wait- this sounds like AAWA-
Kikura
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Anti JW Internet Banner Ad Campaign
by kneehighmiah ini would be willing to donate if some of the big anti watchtower activist worked together to create an anti-jw internet banner ad campaign.
one click could change lives.
for example the material on jwfacts could irreversibly damage the faith of even the strongest jw in under an hour.
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One thing about this site that bothers me
by keyser soze inthe constant references to 'window washers' as something derogatory.. i understand the context of it-that most jws are uneducated, and unqualified to do much more.
but sometimes the references seem snobbish, almost mean-spirited.
one poster, on another thread, essentially referred to window washers as 'losers'.
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Kikura
Hi Kate
Why can't you get your job back? You seem smart and intelligent from the posts I have read- is their any options to re-train etc?
Scott x
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One thing about this site that bothers me
by keyser soze inthe constant references to 'window washers' as something derogatory.. i understand the context of it-that most jws are uneducated, and unqualified to do much more.
but sometimes the references seem snobbish, almost mean-spirited.
one poster, on another thread, essentially referred to window washers as 'losers'.
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Kikura
I hear you- unfortunately this is the fine line that people cross in the rush to degenirate anything connected with JWs
A couple of years back someone posted the front page of some Awake article about child rearing- it pictured a mother holding her baby- comments ranged from the baby looks weird to he looks demonic, ugly,retarded etc etc
I remember thinking- had someone posted that this was their baby, the same group would have been cooing- a real turn off with a small minority.
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Hello- new here
by Kikura inbeen lurking for a while on here and thought i'd jump in.
a great deal of many thoughtful posts on here but have to say am a bit turned off with the 'rabid apostate' ones!.
my history- was raised in a divided household, mum converted to jw when pregnant with me back in 1970, dad was never jw but was supportive of taking us to meetings, assemblies etc.
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Kikura
Het thanks all- I read on avidly!!!
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Missing my Mom
by exwhyzee inshe and my dad brought us to the u.s. from ireland in hopes of giving the 4 of us kids a better life with more opportunities.. mom went to school in her village where her mother (my grandmother) was the teacher and the bible was part of the curriculum.
they even used the name jehovah.
her father was a plymouth brethern (think amish or quaker) who was shunned for the rest of his life for marrying my grandmother who wasn't "in the lord"...she belonged to church of ireland.. when the witnesses came to the door after we arrived in the u.s, mom was a shoe-in candidate for their recruitment.
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Kikura
your mum looks a beaut exwhyzee- thanks for sharing.
She looks so similar to my mum- and if you loved her half as much as I do mine, then I feel it.
Much Love.
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Hello- new here
by Kikura inbeen lurking for a while on here and thought i'd jump in.
a great deal of many thoughtful posts on here but have to say am a bit turned off with the 'rabid apostate' ones!.
my history- was raised in a divided household, mum converted to jw when pregnant with me back in 1970, dad was never jw but was supportive of taking us to meetings, assemblies etc.
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Kikura
lol Billy!!!
SAHs- of course in my 20 odd years out I have examined and looked. I understand why some are angry, and I also get why some are hurt, my heart goes out to them. I do get that it might have have been easier for me. I guess I was lucky in my life to be able to just slip away- much like I can slip back in for the Memorial. It's good to be there, as it is to live my life as I do.
It's not healthy I suppose you'd say, to live like this, but I can't just cut off something I still hold close. I am happy, and of course I haven't experienced the trauma that some have here in losing family and friends. I do feel hurt for that.
Scott
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Hello- new here
by Kikura inbeen lurking for a while on here and thought i'd jump in.
a great deal of many thoughtful posts on here but have to say am a bit turned off with the 'rabid apostate' ones!.
my history- was raised in a divided household, mum converted to jw when pregnant with me back in 1970, dad was never jw but was supportive of taking us to meetings, assemblies etc.
