As someone who was raised in the wtbts, I say good for you getting your kids out of it. I hope your wife is on board with fading. It can be more difficult if she is a staunch JW. But still, you're the head of the family according to the wtbts, you could forbid her to take them to the KH I suppose.
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First post
by EastCoastMindFree ini have been on this site lurking for over 2 years and this is my first post, i feel so bottled with emotion that i have to let it out somehow so i do not have an emotional breakdown!
i was raised in the organization and am married with 2 children ages 4 and 2. my wife and i have been inactive for about 2 years and i have always had hard questions that were never answered growing up, such as blood policy and how david and his men were allowed to eat from the bread reserved for the high priests without death penalty since it was life or death.
carbon dating on human remains/tools that date back 30-40k years, far surpassing the 6k year man creation date, the double standards and very real "human" aspect on the organization and its decisions and history.
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Being pressured and getting increasingly stressed.
by NBird inhello, i'm a 17 year old born in and i'm done with this religion.
one hundred percent.
i came to the conclusion a year ago that i wanted to leave.
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Hortensia
Make a plan. You need money to be independent -- start earning some and save it.
You need an education. Start making plans to get an education. You might fool your parents for a while if you go to a trade school and learn a skill that will support you while you go to college. Tell them you need to learn a skill to support yourself as a witness. Learn how to do some skill that is needed, so you're likely to always have a job.
Think long-term. What would you like to do with your life? What kind of work interests you? Get some aptitude testing to see what suits you. Talk to your school counselor about your goals.
Stay under the radar as long as possible, don't rock the boat while you build up your savings and your skills so you can be independent. Don't argue with them, just use a lot of passive resistance and evasion.
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Intro - First time Post- Ventilation (it's a good read actually)
by BLWashington incurrently from houston, tx, but spent most of my life in chicago.
i've never had an opportunity to just get this out... so i apologize for the long-windedness in advance... .
i spent the first 17 years of my life in a jw home, then the real world caught up to me.
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Hortensia
Cool story -- I enjoyed reading your posts and congratulate you on having a mind of your own!
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fulltimestudent -- I still think you ought to write this book
by Hortensia inupdate on the neil heywood case in china.
wang lijun is in jail, gu kailai received a commuted death sentence which means life imprisonment, and now it's bo xilai's turn to face the music.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-23429676.
i think this could make a best seller for someone who writes well in english but also understands china well..
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Update on the Neil Heywood case in China. Wang Lijun is in jail, Gu Kailai received a commuted death sentence which means life imprisonment, and now it's Bo Xilai's turn to face the music.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-23429676
I think this could make a best seller for someone who writes well in English but also understands China well.
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Do you ever look back and cringe...
by laverite indo you ever look back and cringe thinking of things you said or how you acted in the door-to-door ministry?.
i recently had two jws at my door and posted about that here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/210246/1/jws-at-my-door.
they were gracious and polite.
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Yes, some of it makes me cringe when I think about it. How self-righteous I was, how arrogant. It's rather embarrassing to think about it now.
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The experience that changed my life
by hijosdelawatch ini have been lurking for a long time here and i think i'm prepared to speak about this experience openly.. .
i was born in a jw family and i grew up as the average jehovah's witness does.
even being very young, i helped with the territories and other work in the congregation.
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Hortensia
The elder wanted you to forge your mother's signature? He had very flexible ethics, didn't he? I'm so glad your mother lived, and I bet she is too. It doesn't matter that no one ever discusses it. Your mother's life was saved, and you woke up to the reality of the org.
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You atheist really annoyed me
by confusedandalone inwhen i first came to this site.
whenever i would try to talk about somethign from the bible that the jw's got wrong or reason on a scripture that had so much feeling you would stomp all over it.
talking about "flying spaghetti gods" and laugh at what seemed to be my expense and then leave the thread never to return and add any substance.
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Hortensia
I agree with cofty. I've grown a lot over the years from conversations with people who challenge what I believe or what I am doing. It's not comfortable, and sometimes my feelings are hurt, but in the long run I grow from these challenges. I've done writing for pay, too, and non-fiction writers are regularly challenged by editors. We have to justify what we say with evidence, we can't just say things we were taught or heard and think might be true. Nothing wrong with being challenged to defend your beliefs, although I don't challenge people unless they shove their beliefs in my face.
Cofty isn't mean or nasty. He's just completely frank and honest. It's hard to take if you're used to mealy-mouthed people. I like the brutally honest, in fact, as long as they don't think being honest means being vicious.
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Sam Cooke
by Hortensia inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajc31kprwq0.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv8xwoigo5m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzq_3jnpgci.
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How many Americans are royalists
by barry ini'm a royalist myself i believe that there is merit in haveing a non political head of state and regardless of our political differences we can be united as one country.
we have continuity 'the king is dead long live the king ' [or queen].. i am intrigued by our american friends still haveing some interest in our head of state and the royal family.. is it celebrity status?
do americans regret not being part of the commonwealth?
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Many Americans are just crazy about celebrities. The royal family are just more celebrities. It's just a fascination with the famous -- notice that Duchess Catherine and Kim Kardashian were pictured together in the gossip news all the time.
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Channeling
by sarahsmile inlast night thought i would do some channeling to you!.
what is your divine insight?.
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Violia, I'm sure it must have been Janis. Lucky you!