God,A friend in need,,cmon,you were the victim of the dreaded witness kid comeback.Yuo left the org,having been sheltered ,lied to ,manipulated.You then went out into the big bad world of HUMANITY,probly as naive as I was,got your balls handed to you a few times,and in an emotional state,decided,"the truth is the only place for me,no one will hurt me there,the world has nothing to offer except badness"and in that emoptional state ,you reverted back to years of brainwashing.You might need that crutch,but not everyone does,whether someone wants to worship god on thier own is THIER choice,and you certainly don't need that lying false judgeMENTAL org in your life.
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Urgent! Need help - I told my parents.
by filip inwe have just gotten home from sunday-meeting, when my mom ask me if i believe in god and so on.
so i tell her, cause you adviced me to be honest.
and despite all my fears, she took it very calm, and then told my dad whos also taking it calm, and it doesnt seem like theyre hating me now or want to throw me out of the house.. the thing is.
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The end is near!
by pratt1 ini went to a funeral this weekend of a much loved older brother.
more about that on another tread.. anyway, some one came up to me and said, that these are "the last of the last days".
i nearly fell off my chair in laughter.. what funny sayings have you heard from dubs, describing the "last days".
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stopthepain
I remember being told as a very young person"the end is right around the corner".I now anylyze this statement and realize what a powerful image that was in my mind.Think about,no one knows what is around a corner,its just a strande way of keeping psycological control.I guess that is what loaded language is?
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congregational cliques
by chuckyy init was my experience during my 13 yrs as a jw that congregations usually had a social clique.
in other words, there would be a group of people in a congregation that would only associate (and sometimes only go out on field service too) with people within that social clique.
if you were in the clique, fine.
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Fair Mind---I would agree there,but no other group acts so self rightous,and claims to be 'no part of the world'.If the borg didn't falsely make these claims over and over and over again,I would say yeah,cliques are normal.
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Tempers A Flare at "Quick Builds"
by orangefatcat inhave any of you noticed that when "quick built", kh.
were being done that many tempers flared amongst brothers.
some were vicious and cruel and rude.
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stopthepain
jdub answer to that"didn't paul and barnabas have a fight".Always an answer.
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses Depend on Mental Illness?
by metatron inif you still go to meetings, take a good look around the kingdom hall next time you attend and think about what you are.
likely seeing.. many witnesses will sit in a half-awake mode - despite confronting a risk to life or limb in attending, because of bad weather or the sort.
of neighborhood the hall is located in.
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stopthepain
great read!!!!!!!
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses keep records on people?
by inquirer ini have known some people (i dont' know if it's true or not) [and i am the kind of person that doesn't like to cause trouble] who have said that jehovah's witnesses keep tabs/records on people.
all the things they have done like if they got babtized, personal problems/experiences, arguments they may had with people, and just their general conduct as well.
have any people here found out about a "black book" where they keep records on you?
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stopthepain
I had a JC when I was about 21 after not being around for a few years.I was pissed at the questions they askes an d how they took notes.Also,they asked me a question and I answered softly,because of the embarrassing nature of the question,after I answered ,the interogator said"can you please repeat the answer louder,I couldn't hear."I asked what the difference it was whether I banged 1 girl or more than 1 in a 3 year span.
This next detail is kind of funny now that I look back.I had been partying at work the day of my meeting with the elders,the pressure of everything,my age,my friends,my guilt,my childhood,my confusion was really building up.I think it was a unconciuoss way of rebelling against what I was doing.I can't stress enough how mixed up I was during that time of my life.I quickly faded after that meeting.I do have my habits under control now more than ever thankfully{still not perfect},no thanks to the dubs.I came so close to cancelling that meeting,but went thruogh it anyway.It showed me how ridicoulous I would be living my life for these people.
everything happens for a reason{i guess}
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Why I am leaving JWD
by logansrun ini'm leaving this forum...at least temporarily.
as i mentioned in conversation over dinner at the chicago apostafest, my upcoming school schedule (which begins next week) combined with my workload will make it very difficult to be an active member on this forum.
perhaps i'll check in occassionaly when life is a little slower but for now i'd better distance myself from the on-line scene or else the other elements in my life will suffer.
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stopthepain
no one is special-----------finally I agree with you.
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Why I am leaving JWD
by logansrun ini'm leaving this forum...at least temporarily.
as i mentioned in conversation over dinner at the chicago apostafest, my upcoming school schedule (which begins next week) combined with my workload will make it very difficult to be an active member on this forum.
perhaps i'll check in occassionaly when life is a little slower but for now i'd better distance myself from the on-line scene or else the other elements in my life will suffer.
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good luck bradley,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but one last argument
your right,no one has a normal life,what is normal..blah blah blah
But is it wrong to want your parents ,whether together or as individuals,to love you more than some organization,to always support you even if it doesn't exactly please a group of 10 or so old men whom they don't even know,to think about the psycological ,emotional and physycal development of thier child over the miniscule and ultimately foolish rules of jehovahs witnesses?Maybe I just had immature parents who never should have been having kids,but I do know my parents were good people who a organization used for its own selfish and egotistical doctrines.If everyone loved thier families,and made common sense desicions,we wouldn't be talking about this.I can't live my life and punish myself for some kid growing up in the ghetto,or worry about kids in malls with cellphones.I can though,someday,when I have the courage and circumstance,break the cycle,and love my kids unconditionally,not based on money or religion,or looks,or faults------and do everthing in my power to help them,without forcing idealogical crap down thier throat.
maybe that will never happen,I dont know.
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Head of the house? Who?
by upside/down ini have read in different threads, comments to the effect of married dub males as being despotic, tyrannical lords of their domain.
and i'm sure in many istances this is true.
i had never heard of men (family heads) referred to in such terms before i became a dub.
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stopthepain
my mother ran the show in my house,I have resentesd my father for years for it,he wanted to be the bitch,less desicion making for him.every once in a while he'd pull out the old"im the head of the house"when it suited his purposes.
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Did You Have Aspirations In The Organization??
by minimus indid you think you could someday be a servant, an elder, a regular pioneer, a circuit overseer, etc.??
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well,i always thought i would play some important role at bethel,oh wait,that was my moms dreamyeah,I think anyone raised in the troof or spent considerable time in the troof wanted to m,ake an impact.