Topics Started by Lemon_Lime

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Negative Mention of JWs in books-How did they affect you?
by Cicatrix in
1. jw
2. friends
it happened to me when i was in the org-i'd be reading a pretty good book, and every once in awhile jws would be mentioned in a less than flattering light( or a description of "the dark night of the soul" would feel a little too familiar).

i would skim that part really quickly and tell myself that it was just opposers "persecuting" the jws.

but a little flag would go up in the back of my mind.
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When You Were A Witness, Did You Ever Want To Go To Heaven?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
since it's very close to the memorial celebration, i thought that this question might be appropriate.

did you ever feel that you might just want to go to heaven???

or was your future only an earthly one?
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Unloading of my kingdom Ministries
by rodnico in
1. jw
2. friends
i am not sure if this is the best place to put this or not.

simon can move it around if not.

i have been going through my things and found kingdom ministries from 1989 - 1996 for the most part they are complete.
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Today is my sons birthday
by mamashel in
1. jw
2. friends
hi guys!

i thought since all of you were so wonderful telling everyone hapy birthday, you might do me a huge favor.

today is my sons 11th birthday, first celebrated birthday since leaving the hall.
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My Story
by Lemon_Lime in
1. jw
2. experiences
first off, i want to give prop's to "dantheman"......that post inspired me to share my experience, and thanks to everyone that responded to my first post under "desperately seeking"....that was a nice welcome.

this might ramble ..... i was born and bred into the borg....my dad was/is an elder, i had a big family, two older sisters, three younger bro's....i was baptized at 15 (i'm 25 now) and tried to pioneer...give talks...have repsonsibilities...but the wrong feeling that had been welling up in my stomach and kept getting stronger as time went on.. when i moved away from my hometown at 17, my life really started to change.....i met an awesome girl (another jw)....and we fell in love pretty quickly...and i also left home and got my own apt.

(much to my fathers sadness).
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Weird Childhood Thoughts
by pettygrudger in
1. jw
2. friends
when i was growing up, i used to think that as long as they made fuzzy loving commercials (i.e.

the faygo one was my favorite & coke second) that the trib & big-a couldn't possibly come!!!

i also used to plan how i would hoard food & water in holes in my backyard that we wouldn't have to eat all the icky mice & insects my mom said we would have to live on.
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welcome to me, another newbie
by fluttergirl2 in
1. jw
2. friends
hello all.. i've visited here a time or two but this is the first time i've posted.

been out for five years now.

left because i realized i was expected to be perfect and that just wasn't gonna happen.
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CT or PA - new member
by Lemon_Lime in
1. jw
2. experiences
hey everyone,.

i grew up in ct, son of an elder, turned into pioneer, married early...etc....etc....all the while ignoring the wrong feeling in my stomach....finally my wife (now ex, but we are still really close friends) and i realized and got out, and took a bunch of friends with us.

i've since moved out to the west coast, lived in sf for awhile, and just recently moved to the 'desert'......i'm available if anyone needs to talk, or rant, or wants to say hi....i'm 25 now and enjoying the experience of life, and wish the best for everyone here.. you can email me @ [email protected].
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Desperately seeking someone from CT
by ShaleenT in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am looking for df's or da'd jw's in ct. i have lost most of my friends due to this and am looking to make new ones.

please e-mail me at [email protected]