I'm just waiting for some comments from my family over this article.
It's bound to make my mum cry. Why do the stiffs in Brooklyn keep doing it, do they like causing pain?
I wish they would all go to hell (not my family - the stiffs).
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I came home to find my wife crying over THAT article.
by jambon1 ini came home today to find my wife crying whilst reading the 'when a loved one leaves jehovah' article.
its been a good few months now and i can appreciate how she feels.
but it just irritates me how my disagreeing with this religion has such a catastrophic effect on our everyday lives.
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what about celebrating?
by Swamboozled inanyone still not celebrate birthdays?
holidays?
i was wondering about everyone's position about this as i plan to throw a huge make-up birthday party for each of my kids this year.
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Bigmouth, I think you'll find if you celebrate everything with gusto for a year you'll find it much easier the following year.
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what about celebrating?
by Swamboozled inanyone still not celebrate birthdays?
holidays?
i was wondering about everyone's position about this as i plan to throw a huge make-up birthday party for each of my kids this year.
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Christmas 2005 was the first one I celebrated even though I've been df'd for 4 years.
It was great, turkey lunch, champagne breakfast and prezzies for the kids. I didn't decorate the house though, realised that I don't know how to!! SAD ain't it?? -
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FRESH OFF THE PRESS.... 9/1/06 WT "When a Loved One Leaves Jeh."
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this just in for your reading displeasure......enjoy
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Oh I can just imagine my mum and sister reading that article and applying it to ME.
I really hate the WBTS.
If they just changed the shunning rule they would be a lot happier and so would we and so would Jesus (I don't remember him ever shunning anyone in the scriptures!) -
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jws celebrate birthdays?!
by dobbie ini was speaking to a friend last night, trying to explain why i don't go to meetings etc,(waste of time though she just can't seem to understand my point whatever i say), anyway she said as long as i don't d'a myself she can still speak to me.
she said they only d'f you if you commit a gross sin.
i refuted this saying if they knew i didn't agree with some of the teachings, sent a fathers day card etc and you weren't sorry they'd get rid of you.
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My family are all strict jw's but they always call on mine,my kids and each others birthdays to wish us happy birthday.
My mum gave me and my sister a card and prezzie on our 18th.
My sister and I gave my mum a card and prezzie on her 50th.
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SATAN CREATED INSECTS!
by badboy ini understand that woodworth believed insects such as flies and mosquito were created by satan!
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It's a fallic Jehovah plant!!
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What book or movie most resembles the WTS in your opinion? Why?
by whyizit ini've seen where some former jws compare the wts to certain movies or books (such as the village and 1984).
i just wondered what movies or books reminded you of the wts and why?
did you draw this conclusion before or after you left the organization?
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Definitely Witness with Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis.
Amish = wierdos
Jehovah's Witnesses = wierdos
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They don't call by any more!
by ozziepost inmrs ozzie and i visited the home of her swim coach on sunday.
he lives nearby a large kingdom hall which accommodates several large city congregations, yet he says that he's never been visited by the dubs.
no, never, in the more than two years he's lived there!
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I have been out for 4 years and have never been called on. Maybe it's because my mum gave the elders my address, in the hope that they would lure me back.
Still I've never seen any dubs in my street or anywhere in the local vicinity.
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Were your parents a different religion before JDubism?
by Crumpet ini know an awful lot here are 3rd and 4th generation - but were there any who's parents become dubs as adults?
i'd be interested to here what it was that made an adult become a jw when not brought up that way?.
i'll relate my parents experience shortly...but its something i;ve been thinking about a lot.
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My parents were greek orthodox before becoming dubs. My dad's aunt and uncle came in first and were of the anointed and they converted the rest of the extended family. Now only a handful of my family aren't dubs, the rest all got suckered in hook,line and sinker.
I think everlasting life was what brought them all in. Heck knows whats keeping them there now!
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Not quite sure where else to go, I'll give this place a try.
by AnonyMouse ini'll introduce myself:
i'm a person who'd like to remain anonymous.
i'm 16, and recently confessed to my mother my disbelief in her religion (jehovah's witnesses, obviously so).
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Welcome to the forum anonymouse. All I can say to you is hang in there. I had a similar conversation with my mum when I was 16 and I got a similar response, tears etc and a study every week with my aunt.
Unfortunately I gave in to it against my better judgement and ended up baptised and pioneering by the age of 18! I never truly believed all the doctrines though and was just paying lip service to the religion.
It took me until the age of 35 before I could finally stand up to them all and finally leave. Please don't get bullied in to staying any longer than you have to. Get yourself a job and leave as soon as you are financially able. It will be scary but well worth it in the long run.
Good luck with everything you do. XXX