Topic by Cardinal Fang

do you think that this was another way of showing how males were superior to females in their teaching, or that their god "jehovah" was more favorable to the male appearance.

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Dream of Going Back

by professor in

jw
friends

i awoke from sleep about a half hour ago from a dream in which i returned to the witnesses.

i had become so upset from losing my family and friends that i decided to return and seek reinstatement even though secretly in my heart i did not believe (i was trying to fool the elders).. i awoke from the dream with illusions of actually following through with this idea.

it took me about 5 minutes to arrive at reality.

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The Shunning Paradox?

by blacksheep in

jw
friends

as i am in the midst of continuing bizarre hot/cold treatment from the jw members of my family, a thought occurred to me.

if my jw family members don't like what i do, feel i've been led down the wrong path, and generally "disapprove" of me, why the heck not just avoid me altogether???

why come into and out of my life in whenever they deem it desireable?.

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Apostate Or Not? (Intro/Help!)

by Cardinal Fang in

jw
friends

i've been a long-time lurker and very occasional poster (it took me months just to make it to junior member) on this board but never got round to introducing myself properly, so i've decided to make a fresh start with a new persona - my potted biog's on 'personal experiences', if you're that interested, lol .

anyway, to put things as briefly as possible... i was born into the wt through my mother (30+ yrs.

baptised); never made it as far as baptism (thank god), though i did make one concerted effort about 10 years ago when i was living away from my home town which was rejected on the grounds of insufficient hours - although i was regular, i didn't always make 'the ten' - i always found door-knocking a huge struggle... .

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JW or Satan???

by 67mustang in

i am going through the process of disassociating myself.

as usual people are talking, some are rumoring me an "athiest" my brother thinks satan has me.

it's crazy, just because i don't believe the jw's and want to leave, everyone is all over me.

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Formal Introductions

by Cardinal Fang in

i've been lurking around this place for a good long while now, and i've even posted now and again under another handle, but i thought i'd start afresh and 'do it right' this time by making with the formal introductions.

i was going to post this in the friends forum, but i'm a little bit shy for that (it took me many months to make it as far as junior member - that's how shy i am, lol).. anyway, my story... i was born into the wt - my mother's been a baptised jw for over 30 years now, and my dad's been what i like to call a 'camp follower' for the same length of time - although the wt nearly did for me right at the start - there were complications prior to the birth which put mine and my mother's life in danger involving the blood issue (how an org which preaches against abortion and even the 'morning after pill' can effectively sanction the death of an unborn child and its mother for want of a transfusion is an outstanding piece of doublethink that never ceases to astonish me...).

my three older sibs (all wee ones when my mother was 'assimilated') went their way and did the 'sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll' thing for varying lengths of time (they're all now 'reassimilated'), while i remained the 'good boy' *slaps self round the head* .

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