Posts by Nowman

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Time again for........ Congregation roll call

by Jourles in

it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.

use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.

1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??

Nowman

1983-1985**Chicago, IL (on Elston Ave.)

1985-1991**Libertyville, IL

1991-1992**Lindenhurst

October 1992***free

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Would You Stop Going To Mel Gibson Movies???

by minimus in

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i wouldn't.

i don't care too much for spike lee but i like some of his movies.....i just think mel needs some help.

I will still see his movies, I am a sucker for Braveheart and What Women Want....He seems to be a normal person to me, he apologized. I ve said and done very stupid things when I was was drunk too...and I did not remember...I hate that feeling...Some people are so self righteuous...I did not see Passion because its a little too much for me, too religious...

As for Tom Cruise, I agree with most who have posted, I really did not want to see his movies after this past year...but I have to admit...I saw War of the Worlds and kind of forgot what an idiot he has been this past year, and I actually rented Last Samuri, I loved this movie, I thought it was awesome...I do not like or appreciate his judgemental ways this past year, but if its a good movie, I'll rent it and pay the $4.00 at Blockbuster and thats only if I heard through someone else that it was good.

Nikki

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Demographics Poll - Age of JWD members - Anonymous Voting

by Mysterious in

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this started in another thread actually and i decided to put one up.

hopefully you don't bury the thread before those that were interested get to see the trends.

voting is totally anonymous and it is hosted totally anonymously.

Nowman

I am in.

I am 32 and proud of it.

Nikki

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Moving on...

by Zico in

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i've been reading this board regularly since it was introduced to me in march of this year.

at first, i was finding it pretty difficult coming to terms with the fact that my whole life had been a lie, but really, i suppose there's not much point in worrying about this now, what's done is done, and i'm still easily young enough to make a life in 'the world' despite a slow start.

the problem is that i have no idea how to go about.

Nowman

I ve been there, I hope my assumption is correct, but you are a man? Its the electrician thing....if you are a woman, oops and I am sorry but either way...

Pioneering will not pay the bills or help you get a place of your own someday (again, I am assuming you still live with parents). You could take this approach...

How will you be able to support a wife someday? Leaving it in Jehovahs hands won't do the trick, unless you are extrememly lucky....I never should say never...

You have every right as an adult to have a career and it seems like you enjoy being electrician which means you will be very successful...we always need them around, always a need for them.

You are in a tough position, and I know its hard, I can't tell you it won't be hard, but going through it will make you stronger if this is how you choose to look at it.

Nikki

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A bit reluctant

by saki2fifty in

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i'm a bit reluctant in writing this post, for i dont feel i should be here.

even a bit nervous... .

i've never officially dedicated myself to jehovah, but i was brought up in the truth, very strong, and at times when getting older, there were lulls in my attendance... yet to this day i still attend.

Nowman

Saki,

Sounds like hummingbird got to you...your last two posts sounded different. I have enjoyed everyones responses and learned so much. I hope that you know that we have not left the JW cult so we could go see reated R movies...most have us have not left the cult because we wanted to do what we wanted too...most of us here have left because of what the org (WTBS)is, a cult. There are a group of men in New York running this multi-billion business, and how they have had (and still do) such a great effect on the JWs that exist in the world! I read the way you speak, and I think to myself how afraid you are! How we all felt at one time! I was so scared to leave the org, it effected me through out my twenties. Its sick how it still had an unhealthly hold on me. Is Jehovah God (I am agnostic so I do not know for sure) going to destroy me, my husband, and my two children because their mom did not want to be a Jehovahs Witness? I do not think so. Is Jehovah God going to destroy my mom too because she left the org too, after years of abuse and no support from the elders? Are the apostates on this site going to be destroyed by Jehovah God because they did some of their own research and found things about the WTBS that bothered their consicience? Are they going to be destroyed because the WTBS changed their thinking on some things and so they left the org? Are they going to be destroyed by Jehovah God because the WTBS changed their veiwpoint on the blood issue, and 2 years prior their child or parent died because of refusal of blood, and they left the org? Will they be destroyed for bringing reproach on Jehovahs name for going to the authorities because their child or they themselves were sexually abused?

