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  What Subject Did You HATE Hearing About At The Meetings?

  by minimus in

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  i was bored to death when i had to listen to prophecy bullsh*t. especially the isaiah books!

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  Willies and vaginas. Embarassing.
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  Come, worship a god who wants parents to stone their children to death!

  by jambon1 in

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  no thanks.. disgusting!.

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  No thanks.

  Disgusting!
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  What was your first impression upon meeting 'worldly' people during exit?

  by mavie in

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  so, you are starting to leave the cult.

  you begin to meet new people and instead of viewing them all as 'bad association', you begin to view them as fellow humans.

  what was your first impression of 'worldly people'?.

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  I realised that many of them were just normal people.

  I found it strange that I felt more at ease in their company then being at the KH.
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  Can I be with someone who puts the religion 1st before her kids?

  by jambon1 in

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  when my wife and i met, we were like soul mates.

  we were very happy together,.

  within a short period of time we were both in the truth and got married shortly thereafter.. everything we did together was jw linked.

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  When my wife and I met, we were like soul mates. We were very happy together,

  Within a short period of time we were both in the truth and got married shortly thereafter.

  Everything we did together was JW linked. We did a lot on the ministry, only had JW friends etc, etc. We were both fairly distanced from our non-JW family. As time past, I had so many doubts about the truth. Although to others I was the epitome of a hard working, spiritually minded young brother.

  My doubts and the twisted beliefs of JW`s actually caused me to spiral into an inward depression. By that I mean that no-one else knew about it. My doubts were mainly over blood & d/f. I hated how I was estranged from my non JW family. A few times I thought of suicide. I just knew that the fallout of me leaving the org was going to be so hard to deal with.

  After we had 2 kids, my depression got to a very serious point. I loved them so much and knew that they came first in my life before ANYTHING and ANYONE. The thought of my children being tortured or taken away from me just tormented me. I used to read all the accounts in the magazines and year books and just felt so paranoid and scared of the future. I knew that I couldnt act as a proper JW on issues on blood and d/f, if I were called on to do so. I began drinking heavily. One night I was so depressed that I just sobbed myself to sleep like a little boy. I was so deeply unhappy.

  Eventually, I left the org. It was very hard and it has taken me and my wife some time to adjust.

  Now, I am tormented by another situation.

  I love my wife, but I despair at her loyalty to god and the organistation. I have several times asked her how she would react regarding d/f and blood if the kids were involved. She said that she would want to deny blood and that she would see through the councel to ignore the kids if they were d/f`d.

  Im sorry, but this just drives me crazy. I feel like I have lost a degree of respsct for her over this. The thing is, I dont expect the smae degree of love myself. I understand that our children now come before each other. But I just cant see how she can accept such cruel and heartless practices.

  One time when I asked her how our kids would be judged if she were not going to the meetings, she answered that "they would perish". Is it just me or is this not sick?

  I now fear for our marriage but I dont want to ruin my kids life by leaving. But how can I love a person who puts religion before her own flesh and blood? It goes against everything naturally feel.

  J
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  Disfellowshipped? does your family still speak to you?

  by DamienL in

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  i have been disfellowshipped for 7 years and my grandfather refuses to eat with me.

  there teachings are to love one another but this is not the case.

  does anyone else have this problem.

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  Damien

  Welcome.

  The more I read accounts like these, the more I get angry. I am not d/f'd but I find the practise very cruel, heartless and even sinister. For blood tied relatives to treat each other like this is something I simply do not understand. I never will.

  At this stage, I am just glad that I escaped this religion, but it dominates much of my thoughts for various reasons. The whole thing is just wrong on so many levels.

  My advice is to try to be a great person out of the truth and NEVER lower yourself or become vengeful. The worst slap in the face to JW`s is for someone to leave the truth and lead a happy and productive life. It just blows their mind.

  Best,

  J
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  Just opened my front door

  by Sasha in

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  my invitation to the memorial....no one has come to see me or spoken with me for almost a year now since i left.

  is there anyone out there who is not asssociated and still goes to the memorial?

  if i don't go this year, it will be the first time i skipped it since 1967!!!

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  Smoke the invitation on your front porch whilst sipping a nice red.

  In all honesty, please don't lower yourself by going to sit among these hypocrites. You know it is not the true religion. Do you really want to lend support to their numbers?

  J
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  How could CT Russel have holy spirit?

  by jambon1 in

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  he was involved in pyramidology.

  he had an affair and he was involved in cash scandals.. what he taught bears very little resemblance to jw`s of today.. so how can jw`s say that he was chosen by god to start the modern day religion?.

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  He was involved in pyramidology. He had an affair and he was involved in cash scandals.

  What he taught bears very little resemblance to JW`s of today.

  So how can JW`s say that he was chosen by god to start the modern day religion?
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  Your Least Favorite "Special" JW Event

  by Nosferatu in

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  there's a few "special" jw events that happen throughout the year.

  in case you've forgotten them, i'll list them (in case i've forgotten one, please refresh me):.

  the 3 (sometimes more) day district convention .

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  The memorial was a sickener for me. Lots of people there because they had to, to please parents etc.

  Boring talk that you could do from memory.

  Big love smiles to any new people.

  Special clean of the KH.

  Crap crap crap
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  REALLY FUNNY A DUB SENT ME THIS

  by Cordelia in

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  mr really long comment.

  giver<http://www.aquitania.co.uk/audio/reallylongcommentgiver.mp3>.

  mr really bad microphone.

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  Fantastic
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  Thoughts on the public prayer of Witnesses

  by SirNose586 in

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  many years ago, a brother gave a public talk on prayer wherein he stated that "each prayer should be like a snowflake--no two should be exactly the same.

  " i agreed with his sentiments, and as a good little jw boy, i resolved that each prayer i said to god would be unique.

  however, there was a problem with my resolution: i could never see examples of older people making sure that each prayer was unique.

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  People recounting the entire school/svs meeting content, blow, by boring blow. Very long and unnecessary really. One guy used to review all the parts and add bits in that he felt hadnt been covered. All, in all, religion is just full of obnoxious, sanctimonious bull $hiters!