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  Beggin for help

  by DIAMOND in

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  ladies and gentlemen of the jury listen to my story then make a wise and fair decision in my case.. i'm a 42 year old male.

  been in the truth for 32 years.

  married to a witness.

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  BERNARD

  hi diamond:

  I hope your doing fine and well. I da'd myself only because my mother in law was a pain in the rear in, now she can't speak to me thank jehovah and his earthly organization for there stupid rules. my wife still go with the kids when its time to put on a show for her moms. I feel great I had many friends but choose to leave. In your case along with other people on this board suggested is to fade away if you can stomach that route. anyway my family is going to the circuit assembly this sat and sun. where will i be ? smiling enjoying my freedom of not feeling guilty sitting with them but home watching the football playoffs.
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  ITS BEEN AWHILE

  by BERNARD in

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  hello people, it's been awhile since i posted.

  i've been moving.

  on with my life and its been great.i visit the board on the.

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  BERNARD

  Hello people, it's been awhile since I posted. I've been moving
  on with my life and its been great.I visit the board on the
  weekends to find out the latest on the borg and who left the
  borg. My wife and kids still go to the meetings when they do
  I throw a party for myself loud music and drinks of freedom of
  thought. my mother law has not spoken to me in two years which
  is a good thing as if she can add a cubit to my life span. I don't
  argue with my wife like I use too about the phony watchtower,I just let her make an ass out of herself. I was doing the christmas for the kids but then my mother in law called and now my kids refuse christmas
  so I told them we will have family day on dec 21 then they can open all there toys and my wife is supporting it.I learned to beat the watchtower mentality by just laughing at them I learned to laugh at my self and remember I was in there state of mind for 11 years as a
  jw. My wife have showed signs of doubt but my mother in law snaps her back into the borg frame of mind. But as an individual I don't care as long as im not sitting in the kingdom listening to that same ole bullshit.The witnesses swear to jesus people can't leave without them,
  the witnesses swear to jesus people can't be happy without them. I learned to live as if the jw or wt don't exist and learn to put less
  energy in proving them wrong and just live my life with certainty and
  leave the real truth on its own to catch up with them.Take care and i'll be reading the posts and will give everybody an update on my situation in a couple of months. P.S the u.n thing took my wife for a loop but you know blind faith justify anything well im happy for her, its good to have a wife at times who don't question anything.lol
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  Met my first Elder after diassociation

  by aud8 in

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  well i met my first witness (and it would have to be an elder who i always got on well with) last night after my disassociation 3 weeks ago and i was not prepared for how hard it felt.

  i had the most human reaction of recognising someone i knew and had to stop myself saying hi.

  he just rushed past me.

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  BERNARD

  my mother in law one day comes to my house under my own roof and don't speak, she calls for her daughter and don't speak but just ask for her daugter, one time she came to the house looking for her phony ass jw daughter which she was not home, I tried to tell her and she ignored me like she was Jehovah Himself. She fortunate she only my mother in law i would tell her, to kiss my ass.I disassociated myself also just to get away from my jw mother in law so she will not speak to me and come over my house with her tired truth. lol

  THE REAL TRUTH STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, IT WILL NOT CHANGE, IF IT DOES ITS A LIE.The sun will rise, The sun will set,AN EXAMPLE of The real TRUTH nobody can change.
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  What's your favorite line from a movie?

  by Isis in

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  ...or least favorite?.

  just for fun of course.. i just posted on the top 10 movies to take on a desert island and it had me wonder.. anyways....as to my favorite:.

  "there is no spoon.

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  BERNARD

  the movie Gladiator maximus says "I knew a man that once said,death
  smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.

  THE REAL TRUTH STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, IT WILL NOT CHANGE, IF IT DOES ITS A LIE.The sun will rise, The sun will set,AN EXAMPLE of The real TRUTH nobody can change.
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  ? for any who has been an Ex-JW for many years

  by Babykins in

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  i voluntarily dissasociated myself about 5 1/2 years ago.

  i did not know anything about the things on the internet i just had a feeling that something was not right and i needed to exercise my right to be free and make free decisions.

  how happy i was that a year after i dissasociated myself i got on the internet and found a wealth of information and a heck of alot of encouragement.. anyway my question is to those who have been out and free before the days of the internet.

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  BERNARD

  weLcome I da'd myself two years ago and I feel GREAT. I found
  out jw were a cult through freeminds a site run by randy an ex
  jw himself,very thoughful info on that site about the wt. check it out

  THE REAL TRUTH STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, IT WILL NOT CHANGE, IF IT DOES ITS A LIE.The sun will rise, The sun will set,AN EXAMPLE of The real TRUTH nobody can change.
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  Newbie in the house

  by Stealth in

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  i have been lurking for a few months now.

  the only reason that i have not posted until now is because of the paranoia that comes with being raised a jw.

  my current status in the congregation is irregular, reaching out for the office of inactive.

