Phaedra

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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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  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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  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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  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

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  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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  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
  
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  The really cool feeling of community within JWs

  by Phaedra in

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  i remember going out with other jws after the memorial.. small gatherings.. picnics at some local landmark.. the feeling of closeness, camaraderie, friendship with like minded people you could trust.. haven't experienced it since i left.. really miss that..

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  Thanks for the insights and sharing. Reading some of the comments here have given me some much-needed perspective. I can appreciate the range of experiences many of us have; as well as the gradients and context that make our stories what they are.
  

  I attribute much of my naive thinking to being raised-in, with a close bunch of friends before I came of age, and a couple of mentors who took me under their wing when my parents separated. We had lots of fun times: picnics, square dancing, a formal, skating, and even talent shows before they clamped down on socializing outside of the KH. I've also been part of very small congregations who are family-like in taking care of one another.

  My need greater parents currently reside in a close-knit congregation, but at the heart of it all, even they were ready to disown me if I signed a letter with my intent of disassociation. So I didn't. I said to my elder father: "Dad, I'm not going to sign anything." He didn't know how to handle that moment, as it was not in his playbook. It's been left like that since, and we are simply all estranged.
  

  After I entered my 20s, I started experiencing the undercurrents of cognitive dissonance. It wasn't until I got online in the mid-90s that I followed my intuition into forbidden territory, and the rest is history. And yes, I know at the core of it all, if you are not speaking the language, you are no longer part of the community. It's all too easy to be judged and cast out for daring to be yourself and express what's really in your heart. You can't. It all has consequences.
  

  The longing to belong... a deep human need. I know all too well.
  

  On a lighter note, will y'all please stop scrapping in my thread. ;)