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jamiebowers
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Hello from NW USA
by Haulin Oats inhey there, gang.. i'm haulin oats.
i came to full awareness recently after finding a work-mate who also had "seen the light" finally.. i was born/raised a jw, having made some pretty big sacrifices in the name of the organization, even moving to where the need was greater before the start of high school.
needless to say, small mid-west farm towns don't look too highly on jw's.
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jamiebowers
Please check your pms.
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my lesbian jw relative...sad but true 4-some...and penance
by oompa inyeah i thought the 4-some thing would hook some of you guys in lol!.
she is about 24 and has three other gay jw roommates and has for a few years.
virtually everyone knows they are gay.
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jamiebowers
I'm such a dope...I read "4-some" as "for some" and not "foursome"...yes, I'm a little slow on the uptake today!
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I feel so alone here...
by Pams girl inthanks to all who helped me escape my imminemt baptism after 6 years of study.
it was a close call.. ive clearly been labelled spirituallly weak, as nobody has called here to say hi or anything and its been 2 monthes now....their divine justice for me i guess.
i did see my study teacher a while back when she dropped off my memorial invite, and that was after a chat, nothing to do with the wbts...seemed like it was an afterthought on her part.. they all know about my problems with agoraphobia and panic.
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jamiebowers
Lots of good advice, so I have nothing to add except to say I'm sorry you're feeling low.
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Will you attend the Kingdom Hall for a funeral of parents who are still JW's? If not, do you tell them beforehand?
by ThomasCovenant ini was recently talking to an ex witness whose elderly parents, and in law parents, are still witnesses.. as shocking and incomprehensible as it may seem to both sets of parents, this ex witness believes that, just like every other human throughout human history, they are going to die.
now this ex witness has expressed to me that he won't ever step foot in a kingdom hall again.. he is in a dillemma as to what to do about their funerals.
he does not want to attend any service held at the kingdom hall as the service will be heavily controlled by the seven members of the governing body that reside in brooklyn and who don't know his parents at all.. he is quite willing to stand outside the hall, or attend the crematorium or gravesite or funeral home and also any wake that takes place afterwards as people are more free to express themselves in a less formal setting.
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jamiebowers
My jw mom has shunned me for almost 23 years, so, if I outlive her, I see no point in attending her funeral. But if your friend is still in contact with his parents and in-laws, he could focus on supporting the jw survivors at the funeral home, the wake, and at home after the service.
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Ok I left the WBTS..... now what?? kingdom hall withdrawal
by sister x inso my last meeting was in december 2010. i was attending the english and spanish halls for a year and just english for 6 yrs..... lots of meetings.
i had only two friends at the hall and no boyfriend/husband.
i live in a town where i know no one, no family and when i became a witness i left the one job (air force) where i had people who cared about me..... now im alllllll alone!
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jamiebowers
I don't have a need for religion, but if I did, I would attend the Unitarians. The congregation local to me consists of highly educated, liberal people who are very active in the community.
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Hi from Andy from state of Montana, introduce myself
by andys inhi wanted to introduce myself, i wanted to intoduce myself once all the dust cleared more and i am thinking more clearly, in feb. 2011 is when i decided to leave jw, my way out of the organization has actually been since july of 2010 gradually over time i started to question the jw religion, in july of 2010 i was still living at home with my parents, my dad at the time told me he was going to force me to go to meetings but i started to drift out the other way it got to the point where my dad told me i had to eventually leave, in november of 2010 alot of things happened, i was finally able to find my own place, just at the right time i found a very good deal on a duplex for $350 a month something that i can easily afford even on low income, usually alot of places even where i live are around $600 a month, in alot of ways i just about nearly was homeless.. in feb. of 2011 is when i decided to read the book crisis of conscience, the very first night getting through 80 pages is when my blindfolds came off, i immediatley accepted christ as my savior, also in the process i did alot of extensive research, i did research on alot of mainstream religons, also jwfacts.com helped me out alot on where to go, i decided to check out the baptist church, everything was beyond what i expected, i am not afraid to walk into a different church to me its helping me heal all the pain that the jw religon has caused, also recently i got baptized and now am a born again christian.. .
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jamiebowers
Welcome and congrats on getting out of the cult. I'm assuming you're pretty young, since you just recently left home. Are you in school?
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Cult Free Radio begins in less than TWO HOURS
by Mad Sweeney inhttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/cult-free-radio.
that's pretty much all the hype there is.
go early to listen to a brief introduction and preview to tonight's topic.
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jamiebowers
Good show, Mad. I'm sending you a pm.
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Famliy Woes
by exjwza inso my story, just like everyone elses that has left, is one of confusion , hurt, and lots of mixed emotions, .
i was raised a witness, and at the age of 20ish bent to pressure from the elders and got baptised, my heart was never in it, not even as a child, it was more jsut the motions of it, because thats what you were taught your whole life to do.
about a year after being baptised, i met a a young lady that opened my eyes, while she wasnt in my life long, (dont blame her, i had a lot to deal with , family, elders, etc) she was my saving grace, in the "truth" i was depressive, lonely, :( .
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jamiebowers
Welcome! You'll find plenty of people to talk to here.
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Pinch me. Am I Dreaming?
by headisspinning ini can't even believe what's happened.
i'm really in shock.. without any warning i got an email from my son yesterday afternoon.
"ive been doing a lot of thinking lately, and i have decided i no longer want to be a jehovah's witness.
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jamiebowers
I'm happy to hear this, for your sake and his. But it seems to me that you still have the mindset of a guilty feeling df'd person when you say,
I already talked to my sister and she has offered for him to stay with her if it comes to it since she doesn't want me getting blamed for this.
You two are mother and child. His place is with you if he doesn't want to live with his dad. The courts did not impose restrictions on you as far as physical custody is concerned. The only reason your ex-husband has the kids is because you felt unworthy of your own children.