Posts by Nikita

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How about some embarrassing 80's pics?

by LyinEyes in

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friends

let's post some of our 80's pic, or even further back if you want to.

it would really be fun to see some of you in your finest witness attire, bookbag and all.

baptism pics would be a blast to see.. wild turkey had this idea ,but he already started two threads.

Nikita

I agree with Lyin, Valis gets the vote for the most changed apostate! C'mon Valis, you weren't as innocent as you looked- were you????

Would love to see that one of Wild Turkey!

Nikita

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How about some embarrassing 80's pics?

by LyinEyes in

jw
friends

let's post some of our 80's pic, or even further back if you want to.

it would really be fun to see some of you in your finest witness attire, bookbag and all.

baptism pics would be a blast to see.. wild turkey had this idea ,but he already started two threads.

Nikita

pomegranate-I am so naive but what are you doing there?

Nikita

of the naive class!

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BEING IN THIS RELIGION IS LIKE BEING IN A GANG

by minimus in

this evening my daughter said: "being in this religion is like being in a gang.

you may join and never understand what's really required and if you ever want to get out, you can't.

you belong to them...."

Nikita

Yes, like Nikita in "la femme Nikita", what was the opening statement she made? Something like "If I don't play by their rules, I die."

Just like the jw's!

Nikita

63

How about some embarrassing 80's pics?

by LyinEyes in

jw
friends

let's post some of our 80's pic, or even further back if you want to.

it would really be fun to see some of you in your finest witness attire, bookbag and all.

baptism pics would be a blast to see.. wild turkey had this idea ,but he already started two threads.

perhaps i'm just a bit paranoid..but i get the feeling that there are a few posters that actually hate me (before its assumed--no i'm talking about lack of responses to my threads.. and no i am not talking about a disagreement of opinion) i am talking about a few posters that come across to me as very hateful in their responses.. and yes i know that not everyone here will like me (even though i'm so darn sweet and cute...lol) but it is an intense animosity vibe that i get and can't seem to shake.. maybe i am mistaken and maybe its just me..... but if there is anyone out there that does dislike me that much---i am curious as to why---only because i try to learn and grow everyday and your input would be especially valuable and probably essential to that -growth.. so whats the verdict---do you love me, hate me or just not care either way?.

sincerely yours,.

ps--this is in no way an ego thing--i really want to know!

Nikita

(((Spice/Carol))) I like ya! After all, you like cats and love Alias, too!

Leslie/Nikita

Lol at Search-I used to feel that way too!

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has YOU KNOW finally gone?

by searchfothetruth in

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i say with mixed feelings and fingers crossed, but i haven't read any of you knows totally stupid and un-thought provoking posts the last few days and i was wondering if he had finally realised what a total moron he sounds or whether simon has done the decent thing and blocked the idiot from posting...or is it just wishfull thinking on my part???

?

Nikita

LOL, you know that does kind of paint a picture in my head of some old brothers and sisters I used to know, I even have one brother (not Mr. Biggs or Quincy!) who can come across the same way!

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has YOU KNOW finally gone?

by searchfothetruth in

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friends

i say with mixed feelings and fingers crossed, but i haven't read any of you knows totally stupid and un-thought provoking posts the last few days and i was wondering if he had finally realised what a total moron he sounds or whether simon has done the decent thing and blocked the idiot from posting...or is it just wishfull thinking on my part???

?

Nikita

Nah, he's around, I think he just posted a few the other day!

He likes to give us that fleeting hope but then he always comes back to share his insight with us!

Sigh...

Nikita

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How about some embarrassing 80's pics?

by LyinEyes in

jw
friends

let's post some of our 80's pic, or even further back if you want to.

it would really be fun to see some of you in your finest witness attire, bookbag and all.

baptism pics would be a blast to see.. wild turkey had this idea ,but he already started two threads.

Nikita

Cute pics WT and LE! Dakota Red, very nice! Incense, aww, what a cutie! Arachnia, yes those sure do look like the epitome of the 80's! You look great but I like the new look even better! And Dutchie-what fat????? You looked great!

jjrizo & vivamus-your pics aren't showing-you need to upload them to a server and then copy and paste them

Here is one of me (on the left), Mr Biggs (in back), a friend of mine, and in the front is my baby brother who sometimes posts here as Quincy (who was never a JW!) It was about 1985 I think.

