Wonderful post! Thank you for sharing your journey.
It is so strange there is so much comfort and happiness in "not knowing."
Posts by Dagney
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49My Story: from JW Elder to Born Again Christian to Agnostic
by passwordprotected ini first posted here on 3rd june 2008. at the time i was an elder, appointed the previous october, i was 36 and i was a born-in.
at the time i'd become disillusioned with the society due to the governing body's letter explaining why the book study in private homes was being abolished.
april 2008 saw me start questioning this decision, privately of course, and this eventually led me to this site, to jwfacts and to many youtube videos, all of which began to errode my faith in the leaders of the organisation.. in july 2008, having discussed my doubts with my wife, i attended the district convention, deciding to give the society one last chance to convince me it was the truth.
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Not on JW.ORG: Jehovah's Witnesses being sued again in California for Child Molestation by Pioneer/Servant. Abuse hidden from police by Elders and Watchtower Society.
by Balaamsass2 inorange county lawsuit alleges sex abuse by jehovah's witness leadertwo men said they were abused in laguna hills as teenagers.. .
by eric hartley / staff writer.
published: aug. 27, 2014 updated: 7:44 p.m.. two men who say they were molested as teenagers by a jehovahs witness church leader in south orange county filed a lawsuit against him and the church this week.
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Dagney
Here we go. This is close. I hope the register keeps tabs on this case as it progresses. It will be interesting to find out the name.
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Introductions
by Onager ini've made a few posts here already so i thought i'd introduce myself.
i'm an ex-jw from cheltenham pittville (uk) congregation.
i've been free and clear for a few years now so i'm through the anger phase and in the happily getting on with my life phase.
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Dagney
Welcome Matt! We are glad you are here. Clink!
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Do you intend to die?
by new hope and happiness inas far as i know, all of us are going to die.
our hope, our stories, and the fantazy of " good people" telling tales of heaven, or a new system, or future reassembling of our consciousness is not likely?
do you still cling to it?.
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Dagney
Accepting my mortality was huge after exiting the JWs. Never dying, even though how/what/where was iffy, was ingrained from infancy. My logical mind accepts it. My emotional side hates it.
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Dagney
Paradise was such a nice thought...frolicking with wild life, being able to pursue delayed interests... But I didn't see how "paradise" could work. My head would start to explode when I started thinking how we would have to trade services and trades in order to live like the pictures in the books. Then eventually it would be just like life today...except it would be like living in one giant, bland earthwide Bethel. Beth-hell.
No, I didn't see myself there, no matter how hard I tried to do that. And besides as a teen, a CO told our congregations that only 1/3 of it were going to make it. Thinking about that now, I'm sure that damaged any sort of hope I had in everlasting life.
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Dagney
Hello and welcome ladystellas! Good to have you here. Looking forward to your comments.
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Telephone Conversations Today with 2 Elders Re: Shunning - Or Not?
by abbasgreta inmy alcoholic and aged jw mother is now extremely ill and is being cared for in every respect by my non-jw brother.
3 sisters visited him yesterday and were adamant.
that i (disassociated and shunned by her for nearly 3 years) was able to 'visit her any time' and that ' there was nothing to stop me seeing her' as long as i. didn't discuss spiritual things with her.
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Dagney
Just wow. Feel the love from that group! So sorry your family has to go through this crap.
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They sure took website worship far
by cookiemaster in- well, i'd be damned.
i'm a born in jw and never in a million years i'd thought i'd see this.
from internet is evil to website worshipping in less than a decade.
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Dagney
I think the promotion of the website is more a direct combat to the volume of searchers that get directed to JWN when searching for Jehovah's Witnesses. It was time for them to get the website functional, but the over-the-top marketing of "jw.org" is just bizarre...all you need to remember is "jw.org." It's like "WWJD." IMHO.
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Good News! Jah is speeding up the work!
by awakenyr2004 inall he needed was the internet how many years later!
the end is definitely around the corner now.
with all the website hits just in the last few weeks how could it not be?
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Dagney
Man, they know how to spin a tale don't they!
The villain internet is now the hero that will make their panda dreams come true! Praise Jah all you people!
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Ministy School - Endless, without graduation - How could we?
by 4thgen inyesturday, i was talking to a friend and she said that in order to get a degree from a local college, they require a completed a public speaking course.
i said that was no problem, because i had been in a public speaking school for 40 years.
she looked at me like i had three heads.
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Dagney
After my last talk the MSO said from the platform "I had a hard time finding anything wrong with your talk." So I decided I graduated and told him so the next time he tried to hand me a talk slip. After 40 years or so I figured I was good.