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Growing up a gay Jehovah's Witness (My Life Story)

by m0nk3y in

i feel the need to express how i feel and felt about my life as a gay man.

i was brought up from birth as a jehovahs witness.

this has played a major part in my life and it has been a real struggle to get past.

Mysterious

I've struggled with being attracted to men and still do sometimes.

Of course you do, you can't change your attraction.

I think it's really the reward of everlasting life and the possibility of "being cured" of homosexuality in the future paradise that can attract a gay man to the Witnesses teachings. Having a normal life, family, kids, being a daddy, having a future like the majority around us.

You don't need to be cured, you are fine just the way you are. You can live a normal life, you can have a family/kids and be a daddy. Guess what gay people have futures too.

I was more bi than gay to be correct. The gay thing wasn't me though. I found it to be a depressing and lonely experience devoid of anything close to spirituality I had while I was a practising Christian JW. Maybe I was wrong , I don't know. Time will tell whether I was right or wrong to abandon it.

Of course you were depressed! You keep telling yourself you can't have a normal life and that you need to be cured. You will never be happy unless you accept who you are without guilt, shame or fear.

Joseph Nicolosi's book "Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality" helped me sort out some of this sex confusion I had.

Load of crap. Just be who you are, no book is going to change that.

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I broke...

by Mysterious in

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...a board yesterday in tae kwon do, my first.

:-d i was the only white belt who broke one too.

it was excellent empowerment therapy.

Mysterious

Erm I'll still take that blank check if it will make you feel better O:-)

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I broke...

by Mysterious in

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...a board yesterday in tae kwon do, my first.

:-d i was the only white belt who broke one too.

it was excellent empowerment therapy.

Mysterious

...a board yesterday in Tae Kwon Do, my first. :-D I was the only white belt who broke one too. It was excellent empowerment therapy. /grin

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pool party

by Mysterious in

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this weekend i went to a pool party at the house of a girl i know from work.

there were probably close to 30 people there and i only knew about 4 of them, plus they were all about 3-6 years younger than me and mostly in high school but i had an absolute blast.

it really was all that i wish high school could have been but wasn't because i was a jw.

This weekend I went to a pool party at the house of a girl I know from work. There were probably close to 30 people there and I only knew about 4 of them, plus they were all about 3-6 years younger than me and mostly in high school but I had an absolute blast. It really was all that I wish high school could have been but wasn't because I was a JW. I never would have even had the confidence to go even a couple of years ago. I also can't think of a better contrast to the "horrors" with which JWs portray worldy parties. It was just a group of friends having a good time and everyone was friendly but laid back. It helped so much in making me feel like I haven't missed out on everything growing up.

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Letter to My Mother--FINAL!--After 2yrs3mos--Incomprehensibly Long...

by Confession in

[2 john 9 11, nwt].

[john 14:6, nwt] .

Mysterious

You know I never heard anything called incomprehensibly long before, now I know.

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Mean Kitty Song

by Mysterious in

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=qit3alteloo.

lol so true.

my cat will drink water anywhere except from his bowl.

Mysterious

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo

Has anyone seen this? Lol so true. My cat will drink water anywhere except from his bowl. If you leave water in a glass he drinks it and if it is too low down he puts his paws in it and sucks the water out.

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Not Born-in, Not converted as adult. The In-Betweens

by Lady Lee in

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i think some of us get lost somewhere in the middle.. my kids knew nothing else but the jw lifestyle.

they could only guess what holidays were like.. my jw husband converted when he was 20 an adult...a young adult but still an adult.

he wasn't influenced by his parents.

Mysterious

I wonder if in some way the born-ins had it a bit easier. They had been doing this since they started school.

Very much enjoying this thread but as a born in I think I'll respond to this one. Yes in some ways it was easier because from the get go we couldn't do anything and so after a few grades in the same school kids stopped asking. However, it was every bit as hard any time you move, change schools, get new teachers or new classmates. Also we enjoy the added burden of never having had a 'normal' social life and I suspect from what I have learned of early childhood socialization that some of us will forever be a bit socially damaged as a result.

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