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  My Sister's Visit

  by Sunspot in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  most of you know that my family disowned me in 1972 when i was baptized into the wts.

  i have only one sibling, a kid sister .

  i was thrilled, but nervous, not having a clue how things would go and trying to keep in mind all the things i should not say as well as things i was eager to find out about, concerning the rest of the family i have had no contact with.. the moment we laid eyes on each other (and recovered frm the gigundo hug), it all went just great!!!

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  Hooray, congratulations! And thank you for telling the nicest story, I feel so good now.
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  Moshe calls bro Sinutko- Grrr!

  by moshe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i read the thread a few days ago about co, & do charles sinutko and his famous 1967 talk that ended with "stay alive 'till 1975".

  it brought back a flood of memories.

  i listened to his talks - randy has plenty of them on his website, too- http://www.freeminds.org/wav/wav.htm.

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  sass_my_frass

  Call him up one last time from a phone booth, where there are no cameras, and just say "You are going to grow old and die".
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  Ouch that hurts

  by lola28 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just feel so empty, i miss so many of my old friends, there's only one thing running thru my head "i loved you guys, i loved you so much.".

  lola.

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  sass_my_frass

  ((lola))

  I'm not so much missing them lately as feeling hurt by the rejection. I've realised that most of my old friends weren't really good friends - maybe I just picked the wrong people. I miss only one precious friend, and probably always will. She was dfd twice while I was still in and I went along with it then, and she has gone along with mine now. We had so many years taken away from us. It hurts when I think about her.
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  What Positive Things Have You Achieved Since Leaving?

  by sweet pea in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  purps' wonderful thread about love made me wonder about something else.

  what have you achieved/become since leaving the organisation that proves there is a happy, successful life outside being a jehovah's witness?

  for me, although it's only been a very short time, too short to achieve much, i count becoming: non-judgemental of my fellow man; a mum that can give her kids all the room to grow and blossom without fear of 'sinning' or being kicked out for bad behaviour; a person that can feel comfortable worshipping in a church or not, depending on whatever i feel like doing; someone who can love and give freely and celebrate life in all it's glory (i just love birthdays!

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  I've started a great marriage, made some awesome friends, started an undergrad degree and I'm a much nicer person.
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  I REALLY DON'T CARE...............................

  by Warlock in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i believe in god, but i also realize he may not exist.. if you don't believe in god, i really don't care, i'm just curious.. i don't have this need to start threads like "why you must believe in god", or other such nonsense, but some of you still have this "control" issue that you thought you left in the org.

  it seems like you must still try to control what others think.

  "think like me, or you are an idiot.

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  Yeah I don't get that either. I think that people should be left alone to believe whatever makes them happiest (as long as it does actually make them happy).
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  I talked to my mom about da troof last night

  by B_Deserter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  debating with my parents about doctrine is like trying to wrestle a greased eel.

  we were talking about how i feel about the religion and since i'm only starting my fade i didn't mention anything too blatant.

  i just told her i was having a real problem with 1914 and 607. i told her i haven't been able to find one secular source that says jerusalem was destroyed in 607, but that they all say 586.

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  sass_my_frass

  Take everything very slowly; I'm talking years. They can't handle a conversation like this very often. Only talk about it when they bring it up.

  btw if it isn't doing them any harm, why would you want them to stop being witnesses?
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  Small Steps - My Progress

  by Princess Daisy Boo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just wanted to to write quickly and let you all know how proud i am of myself... .

  this weekend, hubby and i took the kids to my mom and dad for a visit.

  i have avoided doing this for a while, just because i get so stressed when we get together.

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  WOOHOO!!

  (and welcome!)
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  Public talk cut down to 30 minutes

  by katiekitten in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone else heard this?

  (apologies if this has already been discussed).

  my inactive mum has an active jw friend with an elder husband.

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  sass_my_frass

  in order to accomodate congs where lots shared one hall

  That's new. I read here that it was to make it easier to get out on the preach after the meetings.
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  CONVERSATION WITH MY JW SISTER LAST NIGHT......

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well i guess this was a long time in coming, but yesterday afternoon, my family all got together and had a bbq at my parents' home.

  when my parents left at around 6:00pm to drive my one non-dub sister home, my other sister and brother in law (former elder), stayed for a while longer.. we've never discussed my leaving 'the truth' a couple of years ago but she brought it up last night and we started talking about the religion.

  everyone had been drinking but no one was drunk, so alot got said.

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  sass_my_frass

  My brother (young elder, father of two babies) used the 'where else is there to go?' as his trump card. I couldn't believe that after only two little issues that I had, that's what it turned out was keeping him. It was a conscious decision to ignore the problems and accept the lot, warts and all, because as far as he knew (in his very limited experience) the rest of the world is an awful place. I'd like to get them involved in anything else, just to expand their world. Maybe that's what your sister needs - new perspectives through safe new people.

  The great thing is that you are able to talk to her at all. Don't go scaring her away and closing her off with the big scary stuff. Start by getting her into new interests. Buy her a short course in some new hobby, go together even. Get her into situations that force her to have normal contact with normal people. Mostly, play a very long game.
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  Calling all ELDERS

  by The Oracle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you are an elder who frequents this site, please let me know.. i am trying to connect (completely anonymously - your privacy is assured) with as many elders as i can.

  i know that there are hundreds of elders in the same position as myself (have had our awakening and have come to realize that "the truth" is a sham).. i encourage you to continue to serve as an elder and for you to work together with other like minded elders as a collective force for true good.

  there is much we can do from the inside to help the cause.. there are thousands and indeed millions of kind and honest hearted people whose only crime is that they have allowed themselves to be deceived and are still active jws.

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  sass_my_frass

  This is your chance to really do something worthwhile with your life.

  ... how about something that has nothing to do with WBTS? Why not just walk away clean?