tinker
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What Are Your Hobbies Now That You're Out?
by lilbluekitty ini've been getting really into cooking lately!
i do have most of the same hobbies i had before, (i've always been into art and reading and watching movies and travelling) only now i can do them whenever and don't have to worry about meetings getting in the way or people telling me i spend too much time with "recreation.
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What Are Your Hobbies Now That You're Out?
by lilbluekitty ini've been getting really into cooking lately!
i do have most of the same hobbies i had before, (i've always been into art and reading and watching movies and travelling) only now i can do them whenever and don't have to worry about meetings getting in the way or people telling me i spend too much time with "recreation.
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Pete Seeger Aro Guthrie 1970's Live at Wolftrap PBS
by glenster in(pete's banjo has a slogan written on it that says.
"this machine kills fascists").
precious friend, you will be there.
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You can get anything you want at Alices Resturant
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Hi!! New Here and need to express some feelings
by Knb1983 ini'm so glad i happened to stumble across this website cause i really need to express what i've been holding inside for quite some time.
i'm 27 and was born and raised in the "truth".
i'm married and my husband was also raised as a jw, been married for almost 7 years and have two kids who have just started kindergarten and preschool.
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Welcome and Congratulations on your first post here. You made a very big step in the right direction, vent and let it all out. I too was raised in the 'troof' and stuck with it for far too long, 50+ yrs.....O M G!!!! I gave them the best years of my life. Thank goodness you are young and thinking for yourself. All the suggested websites and books here are amazing and will clear up all the doubts and questions you have been holding in. Share all the information with your husband, talk and express yourself here. Be tactful with family, they are victims too. Show love and consideration yet confidant in your own experience.
I will share my best advise; Live, Love and Laugh, see the world and your own backyard, find joy and be curious NOW and Everyday.
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Did being raised a JW give you a higher moral code?
by cantleave ini have noticed something interesting at work recently.. i don't want to go into too much detail, but our new owners have introduced a customer contract that is so one sided that it is technically unethical although not legally.
i don't like it and won't sell it.. i asked the jw's where i work what they thought of this contract.. to my surprise only 2 are troubled by the nature of this contract (both young and quite wishy washy in the "truth").. the others didn't seem concrened at all and would be happy to tie customers into it, after it all secures the company's finances.. the interesting thing is almost all the "worldly" members of staff feel the same way as as me.. i thought my reservations were due to my jw upbringing - obviously not!.
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JW version of a 'high moral code' is a superficial, no sex outside of marriage. I do not recall the word 'ethical' ever being defined. It was all just 'no touchy' and make sure those singles have a chaperone. So much enphases was put on fornacation and pornea that is where our minds went, simple body function. We were not taught to develope our minds let alone a ethical code of conduct. Just do your job, don't ask questions, don't cause a scene unless they ask you to give blood. Any place you work is going to be a den of Satan worshipers so just keep to yourself, don't rock the boat unless they are manufacturing light bulbs for the military, well then you are going to have to quit, get married at 17, pioneer and let you husband figure out how to pay the rent by washing windows.
I worked in an art gallery when I first learned the word 'plagiarism'. The gallery director taught me more about ethical behavior in life and relationships than 40yrs of being a JW ever had.
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Two sisters come a-callin!
by uncle al inlast month the spanish congregations were having their distric assembly and two sisters were in my neighborhood delivering an invitation to a neighbor.
the neighbor was not home but i was outside washing my car, so they come over because the older sister, in her 70's, knows me and wanted to say hello.
i took the opportunity to mention the fact that i haven't been to a meeting since 2006. she acted as if this was news to her.
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and she had to toss in 'your mother is sad' just heap guilt on your head.... AS IF ! what about you being sad that your mother Goes to those meetings....
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Encouraging experience
by tinker insorry to use that jdub cliche' but it seems to fit.
last week i had opportunity to visit a nephew i had not seen in many years.
he is a quiet young man, just 21 but knows who he is and stands up for what he believes.
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Sorry to use that Jdub cliche' but it seems to fit. Last week I had opportunity to visit a nephew I had not seen in many years. He is a quiet young man, just 21 but knows who he is and stands up for what he believes. As a child he was close to my JW mother as she took an active interest in him. He spent most weekends with her and attended lots of meetings and got to know her JW friends. Circumstances changed and he moved out of state so has not seen Grandma for a long time but stilll cares for her deeply. I decided to be open with him that I was no longer JW and asked his feelings about the religion. He was quick to say 'I did some research and found I want nothing to do with them'
I asked why, 'because they would not give their own child blood, even their own blood, even if the child was dying' We went on to have an indept conversation and he explained a clear understanding of JW misguilded beliefs. He now attends a Christian Church with youth activites he is active in. They offer help to the elderly and homeless along with sports and music.
Long story short, he was kind of a 'lost boy' for a long time and I had heard he may have been studing with Jdubs so PHEW, that was a load off my mind. He is a thinking young man with a bright future and I hope to be closer to him in the coming years.
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Who will be Raptured?
by wannabe inno heavenly life for them.
" {isaiah 24:1-6 nwt}.
" {john 17:9,10 nwt} has the christ ever been glorified among religious christendom?
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nt wannabe : one picture is worth a thousand words
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No Memorial For Ray Franz.
by Blue Grass ini've read on multiple threads that ray will not have a memorial service per his request and that he will be cremated.
on one hand this is good because it's confirms his sincerity and humility and shows he doesn't seek praise or attention.
it's more evidence that his books were written honestly and weren't written out of spite or for just monetary gain.
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I will always consider Ray Franz a true champion. By his courage to breach the WT organization he saved thousand from a wasted life. His crisis of conscience revealed that organization as an arrogant supremacy. I am forever grateful of his boldness, spunk and valor in facing up to those cowardly old men in Brooklyn.
May his wife and close friends be comforted by all our words of admiration and respect toward him.
RIP Ray Franz
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for those that married in the "truth"
by rockmehardplace inhow long did you date?
i was reading another post by exms and he mentioned three years.
in the area where i am at, three years would have never been accepted.
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I was barely 17 had lots of friends but never dated. Met a pioneer bro, dated 1 mo, pushed to engagement, graduated high school, married 1 mo after my 18th Bday. So less than 1yr from Hello to Another One Bites the Dust. It didn't last. I stayed IN and dated a few other brothers here and there. I met a bro from England, kind of a fringe JW type, we got on well but not the marring type. He said something profound onetime, "JW's take more time to pick out a car than they do a marriage mate"