I've only posted here a few times but have read here for years. Let me just say that you have all helped me feel so much better about myself. It is nice to know that there are others that have gone and are going thru the same things as I. Anyway, I was raised a JW but have been successfully "faded" for about 10 years except for one area. My family (mom, sister, aunt & family and an uncle still think I am active). They live back east and we don't hardly ever get to see each other but when we do, I go there, they never come to me, I live in California. Anyway, it's been 4 years since I was last there to visit and am going to see my beloved momma soon. She is pretty sick and I love her dearly though she is 100% devoted to JW org. she could not take it if she found out I was out of the borg. So, even though I am a grown woman in her 40's I still live the lie when it comes to this area because I could not take not talking to my mom and sister and would hate hurting her if she found out the truth. So instead of rambling on I will ask my real question. I need to know if there is anything drastic I need to know that has changed in the borg in the last 4 years that I need to know so I don't "slip up". I know that there is only 1 weekday meeting but how long is it and what do they study? I won't be there for the sunday meeting just during the weekdays. It is really hard skirting all the spiritual talk when I am there. Jeez, I just want to spend some time with my mom! I love her and miss her so much. Last time I was there she actually asked me to say the prayer at one of the meals. I felt so terrible offering up pray in her house under the circumstances but I did it because I didn't know what else to do. My father was the presiding overseer for many years before he passed away 10 years ago. I would never been able to pull it off when he was around and probably would have stayed in out of fear of lossing them all. Please, any helpful info is appreciated.
supersab
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I'm going to visit the family and need some help
by supersab ini've only posted here a few times but have read here for years.
let me just say that you have all helped me feel so much better about myself.
it is nice to know that there are others that have gone and are going thru the same things as i. anyway, i was raised a jw but have been successfully "faded" for about 10 years except for one area.
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Your All-Time Favorite Record/CD Albums by Musicians - Any Category ?
by flipper inwas looking through my collection and thought it would be cool to see what some of our favorite record albums of all-time are ?!
i like a variety of music - mostly rock n' roll, blues , reggae, and jazz but look forward to seeing some of your favorites !
here are my top 10 approximately .
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supersab
My forever favorite album is "Grace" by Jeff Buckley. He has the most beautifully pure amazing voice of anyone I have ever heard.
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How do you deal with JW's knowing they will shun you?
by JH ini went to the grocery store yesterday, and i saw a jw who was looking at me with a sort of sad face.
i said hello, and he didn't reply.
so why does he stare at me for if he knows he won't reply to me when i say hello?
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supersab
I haven't been DA'd or DF'd but I haven't been to a meeting in almost 8 years. Every once in a great while I will be in a store and see someone from the hall and I go in the opposite direction as fast as I can. The last time an elderly sister caught me in the store she lectured me about how everyone missed me so much and were so worried about me. She asked for my phone number and I gave her a fake one. I am such a wimp! Haven't seen anyone lately and hopefully they wouldn't recognize me after 8 years anyway.
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Come One Come All Deliverence is near Get your Convention Program here
by Tea4Two in"deliverance at hand" is the theme for the jehovah's witnesses district convention may 26 to 28 at the resch center.
serving parts of wisconsin, michigan and the upper peninsula, the convention opens the season for district meetings throughout the united states.
nearly 11 million people attended the 2,981 district conventions last year.
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supersab
Thanks! I don't know why I bother keeping up the charade with mom. I guess it is because she is sick and really has nothing else in her life to hold onto except "the truth". Just today she was going on and on about how bad she feels because she can only turn in 1 or 2 hours of service time. She is legally blind, on dialysis every other day and is just in general bad health and all she can think about is "how am I going to handle the assembly"? " I feel so bad because I can't even read the WT anymore." She said she hopes Jehovah understands.
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Windowless Buildings
by IHaveASavior inwhy are there no windows in the buildings known as "kingdom halls of jehovah's witnesses?
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supersab
I remember when I was a kid in Chicago, going to the meetings at a rented hall on the second floor of a community center and it was right next to an EL train track. No air conditioner and in the summer they had to have all the windows wide open, no screens, and the EL would go by every now and then. It provided some distraction though.
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Come One Come All Deliverence is near Get your Convention Program here
by Tea4Two in"deliverance at hand" is the theme for the jehovah's witnesses district convention may 26 to 28 at the resch center.
serving parts of wisconsin, michigan and the upper peninsula, the convention opens the season for district meetings throughout the united states.
nearly 11 million people attended the 2,981 district conventions last year.
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supersab
Does anyone know where to find the dates for each city? I have to know so I can pretend that I am going when I talk to my mom who lives back east.