Topics Started by Lilycurly

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Conveying "ex-JW-vibes" with only a smile...lol
by Lilycurly in
1. jw
2. friends
i've found myself in a not so feel-good situation this morning.

in fact, it happened a few times just this week.

i'm often walking around town or in malls and i happen to pass, make eye contact and smile to people i know arent jws anymore.
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Results of DA letter...(I need help!!)
by Lilycurly in
1. jw
2. friends
dear elders... .

i'm writting this letter to inform you about my decision to da myself as i do not want to be known as a jw anymore.

i have tought about this for a long time and made sincere and deep researches, in fact, i decided to examine both side of the coin without any restrictions and i quickly understood why the watchtower society so strongly dissaproves those investigations.
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Are artist's faces copyrighted?
by Lilycurly in
1. social
2. entertainment
.

this might seem like a strange question...but if anyone's familiar with the concept of copyrights.... i am thinking of making an illustrated book including quotes from various inspirational music and movie artists complete with artistic portraits of the artists (that are not copied from photographs...) and i was wondering if i could get sued over something like that...
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My DA letter....
by Lilycurly in
1. jw
2. friends
okay, i finally wrote.

got inspired by some letters i read here, other places, and of course personal experience.

i would love to have an opinion about it.... (i had to translate it form french...gramatical strangeness and abbreviations doesn't count!lol).
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When am I an apostate?
by Lilycurly in
1. jw
2. friends
my father talked to an elder yesterday, told him i was reading crisis of conscience, other apostate material and talking apostate with my mother.... the verdict: i am not consider an apostate, according to this elder.. now i'm confused...i thought just being here made me one, but the elder says i need to be talking badly about the society to others jws to be one.

does that even make sense?

anyone has any written references from publications or others that clearly says that there are other motives then trying to convert other jws?
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Now they "Excommunicate"??
by Lilycurly in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
some of you might had read that in one of my other post...my father, who is the only jw in the family, came up with the word "excommunicated" when talked about disfellowshipement.

now, nobody here seems to have any idea what this is all about.

he seems pretty certain that it's now the proper word to use.
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Should I get Disfellowshipped? (sorry, it's excommunicated, now)
by Lilycurly in
1. jw
2. friends
my mother and i have been baptised, and we both faded.

without a try from anyone, elder or other to get us back.

the thing is, my father is still in.
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Cave men?
by Lilycurly in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'd love to know how jws explain the discovery of 6000+ year old remnants of cavemen?

i mean, they can explain dinosaurs, but what to they say about the prehistoric men?

i'd ask my jw father, but i want to be prepared first....
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From the mouths of kids....
by Lilycurly in
1. jw
2. friends
conversation between my little 10 years old brother and my dub-dad before he departs for the meeting:.

little bro: daddy...why do you have to go to kingdom hall?.

dub-dad: well, because jehovah wants us too.
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Sending letters to all JWs I know.....
by Lilycurly in
1. jw
2. experiences
after thinking a lot about it, i just felt i had to at least try something to make the local jws open their eyes.

i know it is most unlikely that any of them will even consider reading all of what i will send, but here's the plan:.

i've got a list of all their addresses (that i kept from before).