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  The secret fears - did you have any?

  by days of future passed in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think many jw's have secret fears in common, but don't often voice them.

  it's too bad because then they might wonder why?.

  for instance, one day at work while i was talking to one of the witness ladies, (on her belief of some bible proof of the last days) she suddenly lowered her voice.

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  As a child and teenager I had a fear of being abandoned. Probably the result of the disfellowshipping edicts. I would often be found asking "Can you be disfellowshipped for ******* or *******"? I think that what was at the basis of my fear was that I knew my parent's love had a conditional element to it and that if I was disfellowshipped I'd have no-one left in my life.

  In later years I confronted my fears when I was disfellowshipped, and sure enough my parents did act exactly as I had feared that they would. The difference was of course that this happened when I was young adult and I was then capable of ensuring my own survival.
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  What Is The Most Ridiculous Thing You Have Heard From A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i remember an elder questioning a woman who had admitted to giving and receiving oral sex from her unbelieving mate.

  he asked her the most intimate questions which clearly flustered her.

  interestingly, she “confessed “ to the elders because her conscience bothered her.

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  " We'll take out a 25 year mortgage Honey instead of the 20 years. The payments will be less and it'll never be paid up anyway." My Dad to my Mum, 1964.
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  Lloyd’s new book

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i see there has already been discussion over lloyd’s new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

  this includes discussion around his personality, motives and financial gains.

  i have written a foreword for this book, because it is an important topic that has not been covered in such a complete format before.

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  Watched Paddington 2 last weekend. Is Phoenix Buchanan really Lloyd in disguise? There seem to be similarities..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUmkq0yBAqU
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  Anybody here like to dabble on the roulette wheel ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i came to the conclusion a long time ago that many jehovah`s witnesses are very superstitious in my opinion.. if after leaving the jw`s or even sometime before leaving the jw`s you may have been tempted to use the pokie`s /slots or the lotto , or even the roulette wheel at a casino .

  now did you know that if you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel it adds up to 666 .?.

  now i have no problem myself playing lotto ,keno ,scratchies ,etc,however ,would i ever play the roulette wheel ever again ?.

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  Met my missus in a casino while I was playing roulette. I've got a pic somewhere. She was a trolly dolly..
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  Lloyd Evans' New Book - Is It Really Necessary?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so lloyd evans will shortly be releasing his new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

  i do enjoy his rebuttals and the stuff he manages to get hold of and leak.

  but i'm struggling to understand what he could possibly write to merit a whole book.. all info on how to leave is right here on this forum.

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  Some folk climb aboard a scene and want to take over as leader. I've seen it quite a few times. Generally it's more to do with ego than anything else.
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  Lost my virginity a week before first public talk

  by ElderEtta in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i had just turned 18 and was a young mover in our congregation, vac pioneering on summer vacation, instruction talks in the km school and at local circuit assembly, plans to serve where the need was greater in a different state.

  i was also engaged to be married in the following spring to a girl in that distant state.. this was november and i had just registered for the draft having turned 18. my parents said i could make my move after registering.

  i saw the stack of handbill invitations to my very first public talk although i can't remember its title.

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  LOL..I had to take the Watchtower study 2 hours after losing mine!
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  Lloyd Evans' New Book - Is It Really Necessary?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so lloyd evans will shortly be releasing his new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

  i do enjoy his rebuttals and the stuff he manages to get hold of and leak.

  but i'm struggling to understand what he could possibly write to merit a whole book.. all info on how to leave is right here on this forum.

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  After being out for 40+ years allow me to assist in how to leave.

  1. Make sure that you really don't believe in it any more. That is the key.

  2. Accept the fact that no matter what you say or write to friends or elders, the impression that you will make on still-ins is absolutely zero. So don't bother to explain, they'll make even more mileage out of that than if you just walk.You say it best when you say nothing at all.

  3. Accept that you will lose friends and possibly loved ones too. You will, without doubt. Accept it, or don't do it.

  4. Fill your spare time with good stuff. Most of your non-working hours will have been spent on witnessy things. You'll have a big hole to fill.

  5. Recognise the fact that you, as a human, are a social creature and that you need people. So get a social scene organised anyway that you can. College, sports, hobbies, whatever.

  6. Don't look for an alternative religion. It'll just be another belief system to replace the last one. Forget it. If there is a God and he wants you to do something, he's pretty sure to tell you.

  7. Don't become a victim. Victims can quickly become a pain in the arse and the sympathy you receive initially will dry up very quickly.

  8. Learn how to have fun!
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  Massive hints against alcohol

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the most recent assembly there were several heavy hints about not drinking alcohol at all.

  saying that it doesn't give a good witness or would stumble others.. is this a new "unwritten directive?.

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  WTF is this stumbling thang anyway? He's done something I don't like so therefore it's not the truth so I'm off? Seems pretty juvenile to me.
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  Memorial.. To go or not to go

  by Emily1987 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, as some of you will know myself and my husband are in the process of fading.

  haven't been to a meeting since beginning of 2017. .

  we weren't planning on going to the memorial, but last week my mother broke down and said that we have to go to the memorial even if it's the only meeting i go to this year.

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  I went once with my mother, about 20 years after I'd been disfellowshipped. It was a huge mistake. Rumours flew around that I was "making my way back", so I received calls from the elders and offers of a special study just for DF'd persons - weird or what?
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  Is porn really such a big problem in the wt?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the most recent circuit assembly there was a lot about porn and warning against porn.

  even warning against looking at swim wear adverts!

  so i was wondering, is porn really such an issue in the wt?.

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  Watching porn is like supporting capital punishment. We eventually grow out of it. Until then, just enjoy it.