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  How long did it take you?

  by jumper in

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  i spent most of my life waiting for the sky to fall, with most aspects of my life dominated by fear.

  iam 37 and havent set foot in kh in over 8 years but at times even today when my brain say things like "dont think you have gotten away with anything gods still going to kill you".

  the thoughts dont stay very long or come very often but when they do its out of the blue, and not cool at all.

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  They have nothing to loose by shunning

  by garybuss in

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  if my attitude toward the shunners is to be waiting for them with a full pardon, waiting for them to quit shunning me so i can shower them with love as their reward for being jerks, they have nothing to lose by continuing the shunning.

  they don't have a dog in the fight.

  if children who shun parents were notified by the parents that they will loose their inheritance if they continue the shunning, all of a sudden they have something to loose by shunning.. .

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  My story

  by SC_Guy in

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  dear friends, .

  i belive i signed up to this fourm a month or so ago, yet i find that durning this time it has taken some time for me to come up with a way for me to share what has happend in my breif period of living.

  my parents moved out of that area when i knew harold by the way.

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  Do any of you start humming a Kingdon tune out of the blue?

  by Singing Man in

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  do any of you start humming a kingdon tune out of the blue?

  i do from time to time, i love music you can take any key and there will be a kingdom song that starts with it.

  that is how i learned how to play a harmonica was by remembering the tunes of jehovah's witness's.

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  Did You Ever Tell An Elder Off??? How Did It Feel???

  by minimus in

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  some comments here, suggest regret---that you were afraid of these simple men.

  have you ever told an elder off?

  what was the result?

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  Thinking of writing a letter

  by jumper in

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  i am thinking of writing a letter of disasociation, sometimes when faced with a hard decision i make a list, a lot of times it takes a number of lists befor i get any clearity.

  here is my list so far.. 1) do i really need to in order to recover?

  its been almost 8 years doesnt time help to heal?.

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  Are we there yet ?

  by jumper in

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  this might date me, but here goes.

  in 1974 i was eight years old i can remember my parents egerly looking forword to the big "a" there were many preperation to be maid, we stocked up on large cans of goverment surpluse welfair food, we set aside books & magz my mom though we should bury them, my dad said it would be safe enough just to hide them under the house, (he did'nt want to dig the hole).

  when back to school time came around they were considering keeping us out of school, and there was much talk about who we would first get to talk to among the risen dead.

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  Getting drunk a sin?

  by Coop Man in

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  2. beliefs

  i have a pretty interesting perspective on this.....especially since i once had all of my privledges removed because i had admitted to an elder that i was hungover..... the scriptures state that drunkards will not inherit gods' kingdom, nor will gluttons.... gluttony is the practice of over-eating, much the same is being a drunkard is one who is continuously drunk.

  so, in my feeble mind, getting drunk "once-in-a-while" is not a sin, just the same as overeating at mcdonalds or at grandma's house is not a sin.. am i incorrect in my reasoning?.

  thanks to all participants.

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  I thought I was over it .

  by jumper in

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  my name is joel i was raised as a jw, dunked at tweleve years old df 'ed at 17, 19, & 21 and then back in at 24 my father was an elder, my mother was the perfect model of subjection.

  four times a week we would all put on our smiles and go to the kingdom hall the book study and out in service.

  dressed impecably, and always well prepaired, all seemed as it should be, but at home things were crazy.. im sure that my experance is much like many of yours.

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  I have a hard time blaming the Watchtower

  by spiritwalker in

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  " if the watchtower said it, and the men on the platform preached it, then it must have been true.

  so it was very hard to accept as an adult, that they were wrong.

  i blame myself.

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