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  What are the qualifications to get into Bethel?

  by tyler m in

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  i confirmed from a reliable source that my brother will be going to bethel.

  we have no contact.

  what requirements do you have to meet for this "honor"?

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  tyler m

  We have not been in each others lives since he was around age 10 so I don't know him anymore. All I know about his personality is what my siblings tell me and they describe him as being a goody goody and kiss ass. After reading the thread I guess he will fit in perfectly.
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  SO WHY AREN'T YOU AT THE MEETING THIS MORNING???

  by Mary in

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  what excuse could anyone possibly have as to why they're not attending the 2 hours + of boring bullshit partaking of spiritual food this morning??

  as for me, i have a perfectly valid excuse: i'm doing laundry and baking banana bread this morning.

  what are you doing sunday morning instead of being told you're not doing enough in god's service?

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  tyler m

  Going to a meeting has not crossed my mind in years. I find the idea very distressing not to mention boring.
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  Do those that shun us not love us?

  by logansrun in

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  it is a mistake for former jehovah's witnesses to think that just because they are shunned by friends and family, they are no longer loved.

  isn't shunning a horrible experience, one borne from twisted psychological reasoning?

  mandated shunning from a powerful and misguided religious organization is a great sin against both the person shunned and those who are obliged, yes obliged, to shun them.

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  I welcomed my 2 siblings back into my life with open arms but when they shunned me they were too young to know any better. My mom and dad are another story. If they apologized and were no longer emotionally abusive I would be willing to try and repair our relationship. Until then they can go to hell.
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  What are the qualifications to get into Bethel?

  by tyler m in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i confirmed from a reliable source that my brother will be going to bethel.

  we have no contact.

  what requirements do you have to meet for this "honor"?

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  tyler m

  I confirmed from a reliable source that my brother will be going to Bethel. We have no contact. What requirements do you have to meet for this "honor"?
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  The most condescending thing said to you by the (sm)elders.

  by diamondblue1974 in

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  i wasnt the most academic of children although i had some capability but i could read quite well by the time i was 4 years old at least for my age; i have always read as a child and still read now as an adult both professionally (research) and for pleasure.

  i have always been able to write too...and pretty much advanced as well as my peers did in school...perhaps i am lucky, i certainly feel like i am when illiteracy amongst adults and children is rife at present...however.. i remember when i was 16 the wts in the uk were pushing through a scheme teaching those who were not as able to read and write...and an elder in the hall made a point of coming to me and suggesting that i should actually attend the training!!

  !....i explained that i could read and write well enough and didnt need to be taught basic literacy... he said that i might learn something new and should respect jehovahs order of things and show appreciation...i did decline his kind offer rather abruptly....but wtf??

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  tyler m

  Which time? During college I worked as a bus boy to make ends meet. One of many jobs I had. An elder told me "so this is what you are doing with your life"? Bastard! I really needed the job, otherwise he would have been eating his food off the floor. He cleaned officies for a living. That's all he ever did. I wish he could see me now. I bet I make more in a week than he does in 3 months.
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  So how long has everyone been out?

  by tyler m in

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  i stopped all jw activity on june 12, 1996. my 18th birthday.

  i made arrangements to stay with some friends and they even lined me up a summer job.

  i snuck out in the middle of the night and left my parents a note.

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  zug,

  I think DA'ing is the way to go. Most of my ex jw friends strongly object to the concept but if I had to do it over again I would DA. I should have left a DA letter on my bed when I left home. That way no stalking elders and I would have only have to put up with my parents for a little while. It would be known that I rejected that cult and not the other way around. Anyway good luck with your DA.
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  So how long has everyone been out?

  by tyler m in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i stopped all jw activity on june 12, 1996. my 18th birthday.

  i made arrangements to stay with some friends and they even lined me up a summer job.

  i snuck out in the middle of the night and left my parents a note.

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  blondie,

  I believed it was the truth when I left and was baptized. Since I had such a miserable childhood I did not want to be in "paradise" and live forever with JW's. I also hated the jw god Jehovah and did not want to worship him. I decided that before I died at armageddon I was going to live life to the fullest and for a teenager that meant lots of well use your imagination.

  It was actually "unbelievers" dad that told me the truth about the truth. Boy was I relieved that I was not going to die at armageddon. I was having too much fun.

  sandy,

  There was rampant gossip in my congregation as well. You could always count on the elders squealing to their wives and then before you knew it everybody knew. You could walk into a room and they would be in their little groups and they would go silent. Then you could hear the whispers. If only the elders wives knew what their daughters had done with me. They would not be gossiping.
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  So how long has everyone been out?

  by tyler m in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i stopped all jw activity on june 12, 1996. my 18th birthday.

  i made arrangements to stay with some friends and they even lined me up a summer job.

  i snuck out in the middle of the night and left my parents a note.

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  tyler m

  I stopped all JW activity on June 12, 1996. My 18th birthday. I made arrangements to stay with some friends and they even lined me up a summer job. I snuck out in the middle of the night and left my parents a note. Then the stalking by them and the elders started but that is another story.
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  Please welcome Tyler to the board

  by unbeliever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been showing him posts.

  he's an xjw and has been out for several years.

  i will get him registered and he will post.. thanks!.

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  tyler m

  carmel,

  There should be some kind of law that dfing should not be allowed so young or banned all together. I know it will never happen in this country. I was 13 my first time. I've been out for 9 years so I have made a new life for myself and have friends who I consider to be my family. It's all good.

  confusedjw,

  I will answer that question in a couple of weeks. I am staying at her house right now while my house is being remodeled. She might kick me out and then I will have to pay for a hotel. I'm way to cheap.
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  Please welcome Tyler to the board

  by unbeliever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been showing him posts.

  he's an xjw and has been out for several years.

  i will get him registered and he will post.. thanks!.

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  tyler m

  thanks for the welcome everyone.