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  A coming out story to my mother.

  by JennyBoo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i actually came out to my mother a few days ago.

  told her how i really felt about being a jw (jehovah's witness) and how i wasn't straight.

  i wasn't surprised by the disapproving response i got because really, i wasn't expecting any more.

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  SoJo16

  You just sleep so much better when you aren't lying to yourself. Welcome!
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  Is there anything about the JW's you still like?

  by donny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some jw's on various postingshave asked me was there anything about the jw's i still agree with.

  of course there are some things i agree with and some i partially do.

  1. political involvement - while i do not agree with totally avoiding anything associated with politics, i agree that many of todays churches are way too involved in trying to sway their constituents beliefs.

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  I do still tend to believe that when you die you are dead--no ticket to heaven, no hell, and no eternal soul. I do not believe in a resurrection. There's a popular tv show now about what happens when the dead walk.
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  WALKING DEAD fans - Was that a JW at the very end of the latest episode?

  by Zoos in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  did you see the last episode?

  that nicely dressed, freshly-shaven young man that came out from behind the trees at the very end and said:.

  i didn't mean to interrupt.

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  SoJo16

  My love for this show definitely has its roots in watching for the end of the world.
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  I just wanna know WHY ! ! ??

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just wanna know why...after a thousand dang years, jehovah would even want to think about lettin go of the dude who started it all....satan.

  why?..

  like a thousand years is a long time, and people are supposed to be gettin perfect n stuff during this time, and the earth is supposed to be gettin all perfectionized.... so satan can f- - - it all up again?.

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  Because even after surviving Armageddon and cleaning up the Earth, you're still never going to be free.
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  Seriously, Why Can’t Jehovah’s Witness Women Wear Pants?

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found this.

  http://jwvictims.org/2014/02/05/seriously-why-cant-jehovahs-witness-women-wear-pants/.

  seriously, why cant jehovahs witness women wear pants?.

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  SoJo16

  HuffPo had an article in 2013 about Mormon women staging a 'wear pants to church' Sunday. Guess no sisters would dare coordinate such a bold protest.

  For the longest time after leaving, I refused to wear a skirt or dress. But over the last couple years, my hate for skirts has diminished, especially for maxi dresses that flaunt the girls! Who cares if I'm not particularly modest...nobody lives forever.  
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  No knowledge of settlements, and no curiosity, either

  by SoJo16 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i spent this last weekend with my mother, who is still in.

  the local newspaper ran a headline about child abuse by a priest, and she made a comment about the priests abusing kids again.

  without missing a beat, i said 'haven't you all been settling a lot of child sex abuse claims yourselves?

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  SoJo16

  i spent this last weekend with my mother, who is still in. The local newspaper ran a headline about child abuse by a priest, and she made a comment about the priests abusing kids again. Without missing a beat, I said 'haven't you all been settling a lot of child sex abuse claims yourselves?' She responded right back 'not that I'm aware of'. In the moment, I decided to leave it at that...maybe it will be enough of a tease that she'll Google it. I wanted to be super careful not to challenge her so much that she shut down.

  it's amazing how much my feeling towards her have changed since this site and all of your comments helped me realize that I don't dislike her...I love her. It's her religion I can't stand.
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  'Big Eyes' Movie is the story of art couple Margaret (an XJW) and Walter Keane

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/tim-burton-big-eyes-new-movie-margaret-walter-keane-amy-adams-christoph-waltz_n_3013705.html.

  tim burton 'big eyes' movie tells the story of art couple margaret and walter keane.

  tim burton, a filmmaker known for his own brand of ghoulish cartoon characters, is taking on the world of wide-eyed artist, margaret keane, in a new movie aptly titled "big eyes.".

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  Saw the movie today--several references to JWs. Kind of makes me want an original Keane.
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  If Your JW Parent Died Would YOU Go To The Kingdom Hall For The Talk?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i would like your thoughts, please..

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  My mother had all her JW friends at my non-JW grandmother's funeral, and then a post-funeral gathering at a JW's home. My sisters and I, who were born-in but left or faded when we went to college, had to deal with our grief in front of all the witnesses, which was very emotionally difficult and stressful. of course all the witnesses we had grown up around decided they could forgo the shunning for a few minutes and speak to us which was exquisitely uncomfortable For us, and probably them, too.

  I was so angry and distraught over that experience that I did not attend my witness father's funeral a year later.
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  Watchtower 'Experts' on Being Gay?

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  have you seen this article?.

  the watchtower is trying to be experts on all things having to do with human sexuality.. repressing sexual desires, gay or straight only creates more problems.. http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/ask/pressure-to-be-gay/.

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  The only way to avoid fornication is to get married. So in all the states where same sex marriage is legal, if two same sex brothers get legally married, can't d'f them for fornication.
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  US-Cuba diplomatic breakthrough: Obama and Castro agree to thaw relations after prisoner exchange

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  who'd have thought it possible?

  but that's a headline this morning in the canberra times.. us-cuba diplomatic breakthrough: obama and castro agree to thaw relations after prisoner exchange.

  date: december 18, 2014 - 5:37am.

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  I'm thinking about going for a hot holiday in February before the travel ban is lifted. Canadians who've been always say the best thing about Cuba is no Americans. Doesn't seem like there are any legal consequences nowadays for americans who do defy the travel ban.