Krys, Welcome. Now that you've retired from pushing the 'busy bodies buttons' (folks, Krys might have a knack for alliteration), enjoy your birthday.
Buster
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Newbie here
by Freezin Friesian ini have been lurking in the shadows here for a while now, reading for myself and hearing from my mom some of the interesting things that the jw's are trying to cover up right now.. i am 18 (19 in a month and will be celebrating my birthday for the first time ever!
) and have been out of the org for a little over a year.
i do not really have time to post my whole story right now, but am sure i will do it when a good opportunity arises (or when i feel like typing out a novel lol).. anyways, just wanted to say hello and well... sorta introduce myself.
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If they saw me now....
by starfish422 ini am sooooooo not the person i was when i was in the borg.
that person was young, naive, and had no more backbone than a jellyfish.
she believed what she was told, because why would someone lie to her?
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Superb thought. I can only imagine that the friends that I grew up with would have no idea of how to relate to me - or I to them. As best as I know, they all stayed with org as they grew to adulthood. They stayed through the 1975 debacle, they stayed even though our congregation had at least two cases of pedophiles molesting young girls in the congregation. One of those cases involved the daughter of one of my close friends.
The men that they should have become were stifled out of existance. I don't think I could relate to men that would let their daughter get molested and leave the resolution up to Jehovah - oh, and move to another congregation. And it probably wouldn't be fair to excpect them to be able to relate to me.
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I WAN'T TO COME BACK TO THE TRUTH.....!
by rich_1961 inhello everyone.my name is richard and i would like to come back to the truth.i never did get baptized so im not disfellowshiped.my family are still all in the truth,and there lives are so much better than mine.satan has taked over my life completly.and ive had enough.i want to turn my life around and ask jehovah to come back into my heart.i have a very serious drug and alcohol problem.and do not want to live my life like this anymore.i know my life will get better if i let jehovah back in.im just scarred right now.i sill have a little deamon that keeps telling me not to do this.but i really want to.i sure could use some words of encouragement if anyone would like to help i sure would apriciate it.and does anyone know if i can get publcations online...?
my e-mail addy is [email protected] if anyne would like to e-mail me
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... well, so do I. Problem is, I've seen what's behind the green door and it ain't there.
Dig out from your drug and alchohol problems! Tha's the bes you can do. Lots of people need to replace one addiction with another, hopefully less-harmful addition. But the purpose of ditching the drug and alchohol is so your mind can function and you can make better decisions for yourself <-- the key word there is 'yourself'.
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new kid on the site
by yecats ini have been reading everyones comments, this is all pretty new to me, but i posted on the topic related to family and being shunned.
i was raised a jw but left at age 15, i am the only one in my family to reject the "family" religion.
so, as you probably already guessed i am not the favorite daughter!.
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Welcome Stacey.
You'ld think that if that religion is so damned True, then inheriting it would be the least likely method of joining.
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Another Newbie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!--Frostbite
by Jesika inthis person posted on my thread about becoming a jedi and congratulated me on it.
so, i wanted to post this.................................. .
welcome to the board frostbite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Welcome Frostbite. These are some interesting people, and they'll be interested in what you have to say.
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Friends: My congregation had anywhere between 10 and 20 kids within a year or two of my age. We could get together a game of any sort at any time. Some of those guys were the funniest people I ever knew - even 25 years later. Some were excellent athletes. We even used to go to playgrounds and challenge the worldly kids to basketball games - we'ld get out butts kicked when we went into the city.
Girls: My congregation, and some fo the surrounding halls had some of the spectacular girls. As a group, these were the best-looking girls I've ever known. A couple were the prettiest girls in their high schools - at the two proms I went to, my date was 'princess', and Vinny's (best friend) dates were a princess and a queen. These girls were at a level that wouldn't even have known my name had I not been a JW.
Independance: Believe it or not, I think they helped me to take perspective on society as a whole. Don't get me wrong, I decry the excessive separatist attitude. But I don't feel as compelled to 'go along' or agree just because that's what society does.
Skeptical view of authority: This isn't always a plus. But I did get enough insight to be able to help my daughter see the 'angle' when some of her friends tried to rope her into some religious thing or another. I let her go, but I told her exactly what to look for. When she saw it, she realized I was right (yup my teenage daughter thought I was right).
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Let's show pics when we were teens, or younger
by LyinEyes inhere is a pic of me and wildturkey when we were dating, i was 17 and he was 18,,,, not a great picture quality , it was snowing.
i will never forget that day playing in the snow.
if ya want to go way back , here is my baby pic,,,,,,,,and yeah , i had my mouth wide open laughing even back then!hehe .
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At my baptism in the Natick MA Assembly Hall. 1975 - 15 yrs old
Edited by - buster on 18 January 2003 16:48:51
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p.o. no show at high NOON !!!
by johnny cip inok i'm waiting for the p.o.
for our study .. at exactly noon the phone rings,, it's the p.o.
he said he got the wrong address i said no problem you are 2 doors down i,ll come out and get you.... oh no i don't want to talk to you only your brother... ok i'll leave the house for an hour.
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John, you just kill me. The notion that 'if he had the Truth, nothing would stand in the way' must be rattling through his head right now.
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Embarrassing stories..
by Aztec indoes anyone have any really embarrassing stories?
my worst story: when i was 15 i went to a slumber party at my best friends house.
i couldn't sleep so i got up to watch tv with her older brother.
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I was once seen, by a friend from work, going into ... a ... Barry Manilow concert
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WTS literature still worth $?
by Introspection inif so, which ones?
i want to get rid of mine and make some space, but i'd hate for some poor gullible soul to come across it at a used bookstore or something and become a witness.. i actually don't care if i make money from it, but if i can all the better.
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There was a book at auction this past week that was up to $2300.00 or so. The auction ended prematuely, so I don't know what happened. But you can get some pretty good money for the older stuff - the Rutherford books and earlier. Those little 30-page booklets, in excellent condition and with good graphics are going for 20 to $30 each.
The more recent stuff, 50s and forward, don't get much $2 to $10
Every now and then, something different comes along that catches a really good price - like "Consolation bags" or an old Rutherford phonograph
I check in pretty regularly. I have a full set of Studies in the scriptures I thru VII. I need a few to complete the set of Rutherford books - "Comfort for the Jews" and the set of "Vindication" books.