Leslie, aka "Nikita"

Edited by - Nikita on 20 July 2002 21:47:33

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POLL: New to This Board? Please Sign In Here!!

by Seeker4 in

i don't get to check this board as often as i'd like, but i have noticed that there seems to be a huge number of new posters here.

every day that i get to check out a few posts, i notice new names.. so, just a polite request.

if you've just started posting here in the last few months, would you mind posting a quick note on this thread?

Nikita

Hi all, my name is Leslie but I go by Nikita. I am Mr. Biggs & Quincy's older sis, an old friend of Badwillies and an old friend of Mikepences wife! I have another brother who is very active in JW land and pretty much has nothing to do with me.

I started coming here, when out of the blue I received an email from Mr. Biggs. To my surprise, he informed me that he no longer believed in what the JW's had to teach! He told me about the reasons why he became dissatisfied, like the UN issue for one. He gave me some websites to check out-as I had never heard of the UN situation and that is how I found my way here!

I grew up in Mt. Airy section of Philly, where I attended Wyndmoor congregation first then I moved to one in the Montgomery county area of PA. My parents were of no religious persuasion during my elementary school years. I had friends who were of various ethnicities and religions, but my 2 closest friends were a Jehovah's Witness (we met in 1st grade!) and a Jewish girl I met in 4th grade. My exposure to any kind of church attendance was limited to a Unitarian church a couple of times, the Synagogue more than a few times, a Catholic church, even a Theosophy class! But, although I was friends with the JW at a young age, I don't think I started looking into the religion until I was about 11 or 12. By the time I was 13, I was studying.

It was shortly after I began studying that Biggs and Mom and another brother began studying as well. You can read about Biggs story here:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=24348&site=3

I was baptized the same year I graduated from High School (Phila H.S. for girls '83). In fact, I had to obtain special permission to be absent from graduation because our annual convention was the same week! How stupid and naive I was! Oh well...I tried to pioneer and work part-time, but was yearning to expereince life as a "normal" person.

I had never dated by the time I was 19 and was so un-happy when I was by myself. When a "worldly" guy asked me out, that was the beginnig of my "fall from the JW's". I had great anxiety over life without the good friends I'd come to know but felt like this was the path I must take. I knew what the consequences would be for being baptized and leaving, but I was willing to take that chance! At the time I left, Mom left and my other brothers weren't really "into" it too much, at least not like I was.

I stopped going to the meetings, and ran into some of my friends here and there. Don't recall any of the elders trying to speak with me about my lack of attendance. When I got married, it was to a non-JW in a church. (1988) After that is when I heard that I was DA'd.

Now, I am 37, a stay-at-home mom of one child who I homeschool. I am a Christian, but I try not to be preachy, because I come here to offer my support and recieve it. I appreciate all the different perspectives found here (with the one common denominator of us all having exposure to this religion) and have found myself more challenged in my own growth as a person and a Christian.

Thanks for the welcome!

Leslie aka "Nikita"

Edited by - Nikita on 20 July 2002 22:11:43

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How Will YOU Celebrate???

by Mister Biggs in

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from 'jehovahs witnesses on the web' ( http://groups.msn.com/jehovahswitnessesontheweb/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&id_message=9100&lastmodified=4675380584721829424 ).

"the israelites celebrated after thier deliverance from egypt.

how will you celebrate our deliverance from this wicked world?.

Nikita

wicked world

Ahh, I can remember well how I used this term so casually about anyone who wasn't a JW! My Dad used to get into arguments with us about that term "wicked". My mind was so closed to what his perspective on wickedness was.

Now, it just makes me cringe to hear others refer to the whole human race as "wicked".

Lol, joenobody! I can just see it all so vividly!

Reminds me of this picture I saw on a website Sirona had posted about:

http://www.angelfire.com/ky/proclaimer/index.html

Nikita