Phaedra

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  "If I wasn't born a JW, I would never have become one."

  by OneEyedJoe in

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  i've seen it mentioned by a few on the forum that at some point there was a realization that had they not been born a jw, they never would've converted no matter how many times the jws tried to study with them.

  this was my experience too, and i'm wondering how universal it is for those that were born-in but eventually left.

  i think i started having this thought (more specifically that if i were not born a jw, i would surely have become an atheist by now) in my late teens.

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  For those that were born-in, did you ever realize that you never would've joined if not for the circumstances of your birth? If you did, how long did you live with that knowledge before finally and fully waking up?

  Before I left, I wondered about this in a worrisome sort of way. Like, "if I didn't come in as a 3-year-old, would I have been disposed to the truth as an adult if they came to my door?"

  Turns out that BECAUSE of my early JW experience, that I know I'd never convert as an adult.

  The irony and variable lies in the chance that I'd never been exposed to JWs or other high-control groups as a child, and would my agreeableness and longing to belong still exist if I were never a jw to begin with?

  Conclusion: I'll never know.
  
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  when you went to an "assembly" did you wear a badge?

  by greenhornet in

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  it embarrassed me.

  when i was young my folks made me wear one and i opened it up and took the paper out making it look like it fell out.

  after my folks ask what happen i said i dont know.

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  I wore mine, but only when I arrived. We never stopped on the way.
  
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  Flashback: Samuel Herd/Ashland Avenue Chicago

  by Phaedra in

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  2. friends

  must have been mid to late 1970s.. it was when they still published the speakers' names on the light-blue circuit assembly programs.. i was a child sitting in the audience at ashland avenue's circuit assembly venue.

  i loved that place with it's own basement cafeteria and baptism pool with a big jesus getting baptized mural behind it.. samuel herd was giving the talk.

  my child self could only remember my father pointing him out on the program.

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  Must have been mid to late 1970s.

  It was when they still published the speakers' names on the light-blue circuit assembly programs.

  I was a child sitting in the audience at Ashland Avenue's circuit assembly venue. I loved that place with it's own basement cafeteria and baptism pool with a big Jesus getting baptized mural behind it.

  Samuel Herd was giving the talk. My child self could only remember my father pointing him out on the program. And he sounded like a baptist preacher. Interesting modulation in the talk. I don't remember much, except that Herdwas one fine black speaker man who was telling us about the Truth and Jehovah and living forever. I believed every word.

  It doesn't surprise me he is GB now. I wonder if he remembers those day?
  
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  Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

  by rebel8 in

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  anyone here watching this on netflix?.

  it's funny, kind of silly at times, but somewhat relatable.. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ellie-kemper-kimmy-schmidt-character-798166.

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  Yes! I watched the series on Netflix. Fun.

  She was great in the Office. Are there new episodes?
  
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  JT & Lady Cee Why we left the Jehovah's Witnesses - Part 1

  by JT-LadyC in

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  many years ago, my husband and i appeared on the board that was known as h20 aka simon's site.

  it has been a while since we have posted anything, so i guess i can say that this is like coming out of retirement.

  lol.

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  JT and LadyC,

  Really enjoyed watching your videos and visiting your Web site. Well done!
  
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  What is your relationship with ALCOHOL?

  by nicolaou in

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  2. physical

  here in the uk new drinking guidelines have been issued which suggest "no more than 14 units a week - equivalent to six pints of beer or seven glasses of wine.".

  another piece of the advice which is getting a lot of attention is that "if people drink, it should be moderately over three or more days and that some days should be alcohol-free.".

  already people are making cries of "nanny state!

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  My relationship with alcohol: total honesty.
  
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  Domain Webmaster: Logging, Privacy and Features

  by Hadriel in

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  2. suggestions

  question for the webmaster and authors of this site.. to what degree is logging kept on your server?.

  has there been any consideration to move the server/host to for example the netherlands or iceland etc for added privacy rather than a u.s. based host such as is the case now (currently in mountain view, ca)?

  any thought on allowing users to tag other users (e.g.

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  Simon the great!
  
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  Three years since I've been here and a lot has happened!

  by new boy in

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  i wrote a book.

  it's on the is on amazon.

  "the persistent illusion".

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  I loved visiting Sedona. You have a very nice view outside of your window.
  
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  Orgone Energy and Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Phaedra in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just a little process writing ... with a some tongue-in-cheekiness tossed in.

  i pulled out my copy of this book, which i still have with all the highlighted answers and scriptures written in the margins when i was a tween and teen studying to get baptized.

  my whole existence was based on the ideas in this book being real and true and i lived my life accordingly, sacrificing myself to the jehovah's witnesses organization, with nothing to show for it.

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  My intermittent study for baptism in that book literally spanned three conductors and four years.

  In the front cover I wrote some notes. One reads: "Completed February 16, 1989."

  The other, a numbered list that was a constant gauge to measure my spiritual health:
  

  5 Valves

  1. prayer
  2. regular personal study
  3. meeting attendance
  4. field service
  5. association
     
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  What's a better story that Beth-sarim

  by eyeuse2badub in

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  2. scandals

  http://nyp.st/1mgz4ql.

  this group built a place for non other than jesus-heck with those "ancient worthies".. just saying!.

  eyeuse2badub.

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  Miracle Wheat?

  the COMING 1975 and GOING

  the growing number of the 188,000