Just being there for my friends that need some comfort. Being one of JW's I never had any worldly friends now that I am out and have some really good and dear friends that have shown true love for me and I for them in times of need, its one of the greatest feelings ever!
foundfreedom
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Little things that mean alot
by beautifulisfree inokay i hate to sound mean but witnesses in my opinion are mean and rude (that once included me) without even realizing it, maybe.
because the little things that non-witnesses do in everyday life for others and their family mean alot to ones they love or complete strangers.. what are some little things you can do know that show someone you care..that you weren't allowed to do before?.
1. saying "bless you" after someone sneezes
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NYC News last night
by aarque ini was half dozed last night while watching the 11pm news out of nyc.
newscaster did a story on a minister who was handing out nude photos of himself.
i jumped off the couch when he said the man was a jw.
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foundfreedom
Here is a news clip of it from Chicago go to: www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=b40c0f05297c699b if the zeros after the c and f dont work then use o's instead I just saw this and though that I would share it with you. I have heard from my husband that he use to have a friend that served at Bethel and he had lots of stories about homo stuff going on there along with other sexual behavior so it doesnt shock me that something like this has happened.
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Summer Solstice - 2006
by diamondblue1974 infor as long as i can remember and certainly more so since my exit i have always felt the need to visit stonehenge.
even more so tonight which some already know is the longest night and the pagan celebration of summer solstice.
well tonight i will be there, i will be sure to get some photos and try to post em too.
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foundfreedom
Good for you!! wish I was going also hope you have a great and spiritual time.
pam
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How I discovered the true face of the Governing Body!
by Khufu ini live in brussels, belgium.
i became a witness at the age of 18. my parents were not quite happy.
my father forbade me to attend more than one meeting a week.
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foundfreedom
Welcome to the board, interesting story. I hope that you find the happiness that you are looking for.
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Why are EX-JW's and JW's in doubt(faders) so ''afraid" of the elders?
by booker-t ini have been out for years now but i still tremble alittle when i run into an elder at the store or run into an elder on the street and my post question certainly applies to me as well but why do i still have fear of jw's elders?
i have been da'd for so many years but that fear still comes up.
and reading alot of the post here i still see ex-jw's and jw's faders living a pretended jw life or pretending to be happy when they are miserable in the wt.
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foundfreedom
I am not afraid but dont like having anything to do with them. I just found out that a elder that sat in on several elders meetings that I had with them a year and a half ago dealing with my divorce and child abuse that I suffered through with an uncle of mine which the elders here look up (they confronted him and he fessed up to it right in front of me but they said that it was too long ago and it happened before he was baptised, but they tell me with him sitting there that he could never serve as an elder again, sad thing though is that my dad who acted so upset because it was his brother can not go out and do things with him and act like nothing ever happened!!) too was moving in next door to a house that I own and am getting ready to sell!!
I about went balistic!! because my husband (divorced him and then turned around and remarried him ) was trying to talk me into staying and living in this house. I told him no way was I going to live next door to this elder ever!! you see I did some things when my husband and I were not together that would get me disfellowshiped for and my dad found these things out and as he says he went to the elders esp. this one and told him all about it. His duty he said because if he didnt then he was just as guilty as me then!! I was so mad that he did this to me and he did this to me before ever comming to me first and talking with me about it, it really hurt my dad and my relationship. This elder hasnt confronted me about this matter but I know its in the back of his mind!!
I decided a year ago never to set foot in a KH again, only listed to the memorial over my mother-in-laws speaker phone because she listens to the meetings in here home out of respect for her. I dont listen to the meetings with her and I, my husband or 2 kids have anything to do with the meetings anymore. Its like a breath of fresh air not to have to go to anymore meetings or out in that god awful field service!! Sad though I have to dig out a dress, I have to go to a funeral on Friday because a good work friends son was killed in a head on collision with a semi truck a few nights ago. And guess what! its going to be in a church and I am going and dont care what anyone thinks!! feels good to be free from the guilt that the WTS put us through all of our lives!!
pam
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Just introducing myself
by restrangled indear all,.
just wanted to say hello and tell you how much i have appreciated all your postings as a "lurker"...sorry.. short history, grew up in the 70's as a 3rd generation jw, elders daughter, dad left in the 80's, df'd at 16 and the decision was reversed after 90 days.
left when i was 18. i am now 48 and have suddenly been shunned by my mother even though i have supported her emotionally all these years never critisizing the wt, listening patiently to witnessing stories etc.
