This all has been very interesting. Fred Hall, are you a Witness and talking that way about it being a bunch of s***? Well shame, shame on you. Also for all of you claiming to be Witnesses, from what I remember, going on to these kinds of websites and associating with "apostates" were MAJOR no-nos, so if you are so devoted why are you even reading any of this? It has to be harmful to you according to what you've been taught. Just curious thats all.
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Haven't you got anything better to do?
by tedcobb inobviously a lot of you are no longer jws, for whatever reason, but surely you can find something better to do with your time.
you seem to spend a lot of your spare time slating the society or picking holes in your former beliefs.. if you've left and think what jws believe is a load of rubbish, thtat fine, you cn do what you want, but why you have to go on about it?
if being a jw means so little to you, why not just leave it behind and get on with your life?
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for those who "grew up in the borg"
by zev inat this late, middle stage of my life, i've started wondering, now that i know what i know, about the things in my life that i "lived" with.
having been raised all my life in the "borg" i have known nothing else.
when questions began forming years ago, it started me thinking.
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I can relate Tanalyst, my mother was quite the disciplinarian. I remember one time at the hall lying to her about having gum in my mouth and being dragged to the back of the hall in a humiliating fashion so she could whack me. Such fun. Everything in that life was what you could NOT do. Cant imagine why I grew up with such a complex about myself.
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Hi Everyone
by JW72 inhi all, i don't know if anyone will remember me.. i haven't posted for ages, just wanna let everyone know that i'm still alive, if anyone cares.. i see nothing's really changes here.. ooooh except venice's picture, very nice..... chris
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Hi Chris,
I'm new to the board so don't remember you from before but wanted to say hi anyway, hope you are doing okay.
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Fun With Email
by COMF inyou are not a jehovah witness, are you?
are you a jehovah witness?.
and it's not "jehovah witness.
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This was good Comf, but what exactly was his point in writing to you? Or did he ever get to the point of telling you that much?
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for those who "grew up in the borg"
by zev inat this late, middle stage of my life, i've started wondering, now that i know what i know, about the things in my life that i "lived" with.
having been raised all my life in the "borg" i have known nothing else.
when questions began forming years ago, it started me thinking.
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Hello all again,
I want to thank you all for your postings. I am finding it soooooooo interesting since finding this website only a couple short weeks ago or so, that I have never heard of any other religion, upon coming out of it, that is in need of an "ex's" support group because of how profoundly affected they were by that religion.
I am learning a lot by reading your postings and looking for things I relate to, such as what was said about being a good mother. I have serious doubts about my abilities in this regard as well, although my daughter seems much happier now that we are out and she can feel like she fits in with her peers again. I am filled with self-doubt, always apologizing, always worried about who the next person is going to be in my life to abandon me. It is very uncomfortable to live each day in worry and fear, and I don't know when that will end for me. I'm really happy that I found this site though, its become a type of therapy to me to read all your experiences and appreciate all your friendship! Thanks,
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for those who "grew up in the borg"
by zev inat this late, middle stage of my life, i've started wondering, now that i know what i know, about the things in my life that i "lived" with.
having been raised all my life in the "borg" i have known nothing else.
when questions began forming years ago, it started me thinking.
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Slipnslide, how well I can relate! Im ALWAYS afraid of someone leaving me as well! How many people has this religion affected this way?
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Would like to make new friends all over again
by CathyM38 inhi, i'm cathy.
am new to the site; some of you know me by now.
i have been dfd since 1997 and without many friends since then and felt quite lost as im sure many of you know the feeling.
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Hi all my new friends! Sorry I have not posted in a bit. I was at my boyfriends over the weekend, then all day yesterday I could not get on to this site for some reason, it kept coming up ERROR. But when I did get on, it was so great to read all your responses and feel so welcomed again. I truly have not felt like I belonged anywhere for such a long time and you don't know how much I appreciate all of you and your friendship. Jang, I really am not good at joining things on my own as far as groups or organizations. I have been offered flyers for Parents Without Partners and things like that, but I am hesitant to go alone. So a good deal of weekends I have sat home moping all alone. But I realize that if my life's going to change I have to be the one to take the initiative and thats why I did a search on Jehovah's Witnesses and came up with this wonderful site, in an effort to find friends who have been through similar experiences, and I have NOT been disappointed. To me the Witnesses practice of shunning is just hurtful, not helpful as they intend it to be. How can it be an easy thing if you want to come back, especially if you are an outgoing, friendly person, and have to go to meetings A YEAR or more before they even think about accepting you back, all the while feeling like an outcast because no one will talk to you there. Such an extremely lonely existence. I love hearing from all of you, please feel free to write me and keep up the postings.
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Would like to make new friends all over again
by CathyM38 inhi, i'm cathy.
am new to the site; some of you know me by now.
i have been dfd since 1997 and without many friends since then and felt quite lost as im sure many of you know the feeling.
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Wowee! I feel so popular, and such fast responses! So nice to hear from all of you and feel so welcomed. Venice, I have been in the chatroom and met a few there. I would love to discuss everything and anything with you, and feel free to e-mail me as well. I am currently working as a secretary in the City (Chicago) for the F.O.P. (police union), and have found this really wonderful guy I've been dating about 5 months now. Please keep up the cards and letters :)
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Would like to make new friends all over again
by CathyM38 inhi, i'm cathy.
am new to the site; some of you know me by now.
i have been dfd since 1997 and without many friends since then and felt quite lost as im sure many of you know the feeling.
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Hi, I'm Cathy. Am new to the site; some of you know me by now. I have been dfd since 1997 and without many friends since then and felt quite lost as Im sure many of you know the feeling. Im a divorced single mom of 38 with a 12 year old daughter and would love to get to know more of you and hear your experiences with "The Borg". I just found the website awhile ago and have found it an interesting way to meet XJW'S. Thanks all for listening.
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Hi, Im from the Chicagoland area. Was in for 30 years. Left in 97.