Posts by ducatijoe

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Need some help from you guys

by bobert in

so recently i've been preparing to move out of my parents house, and i've been seeking social assistance.

at my appointment, my social worker asked me for references to people who know about my situation at home.

i know probably nnone of you guys know me too well personally, or my home life, but i know all of you guys have been through similar situations.

Sorry... not all of us do! I worked hard from a young age as a JW. Started my own company and did very well. Do your parents beat you? Do the not feed you? oh.... they make you go to meetings? What a shame.

You may be better off staying in a free home until you have aquired skills to make it in this world.

If as an adult you still want to leave the JWS.. go for it. You will find a great and wonderful wourld out here.

However if you start out with the government supporting you.... not so sure of your outcome.

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I love my life, I don't want to die

by losingit in

hello everyone..... i've been thinking a lot lately, when i have a chance to be alone my mind immediately comes to the topic at hand-- i don't want to die.

what would happen to my precious little girls?

but i'm so scared that it's going to happen.

ducatijoe

Losinit...

In 06 I had a heart attac while riding my motorcycle. All I could thing of while in the hospital was "I can't die! What about my family, what about my secrets, what about my sins"

The following year I was DFed for living a double life. I had changed much of my life by then. No longer living a double life, got things is order, thought all was good. However my past was discovered and I was rightly DFed.

My world came crashing in! I lost all that was important to me. I would walk around Wal mart late at night just to get to the morning.

During this time I had a second heart attac. This time few were at my bed side. I thought I was not going to make it. However , this time I did not have the same fear. I did not care if I lived or died.

I recovered, was re-instated and life went on. But not the same.

Everything from the speakers sounded differant. The Brothers and sisters were differant.

I then decided to leave on my own.

Life has never been better. Please hang in there. Do not fear what will come. It will suprise you!

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New Tactic

by sprintcmp in

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28166192.

i had not seen much of this even in the chicago area, but in small town bloomington-normal, il (pop.

150,000) i have seen this new tactic for the last two days at a busy train/bus station which is located in the heart of town.

ducatijoe

OMG... Yesterday I was in the New York Subway.. There were 5 publishers with their lit. stand... just standing there... no interaction with people.

They needed a TIME PUNCH CLOCK next to them.

I however was enjoying my visit ti New York city!

So happy to be free

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Seriously considering stepping down as Elder

by fader77 in

i have been an elder for 6 years.

it's been the last 2 years or so that i've really seen the hypocrisy, but the ability to know the shenanigans of the society through the body of elders letters has kind of kept me in there.

i'm to the point now that i can't stand the hatred and bitterness that the body of elders has towards myself and my whole family.

ducatijoe

Difficult for me as to why you would even concider staying on as an Elder when you are ashing us on this site.

I can say , in my case, I was an Elder for many years and now have left and never happier.

Whhatever you think you may loose... you will find many times more friends and joy outside!

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Fading, Stopping Meetings, DA or DF'ing, Thoughts on Getting the Hell Out Of There

by OnTheWayOut in

so i read some threads about why someone remains a ministerial servant or elder, or why they are still active jw's.

others are telling stories about how they cut back slowly, and some of them got removed as ms/elder/pioneer or whatever.

yet others tell of how they just up and stopped going one day.

ducatijoe

This is up to YOU, and YOU alone.

I chose to leave. I too was an Elder for many years. I have no ill will for those who stay. It is a safe life.

I do miss my family, but it is they who will not talk to me.

Life outside can be great, however I do see many on this site that are messed up. No doubt they were taht way when they were in too.

Have no fear!!! Anyone who wants CAN get out!

Never been happier!

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Convention Hotel "list"- Free rooms for JW/WT "dignitaries"?

by Darth Fader The Sequel in

in all my years of being a jw, one of the more annoying aspects to me was each year sitting through the service meeting review part about what was expected (see: demanded) behavior and policies that the rest of us rank and file were ordered to comply with to attend a district convention.

the minutia in this part and the over-reaching set of rules were enough to drive me into a lather of rage at the audacity of these people thinking they could and should control every single aspect of my attendance to this "free" and voluntary convention.

from what clothing i can wear on my trip to and from the convention city, to what clothing i can wear before and after each day of the convention, to what i should be doing after each day instead of eating dinner and enjoying some good times with good friends, to insisting on wearing a ridiculous name badge, to what i should eat for lunch and where i should eat lunch and what is the appropriate container to keep my lunch in, to .................. the list is endless!!!!!!!!

ducatijoe

Comp rooms are part of the hotel system. I travel 275 nights a year. My Company gets Comps all the time.

If some poor family wants to go to a JW Convention... Who cares.

I would rather go for a long ride on my time off. But if they get a free room... who cares

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So Happy to Learn About Homemade Weed Killer

by Iown Mylife in

three days ago we mixed up the recipe and sprayed the driveway cracks and several places where the weeds have been hard to get rid of.. today the weeds are dead just like when we've sprayed commercial weed killer.. mix one gallon white vinegar, 1 cup salt, 5 to 6 tablespoons of dawn dishwashing liquid.

note: don't spray if it's fixin' to rain, wait for dry weather so the stuff will stay on the weeds.

and don't spray where you want anything to grow ever!.

ducatijoe

Cool!!! Weeds suck!

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need advice

by search4truth in

jw
friends

i'm trying to fade away from the jw religion fully aware of ttatt .

my wife is still under mind control of this cult and teenager 14 years old attending most of the meetings an some ministry arrangements but is not interested and going just to please mum.

i actively educate my son about about other cults and their practices and he knows i don't believe that wt has anything to do with god.

ducatijoe

I have found it best to do what I feel is best for me. I have left. My family remains. That is their choice. I never try to pursuade them differant.

I have never been happier. Miss my family though... Still happy

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The no voting/no political doctrine is very flawed!

by EndofMysteries in

you all know the doctrine, it's satan's system, can't participate, voting means putting faith in man instead of god, etc.

if so, if god put them in place, then he put faith in them to handle things to an extent and so if you happen to live in a country where people vote on how that government does things, should they not be voting?

now here is a real contradiction...... as the bible says, it's impossible to get outside of the world.

ducatijoe

Who ever posted the WT article needs to tell their elders they are on here. Ball up!

Hope you are not counting your time helping all of us lost souls!

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Motorcycle riders: Who are you and what do you ride?

by UnConfused in

suzuki boulevard c50 for me.. .

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ducatijoe

gs800 is a blast. I re-geared the rear sprocket to a 47t. Put a Rimus pipe on it and a taller windsheild. Loves to wheelie in second now!

A bit heavy for much more than fire roads. I ride in Arizona and Colorado