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Layla33
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Great News! For all of you that have read my story....
by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up inthe publishing company i work for has officially expressed interest in publishing my story!
i am sure to be branded an apostate now!
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Self -Employed or Otherwise Gainfully Employed - Gas Prices Eating You Up?
by flipper inlast night at the gas pump i had a verbal , emotional outburst , swearing to no one in particular - just the gas pump , until i saw 2 guys at the island down from me - so i figured i'd let it rip !
frustration over these insanely rising gas prices finally took it's toll on even -keeled mr. flipper !
i started my rant , wanting these guys feedback , " what is it with these #ucking gas prices ?
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Layla33
I don't trust Alex Jones, I really believe he is a CIA Operative/Plant to misguide people and give very very small kernels of truth, but keeping the real crux of things as secret. His job is to manipulate people with fear. I have gotten this from very good authority - I can't give out by whom.
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How do you handle ... being shunned?
by Awakened at Gilead inmy da announcement was last tuesday, so i have been on the official jw shun list for about a week now.... i am curious how you handle shunning.my situation:.
i have spoken with my family (my parents and 1 brother) and discussed whether they will shun me.
i explained that biblically they should not shun me since i am not an antichrist, and i have not rejected the teaching that jesus cam in the flesh.
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Layla33
Hmmm, I don't think I handle it. I just maneuver depending on the circumstance.
I am officially not a JW, therefore I do not have to honor any of their thoughts or beliefs. I will talk to whomever I want, whenever I want and I don't feel the need to "out" myself to anyone. About a year afterwards I did, and on a rare occasion I will when there is a "witness" I really don't want to talk to, I will let them go on for a while and then say, "hey, by the way I am DF'd" with the most wonderful smiles , at which they will either walk away like I have vomited on them or they will say, "good to see you" hug me and get out of there. Most times, it is not a big deal.
To my immediate family, they truly love me and have accepted my opinion without much issue. I always come back to, "as an adult I should have the right to believe what I want, without you questioning my right to have that belief, that does not make me a bad person." That is normally the end of any and all conversations on it.
I think as time passes you figure it out for yourself. I have two family members (non-immediate) that will not acknowledge my existence and I do the same to them. Every time I see them (which in the past ten years has been exactly ONCE), I look at them like they are dead cats on the street, and laugh and go on about my business.
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For those raised as a JW...
by DisconnectingDrone inlike many i was about 7 or 8 when my parents were baptized.
being a child you naturally trust that your parents are doing the right thing and follow them.
i was baptized at 15-how often i wish i could turn back the clock!
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Layla33
We have reached a happy medium. In fact, the topic has never really come up with my mother, more so my maternal grandmother, but not my mother that I can remember. Her personal feeling is that because I am an adult, I am entitled to believe what I want - her job is done. I respect that a lot from her. My father, he deals with it, I am very close to my father and love him immensly, so religion has never been a big issue between us. Once and a while he may bring something up - but he has told me in no uncertain terms that he will never turn his back on his children. I respect him so much for that. It may have something to do with the fact that I am the only girl, but I have made peace with their beliefs and mine, my love for them has never changed because of it.
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what do you love?
by odie67 inwhat do you love?
what moves your soul and/or inspires you to the point of complete happiness?.
i had the pleasure of meeting a young man at a party, he was so into the music...it was amazing watching him.
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Layla33
Chocolate. I'm addicted...
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Self -Employed or Otherwise Gainfully Employed - Gas Prices Eating You Up?
by flipper inlast night at the gas pump i had a verbal , emotional outburst , swearing to no one in particular - just the gas pump , until i saw 2 guys at the island down from me - so i figured i'd let it rip !
frustration over these insanely rising gas prices finally took it's toll on even -keeled mr. flipper !
i started my rant , wanting these guys feedback , " what is it with these #ucking gas prices ?
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Layla33
I am negotiating working home occasionally. I economize as much as possible, the gas prices are affecting everyone. Thanks for the tips!
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Layla33
Wonderful! I don't think there's one more word that needs to be written to explain it. You did it excellently...
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What was your first time like?
by searchingforfriends inwere you scared or nervous?
did you feel like you were doing something wrong?
did it feel liberating?
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Layla33
You got me. I was so thinking this was about something else.
My first time here I just looked around a bit, came back joined up and then promptly forgot about it. I had made peace with not being a JW and had gone through all the uncertainty and all of the feeling of loss a long time ago. BUT then a beloved family member of mine died not too long ago and I hadn't stepped in a KH in many years and when I did, it all came back and I needed to go to a place to vent to only people who could understand because with my friends it was too many explanations to just get out what was bothering me. So it took a good two years to come back after I first dipped in the pool. It was nice.
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Layla33
Ah, thank you Caliber. Yes, I see the man vs woman trend all the time, it is kind of sad. Sometimes I feel like it is one of the true battles, that only individually we can win. I have been raised mostly around men, even though now I have a good deal of female friends, I tend to get along better with males. Whenever I hear a man degrading women it makes me kind of sad. I feel the same way when I hear women putting down the male species.
It is not to know that we can still be appreciated and loved, so I love the poem. Bravo!
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My Story - Part 2
by Jeremy C inlike many jw children, i was deeply influenced and motivated by watchtower society artwork depicting the new system of things.
i was profoundly influenced by artwork (particularly in the book: you can live forever in paradise on earth) that portrayed children petting tigers, playing with lion cubs, running through grassy fields with kites, and enjoying care-free lives.
what i now realized about myself is that for a jw to desire such things; and to go through the motions - performing organizationally-programmed activity in order to receive this reward; does not necessarily require a love for god or christ that is any deeper than other religionists.
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Layla33
I have read a lot of stories, but the way in which you can articulate so emphatically the way being raised as a Jehovah's Witness affected you is very compelling. It has been a long time since I have actually thought about my being raised in it to the matter that you write, a lot of people on here will truly empathize with you. You have great writing skills, a true story teller!
I can't wait to read the next part.