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What about your JW past are you thankful for?
by nvrgnbk inin the interest of self-healing and finding the peace that comes from being grateful, can you think of anything at all that was positive about having been one of jehovah's witnesses?.
not to be misunderstood with missing something about it, is there something about the experience that has enriched you?.
to answer the question myself, being forced to face the fallacies of the teachings of jwism, i was also prompted to look past those teachings and reevaluate everything i believed in.. that experience was frightening and unsettling, but i'm thankful for it.. i now have a greater appreciation for life in all its wonder than i did when i took it for granted as one of jehovah's witnesses.. i'm more determined now to find meaning in this life, after having lived for so long for a future that was never to arrive..
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JW's Raised In - Did you get bullied during you Grade School Years?
by BBOARD indue to the way i was raised a jw i constantly felt guilt for trying to act like the other guys and it made me stand out even worse.
to this day, due to this, i nowdays become somewhat physically ill whenever i hear a brother give a talk where he says (many here have heard it in different forms) "if jehovah was looking at you youths in the congregation during school could he tell the difference between you and a worldy person.
" myself and most of the other jw guys during middle school and high school did not have the confidence or the "rough and ready to fight" type of body language so we tended to get picked on.
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What's the deal with beards????
by bittersweet inok, so my brother in law, a former elder, decided to grow a beard a while ago.
he initially grew it because he had a small rash he was trying to cover up, but that has since gone, and he has kept the beard.
he kept the beard because it made such a fuss that he decided if he shaved it off it would be like giving in to the brothers.
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coming out of the woodwork
by bittersweet inok....i haven't posted on here in a really long time.
so, i just had a baby ( a girl after 3 boys, woohoo!!!
) a little less than three weeks ago.
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1914 ,the Generation that got tossed in the Garbage Can
by OUTLAW inas many of you know i`ve just got back to the board in the last little while..what did i learn yesterday?..the generation of 1914 means nothing..nothing!
!..back in the day,you could have been disfellowshipped for such a remark..disfellowshipped!
!..what did you think and how did you feel when you found out the generation of 1914,now means nothing?.....outlaw
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Are you a witness because it is the path of least resistance?
by tfsm ini think most (particularly those with witness parents or family) are witnesses because it is easier to stay than to go.
what i am wondering is- why would a reasonably educated adult choose to become a witness in the first place?
my parents got into it when i was about five and i have asked them what the reason was and the answer has varied over the years from "the world is a sick place and we did it for you" to "we were lost and looking for something".
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Memory trapped in a song
by Nosferatu ini'm listening to an mp3 cd at work today, and the song "driver's seat" by sniff n the tears came on.
this song immediately triggered a memory.
it was 3 years ago that my ex left me.
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Tell me about your "Dedication"
by ezekiel3 infor jws, there is a two-step process for committing yourself to god.
before you get baptized in public, you are supposed to privately "dedicate" yourself to god in prayer.. i was a child who knelt in the corner of my room after completing my final "interview" of questions from an elder.
i tried to be sincere, but i was aware i had no emotional currency (i was only 13, give me a break!).
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Lawnmowers... what is your oppinion???
by Elsewhere init is getting close to time for me to buy a lawnmower.
when i was growing up and cutting my dad's lawn he always had a self-propelled lawnmower.
i was very lucky in that i never had to use a push-mower.
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Donald's Family Secret documentary!!!!
by mouthy ini have just finished watching it.
so glad donald mentioned it was the jehovah's witnesses- who knew about the abuse & said nothing..... good work donald.....
i was so sorry to hear what you went through as a youngster...... p.s.