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foundfreedom
Welcome Amy nice to meet you, looking forward to your future posts.
pam
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When you left JW, how did you help transition your kids?
by merfi inmy situation: i da'd this past march.
the ex is still jw, in a city nice and far away so isn't able to give me any local grief.
i have three kiddos, 8, 10 and 12. the 8yo (boy) could really give a crap, i think.
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foundfreedom
My children are 20 and 11 and they are soo happy with their lives now, my daughter is marrying a yound canadian this summer that is not a JW and my son says that its so great to be a normal kid just like his so called worldly friends. I let him go to his first birthday party a few weeks ago and he had a great time. He feels so free now that he is all smiles and it makes me happy to know that I made the right decision. I have told my husband that we arnt going anymore and that our son was not going to be raised in the organization like we were only to be hurt and humiliated by so called brother and sisters.
My husband says that he doesnt want to go anymore but he does look down on me for reading what he calls apostate books and web sites. One day he will come around and finally give in and see the organization for what it is in all its glory. I dont push him and he knows not to cross me on my beliefs now, I have told him that I guess that I am an apostate and that he can accept it and stay or leave, he has chosen to stay says that he cannot live without me and the kids. Our family is much happier now and we get along sooooo much better.
Prais Jah for letting us see the light
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An intriging tale of corruption in the congregation {Mark Heber Miller}
by sf inhttp://www.nazarene-friends.org/pubs/confessions/000.htm
i haven't read marks story in a while and was looking for the part where he states ted jaracz went out in field service with him and a few other brothers back in the 70's, in newport beach/ balboa island, for another thread here.. if you grew up in southern california as a jw, you might find it a very intriging tale of just how the elite congs were being run.
i know for myself it is like trying to fit pieces of a puzzle.
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foundfreedom
Oh thats must be coming in the future when he publishes his lost journals of during the time he had lost some of his memories
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An intriging tale of corruption in the congregation {Mark Heber Miller}
by sf inhttp://www.nazarene-friends.org/pubs/confessions/000.htm
i haven't read marks story in a while and was looking for the part where he states ted jaracz went out in field service with him and a few other brothers back in the 70's, in newport beach/ balboa island, for another thread here.. if you grew up in southern california as a jw, you might find it a very intriging tale of just how the elite congs were being run.
i know for myself it is like trying to fit pieces of a puzzle.
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foundfreedom
Thats what I was thinking, he must be the most exceptional man on this earth! I do agree that alot of what he says happens with the elders but cannot believe that a sister sat in on a judgment meeting, never seen a sister ever be able to have any clout in the organization. There is just too much to his story that seems just too much over the wall. I am suprised that he hasnt walked on water and has lived to write about it.
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An intriging tale of corruption in the congregation {Mark Heber Miller}
by sf inhttp://www.nazarene-friends.org/pubs/confessions/000.htm
i haven't read marks story in a while and was looking for the part where he states ted jaracz went out in field service with him and a few other brothers back in the 70's, in newport beach/ balboa island, for another thread here.. if you grew up in southern california as a jw, you might find it a very intriging tale of just how the elite congs were being run.
i know for myself it is like trying to fit pieces of a puzzle.
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foundfreedom
It is an interesting life story I havent read it all yet, but doesnt anyone think that its kind of funny that this man seems to have such a fantastic life story and and here he has supposedly accomplished so much in the organization by the age of 23-26yrs old? I am not saying that its not the truth but for us that have grown up in the organization it seems a little too beyond how it was during the time I was a JW and that is 41yrs. I have never seen someone that young have all the responsibilitys and privilages that he claims to have, most of the ones that I have ever known were alot older than he was when this was suppose to be happening to him.
It seems like he was a superman JW that could do it all and I have never seen this happen in my life time to anyone in the organization. I am no longer a JW and I am happy for that but we do need to keep things in mind that some of what he claims just doesnt seem right. Yes I know that we are considered apostates and thats fine with me it doesnt bother me one bit but when someone is telling us their testimonials I want it to be true and heartfelt so that we can be incouraged by them that we arnt the only ones that have suffered at the hands of the JW organization and that we are all here for each other. Not someone that seems to have lead such a super fantastic (over the mountain) kind of JW life while in the organization.
Dont want to offend others and what they think of his story but just think with an open mind when reading it and wonder if he may be over exagerating about his life some.
This is just my opinion and wanted to see if anyone thought the same as me.