Hi hon... I grew up as a witness and stayed single for a long, long time. Eventually I did the maths and realised that there are simply more sister than brothers, and so some of the sisters will have to decide whether to stay single or marry outside of the organisation. My first engagement was to a non-witness and it failed because I was afraid of how our lives would go 'unevenly yoked'. A few years later I realised that I just hate being single, and that I loved this guy regardless of what he believes, so I married a non-witness. At the same time I was learning though, that my faith in god was being badly influenced by my faith in an organisation, and so I separated them. That's a nice way to say that I'm now d'd, and dealing with it. Ask yourself why you want somebody to share your faith; is it to affirm it? Most witnesses need all their loved ones to be believers too, so that they're all in the same club. Work out what your faith is in. It's good to see you here, it proves that you have an inquiring mind and are willing to research. If your faith is strong it should hold up to anything; if it doesn't, what was it about in the first place?
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Alone
by pureclob ini am a 25 year old female, and have been studing the truth for the past 2years.
my mother taught it to me since i was little, it always made sense to me and was something i wanted in my life.i hadn't made it a big part of my life, until two years ago when i started my own study.
i am getting older and would like to meet someone to be with who is a jehovahs witness, or someone like me who is working towards that.
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Hello, I'm Aaron, and this is my story...
by MetricRX indear reader,
my name is aaron, and i have a brief story to tell regarding my youth as a jehovah's witnesses.
my story is all too familiar for many who had the misfortune to find themselves unwilling participants in the religious activities of this group, but i would like to share my experience.
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Don't ever leave me.
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A letter from Mr.Elder...
by Lilycurly inokay, to give a bit of background....i have posted my da letter on this board awhile ago.
of course, sent it to a elder.
and i get a call weeks later telling me they were gonna announce my daing to the cong.
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Nice one Lily! I hope (but doubt) that he reads your reply. And what of your 'disassociation'? Any news on that? You'll probably be hearing soon, prepare yourself - despite everything you've done it still might come as a shock.
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How to destroy the Watchtower Organization
by saved in.
destroyed like bankrupt, unable to function as an organized religion, or whatever that will make all jws really wake up and think that this organization isn't what they think it is.. ideas?
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Did anybody else notice how those stats all fall off in 1995 (think 'Generation'), and starting going up again in 2001 (think '9/11').
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Tetra I think it's your fault
by MsMcDucket inearly this morning, at work, this doctor comes in bitchin' and moanin' about not being paged.
he starts throwing stuff around and really saying some nasty things about me and the staff's competency.
so, i got hot as a firecracker!
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Way to go General McDucket!
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Another Article on JW's.......
by Bryan ini found this on another board.
though he didn't hit every topic, he did a decent job of covering both sides.
it also features brenda lee, author of out of the cocoon
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* shivers *
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Has Depression & Anger Lessened Since You've Stopped Attending Meetings?
by minimus ini see a lot of happier people around here.
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I'm coming off my anti-depressants! Slowly though, as I'm still attending meetings. If I stop playing that game I imagine I'll be free of them for life.
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Can someone help me decide what to do?
by Kaylen incan someone give me some feedback on what they would do in this situation:.
last weekend my best friends husband told me that three years ago he caught (and spied on for about half an hour) my husband and my very best friend "getting hot and heavy" (his words) in our spa and that he watched them because "he found it hot".
the three of them decided that they would not tell me and kept it a secret for the last three years until he told me (because he was drunk at the time).
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This:
would have to have a discussion with his friend about betraying the agreement that they had about keeping the secret
... makes me feel creepy, and makes me wonder what he might be covering up.
I'm concerned though, that you have a couple of dozen strangers here barging into your married life. Be careful how affected you are by our opinnions. Hugs to you hon!
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Can someone help me decide what to do?
by Kaylen incan someone give me some feedback on what they would do in this situation:.
last weekend my best friends husband told me that three years ago he caught (and spied on for about half an hour) my husband and my very best friend "getting hot and heavy" (his words) in our spa and that he watched them because "he found it hot".
the three of them decided that they would not tell me and kept it a secret for the last three years until he told me (because he was drunk at the time).
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This reaction bothers me;
"says he doesn't remember anything and says it doesnt achieve anything to go into details about it"
... he really brushed that off didn't he? You have every right to know the facts. Something like that would make me wonder whether I can trust any of those three people again... more that they conspired to cover it up, than it happened. But even then, somebody has already said that being drunk isn't an excuse for anything. If they were too drunk to know what they were doing or what the consequences were, they'd have been comatose.
I've always thought that when a person is drunk, it is the most honest they can be about themselves - the mask comes off and they can't hide their feelings or their personality. Maybe the masks came off and they decided to explore an attraction they have always had. Maybe they thought about the consequences of taking it further and decided not to, or maybe they did? Maybe all it takes to turn them into hornbags is a few drinks. It's stuff you need to know, not sit around being worried about.
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Hey Damsel
How was the Pearl Jam gig? when I saw them they were insane about security and moshing; 20000 went through pat-downs before getting into the gig! We weren't allowed to jump around (in front of out seats, there was no standing area), and the lights were turned on three songs before the encore to totally cold us down. They were apparently afraid of the crushing deaths they've had at their gigs before. I suppose it would be a bit of a drag...
At our conventions there would be at least one fatal heart attack every year, and of course it was okay because they died where they were happiest. Now if there had been a moshpit at the conventions, I'd have been all over it...