ArkansasBetty

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  Where were you when you first came here?

  by Xena in

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  i noticed in a couple of threads people discussing the impact this board would have on jw's with doubts coming here and reading the messages.

  it got me to wondering where most people that post here were at...what stage in their jw/ex jw process...when they started reading and/or posting here.

  also curious, when you did come here what was your main focus?

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  ArkansasBetty

  I,too, was "born in the truth". I left about 11 years ago. My dad was and still is an elder. I was never baptised and didn't really think about being a witness very often. Then, a few weeks ago an active JW came to my office ( I work for a medical office) and needed to see the doctor, and I guess while he was filling out paperwork he must have recognized me. I walked up and asked me if I was a JW. I said, "No," and he immediatley turned around and left. I took it very personally and found myself angry at being treated this way. I have been on a search for answers since then. I ran across this site and "lurked" like many others for a while before I got the courage to respond to anything. Still feeling a little "watched".
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  disfellowshipping form?

  by ArkansasBetty in

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  i just found this on e-bay.

  very interesting, huh?.

  http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&item=1400589468

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  ArkansasBetty

  I live in Texarkana. Formerly of Little Rock, Russelville, and El Dorado.
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  disfellowshipping form?

  by ArkansasBetty in

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  2. friends

  i just found this on e-bay.

  very interesting, huh?.

  http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&item=1400589468

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  ArkansasBetty

  I have not bid on it. Yet.
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  disfellowshipping form?

  by ArkansasBetty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just found this on e-bay.

  very interesting, huh?.

  http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&item=1400589468

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  ArkansasBetty

  Thanks. I was wondering, are there forms for everything? Public reproval, baptism, etc. Why is all of this info out there? Does it stay with the cong?
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  disfellowshipping form?

  by ArkansasBetty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just found this on e-bay.

  very interesting, huh?.

  http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&item=1400589468

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  ArkansasBetty

  I just found this on e-bay. Very interesting, huh?
  http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1400589468
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  New Here--A Personal Experience

  by jaysong in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm new to this forum, and have been lurking for awhile enjoying your posts.

  thought i would share my own exp as so much of what is being said here rings true.. i'm an air force brat, currently in my thirties, that left the jw's when i was 25. it all started in albuquerque, nm when my mom accepted a study with a jw woman there.

  she continued to study when we transferred to an air base in panama city, fl.

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  ArkansasBetty

  God. I wondered if there was anyone else like me out there. The stolen childhood, the years of therapy. It is so comforting to see someone else that shares all of these memories/horrors. It is just a comfort to know that you are not alone.

  Welcome.