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  Reports from JW's regarding the summer convention

  by Lynnie in

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  so, we're in the final countdown with the convention just over a month away.

  i've talked to a few folks that have already attended it on the east coast and west coast and keep hearing that its the most up-building program they've ever been to.

  seems the message is clear that we need to stop being so hard on ourselves and take time to appreciate the efforts we have put in and know that we are deeply loved.

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  Dagney

  They're already gone. Actually, just about anyone under about 35 or so is gone.

  The ones under 18 are there because their parents are there.

  The 18-34 ones who are left are in it for purely social reasons - business contacts, built-in vacation buddies, no-tell drunken revelry buddies, automatic baby-sitting buddies (for the young parents), etc.

  Nobody under the age 40 gives a fraction of a hoot about doctrine or beliefs or policies.

  So very true. I look every once in a awhile at groups of FB kids, now adults, I knew very well. They are traveling and having a blast socially. Pioneering in Italy, Hawaii, France...it's a good life. Frustrating for me to see them all still in...I need to stop looking.
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  Hannibal

  by mrsjones5 in

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  i love this tv show and it's a great reason to send all the kiddies (my under 18 set) out of the room (they're on summer break and have liberal bedtimes).

  mommie needs alone time with hannibal.

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  Dagney

  Hmmm...I need to check this out.
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  Since you've left, are you still good friends with your bestest JW buddies?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  2. friends

  is it possible that someone has a jw friend who's very active in the congregation, knows you don't believe it anymore, and is still your friend?

  i'm at the point where word is getting out that i'm not going to meetings anymore, and friends ask me if they'll be seeing me at the ca and i tell them i'm not going.

  they want to know why, and what they can do to encourage me.

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  Dagney

  I have been able to keep one JW best friend. I think it's because she and I never really played by the rules, and we have always seen the BS with the organization.

  That being said, I also do not try to influence her to leave. When I bring up issues I tell her to google it. I did send her the links to the Conti case to alert her to the issues her husband could be legally held accountable for if he became an elder. When I left the borg, I told her the same thing I told everybody, that I had issues with the corporation and it was between me and Jah. When she is asked about me she tells people we see each other and I'm happy. She is a very loyal person.

  However, what I have noticed with others I've run into, is conversation really runs out when you don't have the organization to complain about. You realize that was the center of even your social life as a JW...complaining about people in the congregation, complaining about the meetings/service/conventions/elders...you name it. You realize how much richer conversation is now with exJW and the freedom to "think." They are well read and I learn so much from them...they have done the work, walked the walk. I can't talk about these things with my JWgf...she still is in Jah mode and thinks he is going to save the world. **sigh**
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  Dat da da da: Justitia Themis Law School Graduate

  by crmsicl in

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  2. friends

  congratulations to justitia themis on all her hard work at putting herself through law school.

  after being raised in the watchtower organization and having survived all of what that entails she has picked up the pieces, analyzed her strengths and has made choices to better herself and the community.. .

  i am so proud of her.

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  Dagney

  Fantastic!!! Congratulations!! What an accomplishment.
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  Tech49...Experiences

  by Tech49 in

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  so given the amount of focus on things that we can be angry or upset about, or how we have been wronged or abused.... i thought it was time for a bit of a change.. how about sharing some fun experiences?!!

  ok, i will start.

  i promised, in my opening post the other day, that i would share some that have happened over the years.

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  Dagney

  I used to live in a BIG city with about a dozen KHs. A friend of mine was looking for her sister who has mental issues/schizophrenia and was on and off the streets in my area. For a time we heard she was studying and attending one of the halls. My friend had a contact in the hall who I guess was looking after the less fortunate in the congregation. One time my friend specifically thank her for her efforts in looking after her sister and others less fortunate. The sister said:

  "Well, we gotta a whole row of em."
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  The Night Stalker, dead at 53.

  by Glander in

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  richard ramirez died in prison of "natural causes".. those of us living in southern california in the 80's will never forget the unbelievable series of night time break-ins, raping and murdering his victims, starting with his first murder of a 79 woman followed by raping her body.. he was sentenced to death.

  25 years later he dies of nat.

  causes under the free medical care provided by the taxpayers he terrorized.. .

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  The whole city was on edge before they caught that nutcase. He died 30 years too late in my book.
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  Former Long Time Elder, New Member

  by James Jackson in

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  i have served 20 years as an elder, 5 years as an ms. was on the district committee in 2010, held various positions on the district , circuit, and rbc level.

  probably been on more than 100 judicial committees and even an appeals committee.

  was the coordinator in our congregation and deleted because adult child was df ( i kicked him out at the time of his wrongdoing, but that wasn't enough for thr brothers).

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  Dagney

  Hi James! Welcome and wish you strength and peace on your journey. The cost is dear, but the freedom is worth it.
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  Anyone from Chicago or surrounding area?

  by I Made Jehovah Sad in

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  looking for some apostate friends to hang with!!

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  Dagney

  Welcome to the board IMJS!!

  (Your name made me smile...that was one of the angles my mother used on me to try to save me...I didn't want to make Jehovah sad did I? Bless her.)
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  Help me in my quest to free my sister

  by Ed Daly in

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  2. friends

  hi there everyone, looking for some advice on helping my sister who is studying the bible with a jehovahs witnesses to escape.

  shes been studying for over a year now and attends meetings occasionally.

  i have been looking for a way to help her for a while now and the answer fell into my lap last week, during her study last week she mentioned that her son was going to a birthday party.

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  Dagney

  Hi Ed,

  Keep on the subject of the child. As mentioned, "If JW's can get so upset over children's birthday parties...what else?" We'll tell you.

  If the son EVER wants to:

  join a club, play a sport, go to college, go to dances, (among many things) it will be looked upon in the same manner. They are needless rules to keep control of the congregation. But it will strangle the life out of a childhood.

  Make sure she understands this...the birthday conversation is JUST the beginning. Seriously.
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  My Grammy passed away this morning...

  by diana netherton in

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  2. experiences

  peacefully after a short bout with leukemia.

  she was 88 years old and the foundation of my life.

  she will be sadly missed by me and everyone whose lives she has touched.. .

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  Dagney

  So sorry for your loss.