CountryGuy

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Another survey from Lee
by Lady Lee in
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2. friends
reading simon's post about how things used to be i started thinking about how the internet has changed things.

many believe the internet and the freedom of information it contains will be the undoing of the wts.. when i was a jw, there were a few dfings but maybe one a year or even less.

people drifted away but we really didn't pay a lot of attention unless it was a close friend.. in here we see new people coming in all the time.
CountryGuy

I love surveys, too! Here are my answers:
What year did you leave? 1996

How old were you when you left? 24

Did the internet have anything to do with your decision to leave? Yes, but not in the way you might think. I had bought a computer and subscribed to AOL starting in 1994 and began to meet people and make friends within the gay community. In time, I learned to accept my sexuality, not reject it.

If you left before you got on the internet what reading did you do about the WTS or cults that helped you make your decision? None. It never even occured to me to read any 'apostate' literature. Seems simple enough now, though...

What was the one most important reason that helped you decide to leave (even if the decision was made for you through a DFing). The need to be who I was "meant" to be. I could no longer live the lie. I kept remembering the Bible verse that say that God hates a liar. If I kept pretending to be a straight man, and marry an innocent sister to perpetuate that image, was I not lying to everyone, including Jehovah?

If you left and still thought it was "the truth" what helped you change your mind? Honestly, there was that nagging little voice in the back of my mind that kept telling me, "You know they're right. You know Jehovah will kill you at Armageddon. You know you should go back to the KH." That little voice would rear its head every so often in my dreams. This would be in the form of my friends begging me to come back to the "truth" before it was too late. I started researching on the internet and found this site to be most helpful. Without it I never would have learned about the UN or Vicki Boer and her treatment by the WTBS. These two issues were the ones that helped me erase my doubts. Last week I had the first of my "dreams" in several months. This time, my friends only wanted to check on me to make sure I was okay.

Personal Bio per request

by dustin_adam in

hmm.... where to begin?

i should first state that i'm someone who has nothing to hide, although i'm not prooud of some of the things i've done in my life, they were nonetheless experiences to be learned from, and i have spent much energy in trying to do so.

this may turn out to be a rather lengthy posting and even still, there are many things that i will innevitably not include.. i was born in victoria, bc in 1982, the majority of my childhood is not available to me so i have to live mostly on information from my family to fill in the gaps, but we moved around a lot after that up until i was 5, when my parents divorced.

CountryGuy

Welcome to the Board! I hope you learn as much here as I have.

CountryGuy

My life ... and how JWD came to be - Part 1

by Simon in

a few people have asked how jwd came about and what my own story is and while i've posted it in bits and bobs, i've never tried to tell it as a story so here goes .... living in suburbia.

i was born a jw to jw parents who had recently been missionaries / pioneers in ireland and taken literature into countries like spain when it was banned but who were now living in suburbia near to where they had both been brought up.

we lived in a new semi-detached house in a cul-de-sac at the bottom of a hill - fantastic for building go-carts and racing down !

CountryGuy

Thanks for posting your story Simon! I can't wait until the next installment.

By the way, what's your "official" Apostate Super Villian name?

ApostaMan? Hmmm... maybe not. Any other suggestions?

Young People Ask... ANSWERS THAT SUCK.

by shamus in

remember that stupid book that they had, "young people ask, answers that work are weird?

minimus just mentioned it in a thread.... they have that young people ask section in the awake!

magazines.

CountryGuy

I remember that if you got your book at the DC, it included a special message to "Jehovah's Young Witnesses" from the GB.

WHOOOOOPTY FREAKING-DOO!

Like the GB could even remember what it was like to be a young person.

We should all be dead !!

by Simon in

http://www.davesdaily.com/strange-over25_02-04.htm

according to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's probably shouldn't have survived.

our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.

CountryGuy

LAWNDARTS! Don't forget the lawndarts! Too much fun throwing them at your friends!

I wonder if that where my mom (and every other mom in the world) got the phrase, "It's all fun and games, until someone looses an eye!"

Crisis of Conscious

by CountryGuy in

jw
friends

i have read on here over and over how great crisis of conscious is, but i can't find it anywhere.

i have tried to order it from both hastings and barnes & nobel, but neither of them can get it.

they have tried to order it for six weeks now with no luck.

CountryGuy

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

I've been ordering it under the ISBN and the author's name. (I just can't spell.) I guess I'll have to order it online. I read the first chapter on Amazon.com, but I've had issues with them before. Thanks to Dustyb and Euph for the publisher's info.

CountryGuy

Crisis of Conscious

by CountryGuy in

jw
friends

i have read on here over and over how great crisis of conscious is, but i can't find it anywhere.

i have tried to order it from both hastings and barnes & nobel, but neither of them can get it.

they have tried to order it for six weeks now with no luck.

CountryGuy

I have read on here over and over how great Crisis of Conscious is, but I can't find it anywhere. I have tried to order it from both Hastings and Barnes & Nobel, but neither of them can get it. They have tried to order it for six weeks now with no luck. Can anyone direct me in the right direction. I really don't want to buy it online, but will if I have to. Thanks for your help.

CountryGuy

Light A Candle To Remember

by cruzanheart in

jw
friends

tonight on the news i saw yet another story about that dear little 11-year-old girl who was kidnapped and killed.

i thought of her.

i thought of the 77-year-old woman who was kidnapped and killed in our area last week.

CountryGuy

One for my Granpa and Gramma, an aunt, three uncles, two cousins and a friend who all died of cancer.
One for two friends who died of depression. They felt that suicide was the only way out.

I miss them all.

CountryGuy

(I copied and pasted from Lady Lee, thanks!)

If You Found A Wallet----Would You Turn It In??

by minimus in

jw
friends

would you have to think about it??

CountryGuy

I keep all cash in the wallets, all credit cards, checks books, i make a honest effort to turn back to its owners. Cell phones, I usually will make a few long distance calls, then I call the owner and tell them thier phone was found on the bus.

Really? That truely makes me sad. And, it's justified by calling it severance pay... Hmmm... I wonder if the poor folks who's money you take would agree to that line of reasoning?

Oh well, Karma will come back and even the score. Then again, I don't know you except through posts, maybe you've already paid that debt and this is your reward? (Hmmm... you were at Bethel. That's a big something in your Karma credits.)

A Newbie Comment......

by Nan in

jw
friends

i'm a newbie, but have been reading this board for quite a while.

i have never been a jw nor anyone in my family, so i feel like i don't quite fit in with all of you, but hope you'll welcome me.

i have done extensive research and study of the watchtower teachings.

CountryGuy

Welcome to the Board, Nan!

The folks here are a great source of support! I hope you get out of it everything you need to free your son and his wife from the WTBS.

CountryGuy

(Oh, and I hope you stick around a while. It's nice to have another Arkie on the board.)