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  Did you see any sad living conditions in Field Service...?

  by Casper in

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  im sure all of us at one time or another witnessed homes that broke our heartshere are a few of mine.

  some of the homes i had been invited into out in service really left an impression on me.

  call it naive or whatever, it was a real eye opener in some cases.. one in particular that i remember was a poor family with 8 little girls, stair step in age, the oldest no more than 9. this was an rv of the sister i was with.... very nice people, but the living conditions were appalling.

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  Wow.... Burn and Dorktacular....

  The kindness you both had shown to these people is amazing.

  Cas
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  What survives death?

  by JH in

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  when a person dies, does anything survive?

  jw's say no.. my mom, who is baptist now, is sure that the soul lives on.

  so, just like a good jw of old, i said to her, "the devil wants you to believe that".. then she said, how about your spirit?

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  and our family watches over us from heaven

  I haven't got a clue, but going along with the above quote....

  My first husband was obsessed with what when on after we die. He talked about it all the time.

  He promised over and over if there was any way possible to contact me from the other side that he would... that I should watch for it... (no wonder I needed therapy...), after he committed suicide..

  I did just that. I watched and I waited. It's been 25 years and nothing. Not one sign. So my guess is .... who the hell knows.

  Cas
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  When a JW, what did you think about human fossils of 1.2 million years

  by LouBelle in

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  when i was in and documentaries came on the telly about human fossils being found dated 800 000 years old or 1.2 million years old i would always say - they surely must have the dating process wrong (hello - i'm not expert) or would try find a loop whole to make sure that the belief of mans' 6/7000 year existance.. i also used to reason that they were probably a species of apes or forgeries - anything to make myself believe we as jws' were right - i did this without even "thinking" really - like breathing.. i even studied science & biology at school and would also have to come up with ""excuses"" for this or that.

  ag what did we know we were only kids, but when you become an adult and have adult reasoning faculties one can't ignore the facts.. so what did you create as a safe bubble when things like this came up?.

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  I also used to reason that they were probably a species of apes or forgeries - anything to make myself believe we as JWs' were right

  I would say I went along with this, but there was always a "But, what if...?" in the back of my mind.

  Cas
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  The Miracle Wake up!

  by Hope4Others in

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  memorial day we received a call from and elder in the local congregation.

  his mother is a partaker, he mentions he could not get over with the invitation so was calling.

  to invite us.

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  They viewed it as a miracle waking up to partake.

  LOL..... they'll be talking about that for months...

  Cas
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  What have you done to heal yourselves from the borg & lead a content life?

  by cognac in

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  or, at least made progress in healing yourselves.... right now i feel like i have made a lot of progress.. i did the following that helped tremendously:.

  joined this forum!

  faced my husband regarding how i felt and feel that we have met eachother 1/2 way on this - even researched and prepared how to talk to him in a better way (i have a blunt, tactless way of bringing things up - in case you guys didn't notice, lol.

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  Great Job Cognac.......

  You're moving right along...

  For myself, I was in therapy for 2 years, which helped a great deal. I also found this site and knew for certain I wasn't alone when it came to my feelings about the witnesses and their teachings.

  I got involved in a hobby that kept me around like minded people and I met a wonderful man and got remarried....

  Things have been better ever since...

  Cas
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  praying before a meal

  by megaflower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i have stopped.

  it brings up too many memorys of having some elder pray for the cong before we partook of any food.

  it just seemd like a big production, all would gather around and bow heads in silence while some senior male gave thanks- no more- no thanks

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  Wouldn't know who to address.

  I haven't prayed at all since I walked away from the witnesses 10 years ago. Like in the above quote I wouldn't know whom to address..

  Cas
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  When you went out in field service

  by megaflower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  how often did you have to talk yourself into going out?.

  how often did you wait till the end of the month to get some time in?.

  how often did you fudge your time?.

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  I can't say that I ever really looked forward to service but, there were times I had to push myself out the door. Depending on the car group, we had fun sometimes.

  As for actually talking at the doors.... I did Hate that. I never felt good enough, and always came away from the door thinking there was no way that householder should be judged by what I had just mumbled...

  I did go out regularly tho... I didn't care for the end of the month rush.

  I felt pretty good after service, considering what it was... I guess I felt I had at least pleased man, if nothing else...

  I don't remember fudging on my time... but, that was 10 years ago...

  Cas
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  How to keep a witness fromknocking on your door

  by oldflame in

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  Soooo COOL....

  Gotta show this one to Hubby....He'll get a laugh out of it...

  I agree with above... "She does seem drawn to them"....

  Cas
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  How did you find this site?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems as though an age has passed from discovering this site seven years ago to where i am now.

  just before we started studying the daniel's prophecy book, i went online to see if anyone had made a study bookmark with the dates and paragraphs on.

  i "stumbled" across this site, way back in 2000. of course, like a good christian i pretty much determined that this site had gone apostate from the other jw sites, such.

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  My oldest daughter found this site thru Google, and said I should check it out. That was April, 2001...

  I've been here ever since.

  Cas
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  Hi everyone!

  by Marsha in

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  hello everyone im a newbie, so what ezactly do we do hear besides meet one another and socialize, lol just would like to know the ropes.

  thanks!

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  Welcome Marsha....

  Hang around, we learn from each other here....

  Cas