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  Pro's and Con's of DAing myself.

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been wrestling with the idea of da'ing myself for close to a year now.

  but there is a small area in my subconscious that whispers "this is not a good idea.

  i haven't been to a meeting in over six months, no service in seven years.

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  OTWO~

  I like your view....

  Everybody has a different way to go because of their own circumstances.
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  An Average Apostate Day

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i cannot understand why dubs are so terrified of apostates.

  we all live mostly modest and normal lives, but dubs don't believe that.

  so for all you lurking dubbies out there, i am going to tell what i think and do on .

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  I've purchased several dogs. Now I have lots of dog vomit around to return to. Gymbob
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  Pro's and Con's of DAing myself.

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been wrestling with the idea of da'ing myself for close to a year now.

  but there is a small area in my subconscious that whispers "this is not a good idea.

  i haven't been to a meeting in over six months, no service in seven years.

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  Disconnect brings up a good point.

  Sometimes a person doesn't have a choice about how one leaves, fades, DA's or whatever. I had elders breathing down my back wanting to know what I believed. Eventually they really wanted to DF me because I honestly told them how I felt. I quite frankly didn't have, and didn't want to have, something to hide. A secret that only I knew. That is, I really couldn't, in all honesty, support Jehovah's Witnesses any longer.

  If they want to DF me for that, shame on them, and I told them so. I broke none of their silly rules or anything even close to that. I was a ex-pioneer, ex-bethelite, with a position in good standing. It's just that the organization turned into something it wasn't when I got baptized, namely, a group I could leave if I chose to with no consequences. A religion composed mostly of people who honestly thought the world was going to end in or around 1975.

  Well, that was over 30 freakin' years ago!

  I didn't sign up for the BS the society represents now, I told them that. I didn't want to leave on their terms, but on my own. I wasn't going to let them DF me and let people wonder (gossip about) if I was a secret smoker caught in the act again, or cheated on my wife, or loved little boys, or WHATEVER...so I quit.

  It's alot like a job. You can just stop going to work and let your boss think you don't want to work there anymore. Or, you can buck-up and say... I quit! Gymbob
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  Pro's and Con's of DAing myself.

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been wrestling with the idea of da'ing myself for close to a year now.

  but there is a small area in my subconscious that whispers "this is not a good idea.

  i haven't been to a meeting in over six months, no service in seven years.

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  gymbob

  Well said Democles!

  Welcome to the board!
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  Pro's and Con's of DAing myself.

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been wrestling with the idea of da'ing myself for close to a year now.

  but there is a small area in my subconscious that whispers "this is not a good idea.

  i haven't been to a meeting in over six months, no service in seven years.

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  gymbob

  I DA'd myself years ago, and it was exactly what I felt was best for me. The title of this post is, "Pro's and Con's of DAing", and there are certainly many of both.

  Since joining this board, I've learned alot, and if given the chance to do it all over again, I would probably do it differently....at least better. Maybe have a better chance to help some people I love start to think, or, take some a**hole elders down....whatever. But that's just life. Shoulda, woulda, coulda....

  One thing I have learned since leaving the Borg is, if you don't like where you are at in life then change it. Don't blame the society, or some body of elders, Satan, etc., take the blame yourself. And when things go good in your life, be humble, but take the credit. It was your decisions that got you there. Gymbob
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  What is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you at a meeting?

  by IHaveADream in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  mine was the time i had my twin grandsons with me and i was sitting in the overflow room.

  they both needed to go potty at the same time.

  so i tried to pick both of them up.

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  Funniest thing I ever saw at a meeting....

  A visiting non-witness man who had a hearing problem needed to plug some headphones into the sound system to hear the program. Unfortunately, when the sound system had a very loud feedback squeal about 15 minutes into the meeting, he stood up grabbing the headphones on his ears, and began screaming and cussing like a drunk sailor! :)
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  gun control

  by John Doe in

  1. social
  2. humour

  :-).

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  http://www.tv.com/video/15055/dances-with-wolves?o=tv&tag=show_summary;video.

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  This is the "HUMOUR" section, not the political one...lighten up and laugh...that was damn funny!
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  Three unique things...

  by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i like this topic!

  1. i went to an amusement park with friends when i was 17, when getting ready to go on the bumper boats the attendant told me to not step on the rubber part... listening wasn't my strong suite so i stepped on the rubber part and fell in much to the amusement of everyone there.

  2. for my 18th birthday my friends took me to see male strippers, my friend held money over my head and when the guy came to collect i refused to put it in his g-string and he called me a prude.

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  My 3 things....

  1). Met Emperor Hirohito and his family around 75'-76' when I gave them a tour of Mammoth Onyx Cave in Ky. he gave me a $5 tip, too!

  2). I have several 1st place trophies in my garage from racing motorcycles.

  3). I've seen Freddy Franz naked in the bethel sauna.

  Gymbob
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  Things That Irritated You When You Were A JW

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there were some witnesses that loved taking notes for every meeting.

  whatever you would say, the note takers were busy as a bee writing down every word.

  especially if you went out of town to give a talk, certain ones (only sisters) would take their note taking very very seriously.. another thing that used to get to me was when you'd see the same people every assembly on the platform giving a talk or being in a part.

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  I hated all the stupid rules....

  North Carolina, 1979. My pioneer partner and I decide we want to grow mustaches. So we show up at the Thursday night meeting with our little fuzzy top lips, and we get invited to the "back room" after the meeting by 2 elders who say we need to shave it off.

  Now the real kicker to this is, we have a MS, another elder, and a C.O. that all have mustaches!

  My pioneer partner shaved his off, I didn't. Gymbob the Rebel
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  Ex Jehovah's Witnesses, Why Did You Leave The Watchtower?

  by Tired of the Hypocrisy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my new question at yahoo answers: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081009225436aanewp1.

  please add your reason..

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  Great topic!

  I can agree with most of what has already been said, and my life is so much better. It came at a cost though....I knew that my family, sisters and parents, would more then likely NOT leave the Watchtower with me. Hell, I wasn't even sure about my kids. Luckily, they both left with me and life is good. But, I lost my family. However, I know this crazy religion/cult stops with this generation in my family. Gymbob