Hi pyrojoe.. welcome to the forum.. My husband and I were raised as JWS..we made the decision to leave 20 years ago.. We officially disassociated ourselves because we just wanted to have no affliiation with them at all.. We didn't want to be D'Fd as we did nothing we felt warranted that.. We just wanted to be able to have free thinking and live our lives with out being judged by the org..
lilybird
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How many former JW witness current this forum
by PyroJoe init tough.
feelings are without explaination.
please allow me to feel others in grief.
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When your door bell rings, do you still think it might be the elders?
by JH in.
i live in an apartment building, and i just heard the door bells ringing here and there, which automatically made me think that it could be the jw's.... when someone is at the door here, knocking or ringing, i'm always fearful that it will be them....
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lilybird
Nope.. because our house seems to be marked on their territory as apostates or at least disassociated..My mother in law still attends the congregation in our area.. So they would know we still live here.. I have seen Dubs on the street but they always bypass our house..
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Shunned!!
by RichieRich ini work at target.
back in the good ole' days, witnesses used to come in all the time to see me.
i would say that there were maybe three or four families that came in regularly.. since the announcement was made though, i've had at least 35 diiferent people come in.
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lilybird
Richie.. that is the best way to show the Dubs there is life after the borg..They all expect when you leave that your life will crumble and you will come crawling back to the mother ship..Being shunned isn't fun I know.. but we have the secret weapon.. we have freedom and free thinking.. and they don't!!!!!! And great to hear you have shook up the elders enough that they feel they need to try to keep the other young people from drifting away... You have lots to be proud of..
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MAJOR-Philadelphia hospital offers 'no transfusion' surgery to all
by DannyHaszard inphiladelphia hospital offers 'no transfusion' surgery to all
wilkes barre times-leader, pa - 1 hour ago .
... so when he found out that pennsylvania hospital offered a third option - once only available to jehovah's witnesses - it was a relief.
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lilybird
But before they get stuck and freeze while in that twisted position....they are hoping the public will forget all the WTS martyrs that NEEDED transfusions and who were sacrificed to the Watchtowergod.
Annie
That is so true Sunspot..
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Im annoyed about this
by jambon1 inhaving been out of the org for a while now i have come to realise that when you think about certain viewpoints/activities of jw`s, it can really make you annoyed/upset/angry/laugh etc etc.
one thing that is pissing me off right now and has done for a while, is their attitude towards 'the worlds selfish pursuits'.
how often did you hear that those who seek an education to get a good job are 'seeking glory for themselves' and are doing the wrong thing.
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lilybird
I was surprised to find out that some my age had gone back to school to get better jobs.. One brother who had served at Bethel when he was younger and then started a cleaning business so he could pioneer.,went back to school and is now employed at a company as a a computer techie..It seems that a few of the generation who lived thru 1975 might be starting to wake up a bit and realize they need something for retirement.. and their bodies are getting worn out from 20 years of cleaning .
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Hear the elder lie!
by SickofLies ini've got the conversation my 'laywer' jason had with the head of my appeal hearing ghram, he refues to answer any questions about the recorder being tampered with, but denies that anyone named 'sean' was at the meeting, then later he talks about talking to 'sean' at the meeting!.
this guy is so desprate to cover his own ass.
btw, i will testify that the bag was closed when i was in the room before i left and that it was open after i got back.
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lilybird
I say go for it.. you have nothing to lose and everything to gain..the more the absurdity of the society is exposed..the better...
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HELP!!!!!!!
by lola28 in.
i don't know what's wrong with me, i am so tired and feel like falling asleep, please help keep me awake!.
lola
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lilybird
Well I don't know what your weather is like there.. but it has been raining and dark and cloudy for 3 days now..That always makes me feel sleepy and depressed..
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MAJOR-Philadelphia hospital offers 'no transfusion' surgery to all
by DannyHaszard inphiladelphia hospital offers 'no transfusion' surgery to all
wilkes barre times-leader, pa - 1 hour ago .
... so when he found out that pennsylvania hospital offered a third option - once only available to jehovah's witnesses - it was a relief.
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lilybird
Meanwhile.. the society is patting themselves on the back for forcing this new technology to develop by their no blood policy
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lilybird
leolaia..Thanks.. I always learn so much from your posts..
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YOU must pray, then, this way:
by ButtLight in"our father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.
10 let your kingdom come.
let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.
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lilybird
Because the borg likes to make up arbitrary doctrines that make no sense... because they claim they are god-inspired..IT is just another judgemental policy on their part to make them look like they have "special' interpretation of the Bible