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  1st step?

  by daniel-p in

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  i am forcing myself to do this - i feel nauseated, depressed... my hands are shaking.

  i know many of you see this and laugh.

  but for those of you who arn't, you know how hard it is for me to do this.

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  Hi Daniel - welcome to the board - enjoy the journey of self healing and growth!!!! alw
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  The story of my life (part 13- Disfellowshipped)

  by onacruse in

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  so here i was, in my late 20s, and in the late 1970s, disfellowshipped.. .

  to offer a bit of perspective: being dfd then was not like it had been before, or since.

  for a period of several years (1973-1980, as i recall), the wts had "lightened up" on the amount of communication that was "allowed" between dfd people and other jws, especially when it was family.

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  alw

  Eager anticipation ........................alw
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  I've been debating on whether or not to share this...but here goes

  by findingmyway in

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  for those of you who will be disgusted that i even attended the meeting, let alone allow my son to give his first public talk tonight, please, spare me the shouting messages.

  i take full responsibility for what i experienced this evening.

  yet, i feel the need to share this experience that has me enraged.

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  Findingmyway - you have a right to be hurt - angry - upset!!!!! How dare they? Thinking of you and hugs - keep demonstrating how much you love your son and he'll see how unconditional it is - alw
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  I'm just numb! :-( I need to vent!

  by caz in

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  i have just witnessed for myself one of the most hypocritical scenes ever before in my life!

  my sister's ex husband, ( father to 3 boys, 12, 15, 20 years) commited suicide a few days ago.

  he has been a jehova's witness all of his life and and also suffered from bi polar disorder for most of it also, particularly bad in the past 3 years.

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  Welcome to the board Caz - thinking of you and your family - disgraceful behaviour!!!! alw
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  Appreciating the info here

  by kiddotan in

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  i am engaged to a wonderful man who is jw.

  this wg has been bombarded by his mother.

  father is pretty happy to us about us.

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  Welcome to the board - hope you find encouragement - enjoy the journey. alw
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  Mrs. ITIS/FreedomLover - How I "saw the light!" ha ha ha

  by freedomlover in

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  okay, first thank you to the greastest degree for the warm welcome and insight you all have given itis and me since i've started visiting your very apostate site.

  my life as a jw.

  it starts with my maternal grandmother.

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  Thanks for sharing your story FreedomLover - it is a great encouragement to a lot of people here. Thankfully my husband and I have 'seen the light' also. We have been fading coming up to 2 years now. It's still a struggle with emotions at times but thankfully we are united in the process. Continue learning and enjoy the journey. alw
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  Did you read ..........THAT........book...............

  by vitty in

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  .............. coc, of course.

  when you were still in the org, or when you had already left.. i read it when i was still in and it had a profound effect on me.. lets take a poll .

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  Hi - read the book after not setting foot in a Kingdom Hall for a while - problems (hypocrisy - lack of trust) - a fantastic read which brought a lot of emotions - never went back to the Kingdom Hall and it reinforced our feelings - we did not have the troof!!!!! We have both read it now and thankfully we are enjoying our family life to the hilt!!! It's great - thanks Ray for your wonderful insight into the borg!!!! Freedom without hypocrisy. alw
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  The story of my life (part 12- My first committee)

  by onacruse in

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  i title this part this way because i was, over the course of the next couple of years, involved with so many committees (one way or another) that, even though i wasn't an elder, i almost felt like one...as subsequent parts will show.. in any case, it was inevitable that my smoking would be found out.

  to his credit, the brother that approached me did as the bible says he should do: he approached me privately, inviting me to voluntarily broach my error with an elder.

  of course, as much as i respected, and still have no reason to disrespect, this friend, there was the clearly implicit threat that "if you don't, i will have to.".

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  Thanks for the next instalment - really enjoying or should I say digesting your story - alw
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  Just sayin Howdy

  by forsharry in

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  i saw that other people had done this and i figured it would be a good way to introduce myself.

  i've been reading many of the threads and let me tell you that it's comforting to read that others feel the same way i have felt about being in the organization.

  i'm not sure how much i can contribute as far as delectible tidbits of information, but i have replied to a couple of threads to, if nothing else, interject some 'humor' into things.

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  Howdy - welcome to the board - enjoy the ride. alw
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  Introducing myself proper-like

  by Sheepish in

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  i guess i should do this in some beginning way, i am new here and still learning my way around the site.. i was raised in a divided household, and my mom taught us in secret.

  when my dad found out the insuing religious wars pretty much marked me for life.

  but i was imprinted with the wt.

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  Welcome to the board Sheepish - nice to have you here!!! alw