Caine, you are me one year ago. I had a problem with the "no beard" thing too. It brought me to this site and others. Now the "no beard" thing is the least of my problems with the org. I too was spoon-fed the religion all my life, knew nothing else. I'm still learning how to live my life as a non-JW, it's a long road but the progress gets faster and faster as you go.
As far as the JC knowing you have doubts, every JC is different. I went through a JC about 3 months ago. I wasn't DF'd, only publicly reproved, but they knew I had doubts. I played their game, feigned remorse. When asked I told them I wanted them to "help me". I've never been back, I don't answer the phone when the elders call to offer their "help". My advice: when you ask to be reinstated imply that you want their help to overcome your doubts but DON'T COMMIT TO ANYTHING. By this I mean, don't commit to any arrangements for a study, just make them think you want their help. Then walk away.
Welcome to the board, stick around, you'll learn a lot..... I know I did.
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df'd and having doubts..JC knows
by Caine inbefore i got df'd for you know what i told the brothers i was having doubts....think theylll keep me out longer?.
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I'm Pimping out my cousin
by Wordly Andre inmy cousin april is 27, wants to meet a british or irish guy, i told her there are plenty of guys on this site, i have been bugging her to join this site so since she has not joined jwd i told her that i was going to post a message and hook her up with a boyfriend, so any of you brits or irish dudes want her email address pm me and i will hook you up..
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Damn! I'm not Irish or British. Does being of Irish decent count? Didn't think so.... -LL06
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Do you know what your last name means and where it comes from...?
by Justahuman24 ini have always been interested in what last names mean and where they come from and if someone famous in the past is related to us because of the same last name.
my last name comes from greek but my family is not greek.
it dates back to the year 700ce and it was around the time in europe when people were starting to get last names - i'm talking about the general people not monarchs.
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My last name means Fat John, no joke, it's French.
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Never one to miss a MySpace opportunity ;)
Dito on that.
BTW, my profile is set to private, just add me as friend and I'll add you right back
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valentines day sucks
by lola28 inthis thread is for those of us that are single and hate everything that this day is about.
i was using the atm at albertson's this morning and all around me i saw men buying candy and flowers and i seriously wanted to stab them....**note i would never actually hurt someone** sooooooooo i left the store and came right to work where i will be safe from ppl and teddy bears and candy and flowers.
so if you hate this day as much as i do, feel free to use this thread to vent.. lola ** of the bitter table for one class** saying a big f*ck you to today..
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I'll vent. My ex wife sent me a happy valentines day text this morning. First we never celebrated valentines day when we were married but now all of a sudden she does and second she's my EX WIFE! I don't know which she likes more, sticking the knife in or twisting it.
PS: It's no coincidence valentines day shares the same initials as venereal disease.
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if it's the truth..
by BlackSwan of Memphis ini'm finding online people who tell me that they believe the jw's are the truth.. yet they are living a life which says the exact opposite.
i'm not talking about people who are trying to fade.
these are people who specifically say it's the truth.
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My ex-wife is one of those people. She says one of the reasons we split up is because I no longer want to be in "the truth". Yet, as soon as we did split up she started living a "worldly" lifestyle..... hanging out with "worldy" people, celebrating holidays, etc, etc. I asked her if she had changed her mind about the witnesses and she say "no, I just don't want to live that lifestyle right now but I still believe it's the truth". It's infuriating on so many levels and I fear for my kids if she ever does decide to be a "good witness".
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Watching it now here on the left coast. I love these stings.... serves them right those sick $%#&$^&
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Did Prince Just Say Goodbye to the Jehovah's Witnesses?
by ithinkisee inhttp://allied.blogspot.com/2007/02/prince-says-goodbye-to-jehovahs.html.
any music fan who watched the super bowl last night could rightly walk into work this morning and say, "did you see the bears and colts play football during prince's concert?".
(reprinted from the link above).
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Last night they showed a clip of Prince's super bowl hafltime show. During the performance of purple rain, between some of the lyrics he mouthed some words as he looked to the sky. I'm no lip reader but it looked to me like he said "thank you Jehovah". I'm going to try and find a vid of it on YouTube.
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send out your light
by 2050 inthis article must have been discussed at some point.
i don't want to repost, so if anyone has a link to it, could you please post it.
8 spiritual light continued to shine throughout the first century.
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Here are questions you can ask.
If a scientist presents compelling evidence that disproves a popularly held scientific theory, is that scientist kicked out of the scientific community and shunned by his colleagues and family?
If a well respected scientist makes an outrageous claim with no scientific evidence in an attempt to prove a theory that is known to be absolutely false does the rest of the scientific community simply accept his outrageous claim with no attempt to confirm it?
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Dog praised for life-saving call
by needproof ina us dog has won an award for saving her owner's life by dialling a phone number that alerted emergency services to her owner's diabetic seizure.
belle the beagle triggered a call to an ambulance crew by biting on her owner, kevin weaver's, mobile phone.
the dog was trained to detect potential diabetic attacks by licking and sniffing mr weaver's nose to check his blood sugar levels and pawing him.
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And who said Americans were stupid?