Come on....I could go on and on. The words you type are so brainwashed, and hummingbird....I just feel sorry for both of you...

Nikki

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What Did You LOVE About Being a Jehovah's Witness?

by Seeker4 in

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ok. minimus had his 'what did you hate about being a jw' thread, so i want to take a different tack on this.

i'll even start it.

i loved some of the get-togethers we had.

Nowman

I was boy crazy, so I loved going to the assemblies and conventions to see the boys I had not seen since the year prior. I could easily escape from my parents and flirt.

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District Convention in Rockford, IL

by collegegirl21 in

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let me just tell you, the first day has already gotten to me.

you know what they said in one part.

"family members have it harder than the ones who are disfellowshipped.

Nowman

When did the conventions move to Decalb, IL from the racetracks? Just curiuous, when I left in 1992, we were still going to Sportsman and Hawthron....

Nikki

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Yates verdict

by sammielee24 in

the andrea yates verdict came down again and it was not guilty.

she will be sent to a mental facility instead of prison where in time, and after therapy, she may in all liklihood be reintegrated into society at some point.

what do you think of the verdict?

Nowman

sixofnine, I like posting here and I certainly will continue to post because I believe there is a common bond here period.

Yet, anything that I had said on this thread has absolutely nothing to do with my past, being a former JW. I read and re-read your posts on this thread and really did try to see it from your prospective. I think alot of it is your delivery, the way you come across, maybe if you and I were talking in person, I would take a different way, but oh well. I appreciate what your thoughts are on the subject but I do not understand your examples of why I shouldn't feel the way I should feel, and you keep on doing with others. I feel the fact that me being a mother has everything to do with this subject (for me at least), the way I feel about Andrea, thats why I continue to post and share comments about it. I am not here to make points or convince anyone to agree with me, I am only expressing how sickened I am by her. Again, six, I personally do not have sympathy for her, thats it. I am not knowledgeable about our justice system or what the laws are regarding those that are insane. This is not something I have to know the details of at this point until maybe I feel I ve been treated unfairly, basically to when it may apply to me. In the mean time, I feel the way I feel and I shared and will continue to share my thoughts. That the whole basis of all the times I have posted on this subject, bottom line.

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Yates verdict

by sammielee24 in

the andrea yates verdict came down again and it was not guilty.

she will be sent to a mental facility instead of prison where in time, and after therapy, she may in all liklihood be reintegrated into society at some point.

what do you think of the verdict?

Nowman

Thanks for your comment Gregory. I agree with you. I had posted earlier and felt a bit "like I was being attacked" and I say this in a non-sensative way, I was not offended but it did make me feel somewhat disgusted for a time because I was expressing my thoughts and feelings on the subject and then I basically was told some things that really shocked me and I did not understand the comments back but its Ok. People can say what they want, I still feel the same as I did with my 1st comment on this thread and at least there are those that can appreciate it like I do theirs.

Nikki

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Yates verdict

by sammielee24 in

the andrea yates verdict came down again and it was not guilty.

she will be sent to a mental facility instead of prison where in time, and after therapy, she may in all liklihood be reintegrated into society at some point.

what do you think of the verdict?

Nowman

It is comforting to know that some have agreed or share how I feel on this subject but have expressed themselves in a respectful manner just as I think I had when I posted my thoghts on the subject on this this thread. JW daughter and sammilee to name a few examples. I don't have any sympathy for Andrea because I can't understand how she could have murdered her 5 childen one by one, yet I am not referring to our justice system, or what is the correct punishment for those that are insane. I am speaking because I am a mother, and I am very close with my children. I cannot comprehend what she did, I know I am beating a dead horse. But because one person in particular seems so offended by those who have made comments similiar to mine and my comments, I just can't be intimidated to express how I feel. I am not speaking of the laws of the land, just my feelings because I am a mother. I wanted to her to be punished far more than what the outcome was because I am a mother. I feel as though she should suffer more for what she did because I am a mother. IAM A MOTHER FOR GOODNESS SAKE and I am sure alot of mothers (OK, who are sane) would feel the same way I do.

Nikki