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  do other religions shun?

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  i was wondering if other religions like catholics or baptists shun ex members like the jw's are supposed to shun their ex members.

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  missed out

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  because i grew up in the truth i missed out on a whole lot of kids at school that i could have been great friends with.

  also a couple of girls that i could have had a first relationship with.

  i missed out on family moments each year exchanging gifts with relatives that i could have enjoyed (or not enjoyed) seeing during holidays.

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  what i hate the most

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  what i hate the most about being a witness is having to wear suits all the time.

  especialy out in service in hot weather.

  but i miss seeing all those sisters in those tight controversial dresses.

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  ymca and christianity

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  ok so when i was leaving i wanted to check out the local y and do some classes but i was always warned by so many people and articles in the w&a that they were tied in with churches and paying for a membership would be like giving money to other churches.

  i tried to look up that info from the quotes in older w&a's and couldn't even find the book that was quoted.

  i even grilled the people at the y and repeatedly asked if it was or ever had been affiliated with a particular church.

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  where are you from

  by aoxo in

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  is anyone here from milwaukee wis.?

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  friends

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  not to blow anyones cover but is anyone here from milwaukee wis.?

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  rock climbing

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  any rock climbers in here?

  when i was a jw it was frowned upon very much in the surrounding cong.

  so one wanted to do it with me because the elders (who didn't know what the heck rock climbing was) didn't think that it was safe and that it was more of a thrill sport like bungy jumping.

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  gods name?

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  i never understood what the big deal was with saying gods name jehovah.

  the jw's say that that's his name and not titles like the lord or the creater because those titles describe what he is or does not his name.

  but don't they also say that the name jehovah means "he who causes to become"?

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  witness vs. cathlics

  by aoxo in

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  i attended an ex witness group for the first time a couple of weeks ago and a comment made was that jw's are just like any other religion (cathlics, lutherans) in that when someone breaks away from it the same reactions are made from the persons family and ex members such as not talking to them, claiming that the new religion is wrong, dismissal from the congregation because of wrongdoing (fornication) and other cultish stuff that the jw's inflict on us ex's.

  is anyone else from another religion that can verify this?

  i dont think this is true.

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  lonely...

  by aoxo in

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  hello, i am newly dissociated and was wondering how some of you who grew up in "the truth" have started relationships.

  i have never dated for obvious reasons and am now 26 with no experiance and extremely shy about this whole dating process.

  i have tried places of interest like gyms, workout classes and even eharmony with no prevail.

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