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  Without the Internet. Would you still have been a active believing dub??

  by Samuel Thorsen in

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  perhaps i would.. struggeling with doubts of course, but going to the meetings and turning in 2 or 3 hours on my report every month like i used to.... what about you guys?

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  freedom96

  I faded and left years ago, well before I ever looked online for JW information.

  Given my personality, I know for a fact that I would have looked up the JW's online even as a witness, had I access, or if internet even existed then.
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  I'm being sincere when I ask this question...

  by misguided in

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  have any of you had similar experiences while in the org where you've been made to feel (by the all-powerful, spirit-begotten know-all elders) like you're crazy, disbelieved, or like you somehow dreamt the whole thing up; when in reality you've really just stated the real truth of a situation?.

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  freedom96

  Not to me, but I have heard many others encounter the exact problem with elders, as well as others in the hall.
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  Whats the spookiest thing that has happened to you?

  by diamondblue1974 in

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  i have had a few experiences which some could be dealt with rationally although even to this day the coincidences seem too convenient; .

  mine was on new years day in 1994; i didnt celebrate new years at the same although i was about to start my fade that year; i was ill on new years eve anyway and i had been sleeping when i awoke at precisely 12.13. i couldnt get back to sleep but there was no obvious reason why.. my grandmother was in hospital but she was getting better when i had last spoken to her; i managed to back off to sleep but woke that following morning for some reason really concerned about my gran; just as i was coming downstairs the phone rang and my girlfriend answered it.

  i said to her before she got to the phone that it would be my mother with bad news about my gran; i was right on both counts; it was my mum and my gran had died.....at 12.13 precisely..

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  freedom96

  I definately think there are circumstances such as described above.

  My grandmother twice went on vacation, and knew that something had happened to her son, 400 miles away. Both times, he was seriously injured at the moment she thought about it. Both times she made my grandfather go back.

  Once my uncle almost died in a motorcycle wreck, and the other time a furnace blew up on him.

  She didn't know what exactly happened, other than her son was seriously injured.
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  It is finished, or is it just beginning?

  by IP_SEC in

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  well i am no longer one of jehovah's witnesses.

  i had fully intentioned to disassociate myself from the platform today, but i decided that if i wanted a chance to save my marriage that i'd better tell my wife.

  she immediately went to to one of the elders.

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  freedom96

  Best wishes in your future.
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  Went To A Church Today

  by rocketman in

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  i've been waking up so early on sunday mornings that i finally decided to attend a church today.

  it's lutheran, and a work associate invited me some time ago.

  taking the risk of being uncovered as an apostate (or at least being under suspicion as one) if i'd have been seen entering or leaving the place, off i went anyway for the 8 am service.

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  freedom96

  My wife and I have been attending a non-denominational church, and have really enjoyed it. Individual classes for kids, depending on their age, and several services. We go to the main one, which is called LIVE. Great band, and the sermons are actually interesting. There are several on site other gatherings, with their own band, and then video feed of the LIVE version. For those who like more rock music, they have a big room called the Edge, with their own Christian band. There is a country room, and a more traditional room with bagels and coffee.

  People look like they are enjoying themselves, and we love it there.
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  Four Years Ago Today, May 28, 2001

  by blondie in

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  i made my first post on jwd and was ignored.. .

  i was so afraid.

  i was still attending meetings and my husband had no idea i was posting on an apostate site.. much has changed; we are both inactive faders and much happier.. thanks to all of you along the way that shed light on the darkness in my life.. love, blondie

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  freedom96

  You bring a lot to this board Blondie, glad you are here.
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  Weirdest body piercing

  by Es in

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  hey all, wheres the weirdest place you have had pierced if at all.

  i have had my belly button done but would love to get my tongue and my nose and my nipple(blush) done nothing big just a little stud on my nose.

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  freedom96

  What I don't get is the ear stretching peircings.

  At some point I would imagine someone might want to change their mind, and not have them, but too late! How does someone try to get hired and be taken seriously when they have that? I have seen some 1-2 inches wide. Just big holes in the ear!
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  Read this on another board!..No longer D.A or D.F. ?

  by Golden Girl in

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  they claim that the jw's... as of the new organization book ...no longer announce someone is disfellowshipped or disassociated.. .

  but rather they announce " they are no longer a jehovah's witness.

  anyone that can shed light on if this is true or not?

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  freedom96

  So, will the rank and file still say that someone is disfellowshipped?

  As we all know, a just ol' plain non witness is not to be shunned, where those who leave or are kicked out are. So there must be some way that they describe the difference.
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  Witnesses and alcoholism

  by Grace in

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  my jw husband has made me promise to let him die rather than approve a blood transfusion because of bible doctrine; however, the same bible speaks against alcoholism and drunkeness and yet he continues to drink and sometimes gets absolutely smashed.. last night we were at a non-jw staff party for my place of employment, and he lost any shred of dignity through his heavy drinking.

  we got home at 3 a.m. and he jumped out of bed at 8:20 and said, "i have to get to book study; i'm reading today.

  (it behooves me how he can do this time and again without even taking so much as an asparin!).

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  freedom96

  My dad was an elder for most of my youth, and I remember sitting down with our once a week personal study, and every time he had a very strong drink right next to him.

  Never thought about it, until my mom told me several years ago that he would get drunk just about every single night, many times to the point of passing out.

  And to think he was quite a prestigious elder during all that time.
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  Have you ever lit a fart on a fire....?

  by JH in

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  freedom96

  Never did it myself, but had a friend who framed his burnt underwear after doing it.