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  Are You Embarrassed Because You Were A Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

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  i am not.

  everyone makes mistakes..

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  Extremely embarrassed. Even when I was a full on believer, many folks I worked with or knew outside the JWs were not aware that I was one. Even when I was an elder. I recall trying to fit in as a kid and learned that to make and keep friends, I needed to keep my JWism under wraps.

  Now, since I have one foot out and one foot in, I really go to lengths to avoid telling anyone. Interestingly enough, I came out to someone I work with who I've known for many years. We are good friends and he knows I'm a JW. I've apologized to him for any stupid JW remarks I've made over our friendship. It was a relief to tell him all the crazy things that go down in that cult. He was shocked but now I have someone I can make jokes with.

  I really thought he would think less of me because I was in a cult, but I think since I was a born-in, he really doesn't. He does not understand why I think my wife would leave me if I left and although I explained the ramifications of leaving, I don't think he realizes the extreme shunning that goes on.

  I believe because most non-JWs don't have a clue what it means to be a JW (other than distributing mags, not celebrating holidays/birthdays and not taking blood), most think it's just another religion.
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  The truth about Hispanic JWs in the United States

  by Hecce in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

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  i will like to share some facts about the spanish congregations in usa.

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  Actually the US does not have an official national language, although the majority of us speak English.
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  Just out of curiosity, how many elders (current & ex) do we have here?

  by mrquik in

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  me.

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  Doubting Bro

  i was an elder at 29 and was a MS for about 7 years before. Stepped down in my mid-30s after finding out the TTATT. Still hanging around for family.
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  Please don't take the mick....but I got disfellowshipped for kneeing an elder in the nads

  by outinthemeadows in

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  an elder in my congregation got on my nerves because he kept putting his arm around me and i'd asked him to stop.

  a few weeks later he did the same thing again so i used my knee against his micro-penis.

  a judicial committee was formed even though i was being sexually harrassed by this octapus of an elder.

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  oh and outinthemeadows, good for you sticking up for yourself. I'll bet he thinks twice before doing that again!
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  Please don't take the mick....but I got disfellowshipped for kneeing an elder in the nads

  by outinthemeadows in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  an elder in my congregation got on my nerves because he kept putting his arm around me and i'd asked him to stop.

  a few weeks later he did the same thing again so i used my knee against his micro-penis.

  a judicial committee was formed even though i was being sexually harrassed by this octapus of an elder.

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  Fits of anger, violence

  I know someone who was df'ed for punching out a fellow elder in the parking lot. The dude deserved it but the puncher wasn't sorry and got df'ed.
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  Biggest pain in the side of the Governing Body of JWs

  by oppostate in

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  2. beliefs

  at http://www.anointedjw.org/ a higher eschelon jw mentions that at a meeting of co's with do's it was stated that anointedjw.org website is the biggest pain in the side of the governing body.. do you feel that what's being published at anointedjw.org is having a big effect on the gb and / or on the congregations?.

  if so what is it about their articles there that are opening jw eyes to an awakened state where so many others have tried and failed to awaken jws?.

  what do you foresee could hapen as a result of pressure from anointedjw.org and their articles on the gb's attitude and their reactions?.

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  Doubting Bro

  Their biggest pain is publisher apathy. And it extends at least into the elder body if not the CO level. While this site and other ex-JW sites likely annoy them, I don't really think that the reason for the overall lack of zeal in the JW congregations at least in the "1st" world. They have no idea how to turn things around.
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  Hello, its good to be back, seriously!

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  for the last year or so, the opening lyrics to gloria estefan's "always tomorrow" have been howling at me.. i've been alone inside myself, far too long.

  never really wanted it that way, but i let it happen..... .

  (btw, the message in that song is great for former jw's, if you want to think about the lyrics that way....).

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  ATJ - It's great to see you back. I've missed your comments. I too thought you had escaped unscathed and was living a non-JW scarred life.

  I guess everyone has some damage as a result of being a JW. But, like you said, facing the fact that you are damaged goods (as am I) is the first step to recovery!

  I'm sending you a PM.
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  24 hour field service marathon ??

  by gingerbread in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  field service for up to twenty-four hours non-stop.... it's a bit of a fad in our area with pioneers - the twenty somethings especially.

  we've heard from other family members and a jw friend that it's a thing in their part of the country as well.. it sounds like a group decides on a day and then piles into a van or suv to 'work' the territory - 12, 18 and even 24 hours.. anyone else hearing of this?.

  ginger.

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  Doubting Bro

  I've done it before. We started at around 6pm doing a few friendly calls (that took maybe an hour each) then hitting landry mats and other businesses then 24 hour places. It was super easy. We even drove to another city about an hour away, stopping at truck stops along the way.

  Got back met with the regular group for Sat FS, then made some calls in the afternoon. I think we ended up getting around 20 hours. I was aux pioneering that month so it really boosted me making my time. It was actually much easier than knocking on doors.

  The elders (I was a MS at the time) critized us but one of my friends had a yearbook where this practice was related. He asked the elder if that elder was questioning something the "slave" encouraged. LOL - you should have seen his face.

  It's never about reaching people, it's always about "counting time".
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  Old Literature being destroyed again!

  by KW13 in

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  the society are at it again.

  witnesses at a local congregation are getting rid of old literature that predates the early 90's.

  you can imagine why.

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  Doubting Bro

  I've never seen that happen. Our KH library has WTs dating back to 1900 (or there abouts). Plus all the Studies in Scriptures and tons of other very old books. The only thing I've seen done is the request to not remove them from the KH but that makes sense to me since they don't want them lost.

  Is it a space issue in your hall? Just trying to understand because I've never seen directions to destroy old publications from the WTS.
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  I want to Believe in Something

  by James Jackson in

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  after serving in an appointed position for over 26 years (21 elder, 5 ms,14 pioneer), i have no more dreams of paradise, bored at the meetings, do not enjoy the field ministry.

  the desire to do anything is gone.

  i want to believe in something!.

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  Doubting Bro

  JJ - I think that's a pretty normal reaction. The WTS is a high control religion and it just takes awhile to realize that you don't need them. Give it some time.