Posts by 2escaped lifers

as of this morning at 6 am est, my boss came in to the store where i worked and told me that since "business was slow", he had no choice but to let me go.. .

i asked him why did he hire that new employee last week if business was slow??

he just looked at the counter and would not answer me.

2escaped lifers

Duuuuude!! I'm sooo sorry!! This sounds so unfair!! Make em' pay!

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Anyone interested in a SouthEast US apostafest?

by 2escaped lifers in

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we're in north alabama and we'd like to stage one somewhere.

any thoughts???.

brandon and stephanie

2escaped lifers

We're in North Alabama and we'd like to stage one somewhere. Any thoughts???

Brandon and Stephanie

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Im Baaack

by missylissy in

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most of you probably didnt notice, maybe some did, that i havent been on for the last month or maybe a little longer.

i stopped going on here about a week before i wrote my exams in january, because everytime i was on the computer i was either writing an essay, or studying too.

and then after that, we started our new february courses...and ive had an unbelievable amount of homwork in one of my classes, so i havent really had much time.

Welcome Baaaaaaaack!!!!!! Can you believe how many Newbies there are since you left?? We came on right before your student torture test sessions, but there are sooo many new ones, it's hard to keep 'em straight!!! Lookin' forward to more posts! Stephanie

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Organ donation?

by xenawarrior in

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i know i read that at one time organ donation was something forbidden and then after a while it became a conscience matter for jw's.

(someone correct me if i'm wrong please).

i was watching a television show last week about a very interesting triple liver transplantation involving "live donors".

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Sam, great points, ALL! Now that we're out there are several issues that we have to decide our position on. This is one that I think will be decided if the situation arises. Lot's to consider!!! Stephanie

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JWD maps - Where are you?

by Lady Lee in

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due to a problem with the server i was using for the maps i have had to move them so we can still have access to them and post them here.

so if you were wondering where we are from.

or how close you are to other jwd posters in your area just take a look.. ballistic has done an amazing job with the map of the uk you can find it at .

2escaped lifers

Howdy,

Add us to "sweet home Alabama", please.

Thanks,

Brandon & Stephanie

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Should I be over it by now?

by astridkittie in

i was 16 when i disassociated myself from the jws after growing up in it, and i'm 20 now and still having issues with breaking the thought process i was brought up with.

i long ago realized the doctrine was wrong in the jws, but somehow i still find myself having issues with guilt whenever i stop to feel or act or think a way that's my own and not what someone else tells me i should feel/act/think.

other times i feel completely lost because i don't know how i'm supposed to feel or act or think at the moment and i know that's not the way i should be thinking, that there isn't a particular way i'm supposed to be inside, but... i still have the paranoia and the gut feeling that i'm doing wrong by being myself, so to speak.

2escaped lifers

Greetings Astridkittie! Welcome to the board!

First off, there is no reason what so ever for you to feel guilty for not "getting over it" yet. Some people wrestle with the lingering afteraffects of being a JW for the rest of their life. That's how controlling and damaging the JW system is.

With all due respect to your boyfriend, he simply can't understand what you've been through. Perhaps you should invite him to browse this discussion forum, and read some of the experiences of other folks, and maybe he'll start to get a better understanding of how deeply the JW "experience" affects people. There is no comparison between being a Southern Baptist and a JW. I know, I'm from Alabama, heart of Baptist country. Many close friends are, or were, die-hard Southern Baptists, and they went through nothing like what I did. We've had long heart-to-heart discussions about our religious experiences, and it takes time for them to begin to understand even a little bit what being in a high control group, or cult, is like.

And don't apologize for sharing your feelings here. There are loads of good caring folks on this board, who have gone through exactly what you are experiencing.

Hang in there. It will get better! And I look forward to seeing more posts from you!

Best regards,

Brandon Bartlett

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Names you would never give your child

by Nosferatu in

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okay, everyone list names you'd never give to your child.

here's mine:.

eggbert.

2escaped lifers

Maverick, you forgot Rob Roberts, and William Wilson. Elders in Birmingham.

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Names you would never give your child

by Nosferatu in

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okay, everyone list names you'd never give to your child.

here's mine:.

eggbert.

2escaped lifers

Don't even get me started. When my Dub mother was still talking to me she would bring home lists of atrocious names of children referred to her office. (she works in children's social services) I think the worst was from a 17 year old mother who named her child, get ready for this,

Shithead. She pronounced it ShaTeed. I swear.

Then there was Vagina. It was pronounced VaGeena.