Posts by helncon

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I am stuck in a life I don't want and can't see the way out

by Orgull in

some of you have encouraged me already in the week or so i've been here and i think you.. here's the situation.

i am single.

i am 34 years old.

helncon

I'm glad that i don't have your delemia.

The only advice that i can give and think others may have said the same but write down what your end result be. EG education living out of your parents home, out of teh jw.

Then work backwards from there till you reach now. You may not follow that exact path but it gives you a good heads up on how to achieve what YOU want.

I hope this helps.

Also read and post here often as this will help the transition and also try and go to some meetups your not alone and there are many here that can help

Peace be with you

Helen

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How large was your JC?

by AK - Jeff in

i saw one comment that indicated a jc was, in his case, made up of 6 elders.

normally i think 3 or 5 is the number.

i think mine was 3 - though i did not attend the party.. jeff .

helncon

I think there was 4 or five i can't really remember.

I think i was in shock still that i had to front them.

I remember one of the elders who wasn't actively partaking of the jc as he had 'personal interest' in with me getting df, he was sitting on the lounge.

It all wrong anyway.

You should be able to live your own life

Helen

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Hello Everyone...

by Abandoned in

jw
friends

i've been away for quite awhile.

well, not really, just away from any discussion of that horrid religion.

i just couldn't give any more seconds of my life to talking about anything even remotely related to jehovah's witnesses.

helncon

HI Abs,

Im so glad things are going your way.

Helen

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Everybody Say Hello to Barbie Doll aka Barbara my Wife

by PEC in

jw
friends

hi, sweetie, welcome to the nuthouse.

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philip.

JW Kingdom Hall Target of Arson Fire

by kwr in

boise - fire crews are investigating an arson fire that destroyed a boise church overnight.

that fire happened at the jehovahs witness church just off of roosevelt and st. andrews just after 2 a.m. .

when crews arrived on scene, they found the building engulfed in flames, and say someone set the fire intentionally.

helncon

Here's hoping that all Kingdumb Hells will be converted into day care centers or other useful places

Where i used to live one of the halls was converted to a day care centre in a VERY prime location.

Its sad that they are sitting there 90% of the time but they don't like to share.Conflict of interest

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How Did you Feel Being Raised as a Jehovah's Witness?

by flipper in

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friends

quite a thought, huh?

i was raised from birth as my family was in it 7 years before i was born ( 1952).

i remember wanting to go out for school sports in high school as my p.e.

helncon

There are two sides one i was glad that i was a JW and two that i hated it.

Firstly i was glad that i was born into the JW only for the fact that i had a conscience of good and bad and that knowing that at the age of 13 -14 i wasn't like most girls at school who were having sex and doing drugs. I lived in a pretty normal house with no bashing and that there was a roof over our head clean clothes and food on the table.

It was a sheltered life and i didn't know what many things were until i got to high school and learnt it from others.

I hated it was that you were kept seperate from the other kids you couldn't have friends well you could but they had to stay at school you couldn't have friends over or do anything on the weekends. But in saying my parents finally let me do stuff when i was about 15/16 and let me go out to the movies with friends on the w/e and also let me go to my year 10 formal and school dance.

Not being able to have after school activites was hard too and suprise i am not very sporty as an adult.

I hated going witnessing on saturdays where i would see the kids from school. Being told that you had to stay out of the ANZAC assembly and keep your mouth shut when singing the anthem. It was hard when it came to xmas time when your friends gave you cards and that you could not give them one in return.

Teachers did respect you and i guess they expected more from you as well to be a model student and not to play up in class. I remember in my science class that the teacher asked if there was any JW in the class me and another student put our hands up and he said that the next subject will be evolution and that we still had to participate knowing what we know. But he was cool about it and i enjoyed learning about evolution.

Helen

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