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  Your View of Platonic Relationships with Men & Women- Change as EX-JW ?

  by flipper in

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  i know my view certainly changed for the better i feel after leaving the witnesses 5 years ago.

  in part, thanks to my current wife as well ( who has platonic guy friends in her life she has known for years ) it helped me to see it is healthy, normal and natural which in my opinion helps both sexes add more insight into the thinking of men and women enabling a more balanced view of life.. most of us as ex-witnesses know of the tight control which was hammered into our brains about being " just friends " with the opposite sex.

  i mean, it was ridiculous.

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  aSphereisnotaCircle

  Those old goats in NY are the sexual deviants.

  While I was growing up dub, I was constantly cautioned about being alone with the opposite sex. Plus I was constantly chaperoned. I was never alone with a boy even briefly.

  Then as a (semi)adult, I remember the first time I was alone in a room with a male. Even though it was my future brother in law and he was an elder, all I could think about was sex, sex, SEX!

  Was he gona lose control? Was I? It was extremely uncomfortable, and one of the weirdest experiences of my life.

  The GB teaches a very twisted and unrealistic view of human nature.
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  Recently Received Wacky JW Spam re: UN Destroying Religion

  by Olin Moyles Ghost in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recently received the following email.

  i don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for the sender.

  it looks like i'm not the first person on this board to receive this email (see http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/166981/1.ashx).

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  Sooo, the economic division of the UN is going to bring down religion?

  Wow, I bet no one sees that coming...cept the J-ho's of course.
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  Brothers who were Gay but couldn't admit/accept it! Did you have some?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have come to realize that being gay is something you are just born with....so why judge them if it's like being born a certain race.. a brother g_____ i knew was a zealous pioneer pushing 43 years old.

  he never married though the sisters thought he was dreamy and he had plenty of offers....."she's not for me" he would always, many times tell me some excuse.

  he loved to give only brothers a big hug...say if you gave a public talk or something.

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  aSphereisnotaCircle

  yes, there are plenty of gays in the org, I can think of several right now that eventually left and I hope are happy now.

  The ones that stay are miserable, trying so hard to be straight, ruining others lives in the process by marrying and having children.

  As a 17 year old fourth generation dub I married one. He stole 18 years of my life with his lies and game playing.

  I can't blame him for it though, he was just trying to be a good dub, same as me.

  Being an ignorant sheltered girl with your only sexual experience coming from a gay man really f*cks with your head.

  But I'm oooh so much better now.
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  top 10 fugitives, one is a JW

  by lancelink in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this afternoon i was reading the local newspaper and there was an article of the most wanted fugitives in the u.s. .

  interested, i went through each person, reading all the charges against each one.

  suddenly there was the phrase "jehovahs witness" whoa, back up a minute they dont do anything that bad!!?

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  aSphereisnotaCircle

  I have a stack of wanted posters in my car of this ahole.

  When i go by a laundromat, I like to go in, throw away all the magazines left there by JW's and post one of those wanted posters.
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  Do the Witnesses ever help anyone (link)?

  by easyreader1970 in

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  2. friends

  mormon church warehouse aids evacuees.

  http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/09/03/mormons_hurricane_supplies.html.

  do the witnesses ever do anything of note to help the common man or do they strictly help themselves?.

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  InquiryMan,

  Katrina has been very profitable for the society. I know a JW couple who have spent countless weekends rebuilding homes for other JW's, all for no charge.

  The insurance check the homeowner receives represents materials and wages. Does the JW volunterring his/her time get the wages?

  No, the society does. All those men and women are giving of themselves, but the society is the one profiting.
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  FRUGALITY: How CRAZY did you go with it?

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's a topic i just haven't seen to my recall.. how nutty did you go with having little possessions and intentionally choosing lesser pay for more "spirituality" as a witness?.

  my situation is somewhat comical by today's standards.

  at bethel in the mid 70s i got $14 a month to spend.

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  I would hoard a dollar here and there and had to keep it secret or my hubby would spend it.

  But when the CO came to town, I would give every last dime of my savings to him, usually around $50-$200.
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  Mothers of any age what is your opinion....?

  by restrangled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is not based on polictics.

  it is based on what you would personally do in a specific circumstance.

  please do not base your answer on a democratic or republican response.

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  If your leakin amni fluid, that is nothing to mess around with.

  She must get it checked out.
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  Do you take Responsibility

  by kerj2leev in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  usually the one that doesnt want to be friends anymore wont recognize his/her part in the failure.. in jg wifes thread about being friends with your ex the above comment was made.

  in failed relationships it's usually both parties that share the blame.. in the past three years since my divorce i have come to except my part in the break-up of our marriage.

  i have identified areas that i need to work on to be in a healthy relationship.

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  Do you remember Febuary 25 1990?

  by IreallydidwalkoutofaKH in

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  2. friends

  i remember it as the "great disapointment.......it was a date broadcasted during the "service and school" and was to be a moment families should be together when the "instructions were provided"!...........

  realize everyone........ reading.....this was 1 year and 56 days after the january 1st 1989 wt was in circulation.

  this had to be the "begining of doom!

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  aSphereisnotaCircle

  Yes, I remember.

  That was when i finally started to catch on to there silly little games. I found it very annoying.

  Why would the true religion need to use bait and switch tatics to fill there seats?
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  Do you take Responsibility

  by kerj2leev in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  usually the one that doesnt want to be friends anymore wont recognize his/her part in the failure.. in jg wifes thread about being friends with your ex the above comment was made.

  in failed relationships it's usually both parties that share the blame.. in the past three years since my divorce i have come to except my part in the break-up of our marriage.

  i have identified areas that i need to work on to be in a healthy relationship.

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  I can't say that I agree with that statement

  I'm not friends with my ex because he treats me like crap.

  It has nothing to do with my part of the break up of our marraige.

  He has stated that he would like to be friends with me, but why would I want to be friends with someone who does not treat me with respect?