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  School this fall?

  by StinkyPantz in

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  after a year's hiatus i am finally going back.

  i'm so anxious, sleep it out of the question.

  this first semester i have it easy.. the hard stuff starts in january.. for now:.

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  Atilla

  History High School Teacher and maybe a professor one day. I kinda forget what I signed up for at this point but it's mostly teacher related courses. I have about 2 years left and also my wife is starting up school full time with me in the fall as well, should be fun.
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  I just confronted a car full of dubs in the preaching work!

  by Atilla in

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  yep, just got back from getting my morning coffee and they were across the street from my house talking to a lady that i believe is turning into a return visit.

  i was frantically looking for the un letter, found it and then approached the car as they were just getting back in.

  the old dub guy totally denied any un involvement and went into the speal about why the un and before that league of nations was so bad.

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  Atilla

  Sorry Vit, I have no such info.

  However, I do have an update on this story.

  The car full of dubs that I approached were at my neighbors house. I made my own return visit yesterday. Turns out that my neighbors our typical Christians but just kind of take the magazines to be nice because they like the idea an evangelizing religion. After I told them my life story, they assured my that they would never ever become JW's, I said that was their choice, but they said don't worry, we won't become JW's.

  My neighbor went on to tell me that dubs had been stopping on her for nearly two years and that the older dub(around 50 yrs old) who has been calling on her was raised a JW and that is JW mom just died. Oh well, I still hope he loses this return visit and I gave her info. about such topics from blood to child abuse. The child abuse issue was particulary upsetting to her as her grandchildren live with her and she promised to question the dubs on their next visit. (Info. I gave her all came from WT Quotes)-no apostate literature here!

  Well, it looks like my work is done.
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  Can you just have your publisher card removed?

  by Atilla in

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  there has been much discussion on this board lately about disassociation, the pros, cons, etc.

  i have not da'd myself yet because i don't want to play into their hands but that is about the only reason.

  i know some people have tried the whole baptism nullification with mixed results but i'm curious if you could simply call up the head elder of your former kh and simply request that your your name and information be destroyed, you no longer want to be bothered.

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  I wrote and told them(Kingdom Hall) to please send my membership card to such and such church if I'd get any response.

  Ah, I love that idea, only problem is that I don't have another church for them to send a card to, and don't ever plan to have another church. Oh, well, I could always make up some church.
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  Opinions on a letter i am sending my family

  by jaredg in

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  hey guys.

  both my mom, dad and sister have asked me to write them with my reasons and concerns for leaving the wts.

  this is what i wrote them.

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  Atilla

  Loved your letter, printed it out for future reference. It's such a fine line to walk with your parents without getting frustrated with their JW beliefs and then telling them to bugger off. Well, good luck.
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  Can you just have your publisher card removed?

  by Atilla in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there has been much discussion on this board lately about disassociation, the pros, cons, etc.

  i have not da'd myself yet because i don't want to play into their hands but that is about the only reason.

  i know some people have tried the whole baptism nullification with mixed results but i'm curious if you could simply call up the head elder of your former kh and simply request that your your name and information be destroyed, you no longer want to be bothered.

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  Atilla

  There has been much discussion on this board lately about disassociation, the pros, cons, etc. I have not DA'd myself yet because I don't want to play into their hands but that is about the only reason. I know some people have tried the whole baptism nullification with mixed results but I'm curious if you could simply call up the head elder of your former KH and simply request that your your name and information be destroyed, you no longer want to be bothered.

  There would be no real announcement unless you wanted, just done and over. Any experiences with this method out there?

  I think this might work for me because I've been out for nearly 3 years, just left one day, and haven't been back since and I have moved away from my old KH area.
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  Did the WTS make an atheist out of you?

  by JH in

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  shouldn't a religion bring people closer to god?

  it would seem that many became atheist after being deceived by the wts.

  unlike other religions, the wts was very precise in what was to happen during the 20th century.

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  No, but they did speed along the process alone with my college education and common sense.

  Remember, god is just an imaginary friend for adults.
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  What Would A Jehovah's Witness Reality Show Be Like??

  by minimus in

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  ...this should be interesting!

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  Well, we don't have a JW reality show yet but I did see that there is a former JW on Road Rules. From what I heard, the first episode for like the first 10 minutes was just her telling her sad story growing up as a JW and everyone else just grimacing. I guess no more MTV for the young dub kids.
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  Survived The DC!!!

  by Doubtfully Yours in

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  ate more than i've eaten in weeks!

  breakfast and dinner buffet daily!!!

  got to see people than i hadn't seen in ages!!!.

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  Atilla

  The scene of the demon-possessed slave girl was only 15 seconds long (I timed it), and the drama itself was 45 mins; so, as much as it was blown out of proportion by some on this board, it was really NOTHING to be concerned with in reference to children's and young adult's well being.

  I respect your analysis and haven't seen the drama myself but I must say that sometimes we as adults forget or marginalize a certain event because we are older not realizing how a child may view the same material. Fifteen seconds may seem like nothing to us but those 15 seconds could really mess with a child's head. Kids have enough to worry about let alone thinking about imaginary demons attacking them.

  Remember, God is just an imaginary friend for adults.
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  Poughkeepsie Journal puts postive spin on JWs

  by ezekiel3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  source: http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/saturday/localnews/stories/lo080704s2.shtml (scan down for highlighted section about jws)

  saturday, august 7, 2004. technology conserves bloodby elizabeth lynch.

  poughkeepsie journal.

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  Atilla

  Someone should email the writer Elizabeth Lynch and tell her the whole story.
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  What have you replaced the Sunday meetings with?

  by Glenmore in

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  i have got into the habit of checking this forum and then going out on the deck (which we call the church of flow, it's a perch about 30' up) and playing my guitar for an hour or so - particularly on nice days like today.

  then i come back in, look a bit of tv, eat, read and stuff like that.

  i consider my sunday's sacred, i won't go anywhere unless i have to.

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  Atilla

  Apparently nothing