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Were You On The Same Wave Length As The Others In The Hall???
by minimus incan you get in trouble for playing chess, having a very large gathering, going to a pg13 movie, etc.??????
so many answers amounted to this----as the answer-----"you just know better, that's all".
"mature ones" just "knew" without asking whether something was right or wrong, doable or not.
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Looks like its started!
by bagpuss intoday while out shopping i met someone who used to be in the same congregation as me,but who hadn't been to a meeting for years.after chatting about families for a while he told me that he had just started going to meetings again.
confused when i didn't seem overjoyed he asked if i was still going.he seemed genuinely shocked when i said no,but even more so when in response to his question i told him no,i'm not going back.his next comment i thought was quite telling.
"what,not even with all the things happening in the world at the moment?".
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Lets get creative
by bagpuss inmy favourite childrens book is "we're going on a bear hunt" .
for those who don't know the book it begins,.
we're going on a bear hunt.. we're going to catch a big one.. what a beautiful day!.
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How Did YOU Leave The Organization??
by minimus indid you just decide one morning that that was it??
did you agonize over making the decision?
was it a very gradual process?
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Depression & Jehovah's Witnesses
by minimus inis it me or does it seem that nearly all jws go through depression in varying ways??
i'm not talking about what the average person could deal with because of a loss of a loved one or a job termination, etc.
i'm referring to being depressed because you're a jehovah's witness.
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tell me about yourself
by bagpuss in.
in a recent thread someone said that bagpuss was a good name but didn't know what it meant.. bagpuss was a character from a childrens programme in the 1970s and is becoming popular again now.
i chose this name as like bagpuss i am soft,cuddlyand loyal, but will get the claws out when needed.. why did you choose your 'alias' and what does it tell me about you?
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Before You Leave The Witnesses, You MUST Make New Friends!!!
by minimus inmy advice to anyone that is thinking of leaving the "organization" is to make friends (real friends) with people other than jehovah's witnesses.
the sad truth is that jws are only conditional "friends".
they will drop you like a hot potato if they think you want to leave.
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Christmas shopping
by bagpuss injust had to tell someone who would understand.
today i went christmas shopping for the first time in 17 years!
i am 42 years old and felt about 10!
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What a coincidence
by bagpuss inon wednesday evening,3 hours after posting on this board for the first time,completely out of the blue i received a phone call from the person i studied with.bearing in mind that it's 16 months since i last went to a meeting i thought it was quite a coincidence.......or is it?
has the bagpuss been rumbled?
bad,bad cat!
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Hello and thankyou
by bagpuss inhi, i,m new to this board,although i've been lurking around for some time now and just wanted to say a big thankyou to lots of you,who without realizing it have helped me alot as i get used to life as an ex jw.
its really good to know that others have had similar thoughts and feelings since leaving and that i'm not the only one who's had doubts or questioned the lack of love in an organization that feels it holds the monopoly on the stuff!
it's great to know i'm normal!!!
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