Actually, looking at the people that grew up with me in my congo, I can only think of one other person aside from me that doesn't go anymore, maybe two, but that leaves about 90% still there, and most of them are into their 20s now.
Jordan
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DO said:
by googlemagoogle indo said, 20 years ago some 10% of raised young witnesses left "the truth".
i agreed.
50% too many that stay.
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hi new to this
by cranwood inhello this is my first time on this web site.i am an inactive jw.
married to a jw.didnt believe in there teachings for many years.. looked and read at your site for along time.
its one of the best.iam not very good at typing or spelling.and cyber communication.. hard to have a marriage when one believes and the other one doesnt.we were both raised jws .but i changed and she didnt.. common story.too years to learn to think for myself.
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Jordan
Hi Cranwood, welcome, I'm new here myself, but I've already read so many interesting and eye opening posts by people on the board. So, come in, relax and take a look around.
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I just got flipped off!!!
by Dimples inomg!
i was driving home from work and i was leaving to enter into traffic.
i work at school so the speed limit is 15 mph.
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Jordan
Jordan,
Shame on you for being a bad boy.
I know. I'm a bad person. But I'm so good at it.
Speeding in a school area is wrong, dangerous and irresponsible, but again, I'll admit I have been known to speed at other times. However mobile phone use is so out of the question for me, I won't even use a hands free kit. Apart from it being against the law over here, I don't fully believe I'll have control over my vehicle with a phone in my hand.
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I just got flipped off!!!
by Dimples inomg!
i was driving home from work and i was leaving to enter into traffic.
i work at school so the speed limit is 15 mph.
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Jordan
I will admit I'm not against flipping the bird to somebody that cuts me up when I'm driving, I don't usually care whether it's a man or a woman, chances are they'll evoke the same response from me.
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Raising money for a new KH
by TopHat insome time ago our kh became to small for 3 congregations so money was raised to find land to build a new kh to acommodate all of us.
the money raised from the jw members and the sale of the old kh would pay for what was needed.
well, the brothers searched and searched and couldn't find land anywhere so they claimed.
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Jordan
Yeah, the organisation will get the insurance money and probably rely primarily on "donations" to fund the halls being rebuilt.
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Total immersion - Baptism
by pratt1 in.
did you or anyone you know needed to be dunked more than once because their body wasn't fully imersed.. my cousin needed to be dunked 4 times unitl he was finally fully immersed on the 5th try.. he was humilated and left the dubs about 6 months later.. everyone gossiped it was because he hadn't fully dedicated himself to jehovah on his baptism day.. the truth was, he is very tall and the pool was extremely shallow.
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Jordan
My cousin was very tall, and she had that same issue, although hers was on the 3rd attempt. To my knowledge, she's still in the Org today...
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Guy Fawkes Night...
by Jordan in.
i love this time of year, it's always fun to buy some big fireworks... any of you guys got your fireworks ready for this year?
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Jordan
I love this time of year, it's always fun to buy some big fireworks... Any of you guys got your fireworks ready for this year?
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No I can waste more time
by I quit! inthe other day i asked a girl in a coffee shop with a notebook computer how much it cost for her to get online.
she told me it was free and showed me how to do it.
now i'm sitting here reading posts and posting.
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Jordan
Yup, Starbucks offers Free Wireless Internet, you wouldn't believe how much time we waste there simply because we can.
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Other Than D'Fing or Disassociating, How Did You Get JWs To Leave U Alone?
by minimus inhow do you keep them from bothering you?
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Threaten to hurt one of them. I said to one of the ministerial servants that was bothering me while I was at work "Y'see that guy over there" I pointed to my rather large colleague "Well, he's a black belt and I will get him to throw you out of here arse first, if you don't leave me alone" Next thing I know they cross the street to avoid me when they see me coming. Job Done.
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Personal vendetta against you
by pratt1 in.
were there any elders, co's or any one else in a postion of importance that had a personal issue with you that clouded their judgement?.
how did you handle it?
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Jordan
I don't think me in particular, but I think my entire family have been badly treated and victimised by the elders, I honestly think there was something they were scared about with my family, I don't know, maybe something one of us knew about one of them.