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  New To The Board

  by exjdub in

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  i just wanted to introduce myself and tell everyone that i have enjoyed many of the posts.

  i wish that this resource was available 7 years ago when i walked away from the organization, it would have helped my transition a great deal.

  i also wanted to say that it is enjoyable to come to a forum that is not on an angry rant about the organization on a constant basis.

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  boa

  welcome exjdubbie! oops thats not yer name i know, i just like saying dubbie dubbie dubbie alot.

  hope you enjoy yer stay here and maybe i'll see yah in chat eh?

  ps, if your a 'hot' babe, the unwritten rule (you should be used to those being an exjdub) is that you hafta post a pic of yourself. Otherwise if you're a guy, you hafta post a pic of a hot babe anyway.

  boa

  k, i'll be good now (uh huh)

  btw you'll never catch up to my posts cuz i'll post to all your posts and stay ahead of you! LOL! just kidding
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  Instant Messangers???

  by ApagaLaLuz in

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  hi kids!

  i finally broke down and got an instant messenger to use regularly.

  anyone want to trade message sign ons?.

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  boa

  i'm on msn as [email protected]

  happy to chat

  boa

  will be honest if the subject is something i'm not interested in chatting about
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  Would the WT society disfellowship Jesus?

  by ELON14 in

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  about three weeks before i handed in my letter of disassociation (two months ago) two elders from my congregation came to my door,for the first time since my son's death (which happened 8 months earlier).i knew it wasn't a special love for me or my family that suddenly motivated them to come.for few weeks prior to that visit i was sharing the new truth about the 'truth' that i was discovering with any listening ear.

  now it was obvious to me that these two elders had been sent by the body of elders to hear it themselves so it can be used against me...and hear they did.

  the 'poor' elders had to stand there (they refused to come in) and listen to it all.

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  yes, i believe they would.

  i love this thread - another favourite!

  it also reminded me of that experience where a brother from the podium said that even if 'an angel from heaven' were to come down and tell you something different than the 'truth' as espoused by brooklyn, you should reject it - welllll, they believe jesus is the head angel right? this whole thing with them is sick!

  boa

  i'd like to make a public announcement to the hall that I have convened a 'judicial committe' of the wife and I and after careful consideration am DISFELLOWSHIPPING the wts for Apostacy LOL!
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  Would You Care If You Got Disfellowshipped At This Point In Time?

  by minimus in

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  just wondering....

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  boa

  minimus - your turn to answer!
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  Would You Care If You Got Disfellowshipped At This Point In Time?

  by minimus in

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  just wondering....

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  boa

  not the best time, but we (wiffee and me) are 'getting our things in order' for whatever exit occurs.

  new nonjw friends, informed the nonjw relatives we're not jws

  told the doc today we're not jws thus remove all non-blood stuff we gave before - boy was she pleased!

  I have virtually all my family and friends as jws, so the cost would be high, however, the cost to my conscience in believing, or following or supporting a lie would be higher. I don't have a problem with those who want to fade, or go out with a big bang (liked little toe - awesome!) So I suspect we won't 'stay under the radar forever' but do have some important 'work' to do with a few select relatives and a couple of close friends

  boa - who would prefer to da as an act by me instead of them dfing me and making up some talk to 'warn' the cong.
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  What books are in the Bethel Library?

  by badboy in

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  boa

  its been a few years but they have literature going a long way back - way before the cutoff on the CD rom.

