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  Ugh, just got out of a ride to tomrrow's assembly...

  by B_Deserter in

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  two recently married couples just offered to give me and my bro a ride to the assembly tomorrow.

  ugh, i so don't want to go, but my fade isn't going too well (considering i live with my gung-ho brother) and i need to keep up appearances, but i sure as hell am not going the whole day.

  i have a feeling i'm going to wake up very, very late, and maybe catch part of the second half.

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  Does Fading from the Borg Lead to Deceit in Other Walks of Life?

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  please, please remember i am asking a question, not stating a fact.. .

  there appears to be many advantages to fading out of the 'truth' as opposed to a full blown "i don't believe it and i'm out of here regardless of consequences'' policy.. reading others postings and experiences here and my own local experiences i can truly see why many do so.

  i remember during the later stages of my still attending meetings talking to a couple who had stopped going to meetings a few years before.

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  Did the DFing policy make you emotionally distant?

  by Open mind in

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  for those who spent many years in the jw religion, what effect did the knowledge that your friends or family could instantly be "poofed" out of existence by a judicial committee have on you?

  did it cause you to withdraw emotionally?

  looking back over the decades, ( i'm a 3rd gen jw in my forties, mentally out but physically in ) i can remember consciously thinking about whether a new friend was going to be around "for the long haul".

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  Can i have some advice re fading hubby please?

  by dobbie in

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  basically i di'ad last year and at first hubby was petrified and was more like a jw apologist than a supportive spouse.

  however this year esp the last few months, where even his own mother has told him she won't set foot in our door even to see her grandchildren he is v v disgusted with the religion.

  the problem we have tbh is moving on properly and i know what it is, he doesn't believe it anymore, yet he says shes still his mother even though shes never been good to him and he knows she's totally cut him out if he left (she only v seldomly texts or rings him if she wants something).

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  What's running through the grapevine

  by forsharry in

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  so i was talking with an girlfriend that i had (actually the only friend i had in 'the truth').

  we have recently reconnected, and she's still on the fence as to whether or not to go back into the org.

  however, her aunt, an elder's wife and all-around snot rocket, let her know what was going on in the truth (i'm guessing to get her to come back full-time cause 'look at all that's happening, and it's the end!

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  Are some of us still judgmental and think ourselves morally superior?

  by nvrgnbk in

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  is a certain "uptightness" creeping into our community?.

  should we be scolding one another?.

  especially kids?

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  Mouthy's 80th Birthday ---- Thanks to all

  by gusgus1 in

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  great big thanks to all who participated in my mother's 80th birthday.... it was great, and she was trhilled..... she had a smile on her face the whole day long.... so many showed up to celebrate, and those that couldn't shared by phone calls, cards, flowers and gifts.

  the memory album i put together for her turned out great, so thanks to so many who sent me a page to put in, it's a memory she'll have forever.... all her children and grandchildren were there, except for the ones in montreal who are still jw's.. .

  thank-you to all, a million times.

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  FREE CHICK IS 40 TODAY!!

  by bubble in

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  happy birthday to you.

  happy birthday to you.

  happy birthday dear free chick.

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  Great Educational Tool for those studying or thinking of studying with JWS

  by sf in

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  i was doing some web surfing and catching up on my reading and came upon a post i hope may help some lurkers and seekers understand better what they are getting themselves into or may have already gotten into, by studying the bible with jws.. i surely hope it is not going against any rule to copy/paste this.

  i will not include anything but the text.

  i will say though that it is from a longstanding exjw support board that can be found here:.

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  R U disfellowshipped 2

  by DFshipped in

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  hi people.

  i am a df'd person hoping to return to the fold.

  i am not critical of the decision to df me nor of the loving organization i believe to be in the palm of jesus hand.. i would find it most encouraging to hear from others who feel the same and would like to "hold hands" on the way back.. this board is hailed as a supportive respectful place so if you do not fit this description may i ask you to move on and not hinder the participants here in following their god given right to pursue their goal.

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