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I disassociated myself today....June 8, 2006

by arwen in

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i wrote a letter to some personal friends in the congregation and enclosed the letter from the un.

i also wrote a short disassociation letter to four elders and enclosed the un letter as well.

i delivered them to the mailboxes and also mailed a couple.

magoo

.,......you rock arwen!

isn't funny.....................it seems a whole lot easier to be convenced over the years to be a "good jw",..............but convincing yourself AFTER those years is always the hardest!

magoo

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Sheep in Wolf's Covering?

by darcy in

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what's all these comments to the effect that this website, and others like it, are monitored?

is there proof of such conclusions?

magoo

.....well......where do you think they get ideas for the literature? it's SURE not from where they claim it is!! ......is it?

magoo

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Joined? Stayed? Left?

by Mysterious in

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how old were you when you became a jw, how long were you a member, and how long has it been since you left?

i'm sure there have been posts on here before but with all the new people showing up day by day i thought it might be help them to see that even the most hardcore jw can recover and be happy.. i was born into the religion, unbaptized publisher at 11, never baptized, left at 18, been out for 2 years and 5 months.

magoo

......parents left being baptists, where i sang in the choir, in 1958, after attending the big new york international convention. i was 7 at the time. growing up i was put on "probation" more times than i can count on 1 hand........seems like , now that i think about it, everytime i got taken off "probation", i would go out celebrate by buying a 6 pack of beer & a pack of camel filters.

after a couple of years of hitch hiking around the country after graduating from high school in 1970, my mom called me & told me " that nice young sister that you were interested in marrying, called & said she was "ready" to get married now. well.......being young & a little tired of being stoned & on the road, i went home. straightened myself out, did all the right jw things, got married, worked hard,got invited to be a member of " the good ol' boys club", became a ministerial servant. married 7 years, moved up in the world, had a new home, lots of toys....but started feeling it wasn't really what made me happy, didn't ring true......too many things i saw on the "inside" didn't set well in my mind. started smoking weed & tobacco again.....drinking heavily as usual....but that wasn't that bad to them......undercover..of coarse. started a fade in 1977 or '78.....told wife i did not want to be a hippocrit any longer.../.would not be a witness. stopped attending...cold turkey..no mas!

she did not want to split up....so after a year or so of this, i left 1 weekend, did not go home for 5 days. called her & asked her if she had called a lawyer yet, she said what for; " i thought you just went on one of your benders." she had no clue how unhappy i was. i called a lawyer friend of mine & filed for a divorce, finalized in 1980.

lived with a couple of "ladies" for a while...the third one, after 3 years of living together, talked me into marrying her. that was in 1983, been together ever since.

1958-1977 .......not the best years of my life, but by no means the worst years of my life either.......

magoo

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Disregard

by ColdRedRain in

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nuthin to see here, folks.

magoo

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magoo

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Funny Memory

by Synergy in

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when i was 19 i was married, for two years already.

the elders in our hall went to my husband and told him to monitor what i wear more closely because it was too revealing.

they told him that a sister in our hall came to the body of elders and complained that before she became a witness she was a lesbian and my revealing clothing made her have immoral thoughts about me and asked the elders to please have me change my wardrobe so her thoughts would stop.

magoo

....imagine that......elders counseling your husband about your fashion of dress.......instead of the "poor" ex-lesbian about her "unclean" thoughts

magoo

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The Single Most Dangerous JW Meeting....in my opinion!

by enlightenedcynic in

the way i see it, pretty much everyone here knows that the 5 weekly meetings, the memorial, the dc's and ca's are all a bunch of rubbish and jibber jabber.

there is still one other meeting, not as frequently held as the others, that jw's use very effectively to control existing members and bring in new converts and this meeting sadly plays apon the emotions of all in attendance.. what meeting is this?.

a kh funeral!!!.

magoo

........imho.........using someones death as an opportunity to "sale" a religion is the ultimate insult to the life of the deceased.

magoo

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1996

by JH in

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although we are in 2006, often i think we are in 1996. i'm 10 years off.

my mom showed me something that she bought, and she wrote the date on the box.

i looked at it and it was written january 1995. i told my mom, it's only 1 year old.

magoo

...jh.....your still young man. if we didn't have to pay bills,celebrate "pagan" holidays,we wouldn't even need to know or care what year or month it was!

when you get my age.....the years seem as months......but i refuse to think i'm old....'cause i still feel young, act young & think young. don't be "skeered" of the years that pass by.....enjoy life to the fullest, each & every day!

magoo

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Saturday District Convention notes: Don't research JW's online!!!!

by truthseeker in

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with two thirds of my sentence complete, i am almost ready for parole.. there was some unbelievable stuff said today - i think there must be some sort of hallucinogenic gas coming through the ac, because no one batted an eyelid over what was said from the platform.. as usual, i will highlight the main talks.. .

saturday.

"deliver us from the wicked one and from every sort of lawlessness" - matt 6:13, titus 2:14. .

magoo

Concluding comments: If we don't warn those who are "staggering" we will be blood guilty and accountable to Jehovah. Our ministry saves lives!

......now......truthseeker......don't you feel guilty......only 2 hours a month? what's the deal.......you should be lending a shoulder for those "staggering".......you can't do this in only 2 hours a month! get with the program......more hours in the ministry......more meeting attendence....more love in your marrige..........more.......more.......more.....oh and don't forget to help clean the hall...maintain the grounds....and a little more in the way of monetary contributions at the hall while your at it, just for starters

magoo

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