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  I am new here, former JW left years ago.

  by out of the box in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i want to discuss my experiences with the witnesses.

  how it began: i was recruited during the time i was escaping from a violent husband to a shelter.

  a witness came to my door as i was preparing to move during the day without him knowing (while he was at work).

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  love11

  Hi out of the box!

  Don't let past mistakes weigh you down. You're lucky that you found out now instead of having this "religion" take your whole life away. Kudos to you and your daughter!
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  hi

  by bobbbb in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought this was an interesting take on the jw religion.

  i'm not agreeing, i just thought it was interesting that someone could compile this information like so.

  thanks a lot

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  love11

  Hiya and Welcome!

  p.s. I no longer find anything about the bible interesting! YAY! lol
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  My knee hurts when I *don't* run.

  by Elsewhere in

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  i like to run, but if i ever go a week or more without running my left knee starts getting very sore.

  once i go out an run again the pain will go away so long as i keep running every other day.. anyone have any idea why this would be?

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  Maybe taking a week off of running is making your muscles and ligaments get weak and it starts to feel sore? Don't really know, I've never been much of a runner. LOL
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  I had an odd day today......

  by love11 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i finished my spring semester of schooling!

  yay!

  i got a call from my sister saying that she was arrested and in jail for 3 days for domestic violence.

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  I was disfellowshipped for something I didn't do. The elders wouldn't believe me. That is how I knew that god was not backing these elders because god knew the truth of what happened and he would tell the elders that in some way so that I wouldn't be disfellowshipped.

  Obviously, you have alot to learn about how the elders REALLY come to their decisions. So I'll forgive you for your ignorance. But one day, you may know, then you'll be sitting on the other side of the fence and coming to the same conclusion I have.

  Intolerance....m..m..m.
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  Would you help a dub?

  by greendawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if a dub needed your help as in a medical emergency or in getting employment/job contract or in getting your support in a dispute with someone on a non religious issue or in some other way such as in a car break down would you help them?

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  Yes I would.

  However if I owned my own business and they wanted a job, I would pick someone else for that position. I haven't worked this hard to have my own business to have MY employee treat me like an ass. So I wouldn't put up with that. But I would help with any of the other situations.

  Except helping someone who's car is broken down, because I know nothing about cars.
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  Obituaries...

  by jeanniebeanz in

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  here's a nice little side benefit of being raised a jw then leaving; having to search the obituaries of the local paper once a month hoping that your dad's name does not turn up.

  it's doubtful that any of my "family" would even let me know, so, i know it's morbid, but i look in the local paper each month and hope that i don't see his name.... j

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  It's funny how they skate around all of the scriptures about love and forgivness, yet won't budge an inch for anyone's elses mistakes. They pick and choose what fits right at the time for their agenda. But apparently, it's more important to control who everyone has sex with than to have love. But wait.....isn't god love?
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  Any coloured people here?

  by Hellrider in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  now that i got your attention, here`s a quote from the wt, february 1952:.

  "really, our colored brothers have a great cause for rejoicing.

  their race is meek and teachable, and from it comes a high percentage of the theocratic increase.

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  love11

  Ya! I'm a peachy tan color!

  I never understood why they call me white, I would compare it more to peach in the winter and tan in the summer.

  What color are you? peach, beige, tan, brown, mahogony?
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  Not recongnizing family

  by damselfly in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been out if the jw's since i was 18 and i moved clear across the country.

  i moved back into my hometown around 3 years later, and promptly got kicked when i was down by the jc ( who lied about their reasoning.. but that is a different thread entirely!!!!).

  so needless to say i no longer have a family of any kind.last night i was in the grocery store and noticed that a woman was passing by with her cart and sort of half smiling / half sad looking at me.

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  Hey! I just realized that you're one month older than me. I was born Sep.11, 1975.

  As a newbie, welcome to the family sis!
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  Not recongnizing family

  by damselfly in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been out if the jw's since i was 18 and i moved clear across the country.

  i moved back into my hometown around 3 years later, and promptly got kicked when i was down by the jc ( who lied about their reasoning.. but that is a different thread entirely!!!!).

  so needless to say i no longer have a family of any kind.last night i was in the grocery store and noticed that a woman was passing by with her cart and sort of half smiling / half sad looking at me.

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  What could you, or any of us, have done that is sooo bad that you lost your family over it- for the rest of your life? It's funny how they pin it on you, saying it's your fault that they are not talking to you. Yet, the government doesn't even put criminals in jail for as long as we all have suffered for just being human. It's sad. Maybe one day they will realize that you can't control other people's actions, but you can control how you react to them. It's the reaction that is wrong, cruel, and unforgiving. I was invited resently to a family gathering on my non-jw side of the family, but because I don't really know them I feel awkward and like I'm visiting someone else's family gathering. So not only do they get you by abandoning you but then they alienate you from the rest of humanity. How do you be normal? Me? I'm creating my own new family that loves people for who they are, accepts and respects differences in family, and intolerance is not in our vocabulary. I hope that you find family again. Blood related or not.
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  Obituaries...

  by jeanniebeanz in

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  here's a nice little side benefit of being raised a jw then leaving; having to search the obituaries of the local paper once a month hoping that your dad's name does not turn up.

  it's doubtful that any of my "family" would even let me know, so, i know it's morbid, but i look in the local paper each month and hope that i don't see his name.... j

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  Jeannie- That's too bad! But you're in good company here, I think we all can relate in some way to this. Love