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  Can you help me with some one who is not baptised as JW yet? The story:

  by Curious Christian in

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  my best friend is a stone's throw from jw baptism.

  she told me she is not celebrating christmas this year.

  (this is a gal who used to make it a point to "mend fences" with disgruntled friends and boy friends, in order to trade gifts!

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  Elder-speak....How do they manipulate us?

  by jgnat in

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  can you help me build a glossary of elder-speak?

  you know, those phrases and arguments designed to appease, coerce, or guilt congregation members in to a desired course.

  by exposing elder-speak, i hope to reduce the power of the words.

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  How do I find Former JWs in my area?

  by Curious Christian in

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  i would like to find former jws in my immediate area.

  i have done a search on-line, but no luck.

  i would like to find them without drawing attention to myself from those still in the jws, since i have close friends and family in the wt.

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  My One Year Anniversary posting here on JWD.......

  by AK - Jeff in

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  this was basically my second year out of the organization - we mark our leaving january 2004. i came across this site and began posting here one year ago today.

  [edited to say this week not today].

  i have found many here to be truly a blessing from god - no matter your individual views of him.

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  Is recovery possible?

  by gcc2k in

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  hi guys.

  i haven't posted here in a year or so, perhaps more.

  i'm not sure what i want to say, and i'm not sure that i want to put it down, since the more info you give here, the easier it is to be spotted.

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  Help...............

  by lola28 in

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  okay here is the deal, my aunt called last night and asked us over for thanksgiving dinner, my mom agreed to go and everything was fine until my aunt mentioned that my other aunt whom i will call evil witch would also be there.

  my mom had already said yes and she would like to be there to see my aunt but i don't want to go if evil witch is going to be there.. a few years ago we went over for thanksgiving dinner ( my mom did not go b/c she and evil witch do not get along, but i wanted to go to see my cousin) it was awful, evil witch said horrible things about my mom, if that wasn't bad enough she said all of these things in front of my sisters who were only nine.. needless to say i was angry, i was so mad that i got my sisters and told them it was time to go home, we didn't even have dinner.

  a few days later i called her and told her that what she had done was wrong and that she should know better than to say certain things in front of my sisters, she proceded to scream at me, and i told her to go to hell and to stay away from us ( can you feel the love?).

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  Poof - I have changed into.......

  by AK - Jeff in

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  one who is non-judgmental about others.. after 40 yrs of mind-control and judging everyone and everything in black/white, i am noticing that i don't even give much thought to the old witness predudice and self-righteous judgmentalisms anymore.. i could generally care less if a person i meet is a christian or not, hetero or homo in sexual prefs, wears earrings or not, how they dress, ect.. could it be that the witness fog is finally lifted and i am able to see the world without the witness filters?.

  that is not to say i don't care about some of those things on some level, but they make little diff to me in general now.

  i have become.... dare i say it.... normal!

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  Not Quite Baptised JW, but getting there...

  by Curious Christian in

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  my best friend started "studying" with the jws about 8 years ago.

  she was off and on for awhile.

  she just informed me that she and her family will not celebrate christmas any longer.

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  I need some advise regarding my son

  by Seeking Knowledge in

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  ...who spends time with his jw father, and in turn, his jw father takes him to meeting, etc.

  i cannot change this as it's court ordered (the nites he spends with his dad) but when he turns 6 (he's almost 5 now), our custody will change, and i will gain the time that he would otherwise be going with his dad.

  until then, of course, he's learning things, that i would love to show him a way to think for himself.

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  Advice Appreciated

  by Curious Christian in

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  i would like to start a small group that would mimic the jw approach, only specifically target those involved in jws.

  i would like to hear from former jws who could advise me about what they wish someone had said to them when they were in the jws.

  words to use, not use.

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