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  Getting my feet wet

  by Soledad in

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  i have been lurking here for about 3 months or so, and i guess i finally decided today to jump on in and join the board.

  i dont want to make this post too long, but just to give you all a background......i was born in 1975 to a jw mother and non believing father.

  i have one younger brother.

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  If you were wrong about the truth, what else?

  by ballistic in

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  what effect has having a whole section of your life proved to be a falsehood had on you?.

  anybody that has been a witness will understand the time, effort, comitment and money that it took to be a member.

  the way it dominated our lives, affected every decision we made and shaped our future.. some have left and turned to other faiths and some (like myself) have lost all religious faith (and i make no appology for that).

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  preventing baptism of minors

  by og in

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  here is the situation: my wife is a very faithful true believer (and a wonderful person, i will add, who really wants to do what's right) i have been da'd about a year, and we have 2 children.

  our oldest is 13, and really buys into the witness line ( as, of course, i professed to until last summer) and i am fairly sure she is considering baptism.

  here is my question: as one half of her parents, is there any legal doctrine that would allow me to prevent her baptism until she is 18?

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  rekless in hospital

  by desertflower in

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  i thought you all would like to know that rekless had a heart.

  attack.

  he was at work and was taken to hospital by ambulance.. he had 2 stints put it and they are hoping that will do the .

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  An inquiry about my cousin, Sharon

  by Mulan in

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  for those new ones who haven't read my cousin's story, i am posting the link here again.

  http://www.exjws.net/shunning/sharonkennedy.htm.

  today, i received a very nice inquiry about sharon, and whether this all was true.

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  I want to talk to a friend HELP

  by lv4fer in

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  i have only two close friends who are witnesses that i care about.

  i would like to share my feelings with them and still not get dfd.

  do you think it is possible or should i forget it.

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  30+ years of Field Service Observations

  by Tulsi Das in

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  some very random thoughts based on 30+ years of field service activity.

  would especially enjoy responses by jt, alanf, amazing, & others.. why they do it.

  1. guilt.

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  "You Are Expected to Believe As We Do&quot...

  by stevieb1 in

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  i am currently having visits made on me by the elders,who are trying to help me "unbelieve" the things i have learned to be true from the bible, which naturally contradict wt doctrine.. as well as asking me "where else will you go" they said that members of the public walking into a kingdom hall expect all within it to be jehovah's witnesses holding firmly to their doctrines and not holding divergent viewpoints like i do.

  they said it would not be proper for someone to hold a belief that was contrary to the society and still be expected to remain a jw, even in name only.

  i have stated to them that i can no longer preach the wt version of the "good news" so they automatically assumed that i am not obeying jesus' command to preach.. i am in a bit of a predicament as you can see.

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  Why are the witnesses suddenly smiling at me?

  by Inquiry in

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  hi all..... i was starting to feel like i was walking around outside in me undies.... is there something new going on... people who normally always looked at me with disdain are suddenly smiling and making friendly.... is anything up????

  just last week, i was sure i was still satan's spawn....???

  weeeeeiiiirrrdddd..... inq :)

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  another newbie

  by desertflower in

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  guess i've been lurking long enough.

  been about 2 yrs or longer.. take a lot of nerve for the first post.my husband and i both left.

  together although he knew long before i did.

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