  also, i believe they had the bood of Mormon and there is lots of general secular reference works like encyclopedias and so forth

  many different bible translations as well

  boa

  before this site, I only once dabbled with putting in 'jehovah's witnesses' into a search engine and it was while i was at bethel (when i first was ever hooked up to the internet). I avoided the 'apostate' stuff, however, not before reading about the claim of some impropriety or other by the organization in germany before wwII at some meeting hall. The reference on the net was to a very old yearbook that would normally be hard to find but was there at the bethel library and i looked up the info. It was inconclusive to me and funny enough, that same year (1998) the society came out with an article in an awake I believe, addressing this claim by 'apostates' although how truthful it was I don't know. I never looked for outside information on the org until 8 weeks ago and even that was a fluke looking for a different article on the proposal by a group called 'formulism' to the UN to ban religion. My wiffee found a link to this site where the full quote about the group is somewhere.
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  What JWs think when they visit "apostates"

  by Sirona in

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  a friend of mine was recently disfellowshipped (lets call him john, false name but serves the purpose of this).

  he was a ministerial servant within the cong (heading for elder).

  anyway, he got back in touch after the "fall".

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  nice success story sirona, thank you

  As a new exjdub, I appreciate so much that many of you come across as reasonable and calm despite the strong feelings to do otherwise to this organization. What I mean is that treating the rank and file dubbies kindly lends credibility to the course we've chosen.

  As a dub I followed the 'rules' strictly and avoided 'apostate' literature like the plague and figured the reasoning book could handle ANY other religion's beliefs no problem - jeece. However, I also always questioned the reasoning behind the great command to avoid such literature for the obvious reason of 'truth' should be able to stand up to 'half-truths and outright falsehoods' (feb15/2004 wt, 2nd study article) that anyone could bring up - another jeece thank you.

  boa

  ...still wiping sand off of face exdubbie...
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  Adventures in counting time...or how to waste the entire day in service...

  by TresHappy in

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  my jw friend was telling me the other day how many of her fellow jw's lie on their time reports...i jokingly said "doesn't everyone?

  "..to which she replied...probably.

  there were myriads of ways that are universal, but what about the unique ways in which you reached your goal?

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  before reading the posts here, I thought to myself that I was really honest in counting time in the sense I didn't count hrs that I wasn't actually out in service, however....

  I guess I was really fooling myself because while pioneering for several yrs I employed many of the methods mentioned above to stretch time travelling, waiting around, and in counting a break if I went through the drive-thru even if I still stopped somewhere to eat or break - as if that is so much better than just going in and counting the time! sheesh

  I do have one technique that wasn't mentioned - going to the 'weak' ones for 15 minutes or so or sometimes longer while in service - a stretch of the rules but one done regularly by lotsa pioneers, bros and sisters. Also, there was a reason the pioneers just LOVED the rural witnessing where it could take an hour or more to do a few calls then have to go back.

  Another great one is all the time it took to write up a letter and organize it into envelopes and send them etc. - all counted heh heh. And damn well written by hand not photocopied - that trick got my 1000 hrs completed one year!

  boa

  counting time sucks
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  What is Your purpose/point for being here?

  by ScoobySnax in

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  i get asked that question alot, some even ask what exactly my purpose is!

  i can live with it.. if i had to answer my own question, i'd have to say it broken down into a number of points.

  a. i like to see what the latest stuff is happening on the "apostate" side.. b. i like to watch the politics of this group.

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  boa

  nothing too fancy for me - I'm exercising my freedom from jws - doing what formerly was forbidden - learning about the org in all its good and bad from outside sources. (and scooby, you are like so many dubs who don't follow the 'rules' about 'apostates' and a host of other activities which if found out, would be punished)

  there is a tremendous amount of information on this site about my former religion that I want to read about and on other beliefs I want to weigh. It was a reference to COC on this site that led me to borrow it from the library and LEARN about the real wts - i've since bought my own and several other books about the wts

  most importantly, it is the wonderful support group of all you great people in all your diversity that will keep me here for a long time (if I don't get booted first heh heh)

  boa

  (and to think I wasn't going to post to any of your threads scooby after I got p'd off on one of your other threads - sheesh. You seem to be capable of being somewhat reasonable, and this was a great thread, thanx )
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  If The Watchtower Allowed You To Ask A Question From Readers......

  by minimus in

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  what would your question be?

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  boa

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