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Kikura
Not sure yet how I cut n paste from previous replies- but DOC-who says I have not been hurt or feel harmed?- really? how do youknow I haven't- admittedly its only my 3rd post.
Jgnat- tell me bout your husband- to post 20000+ posts it must be quite a story. and I guess I need to use the search button!
Thanks all for your replies-
Much Love
Scott
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Hello- new here
by Kikura inbeen lurking for a while on here and thought i'd jump in.
a great deal of many thoughtful posts on here but have to say am a bit turned off with the 'rabid apostate' ones!.
my history- was raised in a divided household, mum converted to jw when pregnant with me back in 1970, dad was never jw but was supportive of taking us to meetings, assemblies etc.
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Kikura
Again- thank you. I look forward to contributing.
Have some people really made 20,000 + posts? wow- thats some healing!
Much love
Scott
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Hello- new here
by Kikura inbeen lurking for a while on here and thought i'd jump in.
a great deal of many thoughtful posts on here but have to say am a bit turned off with the 'rabid apostate' ones!.
my history- was raised in a divided household, mum converted to jw when pregnant with me back in 1970, dad was never jw but was supportive of taking us to meetings, assemblies etc.
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Kikura
Thanks all for the welcome!-
I guess my mindset is still good vs evil, truth vs lie, JW vs the world, etc....... does that make sense?
Lol- as for me, I always knew I was gay- it wasn't a gradual thing, just an always knew I was kind of thing. I never 'camped it up' or was effiminate in any way- I love a football match like the next bloke (lol).
I got baptised in 1987, alone at this point as my mum had stopped attending meetings due to her panic attacks- being hemmed in in a closed space. My sister had already just dropped out of the Truth as she had got together with her current husband and was pregnant (public reproof from the platform) I cringed at the announcement, and to my shame didn't support her at the time- (we now have a great relationship and love each other, bro in law and kids and grandkids) yet was determined to press on- I knew what I was, but so wanted to stay in the Truth, and it hurt so much.
I did 'press on' (Move ahead move ahead-lol) but around 1988 started going to a gay pub with my best friend from school (shock!) and sometimes right after the meeting- you can guess what happened next.
A year after I was with my first boyfriend, I missed the meetings of course, but had to move out quickly and fade. That I did. I loved the Truth, but didn't want to be the hypocrite I had become.
So, 2014. I'm out, a long time now. My mum (I love her so much) is trying her best to get back to the meetings. My Dad is still indifferent. My Sister now has grandkids- and attends with all of us at the last Memorial.
Me? I wonder about me. 43 now, in a fantastic relationship. I couldn't have wished for better. Currently my other halfs mum has had a stroke in February, and now has vascular dementia as a result, so we are trying to find her a nursing home. It's very tough.and very sad.
I miss what could have been, but rejoice in what now is (hope that doesn't sound too cliched)
And I still 'hang on' to that little voice in the back of my head. The Truth.
Love to all
Scott
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Hello- new here
by Kikura inbeen lurking for a while on here and thought i'd jump in.
a great deal of many thoughtful posts on here but have to say am a bit turned off with the 'rabid apostate' ones!.
my history- was raised in a divided household, mum converted to jw when pregnant with me back in 1970, dad was never jw but was supportive of taking us to meetings, assemblies etc.
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Hi All
Been lurking for a while on here and thought I'd jump in. A great deal of many thoughtful posts on here but have to say am a bit turned off with the 'rabid apostate' ones!
My History- was raised in a divided household, mum converted to JW when pregnant with me back in 1970, Dad was never JW but was supportive of taking us to meetings, assemblies etc. Stopped being an active JW around 1990- even to type that seems so long ago for something that still has a big hold on me some 24 odd years later.
Still attend the Memorials, and still hold to the teachings I was raised in- just don't follow it as an active JW.
I never experienced some of the situations I read on here, but then I guess thats because I 'slipped away' all those years ago. Quietly, and without a fuss.....
Much love to you all.
Scott