Posts by curlygirl

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WHY I LEFT JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

by Carolina M in

why i left jehovah's witnesses

carol m

south africa

curlygirl

Welcome Welcome Welcome!!!!

curlygirl

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JWs knock on my door three times in one week

by Sirona in

my husband is off work at the moment recovering from a double hernia operation.

the jws knocked one day and our friend, who was here doing a bit of painting for us, answered the door and simply told them he wasn't the householder.. then at the weekend, early on a saturday morning, they knocked again.

i was in my nightclothes and had only just gotten up, or i would have answered.

curlygirl

There are NO accidents in witness land.

They are looking for something. If I were you, I would avoid answering your door for awhile. Remember, in their eyes, agreeing to meet with them is the same as saying to them that you consider yourself a part of the organization and all of the disciplinary bs that goes along with it.

curlygirl

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Anyone else have UC or Crohn's?

by slimboyfat in

jw
friends

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i have been on the toilet for about four months now (with brief interludes involving the non-toilet world)

curlygirl

Slimboy--

There is a long history of this in our family-----I'll pm you.

curlygirl

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How Many Of You?

by justsomedude in

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friends

how many of you, when you were an active and zealous jw (assuming you were), were motivated by the paradise idea?

i was basically born in, so i wasn't drawn to the religion, it just was.. the whole idea of the paradise never really exicted me though.

i followed the religion and did what i did because i just believed it was the right thing to do and not so i could obtain the carrot on the end of the string.. how many of you felt the same way?

curlygirl

When I was a kid, what appealed to me was the idea that all of our fruits and veggies would be super sized. I'm not exactly sure where I heard that. I remember there being talk of peaches and plums being the size of grapefruits or grapes being the size of plums.

Of course it would revolve around food for me!

curlygirl

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do you think that JW are brainwashed?

by notmyself in

i'm d/f for about 2 years and my dad ( an elder ) hasn't spoke with me since, my mom sometimes talk to me , but i always have to call her , just to see how's she's doing, and guess what, when she answer her phone is : oh, i was preeching!!!.

they're always preeching, but my brother contact me today telling me that we can speak again due to the fact that i'm d/f , what do you guys think?

?

curlygirl

Without even the tiniest little doubt.

CG

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Happy but sad E Mail...

by Snoozy in

jw
friends

well..i have a computer now... my son (42) just received an e amil from one of his and my deceased hubby's old model airplane club's buddies... i pulled it up and just started bawling... hubby got sick so fast he didn't have time to finish building a model airplane for one of the guys in the club.

so one of the guys in the club bought all hubby's equipment and airplanes and trailer to haul them in.

(big planes).

curlygirl

Welcome to the board!

I teared up as I read your post and I'm so sorry for your loss.

I'd love to see those photos when you get them up.

Curlygirl

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Is there any way I can just cream skim the Truth????

by HiddenQuestioner in

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friends

i have been lurking for some time and only recently started to post if you have seen my posts, i have always represented myself as a loyal jw and one who is planning to stay in however, lately my faith and commitment as a jw has been tested and, without going into details, i am having problems of faith and life that i could really use some help on.

if so, you might ask, why dont i just leave?

well, i have a wife that is a very devout jw and she would be crushed and very upset if i quit she believes it all 100% and lives to worship the borg in fact, she would be very upset if she even knew i was visiting this site.

curlygirl

I think alot of us here have been in a similiar situation-----I feel for you. I decided that I just couldn't continue to live in such a loveless,hypocritical world. I confessed to my husband how unhappy I was and it was really difficult for him at first but, soon he started telling me about all of the doubts he'd had for most of his life. Remember that most witnesses internalize everything. Your wife probably has doubts too. We are just so afraid to confide those doubts to other dubs because of the gestapo like tactics employed and encouraged. How sad that we feel we can't even tell the person closest to us that we have questions for fear of losing them. You can try to skim and it may work for you for awhile but, eventually a toll will be taken. Your marriage may suffer regardless and I'm guessing your sense of self will as well. For everything that I lost in leaving the org, I have gained such a powerful sense of freedom. I am truly happy and at peace with myself and the world that I live in. No more guilt. Priceless. Good luck to you and have alittle faith in yourself. Curlygirl

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Shunned by a JW leading a double life

by misspeaches in

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friends

i seriously do not understand how some people reason.

if they do reason at all.. my boyfriend has been friends with a couple of guys since highschool.

it turns out that both these guys are jw's.

curlygirl

I wonder how long it will be before he starts spreading trash about you.

Look out. He has to make you look bad so that no one will believe you if you happen to mention to anyone what he's been up too. Its a tried and true dub tactic.

curlygirl

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