Welcome and good luck with your plans to fade, you are a smart kid. You will find that you can make a lot of good friends in this world who are not JW's and will not judge your every thought and deed in life. This place is a great place to connect with people who understand what you are going through. It takes time to get over the shock that the JW religion is a cult and absolutely does not have the 'Truth'. Good luck to you and hope to see more of you here.
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New boy here.
by LtCmd.Lore ini'm 16 years old and have been raised as a jehovahs witness.
i'm currently considered a very spiritual brother, and have an assignment comming up for the memorial.
but i realized it was all a bunch of crap last year at some time.
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I'm back!!!!
by RichieRich inhello again from sunny north carolina!!!.
our state lotto started today, and i won 15 dollars, and only bought 1 $1 card.
so whoop whoop for gambling.. i was in miami florida last week for the photoshop world conference, but i also got to tour the everglades, where i took some beautiful pictures.
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Wow Richie--I really admire you and hope all this helps some of those lurkers here who still believe in the "truth".
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To newbies: You give up your rights when you become a Witness
by MsMcDucket ini was sitting here thinking: am i making fun of my children's religion?
am i being disrespectful to witnesses?
i was raised to be accepting of other people's religious choices.
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Wombat--I'm a Beatles fan! I threw out my records when I was a teenager because they were sooooooo wicked and were drug addicts!
The minute I left that stupid cult religion, I started collecting Beatle albums again--only this time in the form of tapes and CDs.
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To newbies: You give up your rights when you become a Witness
by MsMcDucket ini was sitting here thinking: am i making fun of my children's religion?
am i being disrespectful to witnesses?
i was raised to be accepting of other people's religious choices.
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The right to feel that you don't have all the answers about why we are here and whether there is one true God to worship.
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What Things Did You Think Were "Demonized"?
by minimus ineverything, when i was growing up was connected to "demonism".
handwriting analysis was borderline.
wind chimes would bring the demons right to your porch!
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my penis, when i was about 17. it did the weirdest things, and even spoke to tongues.
sincerely,
TS
Hee Hee Hee You guys crack me up!
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So, did you know any Janitors or Landscape people?
by free2beme inlol!!
okay i know this is a dumb question, but was it just me or did we seem to have a lot of janitors and landscape people in that religion.
i did know a couple of higher paying professions in our congregation, nurses, large business owners and a couple of retail managers.
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I don't think this subject is necessarily looking down on certain lines of work. I respect anyone who works hard. I think the point people are trying to make is that if you took time out to go to college or get further training--your spirituality was weak because JWs consider that as trying to attain riches in the "world", and it takes time away from converting others to their little cult.
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What Things Did You Think Were "Demonized"?
by minimus ineverything, when i was growing up was connected to "demonism".
handwriting analysis was borderline.
wind chimes would bring the demons right to your porch!
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OMG and let's not forget all the Oija Board stories!
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What Things Did You Think Were "Demonized"?
by minimus ineverything, when i was growing up was connected to "demonism".
handwriting analysis was borderline.
wind chimes would bring the demons right to your porch!
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Once my sister was accused of wearing a possessed head scarf that she bought used. The person who accused my sister was of the anointed and a little off her rocker anyway, but she said my sister's clothes might be possessed because my sister said something silly and then said "I don't know why I said that" and then the person said "Where did you get that scarf"
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For NICE PEOPLE only!
by BlessedStar init seems as though many people come to this board and leave in a short space of time.. it's a pity.. there are people on this board who are very nice and polite even when discussing various views.
this leads to understanding and concern.
i would like to meet you people.. please post in here.. i term nice as being kind, not cursing, love for god almighty, thrives on the right things in life, not hurting other's feelings, etc.. blessed star
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You people make my day and crack me up until my sides are busting!
Love the answers about Mr. Rogers and Santa Claus.
I'm not really sure if you started this post just to piss people off but I'm pretty suspicious. Every human will have a little bit different version of what 'nice' is. I consider myself nice but I struggle with my belief system because almost all religions and churches turn me off in some way, usually because it's their way or no way. The JW's teach and portray a very twisted view of the Bible and what it teaches, so it doesn't surprise me that a lot of xJWs are turned off by God and the Bible.
As I have gotten older and more time has passed since leaving Jdubdom, I find I have much more empathy and tolerance for people that I did not feel as a judgemental JW. I would never judge someone because they don't believe the same religiously as I do.
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for the DF'd: did you confess or were you ratted out?
by kid-A inlooking back at the 10 or so cases of disfellowshipping i recall, i think only 1 was due to the orwellian borg spy system.
he was ratted out.. all the other cases were actually "confessions" by people that otherwise would have gotten away with it.
i am wondering is these percentages.
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Merry--love that!
Nowman--awesome that you have your mom back!
Anewme--great how you made a new life for yourself!
Other posters--love to hear your stories!
I went to a Christmas office party, got drunk, and danced all night. Everyone tried to hide the story from my JW co-worker but I finally confessed to her because I knew she would eventually find out or so I worried. She threatened to rat me out to the elders, so I called them, met with them, and said I don't want to be a JW anymore and they promptly DF me. Shocked everyone because I had always been such a goody goody but I was tired of being judged and tired of constantly being reminded that anything I did might "stumble" someone, and that nothing we ever did would be good enough for Jehovah.
I got reinstated 2 years later because I missed my sister and my friends, and within a short time stopped attending meetings and reverted back to my wicked wordly ways. When the elders came sniffing around and saw me with my bearded brother, I'm sure they assumed he was my boyfriend, they got out of the car across the street and hand motioned and mouthed the words "Call us". I smiled and said ok. But I never went back to the BS and I guess they put me down as "Inactive", that was 14 years ago or so. And oddly enough, I have a relationship with my JW sister although I'm not sure why; I'm assuming because she thinks she'll be able to "Witness" to my kids. My kids are teenagers now so I warned them about that evil religion.