Thanks guys.
It's nice to be out finally. I've been on the board for over a year, since I DA'd. And I've kept a low profile. Some of the dub fear there. It just doesn't bother me anymore.
I'm out and I'm proud!!!
:) tall penguin
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I'm Comin' Out...
by tall penguin inof the avatar closet, that is.
whatcha think?
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I'm Comin' Out...
by tall penguin inof the avatar closet, that is.
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Finally got the Tract
by liquidsky in>>she was by herself which i thought was kind of strange.
don't they have to go in groups of 2?.
during these hit-n-run tract campaigns they often go to doors by themselves.
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I got my copy today. Well actually, it was left on the seat in the bus shelter. My guess is someone wanted to start their field service time early and placed it there on their way to the group.
Geesh, what rubbish.
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Who is DF/DA or Fader???
by mama1119 ini was just wondering, how many dfed to we have on here compared to da or faders??
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DA'd a year ago.
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What planted the seed of doubt that lead you to leave or think of leaving?
by NanaR ini've been thinking of this a lot lately.
the following experience ties my first doubt in with my present life.
as a backdrop to this, you should know that i was a 5th generation "raised in the truth" jw through my mother (her great-grandfather got "the truth" from pastor russell).
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There were many things that put doubts in my mind. But what really clinched it was ackack (also then a jw but much further along in the exit process than I) who asked me:
"Is there anything that would make you believe that this is NOT the truth?"
My first response was an addiment NO! This made me see that I was more attached to wanting it to be true than whether it was really true. And that gave me pause for thought. From there I could slowly think of things that would make me question it being the truth. Then it was just a matter of ackack very patiently providing the information to back up my doubts.
Thanks ackack.
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Roll call time - What KH's have you attended.............
by Check_Your_Premises innaperville, dekalb, joliet......... il.
i tried to bump an old thread on this topic, but i couldn't find it.. anyone?
beuller?.
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Malvern, Toronto, Ontario
Central Parkway, Mississauga, Ontario
Credit Woodlands, Mississauga, Ontario
Clonmore, Toronto, Ontario
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Can a prospective divorced member marry another JW
by zilla ini have recently chosen to have a bible study with the jws because i have recently met several jws who have inspired me by their goodness towards others.
i have been married twice, divorced once and now recently separated.
none of my marriages ended due to adultery on either side.
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"I would have thought from the day I became a member everything in my past would be wiped and I would be starting afresh."
You'd like to think so but jw's don't work that way. Please do your research on the watchtower society and the jw religion before getting baptized. Have a look around this site and also www.freeminds.org. It sounds like you've already been through an awful lot of stuff in this life. Joining a cult is the last thing you need.
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Unusual preaching method I spotted today..
by ackack inwhile waiting for a streetcar today, i noticed an unusal flier stuck to the side of a newspaper box.
why has love of neighbour grown cold?many people feel miserable with no solution.
in israel, jews and arabs live together, but often hate one another.
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Welcome lashawn. Funny, I knew a jw by that name. Last I heard he was at the Canadian bethel. Is that you my friend? Are you a little bethel mole? If so, consider yourself outed!
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Confess and you won't be DF'd!!! Puke alert!!!!
by Gill inwell, in nearly forty years of being a dub, i've read some bs but some of it really takes the biscuit.. take for example the watchtower of november 15th 2006!.
always accept jehovah's dicipline.
para 3 .
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My boyfriend (ackack here on jwd) read this post to me last night. I became filled with anger as he read through this absolutely shit piece of crap article. By the time he was done reading, I was screaming obscenities at the elders, the org and their god. It's been 7 years since my jc ordeal and I am still so affected by this.
The dishonesty of this article is a slap in the face of so many who have contritley gone to the elders and confesssed. I was one such person. And I was treated like garbage, interrogated for 6 hours and told that I should just be grateful to be disfellowshipped since if this were Israellite times I'd be stoned. Bastards.
What really got me riled up was this paragraph:
"'Most who sin seriously are truly repentant and are not disfellowshipped from the congregation. Of course, genuine repentance does not necessarily come easily. Consider Israel's King David, who composed Psalm 32. That song reveals that for a time David did not confess his serious sins, likely involving Bath sheba. The result was that anguish over his sins depleted his vigor, just as a summer's dry heat saps moisture from a tree. David suffered physically and mentally, but when he confessed his transgressions, Jehovah pardoned him. "
I hate that they never follow the example of David's sin all the way through. David hid what he did for at least 9 months while Bathsheba was pregnant. So you figure that maybe he concealed it for even a year. And then he didn't actually confess to anyone. It was Nathan who basically dragged it out of him. And then jehovah pardoned him. HUH? Where's the jc? Where was the year and a half of shunning? Or the subsequent "restriction" of privileges? Nope, seemed pretty instant repercussions and forgiveness from jehovah. Never seen that from any jc committee. Bastards.
I remember having panic attacks when these types of articles or talks were given at the kh. I would lock myself in the bathroom and just rock back and forth, attempting to control my breathing before I hyperventilated. It was like being raped and my body knew it.
My bf said it's okay that I'm still angry about this. Shows I have a sense of justice and that I still feel strongly about those who are abused and wronged. I just wish sometimes that my body could forget about it all. And just knowing that my parents will sit in their kh when this wt is studied, knowing everything I went through, and still find a way to justify it to themselves, just makes me ill. Damn it, I'm crying now.
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Has anyone appealed a D/f, and what was the outcome?
by dido ini appealed against my d/f because i wanted to expose the elder that d/f me, the chairman.
i thought it was so hypocritical as he had been calling at my house alone (yes alone) making sexual innuendos, i never invited him in, but couldn`t believe the things he said to me.
then when i was summoned to the j/c, him, his step father, and his side kick little elder friend were siiting in judgement of me.
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I appealed when I was df'd 7 years ago. The appeal committee took place within days of the original committee and the appeal chairman said, "It's obvious you're repentent but we've decided to uphold the decision to df anyway." No further explanation was given. I'm sure they just wanted to make an example of me. It's a boys club and they all stick together.
I've only ever heard of one person successfully appealing a df decision. That's "kwintestal" on this board. You can look up his posts to see how that came about.
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