Welcome! Tell us your story if you can. Born in or convert? What turned you against Crooklyn? Anything else you'd like to add?
jamiebowers
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Newbie to the Boards !
by TheOutSpoken1 inid like to introduce my self as im new......a lil nervous but ready to have some conversation that doesnt require me to rely on old men in ny to think for me.
im tired of the puppetteering, the sly green handshakes to move up, the lies turned into new light- "what happened to yes means yes?
", just has the makings of a bad ponzi scheme in my opinion...i officially begun my fade this year.....and im enjoying it.
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jamiebowers
Nope...use my real name and the sam avatar for everything I do on line. The Watch Tower has made it so I have nothing to lose, as my mom as shunned me for almost a quarter of a century.
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Popularity Contest
by Voices ineverywhere i've gone, no matter what, there's always a 'popularity contest' (which i'm a loser to)... whether it was in the organization (based on how high you went up the chain of command or who you married for the sisters), the school system such as high school, college, etc.. or job.
who does the hardest work, who does what, when how.
even on this website.
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jamiebowers
Mr. Flipper is pretty popular. He's such a nice guy! OTWO seems to be too. Mrs. Jones, you're in the cool crowd too.
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JW at work hitting on me!! (for real)
by Free!! inon another thread i mentioned i met some jws at work within the past 2 months.
well, 2 of them became particularly interested and getting to know me (a lady and a guy) the lady is really nice, and the only reason i know she is a jw is because she mentioned something about no b-days or christmas and that was it... she has not tried to preach to me or anything.... .
on the other hand... this young guy, well he is making sure he becomes my friend, asked me to be my fb friend and messages me everyday at work or on fb... now the funny thing is he told me he is a jw and about 3 times already he had suggested i read my bible (whenever i post status about being bored or unable to concentrate on homework), well yesterday he sent me a message that said "i would like to talk to you tonite, maybe we can hit it up" my reaction was .
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jamiebowers
Maybe he's a fader or newly awakened and really likes you. Why not hear what he has to say? Whether he's out to convert you or date you, you can let him down easily.
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School Ties?
by Think About It inthere is a movie on right now called school ties- starring brendan fraser.
the movie is about a "jewish" boy who goes off to a wasp college, but hides his jewish background from his friends and girlfriend.
he becomes very popular and accepted by them, until his friends find out he is jewish.
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jamiebowers
I'm sorry to hear that happened to you. My experience with "worldly" people hs been just the opposite. They're usually fascinated by cult stories. I'm wondering if you either went to a religious school like BYU or if your college was located in the Bible Belt. Also I'm curious to know how long ago this rejection took place. It seems that religion was much more important in the past than it is now to the general population.
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Would the holy spirit appoint an elder this stupid? Not likely!
by venusinfauxfurs inyou learn something new in the kingdom hall every week.... .
i told an elder that i'm not going out in field service yet but god knows why that is and it's between him and i (translation: jehovahs witnesses are not the truth and it's a colossal waste of time) and i assume the elder took it to mean i want to do it but can't for some reason because he said "jehovah doesn't know that though.
he has to see you out there in field service to know that you're serious.
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jamiebowers
That's one of the funniest new posts I've ever read! Thank you.
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Here is the funeral talk outline. VERY discraceful.
by stillstuckcruz inthis is truly terrible.
i just love the statement "instead of eulogizing the deceased, use the material in this outline to give a fine witness concerning the truth.
" in other words, utterly disregard the deceased.
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jamiebowers
the JW doing my brother's talk today loosely followed this outline, but i think he couldn't go real hardcore because my brother was far from being a JW.
So sorry for your loss.
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OCT 22, zone meeting .. What was discussed? Any notes?
by average joe ini read someone on line name a couple of talks but i think they were joking and it got me curious as to what the talks were about.
does anyone know?.
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jamiebowers
ElderElite had a pretty detailed post on it...will post here if I can find it.
Edited to add: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/217395/1/Zone-visit
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ex-witness to atheist
by Itsallwrong inhey all i was a witness most of my life in the lansing area of michigan.
i've glanced at online communities like this before but mostly shyed away from them because after leaving the organization i became an atheist.
i'm not ashamed of it by any means, but these forums and websites seem to be mostly filled with folks who are still religious but just don't agree with the governing body's methods.
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jamiebowers
Agnostic here. Welcome!
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jamiebowers
I'd love to PM you but haven't the faintest idea of how to....I searched the members list for your name but it isn't there yet.
To send a pm just click on the user's name aboce the gravitar and go from there.
Welcome all of you newbies!