Posts by free2think

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Were you a loud singer?

by HockeyMullet in

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i don't know why, but i was just thinking of this guy in my hall that sang so loud that it was embarassing to just be there.

he sounded like the love child of kermit the frog and miss piggy.

i remember trying to mimick his voice during one song and getting counseled by one of the bros because i had a few of younger guys laughing.

I used to lip-sync sometimes. But my dad used to sing SO loud. It was deafening. At conventions he used to compete with other loud ones. So I didin't really have to do anything, he sang for all of us.

free

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Do you like being a

by BiancaAustralia in

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im a elders daughter right so i was wondering if you the daughter like being an elders daughter?.

do you think it is a curse being a elders daughter?.

do you think being a elders daughter you get treated differentley?.

free2think

Hi Bianca, welcome to jwd!

Well my father is an idealist that lives by the book and that is the ways it is with him.
He is putting pressure on me to get baptized.

I am an elders daughter, he was top dog in the cong, and exactly as you describe above. I had to be the perfect elders daughter, and everytime I said something that wasn't very proper they would pop off to my dad and tell him. He would tell me off, even if we were in the hall. I found it very isolating as nobody wanted to hang out with the elders child, they thought I would snitch on them. So as you can imagine I didn't really enjoy the experience.

My advice to you is don't get baptized whatever you do. I felt very pressured into baptism. But that was only the beginning. Once I was dunked it was 'you should pioneer now.' I've never had the best of health and I would have thought that would have stopped them from pressuring into it but no. So I start pioneering it goes ok for a while but I slowly start getting more and more tired until I just can't go on any longer.

I'm now trying to fade after seeing the light. Feel free to pm me if you wanna talk.

free

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Appreciative of the positive side of having been a JW

by exwitless in

lately i've come to the conclusion that i cannot change my past 14 wasted years with the borg; i can only learn from my experiences and resolve to improve on my life from here on out.

i no longer have to "wait for jehovah" or the "new system" to make my life better; i can apply my own intellect, power of reasoning, and free will to accomplish what i want to do.. one thing i've come to appreciate is that had i not been a jw, and in turn an ex-jw, i may have never actually questioned the deep philosophical issues that are discussed on this board.

i may be stuck as a "nominal" christian (forgive the wt-speak), being content to half-heartedly believe what i was raised to believe.

free2think

I am much more confident when addressing a group of people than I probably would have been had I never been a jw.

I agree fullofdoubtnow. I am not a very confident person, but being a jw made me become more of an extrovert, although deep down I am still that same shy, unconfident person. I guess it helped me to be an actress. Which helps me now when I go to the meetings, as it stops me from laughing outloud when I have to sit through all those boring talks.

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Ex- JWs

by DJK in

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is this site for ex jws like myself

free2think

Welcome DJK.

fell in love with a young girl who I was never allowed to date because of thier rules. Now 37 years later I still love her and I can't find her.

I hope you do find her again! Did you have any contact with her during the last thirty years?

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Turn away from these wicked ways!

by Proud Witness in

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well as you would have guessed from my name, i am a proud witness and i feel obliged to preach to you about the promises that our wonderful creator, jehovah god, has promised each and every one of us, of any race or background.

i know that you already know what he has told us through his word, but i am curious to wonder why you have chosen to jump off the narrow road which leads to everlasting life.

is it because you have had a bad experience in god's organization?

free2think

Ok, I'm a little confused. Was this whole topic just a joke to get a rise out of people? Is this girl actually serious? Why did she disappear after only a few posts? But more importantly, what am I doing on a three year old thread?

LMAO. Anitar I was thinking the same thing. I didn't see the dates at first. How did you dig this one up?

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I had a real treat today....

by mouthy in

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mary came bringing a lovely lunch..... chicken salad which she made herself...delicious!!!!

cheese rolls she heated them...also yummy pastries ( over 7 bucks for 3 oh!

) i looked on the box....lol.it was such a surprise & a real treat!!!!!!!

free2think

I'm on my way.........

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Patience!

by Scully in

there are two statues in a park; one of a nude man and one of a nude woman.

they had been facing each other across a pathway for a hundred years, when one day fairy appears and, with a single gesture, brings the two to life.. the fairy tells them, "as a reward for being so patient through a hundred blazing summers and dismal winters, you have been given life for thirty minutes to do what you've wished to do the most.".

he looks at her, she looks at him, and they go running behind the shrubbery.

free2think

LOL! Good one Scully.

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Do you (still) pray to God?

by Marcel in

im still a witness, but my mind is shunned, already.

im staying for fear, since i dont have anything outside the jw's.

im not a hardliner saying im sure jw's are wrong or god dont exists, but i confessed myself that i just dont know and i guess strongly that a menmade organization which behaves and acts like the wts cant be the right.

free2think

First of all Welcome Marcel!

Yes I do still pray. I actually think my relationship with God is much stronger now then it ever was when I was in the troof. I think the wts put so much fear in me that it stopped me from praying freely and regualrly as I never felt worthy. I always felt I had to start each prayer with 'i'm really sorry for........' which put me off praying in the end. But now I pray regualrly and I really mean what i'm saying for the first time.

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