Posts by digderidoo

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The Wikepedia game!!! Learn something new then tell us!!!

by digderidoo in

jw
friends

ok heres how you do it.. click the on the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/special:random.

then post here and tell us what you've learnt!!!.

this is mine.

sorry this has turned out longer than i thought.anyway i lived the life of a single mother fell away from the organisation,and eventually met a (worldly) guy who is the most loving guy i have ever met,my best friend,lover and soulmate.i was disfellowshipped 4 months ago because we live with each other and plan to get married in september,unacceptable to the society hence my disfellowshipping.it has broke my mum and dads heart and im so so sorry for this,i love them so much,but no longer want or believe in the jw beliefs.

i still believe in god but dont know where im bound as regards my faith,i really do want to have something.

apart from my mum and dad and the shunning arrangement im so happy,the happiest i have ever been in years,and my 2 youngest ones are happy as well..my eldest daughter is 16 and planning on getting baptised in july which is tearing me apart,she is so like me,but is being brainwashed by a certain crowd of witnesses,need i say anymore...my eldest son who is 18 isnt in the truth and feels the same way i do... anyway thanks for this forum and hope to hear from likeminded friends soon.

digderidoo

Hello and welcome to the board.

Paul

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Why do many of us keep refering to IT as "THE TRUTH"?

by ldrnomo in

jw
friends

because that was the name the borg placed on it's religion, "the truth" it seems to be stuck with many of us.

i am making a concious effort to not refer to it as "the truth".. it is not the truth, it is not the way, and it is definitley not the life!.

so let's stop it people!.

digderidoo

Its just habit. You make an issue out of it by calling it something else.

Paul

24

How many left - then went back?

by AK - Jeff in

i became 'weak' in the early 80's after being treated badly by a body of elders.

i had not sinned.

quite the opposite.

digderidoo

I was one of those submarine witnesses for a few years too. I think when you leave you still believe its the truth for a while so you keep going back. I was also in fear that the great tribulation would start and then they would 'close the door'.

Paul

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How many left - then went back?

by AK - Jeff in

i became 'weak' in the early 80's after being treated badly by a body of elders.

i had not sinned.

quite the opposite.

digderidoo

I was one of those submarine witnesses for a few years too. I think when you leave you still believe its the truth for a while so you keep going back. I was also in fear that the great tribulation would start and then they would 'close the door'.

Paul

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Today i picked up my greyhound, and his name is.....

by digderidoo in

jw
friends

franky!!!.

thanks guys for all your suggestions, but i ended up choosing the one based on his race name franks bypass.. paul.

digderidoo

Franky!!!

Thanks guys for all your suggestions, but i ended up choosing the one based on his race name Franks Bypass.

Paul

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The Wikepedia game!!! Learn something new then tell us!!!

by digderidoo in

jw
friends

ok heres how you do it.. click the on the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/special:random.

then post here and tell us what you've learnt!!!.

this is mine.

digderidoo

Thanks Almost Atheist ive edited the original post.

Paul

16

The Wikepedia game!!! Learn something new then tell us!!!

by digderidoo in

jw
friends

ok heres how you do it.. click the on the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/special:random.

then post here and tell us what you've learnt!!!.

this is mine.

digderidoo

Ok heres how you do it.

Click the on the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

Then post here and tell us what you've learnt!!!

This is mine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-headed_Tody_Flycatcher

The Black headed Tody Flycatcher is a bird found in Latin America!

Wow, i think i have more time on my hands than i really should.

Paul

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Text Message I Just Received From An Old Witness Friend

by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

this is a text message i just received from a guy who was in my old congregation.

(ps, no there was no shenanigans going on there, i wasn't interested in this guy in that way...even though he was possibly the best friend i had ever had within jws).. "hi rob.

please come back to the truth.

digderidoo

If I got a text message like that the only thing I would think is: Hey wait a minute, this message is costing me 15 cents. Who is going to pay?

Sorry to stray off the point of the thread, but you have to pay to receive text messages??

Paul

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Text Message I Just Received From An Old Witness Friend

by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

this is a text message i just received from a guy who was in my old congregation.

(ps, no there was no shenanigans going on there, i wasn't interested in this guy in that way...even though he was possibly the best friend i had ever had within jws).. "hi rob.

please come back to the truth.

digderidoo

and I will be your friend again.

It's a very hard pill to swallow but those closest to you, those you grew up with offer a friendship that is conditional. He may be there for you in the future, but for now it seems as though he wants to be friends again on his terms.

Paul