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  WHY I Keep Kicking when down....

  by Sparkplug in

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  you get a letter like this and it makes it all better:

  (from my daughter)

  its all too hard to explain, .

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  sass_my_frass

  What an amazing little princess! You go give her another hug and tell her so.
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  Beginning the road out.

  by wozadummy in

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  yes i'm new to this forum and i have been searching the net and reading with interest peoples comments here and on other sites.

  as most know reaching out as a faithfull jw to others outside of the congregation is difficult at first ,as i guess we think anyone outside the congregation is wordly etc.

  and we can't open up easily to "strangers" as jehovah would not approve.

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  sass_my_frass

  Hello, welcome and congratulations! It's a long road, and it's the ride of my life! I'm so happy and just have to tell everybody about it, especially our new buddies.

  I find this site so liberating; every time I read a new thought here it lets something go inside - it took years to coat my soul with so many lies, and it is taking a while to shake them. It will happen, and knowing that I'm not the only one (by a mile!) is so encouraging. Everybody here knows where you're at and what you need. Make yourself comfortable.

  much love, Sass
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  Bethel "Vow of Poverty" documents scanned.

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  vow of poverty scanned from 2002 documents.

  i believe these are the latest ones unless someone has a newer one.

  i posted these in another thread but i thought it deserved its own.. ocrd with 98% accuracy.... initial cover page 1 of 4. vow of obedience and povertyto the.

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  sass_my_frass

  I just had creepy shivers all over my body, stunned that thousands of people have submitted to it.

  Stunned.
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  One last act of separation

  by jeanniebeanz in

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  well, i was cleaning out the last of the boxes from our move to texas and i came across my old new world translation.. i stopped and looked at it for a while, leafed through the pages to see the notes, hastily scribbled during some talk or another, little pieces of my life and world... some of the comments triggering memories of conventions, or relatives, mainly though, triggering feelings of... nothingness.. nothingness... that is what my time as a witness has boiled down to.

  years of my life offered gladly to an organization that i believed would show me, and those whom i loved, the way to a better life where there would be no, "sickness, death or suffering" all meant nothing.. it used to make me mad or sad thinking about these things, but now there is just nothing.. not even when i think about my dad.

  i used to get so upset at having lost him; i'd cry and hope that he'd see the light and leave the organization.

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  sass_my_frass

  :) well done!

  I'm not looking forward to opening the box with the photo albums...
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  Bethel's super-clean plug-holes [Ozzie's Weekend Poll #155]

  by ozziepost in

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  gday all!

  well, mrs ozzie and i are back!

  so did you miss me?

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  sass_my_frass

  12. Got to get those lazyarse Bethel Elders Wives doing something, cauliflower cheese doesn't grow on trees you know.
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  Newbies

  by TallTexan in

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  is it just me, or does there seem to be a flood of new people on the board lately?

  i think it's awesome!.

  welcome to all newcomers.

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  sass_my_frass

  Welcome to all our new buddies! Pull up a chair, we know it's been a long road.
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  Calling all BETHELITES

  by YoursChelbie in

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  if you have previously served at bethel, can you post word for word the "vow of poverty" that you are asked to take?

  is this a written document that you keep?

  has the wording of it changed a lot or always the same?

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  sass_my_frass

  WHAT the...? Do you also change your will and hand over your belongings for inspection? Poor bethelites.
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  How did you treat your worldly relatives when you were a JW

  by TallTexan in

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  i had an interesting conversation the other day with a friend who is also an ex-jw.

  this person is older than i am, and was a jw for a number of decades.

  she was talking about worldly relatives that she basically ignored when she was a jw.

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  sass_my_frass

  Mother pulled us out of contact with with them when she got the dunk; deliberately cutting them all off. They've waited it out, and see through it. I was too young to know, but went along with the feeling of superiority. My non-witness family have been so great to me since the disfellowshipping, I hope we become close.
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  HOW MANY ARE REALLY TRUE TO ORGANIZATION TEACHINGS???

  by chuckyy in

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  my experience since leaving the jw's, knowing certain ones who still have contact, is that many jw's in good standing have done, or are doing things that could merit expulsion.

  celebrating new year.

  agreeing to blood transfusion.

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  sass_my_frass

  None of them, because none of us are perfect, but some of us are caught (or dob ourselves in, dammit!).
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  Just had a visit from my mom

  by Bumble Bee in

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  about two weeks ago, i had a fallout with my mother and sister.

  they totally overreacted to a situation and said some pretty nasty things, called me apostate and said they never wanted to see me again.

  i tried my hardest to not react the same way, and try to explain some things but they didn't want to listen.

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  sass_my_frass

  hooray! A mother with a soul! Cherish her, well, at least make her nice hot drinks!

  I'm glad for you and her, good for her for letting go a little.