Topics Started by iamfreenow

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fader's wife expresses 1st doubts....
by sweet pea in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
talking to a friend (ex-elder) today whose wife was (is) a close friend of mine .

she's still a jdub but won't talk to me now i'm df'd (apparently it hit her very hard when we left) and so she busied herself with ministry and meetings in search of comfort and affirmation of her faith.

this didn't work for her and she came out with an unexpected question... .
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Did You Willingly Get Baptized or Were You Pressured Into It?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
it was expected of me to get baptized and at 9 i was.

what about you?
30
Well, Trev is ill now!
by iamfreenow in
1. jw
2. friends
at least i don't think so.. he has a flu-like illness and feels pretty awful.

by his own admission, he's been neglecting himself these last few months, and i think with all the stres he's been under that perhaps his immune system is very low.

he looks pretty awful as well, like he's had all the blood drained out of him.. even so, he was going to get on with the things he needs to do today, at least until i intervened.
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Trying to help a would-be JW
by iamfreenow in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
trev received this email earlier from someone who is studying with the jws, and he has allowed me to post it.

dear trevor.

however i have a legal background and am consequently.
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Are we being conned re new light?
by why144000 in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been reading with interest the news of the next change in the generation teaching.

does anyone have any substantive proof that this change will be made?

it could be a big con to get us all excited and tell others about it and reveal that we are, wait for it, apostate!!
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Our Friend Linda
by iamfreenow in
1. jw
2. experiences
julie and i have both known linda for over 25 years, from when she first became a jw, so we decided to write this tribute to her.. we first met linda in january 1981, when she attended her first ever meeting at our kingdom hall.

she had been taking the magazines for a few months, since just after she finished university, and had started studying a few weeks before, but this was the first time she had plucked up the courage to attend a meeting.

julie was having many doubts herself by then, and once again linda was supportive, as was trev.
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About Trev
by iamfreenow in
1. jw
2. friends
trev should be home soon, his best mate took him to the pub, while julie drove trev's car back here.

they are due back anytime, they said 7ish, and it's that time now.

he's had a few beers, which i think will do him good, and we are getting him some food ready.
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For Trev: When words fail music can speak for us
by Guest with Questions in
1. jw
2. friends
i posted on the music thread but should have started a new one.

for many of us words fail us but music can speak for us.

as a christian i have posted some songs reflecting that and i hope no one will be offended.. i don't know trevor's favourite music but if anyone wants to compile music for him, or music that reflects how you feel today.... maybe it's a little thing that may give him comfort.. i will repost my songs: .
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wow so much love
by Dianna in
1. jw
2. friends
i really didnt expect a lot of people to respond to my message.

now i see why my friend insisted me on posting something on here.

thank you very much for your support for the people that answered to my message.
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My first post
by Dianna in
1. jw
2. friends
i was kind of skeptical about registering or even posting anything on this site but after a long struggle of going back and forth and after talking to a friend telling me that it would be good for me i decide to do it.

i grew up in a jehovah witness house hold.

it all was great a had a wonderful childhood but everything went down hill when i started to have my own opinion on things.