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  What Was Your Behavior Like Just Before You Left "The Truth"?

  by minimus in

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  were people shocked by your departure or was it pretty obvious you were on your way out?

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  diamondblue1974

  joint in one hand and a bottle of newcastle brown in the other and a long haired beardy bloke or two twice or 3 times my age feeding off my neck.

  Now theres an image to reckon with.....sounds like a typical night out in Wigan....

  For me mine was a slow fade and just appeared less and less frequently at the meetings, when the fade was absolute rumours started to develop....apparently I was out getting p**sed and stoned in my local town every night and had a gambling addition...(for a guy that has never placed a bet in his life thats pretty ambitious).

  The daftest thing about these rumours was that i no longer lived in my local town but lived around 15/20miles away and the types of places I frequented were mainly student bars and so forth...not the sort of place i would be seen by JW's unless they followed me; yep they had the stoned and pissed bit but not every night and the wrong damn town!!!

  Shows you what they know doesnt it??!
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  Serving 2 masters at once...

  by JH in

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  jesus said, you can't serve 2 masters at once.

  so, with that in mind, is it possible to be a jw, go to the meetings and field service, and still come here on jwd and feel at ease posting and criticizing the watchtower on certain issues.

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  Wouldn't the JW's be guilty of 'serving 2 masters" then? How can they serve the WTBS and Jehovah at the same time and not be guilty of doing that?

  That has been my point all along...

  Good post

  DB74
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  No birthday celebrations allowed, but graduation party is OK?

  by gaiagirl in

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  things that make you go "hmmmmm": just learned that an elder i know living near waco, texas is hosting a graduation party for his son.

  don't remember ever reading of any faithful christian in the bible ever having such a party.

  and to think, all that honor and attention will be focused on a mere human being instead of yhwh.....

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  graduation party...was this for higher education or for just mainstream education?

  DB74
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  Grief from those you helped

  by greendawn in

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  when you were jws did you bring people into the org (relatives or not)that later on became for you a source of grief eg stole your spouse, shunned you, slandered you, persecuted you after becoming elders etc etc

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  Definately concur with this one...the times you help people only to have it thrown back in your face in your own hour of need...I have had this happen on a number of occurences...that being the case however I did get a very big apology from a certain person when she left the Borg...it was like gaining a new friend again....the important thing is to remember that through the hurt people can be blind to their emotions whilst being a JW...when someone opens their eyes however and realise where they have gone wrong thats when it should be celebrated...
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  Leaving the Truth - Songs to Destroy Your Faith By

  by tetrapod.sapien in

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  as some of you may know, i am a recently self-deconverted jw.

  the experience of deconversion was at times emotional.

  i have compiled a list of songs i would listen to on those emotionally turbulent occasions.

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  diamondblue1974

  Sirona, Ive always loved 'Forgiven'...its one hell of a track...very clever, very fitting.
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  JW Video Game

  by RichieRich in

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  you know friends, as we struggle to stay strong in the truth it is with great pleasure that we present to you:.

  not trying to steal jh's position as the master of photshop, but i got some tricks up my sleeve too.

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  diamondblue1974

  Richie thats hillarious...dont publicise it too much...the WTS might steal your idea??!!
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  Leaving the Truth - Songs to Destroy Your Faith By

  by tetrapod.sapien in

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  as some of you may know, i am a recently self-deconverted jw.

  the experience of deconversion was at times emotional.

  i have compiled a list of songs i would listen to on those emotionally turbulent occasions.

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  diamondblue1974

  I almost forgot

  REM - Leaving New York the sort of track that causes me to look back and ponder over things once in a while...
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  Your BEST excuse for missing a meeting?

  by ljwtiamb in

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  even in our very best of times, we have all had to 'fake' one for the team.. what was your best zinger?.

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  Cant come to the meeting because im too pissed....

  Thats actually true...it was my grandmothers wake....I was trollied...as a mark of respect...(she was great my gran )
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  Are You or Were You Ever On Meds For Depression?

  by minimus in

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  i know so many people, not just witnesses that are on zoloft or similar drugs.

  i know of some that, once they left the "truth", stopped taking these meds and have not had to go back on them.

  i know of some that, if they did not have them, would not be able to properly function......what about you?

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  I didnt use meds and doubt whether I suffered from depression although their were times when it was like looking into the void...I am lucky that I managed to pull myself back out it and threw myself into something positive...

  Its surprising to hear how many JWs have or are using anti depressants...it sends a message out really doesnt it....the WTS is a dangerous place for our mental health isnt it....go back? NEVER.
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  Mothers Spit and Bandaids

  by Lehaa in

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  just had a kid come in needing a bandaid, just made me think of a friends comments the other day.

  she reckons that all we need in the world is mothers spit and bandaids.

  mothers spit cleans absolutely anything, and bandaids fix any ailment that a child can come up with.

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  diamondblue1974

  a good shot of jack that'll heal whatever ails ya

  I was about to say a wee dram of whiskey.....grrr you beat me to it.