Doubtfully Yours

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  oHi, short introduction

  by Sugarcane in

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  glad i found this board and hope to have some interesting discussions.

  i'll post my story later today, but in the meantime; i'm a single parent with 2 kids, was a jw for 26 years in total (born one, left at 17 years, went back at 21), became inactive 4 years ago and disassociated myself 4 weeks ago!.

  my experience with the bible org.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Welcome to the board!

  I know there are many boards for support in Spanish for ex-JWs and people on their way out such as myself.

  Welcome again!

  DY
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  Why am I so happy?

  by jwfacts in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since i stopped going to meetings about six months ago i have been getting happier and happier and don't know why.

  i don't know who god is anymore, or if there is an afterlife.

  i don't have as many friends as i used to, though i am starting to build new ones.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  I venture a guess that the reason why you're feeling good is because you're now...

  1- In control of your own destiny.

  2- Not attending a place 5 times per week where they subliminally feed you that nothing and no one is good enough, therefore, you must give more, more, more!

  3- No longer concerned with only having friends for as long as you're a JW; even then those friends would look down on you if you're not doing exactly what the WBTS says.

  4-Being true to yourself.

  DY
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  Anyone on this board around Miami area?

  by Alana in

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  my husband was originally scheduled for a conference in new orleans in october, but that was cancelled due to katrina.

  they are talking about moving it to miami.

  i had been to new orleans a few times and was familar with it, but i don't know a thing about miami.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  3 hours North. Charlotte County. Greetings!

  DY
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  Is there anything that "only the JW's preach" you still believe in?

  by JH in

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  i don't know what to answer to my own question.... i guess that i still believe in a paradise earth where humans could live forever.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  I still believe there is no life after death.

  DY
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  Movie about the Lillelid murders, did not know this existed...

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Sad. Didn't know this happened. Could've happened to just about anyone, just a coincidence that they happened to be JWs. Very sad.

  DY
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  MY PLAN FOR LEAVING THE WT. IS IT 2 FAR-FETCHED?

  by stillAwitness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i plan on exiting out quietly out of "the truth.

  " i mean, i got school and becoming financially secure first before i just jump the gun.

  is that smart?

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Not that far-fetched at all. Get yourself financially stable, build a new network of non-JW friends, and off you go!

  DY
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  Disfellowshipped for being fat and not watching my cholesterol

  by free2beme in

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  2. friends

  i find the concept of taking select warnings of the medical and science world, to disfellowship members, and ignoring others ... all the more interesting as i think about it.

  after all, heart desease is the biggest killer in the americas.

  heart desease and heart related deaths are often linked to and not exclusive to; obesity, high cholesterol, fatty foods, not exercising, high stress, etc.. with this in mind, i dare someone to call an elder and report that they saw one of the local witnesses eating at mcdonalds, even though the doctor warned them it could kill them.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  The WBTS wouldn't dare touch that subject in all seriousness. They'd have to take privileges away from a whole lot of JWs if they did!

  The congregation I seldom attend these days has 90% overweight people.

  Poor people find so little joy in their present lives that if they find joy in eating, what the heck..., let them eat cake!

  DY
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  Disfellowshipped for being fat and not watching my cholesterol

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
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  i find the concept of taking select warnings of the medical and science world, to disfellowship members, and ignoring others ... all the more interesting as i think about it.

  after all, heart desease is the biggest killer in the americas.

  heart desease and heart related deaths are often linked to and not exclusive to; obesity, high cholesterol, fatty foods, not exercising, high stress, etc.. with this in mind, i dare someone to call an elder and report that they saw one of the local witnesses eating at mcdonalds, even though the doctor warned them it could kill them.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Free2beme,

  How about people who can't spell?! Did you mean asbestos?! HAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  DY
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  Apostate Story @ New York Times

  by DannyHaszard in

  1. social
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  three times a week in the kingdom hall in miami, my brother and i strove to sit perfectly still in our chairs.

  our mother carried a wooden spoon in her purse and was quick to take us outside for beatings if we fidgeted.

  i sat onstage in the kingdom hall in surrey, england, where my father's job had taken us.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Excellent article!

  I really enjoy to see the WBTS exposed.

  DY
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  hello

  by aphina_pieta in

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  i just thought i should make it a point to say hello.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Hi!

  DY