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  Update On Elder Suicide

  by Nat in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  some of you may not have heard about my sister-in-laws brother.

  he was a elder/37/married/no children and my sister-in-law's twin brother.. he took his life a couple of weeks ago.

  no one was sure what was going on or what had happened.

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  Meeting Quality People

  by mikepence in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i wanted to put this out to this community in general, although i know that there are no easy answers.. growing up a jw, it is difficult to not be somewhat socially retarded.

  your social circle is prescribed, and widening out beyond the small group of the congregation is frowned on.

  even 'excessive' association wiht neighboring congregations is frowned on.. the biggest challenge i have encountered as an ex-jw is this: how do you find quality people to befriend and associate with?.

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  What was the JW breaking point 4 U?

  by ashitaka in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we have a thread that asks why we became jw's, so i became curious as to why some of us have left.

  what was the last straw for you?.

  mine was the treatment of my wife.

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  My Story

  by Kep in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my mother and grandmother are dubs, so it was a part of my life from the start.

  both my dad and grandfather weren't, so it was what they call a divided household.. that sucked coz, after the meeting we were hurried off home to please the unbelieving mate.. so i never got to have real friends at the meetings and never had any activities outside of school.. as i got older i began to fit in with the school mates but felt restrained as we always had meetings to go to.. to cut a long story short, i got baptised when i was 18, had trouble keeping on top of meetings and witnessing etc.... i went weak, then inactive, found myself a girlfriend, non-witness, talked her thru the issues and problems i was going thru and so she decided to study.. we got married, she was baptised and things were going good.. as they were always pushing at assemblies to pioneer we felt we had to do that.. so as our circumstances allowed, she began pioneering.. you know, i look back and can say there was so much pressure put on couples who didn't have a family to seek first the kingdom.. as i had a checkered past according to some in the congo, it was a battle to attain privilidges.

  but i worked at it, i would auxillary pioneer each year and use my vacation time to do it, brown nose the co each time he visited, and bend over backwards to do anything the elders wanted done.. and as time passed i became a ministerial servant.. then in order for me to become an elder i had to really work my ass off.. so i did, i sorted things out so i could also become a regular pioneer.. after 18 months of doing that plus continually working hard for the org i was appointed elder.. my family was stoked.. i had a sister whose husband had also been appointed elder, my other sister was a regular pioneer and my brother was living with me and doing as much as he could.

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  My visit to the Hall Last Night- Highlights

  by TR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and blah.

  monotone, monotone, monotone,.

  monotone, monotone.. you were right, moxy.

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  why, what made you join JWs?

  by tosko in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i would like some brief stories of people saying the reasons they joined jw organisation.

  where you already in another church, were you disillusioned, were you biblically illiterate?

  and if it is possible, please let me know where you come from, hoping you're not all from usa.

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  Going to the Service Meeting Next Week

  by TR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm going to the meeting.

  yep, that's right.

  and, i'm taking a tape recorder.

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  elder commits suicide.....need advice

  by Nat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey everybody,.

  my sister-in-law's brother took his life sunday afternoon.

  it has been devastating to her and her family.

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  How Do You Deal With Stress??

  by JerryTX in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  what do you do when you're being blindsided from seemingly every direction and you're drowning in stress?

  what do you personally do to counteract it?.

  reading joelbear's latest post ("joelbear needs to calm down")reminded me of what it was like when first exiting the watchtower.

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  Any Former Elders?

  by ItsJustMe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  would any former elders like to share their experiences serving on judicial committees?

  were your decisions subjective?

  do you feel that the "system" works?

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