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  One of the long term effects of growing up a JW...

  by Pwned in

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  for me anyways.. i still have nightmares about demon attacks.

  that was the one belief that really had a grip on me growing up.

  i was terrified of demons and even thought i was being attacked one night for bringing home a toy with a pagan symbol (ying-yang) on it.

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  the thing is i don't walk around afraid, i have seen the exorcist, i have read books on witchcraft, you know all the things that JWs warn you not to do, etc. Its just that every so often I have one of these nightmares, more annoying really than anything else.
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  One of the long term effects of growing up a JW...

  by Pwned in

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  for me anyways.. i still have nightmares about demon attacks.

  that was the one belief that really had a grip on me growing up.

  i was terrified of demons and even thought i was being attacked one night for bringing home a toy with a pagan symbol (ying-yang) on it.

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  For me anyways.

  I still have nightmares about demon attacks. That was the one belief that really had a grip on me growing up. I was terrified of demons and even thought I was being attacked one night for bringing home a toy with a pagan symbol (ying-yang) on it. Anyways of course I was conditioned to say or think Jehovah to ward off demons and to this day when I have these nightmare I still do it. I'm 29 and i havent been to a meeting in over 10 years. anyone else out there experience this?
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  For those of you who went to Bethel, how was the food?

  by TresHappy in

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  how were the doomsday dumplings?.

  seriously, was the food good?

  i used to hear it was awesome; somehow i don't believe that!

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  so what do they do at the farms now if they aren't growing food?
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  Ongoing Saga; Privacy Commission, WTS and my attempt to get personal files

  by jwfacts in

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  i posted a while ago that i had asked the aust bethel for my personal records under the privacy act 1988. bethel refused.

  i then lodged a complaint with the privacy commission.

  bethel signed a stat dec that they are not covered by the privacy act, and so the case was closed.

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  i thought they just kept a record of ur field service and a card that states what ur current status is. They don't actually keep notes on people do they? anyways is any of this covered under the privacy act or the freedom of information act (USA)?
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  I got off easy because my father is an Elder

  by Pwned in

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  i was reading the story of james caputo on his site disfellowshipped.org when i came to the realization that i received favorable treatment because of who my father is.

  i was 17 when i told my father that i didnt want to be a jw anymore because i just didnt really believe in it, i think i said something along the lines of i just don't "feel it" anyways he told me that since i was a minor i would have to keep going to the meetings and that i would have to tell the elders how i felt.

  so a few days later 2 elders who had known me since i was 6 years old came over and talked to me, although they made it clear from the outset that it wasn't a jc.

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  The thing is I don't think that my dad asked for any favors and was prepared to step down and everything but the other elders wouldn't hear of it. At one point a few years later he told me that he was going to start shunning me (not in those words of course) I told him I didnt understand that it didnt seem like something that Jesus would do and he never followed through on it. weird...
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  I got off easy because my father is an Elder

  by Pwned in

  1. jw
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  i was reading the story of james caputo on his site disfellowshipped.org when i came to the realization that i received favorable treatment because of who my father is.

  i was 17 when i told my father that i didnt want to be a jw anymore because i just didnt really believe in it, i think i said something along the lines of i just don't "feel it" anyways he told me that since i was a minor i would have to keep going to the meetings and that i would have to tell the elders how i felt.

  so a few days later 2 elders who had known me since i was 6 years old came over and talked to me, although they made it clear from the outset that it wasn't a jc.

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  yeah my dad is well liked, he didnt even lose his position
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  I got off easy because my father is an Elder

  by Pwned in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was reading the story of james caputo on his site disfellowshipped.org when i came to the realization that i received favorable treatment because of who my father is.

  i was 17 when i told my father that i didnt want to be a jw anymore because i just didnt really believe in it, i think i said something along the lines of i just don't "feel it" anyways he told me that since i was a minor i would have to keep going to the meetings and that i would have to tell the elders how i felt.

  so a few days later 2 elders who had known me since i was 6 years old came over and talked to me, although they made it clear from the outset that it wasn't a jc.

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  sorry for the lack of paragraphs I am using firefox
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  I got off easy because my father is an Elder

  by Pwned in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was reading the story of james caputo on his site disfellowshipped.org when i came to the realization that i received favorable treatment because of who my father is.

  i was 17 when i told my father that i didnt want to be a jw anymore because i just didnt really believe in it, i think i said something along the lines of i just don't "feel it" anyways he told me that since i was a minor i would have to keep going to the meetings and that i would have to tell the elders how i felt.

  so a few days later 2 elders who had known me since i was 6 years old came over and talked to me, although they made it clear from the outset that it wasn't a jc.

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  I was reading the story of James Caputo on his site disfellowshipped.org when I came to the realization that I received favorable treatment because of who my father is. I was 17 when I told my father that I didnt want to be a JW anymore because I just didnt really believe in it, I think I said something along the lines of I just don't "feel it" anyways he told me that since I was a minor I would have to keep going to the meetings and that I would have to tell the elders how I felt. So a few days later 2 elders who had known me since I was 6 years old came over and talked to me, although they made it clear from the outset that it wasn't a JC. I basically told them the same thing, they read a few scriptures and that was that. They didn't reproof me or anything. I didnt really think that was a big deal but now I see if I had just been Joe Shmo publisher I basically DA's myself without really even realizing it. By saying I didnt believe in it is a DF offense/sin. Am I wrong here? I got baptized when I was 13 by the way, you know everyone was doing it. I have since moved far away from the place I grew up so I don't know how the old "friends" would treat me now, its been over 10 years. My family is fine with me even though I have told them I don't even believe in the bible. Its kind of dont ask dont tell, they dont inquire about my beliefs and I dont volunteer them. They still insist on inviting me to meetings now and then and mocking me for celebrating holidays with my family but I tolerate it because I figure its better than the alternative.
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  Judicial Committees site

  by Double Edge in

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  on another thread today, poster sass_my_frass said they had been on the following interesting website:.

  http://www.disfellowshipped.org/judicialpage_page_2.htm .

  i checked it out and there are several long stories of ex-jws and their jc meetings.

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  Question for elders on commitees for apostacy or for accused:

  Was this how ur case was handled?
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  Judicial Committees site

  by Double Edge in

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  on another thread today, poster sass_my_frass said they had been on the following interesting website:.

  http://www.disfellowshipped.org/judicialpage_page_2.htm .

  i checked it out and there are several long stories of ex-jws and their jc meetings.

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  I just read the JC and appeal for James Caputo. Thats pretty cool. I didn't realize that on JC's for apostacy they even allowed you to defend your viewpoint. I wonder if they always allow this. I always imagined that they would cut the accused off and not let them speak out of fear that they would be 'stumbled' or whatever.

  How can they not see the logic in his arguments? I wonder if they all are still true believers.