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  I might be retarded

  by justsomedude in

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  just like the subject says.... .

  i'm trying to sneak away quietly from the wtbs so maybe i can keep my family and friends, though i know im only dreaming really.

  i gave up acting a few months ago and quit going to the meetings, because i just couldnt sit through anymore.

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  There are tens of thousands of JWs like you that want to fade away because they realised that this religion is deceiving and exploiting them and that they sell them endless lies instead of the truth.

  I spend so much time thinking about this these days. I really wonder how many are dieing to get out and run screaming the other way? Do those that are acting have some fun with it from time to time like I did? I was getting pretty good at making comments that sounded right, but had other meanings if you sat down and thought about them.

  To everyone else, thanks for the welcomes, hugs and support. As Im sure is the case with many of you, there is no one that I can talk to about this stuff that wouldnt think Im nuts on the one hand, or take me to the elders on the other. So thanks for the listening ear, cause Im sure Ill have more to say.
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  I might be retarded

  by justsomedude in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just like the subject says.... .

  i'm trying to sneak away quietly from the wtbs so maybe i can keep my family and friends, though i know im only dreaming really.

  i gave up acting a few months ago and quit going to the meetings, because i just couldnt sit through anymore.

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  I knew I wouldnt be able to keep my mouth shut forever, but I sure was hoping it would be longer than 3 months. Though technically I guess I didnt even make that as I have had a few small outbursts previous to this, but Im sure anyone present would have just chalked it up to me wanting to argue about everything.

  As far as making anyone think... I dont really desire to change anyones faith. Not saying that it doesnt pain me to see so many people walking around with their collective heads up the governing body's butt. Just the same though, Id say say that Im definately agnostic at this point and while I'm just fine with that, I know that some people need that belief in a higher power to keep them going. Wrong or right, I dont really want to interfere with anyones happiness. Though I dont want to hear the ramblings of the decieved either.

  Oddly enough I just had a visit a few minutes ago from some local elders, I dont know if it was coincidence or not. I tried to talk about everything except the jws, but knew it couldnt last forever. While I think I came through unscathed, I know this is just one of many stops that I can expect.

  While I feel stupid bitching about my life when I know that I have had it so good and continue to have it so good when compared with so many on this board. I just cant help but think about the changes that my life will be going through. Its like any relationship breakup I guess.
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  I might be retarded

  by justsomedude in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just like the subject says.... .

  i'm trying to sneak away quietly from the wtbs so maybe i can keep my family and friends, though i know im only dreaming really.

  i gave up acting a few months ago and quit going to the meetings, because i just couldnt sit through anymore.

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  justsomedude

  Just like the subject says....

  I'm trying to sneak away quietly from the WTBS so maybe I can keep my family and friends, though I know Im only dreaming really. I gave up acting a few months ago and quit going to the meetings, because I just couldnt sit through anymore. I figured faking it for the rest of my life was a price I was willing to pay for my family (who I have always had a good relationship with) not hating me, but I just couldnt pull it off. The last meeting I attended I was actually the watchtower reader and came damn close to saying "make believe God" while I was reading. When I read the mag before the meeting, I was feeling extra sarcastic and was using some artistic license as I was pre-reading. Its kind of funny now, but it would have been pretty horrifying at the time.

  At any rate, tonight I went out for a bite to eat with two fairly recently baptised people and stuck my foot in my mouth royale..

  As we were walking back to the truck, the subject of new years came up and whether jws celebrate it or not. After I could no longer listen to anymore bullshit under the guise of the bible, I went on a 15 minute rant and did everything short of saying that apostacy was for me. One of the more colorful aspects to my personality is I just cant seem to keep my mouth shut when I hear BS being piled high and deep.

  So much for sneaking away. Damn Im stupid.
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  non sequiter (comic strip)

  by darth frosty in

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  this makes me think the writer must be an ex jw.. .

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  justsomedude

  He's had anti-jw stuff before in his comics. One I remember was about the little girl in his strip going door to door, preaching to JWs about the joys of joining the taliban.

  Good stuff.
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  Have you seen My Mother. By Bryan McGlothin

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. experiences

  wow.

  what a book.

  wifey ordered it and i cannot put it down now.. i'll admit to be one of those 'sensitive guys' at times.

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  I finally recieved the book and started reading last night. I couldnt put the book down. If I didnt have to get up for work this morning I would have read it all the way through.

  Get this book.

  JSD
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  Wildest Christmas Dinner

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  this is an article submitted to a 1999 louisville sentinel contest to find out who had the wildest christmas dinner.

  this won first prize.

  christmas with louise

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  justsomedude

  Sounds like an alternate ending to the Christmas Vacation movie. Dont know if its BS or not, but its funny.
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  Another Prank :)>

  by Nate Merit in

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  mark smith and i pulled this prank during the approximate time-frame as the others.

  mark had been disfellowshipped from the church of christ at age 19, i from the jw's at the same age.

  mark and i were 25 and 26 respectively at this time.

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  Awesome! Though, if you've never been in jail its a miracle.
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  Have you seen My Mother. By Bryan McGlothin

  by AK - Jeff in

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  wow.

  what a book.

  wifey ordered it and i cannot put it down now.. i'll admit to be one of those 'sensitive guys' at times.

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  Had just ordered this today, guess I wont be disappointed.
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  GUNS?!

  by thepackage in

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  2. experiences

  guns, should jw's have them?

  i know brothers that hunt on wt property in ny for deer.

  what is the answer????

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  I had them and still have them, though that was something I certainly didnt go around beating a drum about. I actually went out shooting with an elder a few times.

  Brilliant response by Oroborus21 in the Peoples Republic of Kalifornia.
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  Anyone experienced the private Kingdom Schools?

  by Sheepish in

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  2. experiences

  i was a teacher for the first year of a newly organized "kingdom school", in 1977.

  (i was young!

  ) this was a private school for jw's kids.

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  justsomedude

  I actually went to the Phoenix location when I was a kid and remember the Tucson school being closed down. I think the Phoenix school used to support the smaller Tucson school and at some point they could no longer do that (its popularity was declining). I was like 6 at the time so take that for what its worth.

  The problem kids thing was true for sure btw.

  How many on here went to NWEC Phx?