Topics Started by staceman

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Can you believe this?
by staceman in
1. jw
2. experiences
even i am pretty shocked at this one... .

my daughter who is 20 years old and df'd for about 2 years now is attending meetings again.

but yesterday she tells me that she didn't feel like going to the meeting and that her mom probably wouldn't even know that she wasn't there.
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Facing my family.....
by Evesapple in
1. jw
2. experiences
although i have not really shared my story here, i have one thing i'd like to share now that makes me very nervous.

i'm going to visit some friends of mine in arizona for a week.

they are friends i had made on my own way after jw's, great, supportive, loving friends....i'm proud of them in that they truely have become my family and have re-defined the true meaning of friendship.
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Since leaving how have you changed?
by Joysome in
1. jw
2. experiences
what do you find yourself doing differently?.

do you ever feel a little shocked when your opinions on certain things have changed?

things that you were once so adamantly against?.
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Annual guilt trip - Memorial time!
by FreeWilly in
1. jw
2. experiences
well i spoke with my mom this past week.

she made sure to remind me that the memorial was coming.

she pressed me for a promise to attend.
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WT CD rom
by simplesally in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i now have a pc again.

i had gotten rid of the wt cd because i had a mac ................ can anyone get me a cd-rom?
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Did the Watchtower leave you in a No-Man's Land?
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
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after becoming a witness, slowly we became programmed to believe that 99% of the world was not approved by god and that they were evil, and in the darkness, and would all die at armageddon.. most of us left the watchtower, or are on the verge of doing so, so at a certain point it's normal to be in a so called no man's land, where you don't believe what the watchtower taught and at the same time you still believe that the entire world is not approved by god.

i was just wondering how long you stead in this mode of beleiving that the watchtower teachings were wrong, but at the same time, you still remembered and believed that the world was also doomed?
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Sleepless Nights..
by Sassy in
1. jw
2. friends
don't you just hate them.

i seem to have a horrible habit lately of waking up at some ungodly hour (i can say that now right?)..

and then i can't fall back asleep.. i'm amazed how well i actually function the next day sometimes..
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Who are you guys?
by eyeswideopen in
1. jw
2. experiences
how long have you guys been out of the truth and what family background of the truth do you guys have?.

i 've read profiles and the comments and i wonder who was the newest to come out...?.

emmm what is the latest on the generation theory?.
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Story: Sound Dept. (at Assembly)
by Jim_TX in
1. jw
2. experiences
when i was a jw - many moons ago, i hung around the 'sound department' at assemblies.. they finally put me to work - and let me do things like string wire for speakers, install speakers, etc.. i eventually learned how to adjust the amplifiers for proper volume, too.. good experience and training, that i don't use to this day.. anyway - i also was allowed to adjust the microphones for the 'speaker' who would be giving the next talk.. this usually involved following the feller out to the podium, and raising, or lowering the microphone to the proper height fer picking up the words from the fellers' mouth.. some required very little adjustment, whilst others required major raising - or lowering.. this one time, i recall going out there, and they had used a new microphone stand - one that had a ring, or collar arrangement that you just squeezed, or rotated and lifted, to move the microphone up or down, as opposed to the older type that required one to unscrew a locking collar, and then raise or lower the microphone.. i had not tested this previously - and only seen others work it, but it looked easy enough.. so, i follow this 'big-wig' out there, stand there, grab the upper section of the microphone stand with one hand, and then with the other i am attempting to <grunt> <grunt> get it... to ... release.. it wouldn't budge!!!

i was there, for what seemed like an eternity, trying to work this thing, then finally reached up and adjusted the horizontal arm - in a vain attempt to adjust the mic (it also refused to cooperate, and i think i only adjusted the microphone a total of 1/8").. the 'big-wig' speaker musta noticed my total and complete embarrassment (i usually turned beet-red in the face), and nodded that it was adjusted properly - so he could git on with his part.. i skeedadled off that stage - and made a mental note to figure out how to adjust that new type of microphone stand - later..

sheesh!!!
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Overbeerial Report of Minnesota Flock & Jou...
by Valis in
1. jw
2. friends
overbeerial report of minnesota flock & journeys .

click him for pics!!!

friday: depart dallas via gayhound.