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  BERNARD

  Hi stealth, I too was a Jehovah witness and a ms and my journey
  started with 607 bce date also as well as other hang ups.Your
  smart not to allow Freinds and family know what your studying.
  keep a low profile and stay cool, It will be hard at first
  knowing that what you had was the truth isn't the truth.My
  wife still goes with my young kids but Da'd myself because my mother in law was too zealous over my house so had too dis miss her by
  da'd. AND IM HAPPY TO KNOW I DON'T SIT AND LISTEN TO THE SAME OLD STORY OUT OF GUILT. we are here for you.

  THE REAL TRUTH STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, IT WILL NOT CHANGE, IF IT DOES ITS A LIE.The sun will rise, The sun will set,AN EXAMPLE of The real TRUTH nobody can change.
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  I Have a Dream - for ex-JWs

  by Amazing in

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  the following is taken directly from the closing of the speech given by dr. maring luther king, jr. 38 eight years ago on august 28, 1963, "i have a dream".

  in a future post, i will injected some respectfully intended comments after his thoughts because of the irony of his references and how they relate to ex-jws.. "and so let freedom ring ... and when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of god's children, black men and white men, jews and gentiles, protestants and catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual, "free at last, free at last.

  thank god almighty, we are free at last.".

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  BERNARD

  when is the next grammar session ?

  THE REAL TRUTH STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, IT WILL NOT CHANGE, IF IT DOES ITS A LIE.The sun will rise, The sun will set,AN EXAMPLE of The real TRUTH nobody can change.
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  30 and Out?

  by Black Man in

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  30 that seems to put jw's at a cross-roads?

  i've known so many who have decided to abandon ship at either the age of 30 or either after 30 years of being baptized.

  i fall into the former category.

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  BERNARD

  I was 28 when I da'd myself happy ever since, disgruntled but HAPPY

  THE REAL TRUTH STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, IT WILL NOT CHANGE, IF IT DOES ITS A LIE.The sun will rise, The sun will set,AN EXAMPLE of The real TRUTH nobody can change.
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  An elder struggles

  by Dogpatch in

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  this is on my site as listed at the end:.

  between love and me its late night.

  i have just been to another elder meeting, as we used to do.

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  BERNARD

  My father commited suicide two years from tommorrow,before he died
  I left the borg he told me it was good to see me smile again. Anyway he had this book one day at a time in al-anon.this was the last thing
  he read to himself.ON AUGUST 6
  This is a day which God has given into my hands.If I could only realize what a tremendous gift this is, I would use every moment of it to make my life more serene,more rewarding. I would not look back over my shoulder at the disappointments of the past-I would not anxiously contemplate the future. I would live- just for today-
  as well as I can. I would put aside critical thoughts of others. I
  would notice interesting things- the expressions on people's faces, a plant growing on my windowsill, the grace and charm of a child, an arrangement of clouds.Today there are wonders all around me,if I will open my eyes and enjoy them.
  Today's reminder Let me not be so preoccupied with thoughts of my
  grievances and troubles that today's good escape me.Today I can begin a new way of using my minutes and hours, a new way of looking at my surroundings and the circumstances of my life. I will make this day one I can look back upon with pleasure and satisfaction and a preparation for the days to come. "Today is all the time I have. Nobody can keep me from using it well. If I make this a good day, tommorrow can be better."
  The next day my dad august 7 took his own life but the day before he
  LIVED. THANKS WITH TEARS IN MY EYES.

  THE REAL TRUTH STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, IT WILL NOT CHANGE, IF IT DOES ITS A LIE.The sun will rise, The sun will set,AN EXAMPLE of The real TRUTH nobody can change.
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  An elder struggles

  by Dogpatch in

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  this is on my site as listed at the end:.

  between love and me its late night.

  i have just been to another elder meeting, as we used to do.

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  BERNARD

  Randy,thanks for that post.The saying goes a picture says a thousand
  words and is seen from different perspectives.so is a poem or a letter
  like the one you posted, help me to maintain a balance in a certain degree in my personal life.Yes I am an angry ex-Jehovah witness but
  must learn to move on.people will always live a life within there own world like I once did whether right or wrong because from my jw standpoint in life I was innocent,happy and content with what I knew to be the truth in my personal life until I learn differently for self, since there is no absolute truth. now,I must learn my new world of understanding now and let the old world go where I once stood innocent,happy and content.I will always be true to self and too no one else in my world of thoughts, if people disagree with those thoughts its okay, if people agree with those thoughts its okay but its my life to live in my perspective world of things until I learn differently. once again thanks for the encouraging post randy from a mind, you help free into a different world.

  THE REAL TRUTH STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, IT WILL NOT CHANGE, IF IT DOES ITS A LIE.The sun will rise, The sun will set,AN EXAMPLE of The real TRUTH nobody can change.