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The First 2007 Christmas Thread.... countdown is T-minus 119 days...
by AK - Jeff in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am starting to think about the joyous season already - i know, i know, i am way too early.

it is still summer in the northern hemisphere, school has only just gotten started, and the leaves haven't even turned yet.

still - i suppose i have catching up to do.
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The meeting tonight was UNBEARABLE
by Orgull in
1. jw
2. experiences
i had my tms tonight.

for those who don't know me, i no longer believe, but have only just begun my slow fade.. the meeting was unbearable.

first there was the brother who happily pointed out that i'd missed two meetings recently and that he was keeping track.
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As a JW were you ever counseled about clothes you wore, or lack thereof ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
thought this could get interesting discussing experiences.

i for one was trying to reach out for ministerial servant again in the early 90's , had been one before, and was assigned to carry the microphones one meeting.

had an elder call me in the back room and say , " brother flipper, i noticed looking down towards your shoes that you are wearing white socks today.
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Has anyone found dating as an EX JW difficult?
by sweetstuff in
1. social
2. relationships
just curious as to what difficulties have faced people dating as an ex jw.

myself, i have noticed the glazed over look in a guy's eyes when you try to explain why your family doesn't celebrate the holidays with you etc.

new to this board, so if this has been well covered before, please forgive me.
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JW Gets 37 years in prison after violating probation
by kwr in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbblackledge0824nbaug24,0,7357675,print.story.

when glenn blackledge violated his probation on super bowl sunday, he ran out of second chances.. .

police found him slumped over the wheel of his still-running truck in a coral springs parking lot, reeking of alcohol.. ---snip---.
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Will This Latest Scandal Finally Prompt You To Leave?
by sweet pea in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
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in view of the latest uk child abuse scandal, have any of you lurkers/faders/still ins finally decided to make a clean break and leave openly, for good?
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UK- JW MINISTERIAL SERVANT SERIAL RAPIST
by DannyHaszard in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
man escapes jail for sex attacksbbc news - 1 hour, 42 minutes agoa jehovah's witnesss gets a community sentence for a series of sex assaults on children and adults.man escapes jail for sex attacks porter was put on the sex offenders registera jehovah's witness has escaped a jail term after admitting a series of sexual assaults on children and adults in clevedon.

michael porter, an elder in the religion, pleaded guilty to 24 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency on 13 victims aged 18 months and older.

among the individuals were others involved in the faith.
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Does anyone else feel like this???
by YoungAmerican in
1. jw
2. experiences
i don't post much but sure do love reading everyone else's post.

everyone here for the most part seems so normal (for apostates, haha).

so, i was born and raised a jw, baptized at 14, disfellowshipped at 17, reinstated at 28. the only reason i think i did that was because after 10 years of no contact with my father, mother and little sister they came to visit me (they lived on the east coast i live on the west coast) and i was so overwhelmed with seeing them and talking to them and hugging them, i wanted so much to please them and have a relationship with them again that i fooled myself into thinking i needed the "organization" and jehovah's approval to be worthy of their love.
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Your favorite bits of JW folklore
by B_Deserter in
1. jw
2. experiences
we all hear stories an experiences that happened to a "friend of a friend," and the witnesses are no exception.

they even have their own urban legends.

here are my favorites, and please post yours as well.. 1. watchtower theologists according to one of the old guys i used to pioneer with, there is a super-scary-secret organization of apostates called "watchtower theology.
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I finally took my stand.
by Orgull in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just missed two meetings for the first time in five years.. this past week i went "on vacation", housesitting for relatives nearby.

i told my bookstudy overseer i'd be "away", even though i was only a twenty minute drive from the kingdom hall.

i spent the entire week away from my insane family, away from the meetings and away from my "brothers and sisters".. it felt great.. coming home felt... not so great.. but the first brick in my fade has been laid.