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  I am meeting with my father - HELP

  by wildeflower in

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  ok here goes - after 15 years of unimaginable shit (wait, you guys can imagine!

  ) and a tearful phone conversation tonight with my mother & father, my father is willing to sit & discuss jehovah's witnesses with me (he actually sounds open).

  i left the borg when i was 17. my father is an elder.

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  Average age of apostates survey.

  by sleepy in

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  i thought it might be a good idea to find out at what age or after how long we descided to leave the watchtower.. prehaps we my find a patern in it which we could use .. i think what we need to know are ,.

  1.age you left the watchtower.

  (or age you found out it was wrong).

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  Amazing's Triumph - Mixed Feelings

  by Perry in

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  amazing wrote:.

  "i was able to get my wife and children out, and this led to my son-in-law and a close friend leaving at the same time.

  so, i am among the more fortunate in that my immediate family, and non-jw friends and relatives were all there with me as i exited.

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  struggling & need feedback

  by wildeflower in

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  i am 32 years old, have been disfellowshipped since age 17. was born & raised in the "truth.

  " my father was and still is an elder.. without going into the gory, painful details: i have kept in somewhat contact with my parents in the last 15 years (i can't believe it's been that long!

  ) by calling them and popping over to their house, etc.

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  WoW, I talked to my aunt today.......

  by flower in

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  this was my first time talking to my df'd aunt since i found out the truth about the 'lie'.

  i gotta tell you things are really different now.

  i almost wanted to get on my knees and beg for forgivness for the way she has been treated by my family for so many years but i was at her place of work.

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  Apostatefest in Toronto

  by Beans in

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  it seems that most members live in america and the canadian content is low and spread out across the land!

  i was wondering how many lived near the gta and would want to go out for some beer in the spring time and get toasted?

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  Indictment of Christianity

  by gravedancer in

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  taken from the writing of george smith:.

  christianity cannot erase man's need for pleasure, nor can it eradicate the various sources of pleasure.

  what it can do, however, and what it has been extremely effective in accomplishing, is to inculcate guilt in connection with pleasure.

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  I'm talking to an elder this saturday.

  by voltaire in

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  2. friends

  i've finally gotten up the nerve to make a clean break.

  this saturday at 3:00, i'm having lunch with an elder.

  (those latins eat so late!

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  Elders-Desire To Assist Others?

  by Mister Biggs in

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  2. bible

  it is said of jw elders that they "can provide protection by listening attentively to his problem, offering bible-based counsel, and giving encouragement or practical help.

  like their appointed king, christ jesus, they want to help those who have been 'thrown about.

  ' (matthew 9:36) and they desire to assist others who have been damaged by the winds of false teaching.

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