Half way between Cleveland and Columbus here. Sounds like a possibility to me. I have never met another exjw...are you sure I wouldn't get struck by lightning for associating with you postates'?
AloneinOh
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Any here from the Indiana, Ohio, Michigan Tri-state area?
by AK - Jeff ini just wonder if any here from an area, say within 100 miles of fort wayne indiana interested in getting a small informal group together?
i have not been able to find any xjws in my immediate area.
i have gone to the meetup sites - still nothing.
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How long since you been out in service?
by freedom96 init must be about 13 years since i went out in service.
about 15 years since i went out a couple times a month, and about 18 years since i went at least once a week.. i just can't imagine going from door to door anymore.
but to think that we all did it for quite awhile.
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AloneinOh
23 glorious years!
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Fighting carrots with carrots....MY turn to hold the stick!
by AloneinOh inlately i have been working on a letter to my parents to try and explain my life and what brought me to this point.
i have been out for 20yrs now but jw beliefs were still always in my head and had an influence on my life up until now.
never had a birthday party, never had a christmas celebration, and even refused blood transfusions twice (idiot!).
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AloneinOh
It's allllll in the presentation. Never say never. Where there is a will, there is a way.
It's not going to be some sort of a direct challange. I need to play the psychology game rather than push direct evidence in their faces.
Welcome to you too!
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Fighting carrots with carrots....MY turn to hold the stick!
by AloneinOh inlately i have been working on a letter to my parents to try and explain my life and what brought me to this point.
i have been out for 20yrs now but jw beliefs were still always in my head and had an influence on my life up until now.
never had a birthday party, never had a christmas celebration, and even refused blood transfusions twice (idiot!).
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AloneinOh
Lately I have been working on a letter to my parents to try and explain my life and what brought me to this point. I have been out for 20yrs now but jw beliefs were still always in my head and had an influence on my life up until now. Never had a birthday party, never had a christmas celebration, and even refused blood transfusions twice (idiot!)
It's not going to be a jw bashing letter, but more of a, why I love my parents, letter. I am offering all of my unconditional love but will also be telling them that I have no intention of ever becoming a jw again. I won't go into great detail but will mention two of my reasons as being the UN mess and the 607 lie. My comments on these things will be as short as possible, only a few sentences each. Hopefully the low key approach will keep any tempers from flaring. My parents are always pretty calm and I have never really seen them lose their tempers. This is definately to my advantage.
I had kind of a brainstorm today. Why not, in this very same letter, offer them a way out of this situation. Tell them that if they can prove that it is made-up apostate lies......jws have to be the true religion and I will gladly return to the fold and be a model witness.
It will have to be worded exactly right, but this may be just the thing to put them to thinking and looking into it. If they try to prove me wrong, they will find that they can't. Hmmm....might even accomplish several goals.
What do you all think? Does it sound like something worth considering?
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JW's UNDERGROUND
by kwintestal inas a kid i remember hearing about other parts of the world where the preaching work is banned and it had to be done "underground".
i always pictured people in suits and dresses going through tunnels in peoples basements and knocking on doors.
i wished we could preach underground.. kwin
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AloneinOh
LOL! I used to think the same thing!
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I Received the New Magazines in My Mail...
by lonelysheep in[first...there are about 3 or 4 kh's in my city.
over the summer, they moved people into their proper congregations based on territory.
although i'd never gone to the closest hall, this is where the magazines came from per the return address.].
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AloneinOh
Why not just return the favor and send them a copy of COC.
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What Do You Do For Fun?
by minimus innow that you have all this extra time (not having to go to meetings, service, conventions, etc.
) what do you do for fun?
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AloneinOh
My favorite would be riding my four-wheeler down to the river. I also love riding my old Kaw and am in the process of building a street legal drag-bike that should be one of the top 10 fastest streetbikes in the country.
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Mom slipped me an Awake magazine
by Mulan inlast week my mother gave me a woman's magazine that she had read at the home where she lives.
it had organization tips and recipes she thought i would enjoy.
i hadn't looked at it until two days ago, after she asked me if i had read it yet.
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AloneinOh
I wish my mom would do that to me. I respect my parents wishes and have never brought up anything scripture related. Slipping me an Awake would give me the justification to take the gloves off and end my silence.
I can only wish.
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Fainting Goats!
by gumby innever heard of such a thing till now?
me either.. yip....these goats actually faint when startled and look like they have rigor- mortise when they fallm over.
after a few seconds....they get up all dazed lookin.
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AloneinOh
Living in the middle of the largest Amish population in the country we have all of that stuff around here. I even have friends that raise fainting goats. Milking goats by hand used to be an everyday thing when I was a kid. Spent most summers on the farm.
The fainting goats can be pretty funny if you never seen one before. There are also the pygmy goats, tumbling pigeons, etc... In Mt.Hope we have exotic animal auctions every year. Lions, tigers, bears, monkeys....