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  what do ex jws become

  by jwfacts in

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  2. bible

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  what do most ex jws become, christian, athiest/agnostic or some other religion?

  and since we all need to be labelled, what do i call myself now?

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  jeeves

  i'm happy too. the only thing i believe in is karma... it just seems that life gets better the more i do for other people. it's so great to have friends and be a friend now.
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  God says not to go in service....

  by riotgirlpeeps in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this morning since my parents are both very devout witnesses i get a knock at my door, i'm supposed to go with.

  i'm in my pajamas.

  typical guilt trip and mention that ultimately it is my choice, more guilt tripping (last time i checked i was 26 closing in on 27 ironic isn't it how they still don't want to allow decision making).

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  jeeves

  wow. sorry, but i'm glad my parents don't do that! i guess it helps that they've never been to my place....
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  Has anyone requested their Publisher Records or any other 'records'?

  by tabbycat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...and if so, what happened?

  i am now living quite far away from my old hall, and no-on here knows i used to be a jw.

  i don't know who the secretary would be in my old hall, as it's been a long time.

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  jeeves

  i'm really interested in this...

  i have no family in the last congregation i was in (i also don't remember the name)... my records were transferred there from the family cong. just before i left that cong, they cleared out the old records and gave them out to anyone who wanted theirs... the records from preaching, and the ones from giving talks. wow, i'm finally forgetting the terminology. oh happy day!
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  Mental and physical fitness for exJWs

  by Markfromcali in

  1. social
  2. physical

  having opened up your mind to some extent as many have, it seems there may be a natural inclination to open up your body too, be more active, flexible, what have you.

  does this make sense?

  have you noticed this kind of correspondance with yourself, wanting to "be all you can be" as it were?

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  jeeves

  i took up rockclimbing, and it helps alot... a good lifestyle...
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  Memories of your JW Youth

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after reading the responses to amazing1914's recent post, i decided this would be a great thread to start.

  please share some of your memories!.

  when my mother first became a jw, i was very sporatic with meeting attendance.

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  jeeves

  wow. this is incredible to read.

  we did have crazy upbringings, didn't we?? i'm really relating to so many posts.... guilt from birthday parties, repressed sexuality....

  my parents were by no means "orthodox" witnesses, but they sure were strict. my brothers weren't allowed to dance with girls until they were 18! once at a wedding my oldest brother was slow dancing with a girl his age and mom went out and dragged him off the dancefloor....

  i think i could have been happier in high school if i could have hung out with the kids that i got along with, not just witnesses.

  but when it comes down to it, i'm glad with the me that i am now. i have a few things to figure out, and a few things to let go... but who knows who or where i'd be if not for that crazy upbringing! deal with what you have and look forward to your future as a non-jw!
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  Need clarification on communication with a disfellowshipped person

  by jostes in

  1. social
  2. family

  was wondering the clarification of a relationship someone can have with their mother if they have been disfellowshipped and the daughter is in good standing with the congregation?

  the daughter was baptised after the disfellowship.

  does this mean the daughter is not to have a relationship with the mother.

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  jeeves

  my family treats me the same way... my two oldest brothers won't have anything to do with me - they were fine pretending until i moved in with my partner.

  my mom misses me every so often and leaves me a desperate message that she needs to see me - any communication/contact that is too frequent and they get too comfortable and try to preach.

  when i lived at home, i tried to leave the jw's and was told i would have to move out as well.
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  What was your breaking point?

  by soundbox_guy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, i'm new as you all probably know, so my question may have been discussed several times in the past.

  i'm just curious as to when some of you came to the conclusion that enough was enough and that you didn't want to attend the meetings anymore or not be a jw.

  was it in field service, at home, at the hall?

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  jeeves

  wow

  so many things contributed to my leaving. i don't know how much of it i ever believed...

  i've always been a logical person and since i was a child a lot of the stuff i was taught didn't make sense.

  my mom is quite a feminist and she raised me that way too - it's interesting to see her struggle with her witness way of life and the way she really is...
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  Script for the Drama "Beware of Rebellious Talk!"

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just spent 20 minutes typing a very interesting post from a script of the bible drama given as a dc several years ago of how the wt applies the korah, dathan and abiram account to anyone who speaks in any way against the watchtower, the organization, or the faithful and discreet slave.

  the modern day characters are brother loyal, brother faithful and brother doubter.

  at the end the families of dathan and abiram and lined up in opposition and then the screams begin and the opposers fall backward as if they have swallowed up by the earthquake.

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  jeeves

  wow did they ever do a sequel to that? sounds like it was at my last assembly (years ago). then again they all start to sound the same after awhile!
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  Don't have to work Baptism pool because of getting turned on by the women?

  by soundbox_guy in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  they want me to work the baptism pool, but i don't want to.

  you imagine i could just say that i'd be tempted by all the half dressed young women walking around dripping wet with their feet showing and it wouldn't be good for me as a brother since i have an active imagination and a foot fetish?

  nahhh....i wouldn't tell them that, but they do want me to work it though.

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  jeeves

  LOL do they still make chicks wear t-shirts over their bathing suits when baptized?

  ugh, i can't believe i took the plunge, lots of pressure from family...
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  Are Bethelites more likely to leave the JWs than others?

  by Gill in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you any experience of families whose sons have gone off to bethel and then decided to not have any more contact with their family and jws at all very soon after returning?.

  i ask this question because i know of two families where this has been the case.. the first family had three sons who one after the other went to the london bether to 'serve' within a couple of years of eachother.. after three years there all three returned home completely different people.

  they then left home, left dub land, two married non jws and another lives with his girlfriend.

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  jeeves

  i've heard that at the bethel here in canada (not sure if they're all like this) they sound an alarm-type-of-bell-thing at 5AM and they all have to report for breakfast, and sermons.

  that's enough to make me quit! no jesus before my coffee!!