stilla,

  I wold lokk thsi htrde if I culd rmember hwo.

  Seriously, it is not a good idea to post if what you say is true. You may wake up tomorrow and find you said something VERY embarrassing.

  But so far, so good.

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  Not an elder anymore?

  by ivy in

  1. social
  2. family

  i just found out from my son that my father is not an elder anymore.

  he has no idea why.

  of course i called home, but no one is there, probably at a meeting.

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  Welcome to the board Wasanelder Once,

  Sounds like you were too honest for that lot. While you say you resigned as an elder in the 90's you did not clarify if you are still a JW continuing your almost faithful service.

  Anyway, you will find more like yourself here who gave up many "privileges of service to Jehovah" to do the right thing instead.

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  Intro/Is it ok for me to be here?

  by Sad emo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it ok for me to be part of your 'gang'?

  you see i'm not a jw and never have been and a bit of of me feels like i'm gatecrashing.. i was raised in a strong roman catholic family - i was expected to believe everything the church taught without question and i did.

  when i left school, i found myself working with an evangelical christian who, because she questioned my beliefs slowly made me look into them for myself - i truly hated her at the time for doing that and admit that i made her life a misery in revenge - but eventually i began to see that some of the stuff she was saying was right, we became very good friends and my real journey out of the rc church began.. i was too scared to leave straight away because of the doctrines i'd grown up with - no salvation outside the church and you can only really communicate with god through the priest (big issue here was how do i get my sins forgiven cos if i don't i'm gonna go to hell) - it was another 10 years before i finally plucked up the courage to leave and this was because of two things that happened:.

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  Sad Emo,

  Certainly you are welcome here. Your Catholic experience helps us remember that we were not the only dupped people in the world. And that we are not the only people to get depressed about our past.

  Hope the comradery here helps you as it helps us.

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  Do you "now" look for more reasons to dislike or hate the JW's?

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have noticed from reading over this site and from having contact with former witnesses in my personal life, that a lot of time is consumed in the beginning of your exit from the witnesses, with finding further reasons to hate or dislike the jehovah's witnesses.

  with this i was wondering, is this done to give yourself more reason not to return or is it an expression of your freedom to find out what you want without borders.

  from a pure psychological stand-point, i am prone to wonder if it is a means of feeding an inner anger to bring one a faults sense of security, when they are challenged from within to decide if what they are really dealing with is correct thinking or a path that is truly wrong.

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  I neither look for nor have any reasons to hate JW's. In fact, I still care for and even love many of them.
  

  
  If you mean the Automonous Publishing Company known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society masquerading as a religion, No, I don't hate it either. There are many other "religions" as hurtful and some even more so. The Watchtower is a self pertituating machine churning out new members, even new leaders who, for the most part, are as duped as we once were.

  What I hate is the mental state that we were all in at one time that made us victims of shams like this. We only rail against the WT because it was the sham that GOT US.

  Valis,

  In case you missed my other petitions, We miss you here.

  Oldsoul,

  I need some technical help with a project. You seem busy lately. Can I bother you?

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  Any one in the old SpringGrove Congeration during the late 70's?

  by chitownflyer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm a da brother thats been out for a long long time...

  since 1982. i turned my back due to issues that i found with the "truth"

  any rate, there were people i left behind and i am most interested of what have become of them.

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  Hellow Chitownflyer,

  Good for you to find us and post. But being an international board of former JW's, you may need to give more specific information: City, state, country.

  I'm like you, would love to know how people are doing in former congregations where I "served". And over time I have had some big surprises here: former witnesses in my own congregation, former PO in my circuit, two sisters who attended different bookstudies I conducted, and a few former Bethelites I knew. Hope you hang around long enough to make contacts.

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  When I was a kid, I didn't want to be a JW.

  by kwintestal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm thinking back to my childhood here, and remembering hanging out with my jw friends.

  my buddies and i, when we were 9, 10 years old knew that we wouldn't stay jws.

  we hated the restrictions that were put on us and hated being different.

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  Kwin,

  Good for you. Although, as the WT says, its just "foulishness tied up in the heart a boy" sometimes kids see things clearer than the adults. No wonder many grow up resentful and anxious.

  BTW, I thought your idea for the wt book (awake article) would make a great slogun.

  "Young People Ask: Should I Google Jehovah's Witnesses?"

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  Kwintestal in the news (video online)

  by Jourles in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

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  kwin can be seen here.. the file size is 407kb.

  actual footage time is around a minute.

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  Keep up the exposure.

  Kwin, I'm proud of you.

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  F1 Racing suddenly watchable again

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  is it just me or is this year's f1 season a lot more exciting than previous years?

  the wildly over-rated m.schumaker is no-where to be seen and no one team seem to be dominating (normally ferrari with the rules and decisions skewed to suit them).. heck, they have even been overtaking at monoco!

  (normally an "hour-long parade lap").

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  Simon,

  I will look for it on tv. Seems I only find this sort of thing about a month after it has happened. Maybe it it just me.

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  Hi Everyone!

  by Valis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just checking in to say hello.

  have been busy living as it were.

  also a lot of online gaming, camping, drinking beer, motorcycle riding and of course thinking of you all.

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  Dude,

  Glad you are experiencing . . . . what was it . . . oh . . LIFE, again.

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  Trial begins June 27 Victoria Boer abuse case

  by needs_lots in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

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  to all my friends or anyone who would like to support me, god knows i can use as many as possible, my dads criminal gardiner trial begins june 27 and 28 in orangeville ontario at the court house.. send lots of good energy my way............this will be the end of a very long journey.. vic

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  Vickie,

  Many here may not know who you are or what this case is about. Please give more detail and fill everyone in on the past few years.

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