Happy Birthday! Thanks for sharing your story!
wanderlustguy
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How the Witnesses got me.
by Peppermint inlet me tell you my story of how i started attending meetings.
i started going to meetings at the age of sixteen?why?
because i was a broken youth at that time.
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Intro from new member
by lespacino1 inthis site was recommended to me by someone on another ex-jw site i began frequenting recently.
anyway, i am an ex-jw who has been disfellowshipped for about 7 years now.
i was raised as a jw from the age of 4, didnt take to it until i was befriended by a pioneer who was an elder's wife, and she began a bible study with me because my mom ddnt have time to have bible studies with all of my siblings and me, there are 10 of us.
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wanderlustguy
Lespacino... Welcome to the forum! This place reminds me of what "the truth" was supposed to be like, people who really do care about others.
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if you were raised a jdub, what was the first thing that was asked...
by in a new york bethel minute infrom your parents when you got home from service?
for me it was, "did you place today?
" pretty much sums up what service is about for most witnesses... i always prefered a good conversation, even at a young age... but the pat on the back always came from making placements... especially if it was a book!.
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wanderlustguy
First question was "how many magazines did you place", then "how many people were a**holes" (not in those words of course!). Oh yea, and then "how many return visits will you get to make?"
All I could think about was that I was missing cartoons!
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The BEST song describing what the Org means to me
by wanderlustguy ini bought this album about a year ago, and this is probably the best song to describe how i feel about the org now.
fight test lyrics.
i thought i was right.
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wanderlustguy
I bought this album about a year ago, and this is probably the best song to describe how I feel about the org now. Check these lyrics out!
The Flaming Lips, Flight Test
Fight Test Lyrics
I thought I was smart
I thought I was right
I thought it better not to fight
I thought there was a virtue, in always being cool
So it came time to fight
I thought "I'll just step aside"
And that the time would prove you wrong
And that you would be the fool
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlight begins
It's all a mystery
Oh. To fight is to defend
If it's not now then tell me when
Would be the time
That you would stand up and be a man
For to lose I could accept
But to surrender I just wept
And regretted this moment
oh that
I was the fool
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlight begins
It's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
'Cause I'm a man, not a boy
And there are things you can't avoid
You have to face them
When you're not prepared to face them
If I could I would
But you're with him, now it'd do no good
I should've fought him
But instead I let him
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I was Molested by my CO grandfather
by AshtonCA ini was molested by my grandfather from the age of 3 to 7. he was also molesting his daughter (my aunt) and maybe others.
it was covered over and my entire family was actually shunned when we went to the elders when i was 18. i did not tell anyone about it until then because my grandfather had me believing our relationship was special and it was our little secret.. when confronted, he of course denied it.
my mother even spoke up of a time when he had tried to molest her when she was 8 months pregnant with one of my brothers.
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wanderlustguy
There's not enough words in the world. Just know you've found a haven and people who will believe you. You weren't in the wrong, it was everyone else you were taught to trust that betrayed you.
May your new journey (started with your very brave post) take you to brighter skies. You are a gift to the world, don't ever doubt it!
W
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wanderlustguy
"When persons are in great danger from a source that they do not suspect or are being misled by those they consider friends, is it an unkindness to warn them? They may prefer not to beleive the warning. They may even resent it. But does that free one from the moral responsibility to give that warning?"
Watchtower - January 15, 1974
This is gonna be good!
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wanderlustguy
Anyone want to do a book study?
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Welcome to the JWD forum jd123
by Yizuman init is my pleasure to welcome jd123 (aka jessica, not our beloved jesika) to this forum as i had sent her an invitation to visit this forum.
i am so delighted to have her with us.
please give her a warm welcome!!
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wanderlustguy
welcome, I can't say enough about the great people I've encountered here, it's truly a haven!
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Why did I leave after 50 yrs a JW
by londoner ini am not posting this to justify my actions, i am doing so for the benifit of any witnesses who are unsure about there feelings toward the "truth".
i was a reguler pioneer for about 8 yrs, back when it was 100 hours a month, befor thet i did a couple of yrs as a vacation pioneer, they later changed the name to auxilery pioneer, and during the following 20 yrs i had a few intermitant spells as an auxilery when i had time to.
during my pioneer years i have given talks at circuit assemblies and had assignments at district assemblies .
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wanderlustguy
Welcome, congratulations on your new life!
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Why don't JW's Fast ????
by Why Georgia in.
there are references in the bible to jesus fasting and prayfully meditating.. so my question then is why don't jehovahs witnesses as an organization ask their members to fast?.
why don't you ever hear about fasting at the kh?.
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wanderlustguy
Same with sacrificing animals, the tithe, etc, Jesus' death took the place of the requirents of Mosaic Law.
That's the explanation I got, anyway.