Posts by Quandry

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My Left Leg Was Amputated

by TOTH in

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i have been out of commission for several weeks.

back around the first of the year i developed an infection in my left foot.

due to diabetes and poor circulation the doctors were unable to save my foot and so i received a below the knee amputation.

Quandry

Glad you are back...I have both legs so don't have advice other than keep up the positive attitude and you'll be walking soon!

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Hello

by newdawnfades in

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i am a long time lurker who has finally decided to post.

i am still in along with my wife, kids and extended family.

i am in my 40s and was raised in the org.

Isn't it wonderful to use your own brain? You are young (compared to me-61) and have time to plan your family's exit. Please include travel and lots of fun. Maybe you could involve your family in an interesting hobby. Once your family gets used to missing meetings a bit maybe they will be more open to suggestion. And please encourage the kids in their education.

What was that Chinese proverb...a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.....

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Belated Intro to Rubadubdub. My hubby lurked on JWN for the first time last night!

by rubadubdub in

i'm so excited-my hubby who faded over 30 years ago finally lurked here on jwn!.

i've been posting on a few threads here and there for a while now, but have not officially introduced myself.

i have told bits and pieces of my story already.

Quandry

Aren't you glad to be yourself and not trying to please the WTS anymore?

I was "in" for over thirty years and try not to be too bitter about all the wasted time, but to enjoy time without frantically having to get ready for meetings or service and studying gobbledy-gook in the WT and trying to make sense of it.

Hopefully your son will read some information such as C of C and will be freed from the clutches of the WTS also.

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Introduction - longtime visitor

by momentofsurrender in

just a (slightly) quick introduction for now.

i am a 4th generation born in.

father an elder since i was an infant.

Quandry

Welcome to the forum.

It is not easy to start questioning. It is indeed nervewracking, and all the Armageddon fears come to the fore. But at least now you have begun to do your own thinking rather than let the WTS do it for you.....

I was "in" for over thirty years and when they changed the generation doctrine in 1995, I was confused and wanted to ask questions, then realized that I was afraid to speak about changes lest I be accused of apostacy. That was a very uncomfortable thought also-that I could not speak what was on my mind and must go along or else.

"Better to have questions that I can't answer, than answers I can't question."

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Shunned again today

by punkofnice in

as i walked through the streets of my hometown i walked past a 'sister'tm).

at first i didn't recognize her as i wasn't paying attention.. she sort of gave me a bit of a smile (or did she have wind/gas?).

after i has passed her, it dawned on me who it was.. i'd given her family lifts to meetings and socialised with them.. i then realized she'd shunned me.

Quandry

Just think....you get to leisurely walk the street while she must be concious of her time...another meeting to prepare for...field service....study.....I think you got the better end of the deal!

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Just wanted you to know, none of you are intriguing. Rather, you're all quite repulsive.

by Theocratic Sedition in

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not saying that's my personal opinion, but this week's congregation bible study asks the viewpoint question, "would apostate literature or internet sites intrigue you or repulse you?

"- jeremiah book, page 70, para 7. .

gotta love it.. i guess apostate sites are like crime scenes.

Quandry

Let the repulsing continue......

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My terminally ill friend will read this; please offer your love and support.

by compound complex in

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dear friends:.

forty-five years ago i was out in service with an elder, and we came upon a house where the owners kindly received us.

this was not so unusual as the family was jehovah's witnesses.

Quandry

How wonderful that you have such a friend as CoCo. You must be a very special person. Please feel the love and good wishes sent your way!

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A question for those that have been around this board for a long time

by JeffT in

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my wife and i stopped going to meetings in 1988 and da'd in 1989. for a few years we both actively participated in the xjw world, she quit doing that a long time ago, and has pretty much completely moved on.

the other night i told her about my planned blog (which will probably launch this weekend) it will mostly be about my writing, a lot of which is mostly about jw related issues.

she asked why i am still so drawn to this subject.

Quandry

1st, this forum helped me so much. I was the one who kept my "worldly" family at an arm's length, causing them so much pain. My parents died before I could tell them that I was leaving the cult.To be able to post here was therapy for me.I wasted more than thirty years of my life. That is not something easy to live with.

2nd-I try to welcome new posters who may feel as I did...devastated to find out the real truth. They need encouragement to move on, and I try to help with that.

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WT Society holds EXTREME Responsibility for 1975 and False Expectations

by flipper in

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however- many jw's who have come into the jw organization from like 1985 forward virtually may have no knowledge of the wt society's 1975 debacle and false predictions of the end times or armageddon predictions.

just like in in the book 1984 by george orwell the wt society has a way of not only erasing it's history so no newer witnesses will be aware of their false predictions, but also they are re-writing their history as if those false predictions never happened.. so for those of you here who may have never read or heard of how whipped up into an emotional frenzy witnesses were in the years just before 1975 by the wt society claiming the end was any day now- this threads for you.

to see the pressure that was put on jw's by the wt society to get rid of everything before " armageddon " .

Quandry

Ah, yes. 1975. Thanks for the walk down memory lane, flipper.

In 1973 I worked with a lovely JW girl and began asking her questions out of curiosity. She and her JW roommate came over and began a study with my husband and me. I was so amazed by her knowledge of the Bible. When we talked about the big A she flipped to many different scriptures and I was again so impressed. (At the time, I did not realize she had a "Make Sure" book bound with her Bible and was consulting it frequently) I distincly remember asking her about how much longer this system had left-she said about two years, and that we really needed the knowledge from the Bible to survive. We immediately threw ourselves into study, and in December of that year, 1973, were baptised in an old Kingdom Hall in Jacksonville, Florida that had a pool underneath the stage.

I knew of people who sold their homes and got small travel trailers to "simplify" their lives before the coming "end of this system."

Of course, it turns out, some people were "over zealous" and "read too much into" the words from WTS publications. So, not only was I stupid enough to be taken in by 1975, but was idiotic enough to blame myself for believing what they published. Yep, it really is an interesting look into the psychology of belief and how humans can be manipulated.

I no longer ask anyone questions about religion, no matter how curious I am......

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Creative Revenge

by Roberta804 in

i love this topic.... stole it from a female talk radio host dr. sonia freeman in the chicago area decades ago.

think and post a creative (not damaging, violent, or illegal) action that would piss off those who shun us.

here is an example: many years ago when my hubby was still an elder he collected the mail for the kh.

Quandry

Ha! A remote controlled Sparlock that could walk down the aisle would wake everyone up!