Posts by fullofdoubtnow

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........URGENT REQUEST....PLEASE READ...............

by vitty in

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friends

a couple of weeks back horrible life, alerted us to the fact that she needed to clean her house and if anyone saw here here posting, they must tell her to stop and get on with her jobs

i too have an urgent request, im moving house tomorrow and i need to pack, clean my fridge, and do other much needed jobs.

i cant afford to spend time here.

fullofdoubtnow

Vitty, good luck with your move

Now get that packing finished!

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Hello Everyone! I'm new to the forum.

by limbogirl in

i just found this forum and joined today -- i am so happy that you're all out there sharing your stories and experiences.

growing up jw or just being jw is such a unique experience and can only be shared with people who have been there.

a little about me... i grew up jw -- mom pioneered and dad was an elder.

fullofdoubtnow

Hi limbogirl, and welcome to the board.

Enjoy your freedom

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if you're under about 30 this might not mean much to you but during the 80's and 90's there was always a heap of counsel on debasing music.it made you terrified to listen to anything except the brilliant kingdom melodies.

we had a big thing here in nz about music that had been recorded in such a way as to give some sort of demonic message in a subliminal way.we couldn't listen to stairway to heaven,hotel california and a host of other songs.ah hell!, we may as burn everything.but i found devo's whip it is masked and now i couldn't care less,great song.of course you could only check by turning your vinyl backwards.anyone get freaked out back then too?

fullofdoubtnow

I remember this well, a lot of people purged their record collections about that time. When dedpoet came in in 1992, he had all the Led Zeppelin albums, and was advised to throw them out, but I don't think he ever did.

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On line wedding album

by Es in

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friends

for those not sick of my photos yet i have done a album on line of some more.

http://kelthorn.gallery.netspace.net.au/wedding.

enjoy.

fullofdoubtnow

Beautiful pics Es, and once more congratulations, I am so glad everything went so well.

love

Linda

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hi I'm new

by riverofdeceit in

first time posting here for me.

i am not disfellowshipped but i have been in the past.

i was reinstated probably 4-5 years ago, and i think i've been to the kingdom hall once since then.

fullofdoubtnow

Hi River, and welcome to the board

25

Did You Know A Lot Of Witnesses That Were A "Little Fruit Loops"?

by minimus in

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friends

i did, i was thinking of how many jws are either a little weird, a bit eccentric or even borderline crazy!

we had one man in our hall that used to love giving people he liked duck eggs.

he'd try to get you to eat them before meetings for field service.

fullofdoubtnow

There is a guy in the kh I went to that used to burp all the time, even when he was giving talks. He never apologised either, just burped away whenever and wherever he was.

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process of deprogramming

by nicbic in

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friends

my first post - hi!.

i have a read a lot of posts though on here.. i was wondering if anyone could tell me (i'm a non jw) if there are any procedures that can help to plant seeds of doubt in my close jw friend's mind - she has been one since birth, was inactive for a time and went back in full force.

now - she says she is unhappy but i think she has just gone back in due to family ties, i think with some support she could change her mind.

fullofdoubtnow

Hi nicbic,

I have recently left the jws, and can thank a really good friend who posts on this board for helpling me, but he didn't do it by anything he said, more by what he did. The thing is, jws believe that there is no life, no true happiness, outside their org, and any who leave, as my friend did, are destined to lead a miserable, unfulfilled existence until they are destroyed at Armageddon. However, in the case of my friend, I could see that this was not so. I know him well enough to realise that he is happier away from the wt than he ever was in it, and certainly far happier than I was while I was still in. He has attained a level of contentment that I wouldn't have believed possible for anyone who had left the jws, and I just couldn't understand how, but now I have left I am beginning to see it.

In the case of your friend, please don't try to reason with her on the choice she has made, you may only succeed in pushing her closer to the jws. Show her by your own example that a happy life is possible outside the wt.

I hope this helps

love

Linda

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Cyberguys one year anniversary! Free at last! Free at last!

by cyberguy in

hey everyone!

its been one year since i attended meetings of jws!

i've done the slow-fade thing since then, had several road-bumps, but i have no regrets!

fullofdoubtnow

Congratulations cyberguy

Linda

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Something I want to tell you apostates

by AuldSoul in

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friends

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i love you all!

and that includes the ones who don't even know they're apostates.. auldsoul

fullofdoubtnow

Thankyou AuldSoul, I wondered what was coming when I clicked on this thread

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How many left the JW cult after.....

by AK - Jeff in

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the age of 40?.

seems like a lot have left after 1/2 or 2/3 of a lifetime.

what accounts for that in your mind, if you left in later middle years or older?.

fullofdoubtnow

I am 46 and have only just left after spending over half my life as a jw. It was the elders putting pressure on me to shun a friend (dedpoet) that led me to question what I was doing, as I have always been uncomfortable with the shunning policy anyway. I started to question other things then, and realised what a manipulative, controlling religion I've been part of all these years without even knowing it. Once I realised that, I just couldn't stay in any longer.