Topics Started by Annie Over

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WOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by AK - Jeff in
1. jw
2. friends
my high speed connection is installed!

i cannot believe the difference.

i could never have dreamed of watching streaming video before - i watched some news clips - terrific.
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When A Loved One Leaves Jehovah
by choosing life in
1. watchtower
2. bible
has anyone read this article in the september 1, 2006 watchtower?

i can't understand why the rank and file can't see who is really causing the pain by seperating loved ones over personal beliefs.. one woman says about her disfellowshipped brother, "this has been so hard for me to bear because in every other respect, he has been a wonderful brother to me.

i especially miss him at large gatherings.".
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I love when they turn and run as fast as they can away from you!!
by mama1119 in
1. jw
2. experiences
today i was at burlington baby depot registering for my baby shower, stolling up and down the aisles and scanning.

low and behold, down the aisle comes a dub.

as soon as she set eyes on me, she backed out of the aisles as fast as she could, as if i was throwing poop at her.
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Why do you believe what you believe?
by under_believer in
1. jw
2. friends
mom, .

let me ask you a question.

have you ever asked yourself why you believe what you believe?
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How good does if feel to you not attending meetings anymore?
by ex-perfectdaughter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been in the truth my whole life and tomorrow i turn 32!

the last year i have been fading and haven't been to the kh since the memorial.

i can't tell you how it has been such a heavy burden lifted off my shoulders not to have to worry about so many meetings!!!
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Did you block out your Witness life?
by achickwwit in
1. jw
2. friends
i stopped going to meetings at age 19 or 20. my brother had been df'd.

my sister and her new bethalite husband had left the organization labeled as apostates, and my single mom followed suit.

i was pretty much raised by the congregation, though i lived with my isolated mother.
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Whats left for me to say?
by KW13 in
1. jw
2. friends
i can't describe what i feel, when i see my mum as a jw.

sometimes (like today) it really gets me down knowing she and millions of others are living a life that is not going anywhere.. she's been to the british musuem, i've gotten e-mails from the british musuem.

we've read literature/websites/bible e.t.c.
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Here is my story
by Annie Over in
1. jw
2. friends
i think i was about 3 yrs when my mom started studying.

raised in a protestant religion.

she had said several times that all she learned in that religion was hell fire and damnation.
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Thank you Jehovah for answered prayers
by Annie Over in
1. jw
2. friends
when i got off for lunch today i decided to go to the walmart deli and get something to eat.

it is a huge store, groceries, a bakery, mc donalds, a bank , eye center, beauty shop, a great deli, and a huge garden center.

i had taken back a 80 gig hard drive dvd recorder ( i couldn't figure out how to hook up <smile> and had received 238.00. i picked up a couple of things in the store then went to the deli.
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Something Jakes said
by Annie Over in
1. jw
2. friends
i'v been lurking for a few months, but something jakes said about the 2005 wt caused me to think about what a brother said one sunday in one of the very last talks i attended in 2005. he said, "you have to believe what the society says, even if the bible doesn't say it, because after all, they are your brothers".

i was thinking about going back at the time, but that statement really floored me.. that statement along with the unfair way i was treated has caused me not to go back to the meetings.

but even so, i am still pretty much confused, as i still believe they have more truth than other religions.