Thanks for the post ! This is the kind of stuff I came looking for when I googled "Jehovah's Witnesses" for the first time! I thank God for JWD !!!
Nellie
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TIME Magazine Articles on Jehovah's Witnesses
by Wild_Thing inhas anyone ever posted about the tons of time magazine articles about the jws?
time has been around forever and has been a 'witness' (pardon the pun) to much of their history .. clear back to the 1930s.
go to the time website and search for yourself!
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When is a fade finished?
by Nellie inso i was thinking - if i don't da myself and they don't df me, am i doomed forever to this limbo called "fade?
" when do i stop worrying about "what if they find out?
" when will they (if they saw me) just think of me as someone they knew, rather than "one of their flock" - even when they know i'm inactive?
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LOL - You guys are hilarious!
So, basically, the only way to end it all is to end it all. My husband is of the F 'em and feed them beans mentality. Doesn't see the need to DA because who really cares anyway. No one (absolutely no one) of my congregational "friends" have sought me out in years. I can see the upside to DAing - just knowing that it's over - maybe it's a female thing - needing closure. But on the other hand, I don't want to invest the emotional energy into a letter that I know the society wont care about anyway.
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OMG - I Did It ! I Really, Really, Did It !
by Nellie ini bought a christmas tree!!
the kids kept asking me, "are we celebrating xmas this year?
" they asked the same thing last year.
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Nellie
The kids love the tree - I only wish it would snow!
Of course, since we live in Florida, there's a snowball's chance in ---- that it'll happen. Maybe one year we'll visit NY for all the festivities!
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When is a fade finished?
by Nellie inso i was thinking - if i don't da myself and they don't df me, am i doomed forever to this limbo called "fade?
" when do i stop worrying about "what if they find out?
" when will they (if they saw me) just think of me as someone they knew, rather than "one of their flock" - even when they know i'm inactive?
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Nellie
So I was thinking - If I don't DA myself and they don't DF me, am I doomed forever to this limbo called "fade?" When do I stop worrying about "what if they find out?" When will they (if they saw me) just think of me as someone they knew, rather than "one of their flock" - even when they know I'm inactive? Is there a time limit on the fade? It's been 2 years since we were at a meeting, that's 2 missed memorials, no conventions or assemblies, no CO visit attendances, etc. When will I stop being inactive and become GONE to them?
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OMG - I Did It ! I Really, Really, Did It !
by Nellie ini bought a christmas tree!!
the kids kept asking me, "are we celebrating xmas this year?
" they asked the same thing last year.
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Nellie
I bought a Christmas Tree!! The kids kept asking me, "Are we celebrating Xmas this year?" They asked the same thing last year. You told me to do it - you said because it was "FUN!" I hemmed and hawed and twiddled my thumbs and as I walked through Walmart today I said to myself, this is a memory I want to give them.
So for my kids, I bought a tree. It's a fake one - I figure next year I'll (ahem) put it outside the front door and get a REAL one for inside... but it's a beginning! A new beginning . . . Now if I can only get past the thought, "Who's gonna come by and visit?"
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Once she decided that "blonde" isn't her color - she'll look 1000% better!
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I've recently made the decision
by Polishedgloss inwhich i think you guys call a fader...so far i'm pretty much got away with it.
my close family are in the truth love them to bits and i seriously dont want to alienate them- my story is a positive one, they have accepted that i dont go to meetings anymore and although they arent pleased they accept my viewpoint.
i am not a bitter ex-witness, i enjoyed my time meeting people while i was a witness although a lot shunned me after and a few years before i went 'public'
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Nellie
Welcome - you'll find friends here!
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DOES ANYONE STILL NOT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS???
by chuckyy injust wondering if anyone still does not celebrate xmas since leaving jws.....or like me do you think"to hell with it", and join in the festivities.
if you do celebrate it, do you still have pangs of guilt for celebrating this "pagan" festival???.
chukky.
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Nellie
The last Christmas I celebrated was when I was 10. I still remember it. . . Last year, we gave the kids gifts w/o a tree or wrapping them. This year . . . I'm thinking about getting one of those little 4 ft. trees and trying it out. Who knows, next year - maybe we'll do the lights, etc. I'm so confused
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Nellie
Before this article was written, the information was given out at a District Convention. Our talk was given by our PO - someone I always loved listening to and always paid rapt attention to. I remember sitting there with my head cocked to the side and my mouth hanging open . . . On the way home, I turned to my husband and said, " Did he just say it was okay to vote? He DID just say it was okay to vote, right???"
(((still scratching my head)))
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Name only One - one only - the best only!!!!
by AK - Jeff inyour absolute favorite song of all time.
no lists.
just your absolute favorite and artist.. mine:.
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Nellie
Can't limit it to one . . .