Hi guys! Welcome to all the other newbies! I'm looking forward to hearing more stories, comments, testimonies, etc. Are there support groups anywhere in Texas?
Billygoat
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HELLO? HELLO? "ALL" SIGN IN???????
by waiting insimon did away with the sex forum - so i must take the tradional route and post under "make new friends.
" how mundane!.
fyi ---- for all of us, please take the time to write a sentence or two about yourselves, and encourage new ones to do the same.
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Pedophile JC Analysis
by Amazing inthe title to this post sounds impressive, but i am not going to do to much here that is too technical, except to draw attention to the general scope of jw justice, and the shear battlefield of religious victims.
i will evaluate just the usa statistics.
many of my numbers are estimates, but i have reason to believe that they are generally representative of reality.. there are about 1,000,000 jws in the usa, in about 7,000 congregations.
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:( Wow. I'm a little taken back. Where in my quote am I lecturing?
"Just out of curiosity...how would your congregation feel about you posting on this website? Are you not endangering your relationship with Jehovah by exposing yourself to apostates and their opinions?"
I was very simply asking a question out of curiosity? It's been ten years since I've been out and remember 'bad associations spoil useful habits'. I remember a sister being DF simply for being GIVEN Ray Franz's book. She gave it to the elders and told them a relative gave it to her. But she hadn't even opened it. ANY type of apostate connection was forbidden. Is this not their thinking anymore?
So I will ask again...IS IT OKAY to socialize with us on this web-site? Does your congregation know you are here? Are they okay with it?
I'm sorry if I hit a nerve, but I am merely curious as to what WTBTS stand is now - 10 years later.
Billygoat
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Pedophile JC Analysis
by Amazing inthe title to this post sounds impressive, but i am not going to do to much here that is too technical, except to draw attention to the general scope of jw justice, and the shear battlefield of religious victims.
i will evaluate just the usa statistics.
many of my numbers are estimates, but i have reason to believe that they are generally representative of reality.. there are about 1,000,000 jws in the usa, in about 7,000 congregations.
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Humble,
Just out of curiosity...how would your congregation feel about you posting on this website? Are you not endangering your relationship with Jehovah by exposing yourself to apostates and their opinions?
Billygoat
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Please Respond To Survey! 25 more needed please.
by Big Jim init seems like to me the majority of people who are in the truth, are were in the truth was a result of either a family member are a friend witnessing to them and not many seem to have been found in the door to door work.. from my years of associating with the borg i cannot recall many coming in the truth from the door to door work.. how were you sucked in?
for me it was my aunt who has now even though i am not disfellowshipped decided to write me out of her will to the tune of about $150,000.00 (maybe i should hang around a couple more years)dont think i will.. please respond .
thanks.
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Amazing,
Are you still a JW?
Billygoat
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I confess!
by noidea ini'm here to confess.
i've been lurking for some time now.
i have allot of mixed feelings mostly feelings of loss.
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Hi Noidea,
I'm glad you're here. I'm a newbie and learning about so many others that have questioned and received answers. I'm slowly 'getting it'. Keep coming back...I need to learn more about the rest of you xjw's! You truly have started the journey to freedom. I've been out 10 years!
BG
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photo of 'the Princess'
by Mulan inthe regulars here may remember that my daughter starting posting here last week, under the name princess.
in chat, people have asked if she is pretty, and i say she is.
she also looks just like me, but thinner, and prettier.
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Sorry to ask Mulan - I'm a newbie and don't know any better. Did you AND your daughter leave TWBTS? DF? DA? Sorry...know that's personal. Princess looks about my age and wondered how others my age are faring?
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Hi all!
by Billygoat ini have been out for almost 10 years now.
i've been on the net almost non-stop for the last several days.
surprising myself on an hourly basis by the testimonies of other xjw that are out here.
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Thanks Trevor! My dad started calling me that as a small child - I was a little stubborn back then. He loved my independent spirit as a child, but that changed when I became a teenager. All of a sudden my independent spirit was squelched. :) Little did I know that my stubbornness would give me the backbone to think for myself as an adult. Thank God!
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Hi all!
by Billygoat ini have been out for almost 10 years now.
i've been on the net almost non-stop for the last several days.
surprising myself on an hourly basis by the testimonies of other xjw that are out here.
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I never heard that. But after being away for 10 years, I am surprised to hear the organization is not growing that much. My parents talk constantly about how many people are 'coming to their senses' and 'coming to Jah'. I'm still a little shell-shocked that there are so many DF testimonies out there.
Billygoat
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Please Respond To Survey! 25 more needed please.
by Big Jim init seems like to me the majority of people who are in the truth, are were in the truth was a result of either a family member are a friend witnessing to them and not many seem to have been found in the door to door work.. from my years of associating with the borg i cannot recall many coming in the truth from the door to door work.. how were you sucked in?
for me it was my aunt who has now even though i am not disfellowshipped decided to write me out of her will to the tune of about $150,000.00 (maybe i should hang around a couple more years)dont think i will.. please respond .
thanks.
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My dad started studying (when I was about 6) with some of his co-workers. He got baptized a few years later. I was baptized when I was 16 basically because I knew it would thrill my dad. I had no idea what I was getting into. I was DF only 3 years later. A horrendous, terrible ordeal to lose my family, but now I look at it as a blessing in disguise. I too missed out on stuff as a child and adolescent and I really regret that. I feel my childhood was stolen from me.
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Hi all!
by Billygoat ini have been out for almost 10 years now.
i've been on the net almost non-stop for the last several days.
surprising myself on an hourly basis by the testimonies of other xjw that are out here.
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Billygoat
I have been out for almost 10 years now. I've been on the net almost non-stop for the last several days. Surprising myself on an hourly basis by the testimonies of other xjw that are out here. Naive as it may sound, I thought I was the only one that had a past with the JW. My parents still tell me that the majority of DF end up 'coming back'. I cannot believe you all are out there! Have you ever found a long lost friend??? I know that's not the case here, but I feel so much relief knowing there are people out there that REALLY understand my past because they've experienced it! Godspeed to you all - I plan on coming back and hearing more.
Billygoat
PS: Would anyone happen to know a Tyson from Wichita?