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  Did you lead a double life as a JW? Are you leading a double life still?

  by Bumble Bee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as a jw, alot of us lead double lives.

  i know i did.. in talking about our situations with my sister in law, realized that i now lead a double life as a "fader"!!!

  my husband and i are "out" of the religion (my brother, sister in law and the kids too) but for the sake of family, they think we are still "in" although they know we are not active.

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  As A Witness, What Were Your Aspirations?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having been raised a witness, i was taught to never refuse an assignment.

  view everything as a "privilege from jehovah".

  so naturally, wanting to be an elder was very important to me and to my family.

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  NWT Oddities

  by snowbird in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the nwt rendering of this scripture has always irritated me: psalm 10:4the wicked one according to his superciliousness makes no search;.

  all his ideas are: there is no god.. why select a 16-letter word when all other english translations use pride/haughtiness of his face/countenance?

  i used to cringe whenever this psalm came up for the bible reading because superciliousness was almost always mispronounced.

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  Searching For JWs/Dr. Laura's Advice (cheating with two topics :P)

  by bbdodger in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  often, i find myself doing google searches for people who i went to kh with years and years ago.

  i try to find clues of what they're up to, search out the ones who were "weak in their faith", and try to see if they are still hanging on, or have "fallen away from the truth".

  i look for people my own age to find out what they're doing.

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  Kingdom Ministry for all to see

  by alanv in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just a thought, but how about if somebody who is still fading get's a scan of the kingdom ministry every now and then.

  this will enable many of us with families in the borg to know what our loved ones are currently being told to do.

  this in turn may enable us to expose the gross manipulation that is carried out by the society.

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  Jesus is the answer!

  by startingover in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i hope it worked.

  my intent with the title of this thread was to attract both believers and non-believers.

  whenever a thread appears promoting the wonders of jesus, it will inevitably develop into a back and forth discussion ad nauseam.. i was born into a family that believed there was a god, he had a son jesus and his word was the bible.

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  Some Thoughts... I'm new, this is THERAPUTIC for me... read if you'd like

  by bbdodger in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in a cult, the society of the cult tries everything in their power to keep one in that society, as well as keeping one ignorant of any information that would sever the guise of legitimacy.

  given a version of the bible, not being able to read any other version of the bible is just one example of this kind of inflicted ignorance.

  in a cult, it's impossible to get out without a fight.

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  1st post

  by bbdodger in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everyone... i'm so happy that a forum like this exists.

  it makes me feel like i'm not the only one.

  even my mother, who has been disfellowshipped for nearly 20 years still calls sites and literature like this "apostate".

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  DF and heartbroken

  by cassyrene in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  let me begin by saying that i never expected to even talk about my situation let alone discuss it on the internet but i guess im just feeling so sad that i must hope that someone will understand and give me encouragement...so here it goes.. .

  but the more active i got, the more abusive my stepmother became.

  ironically, he sent my stepmother to the wedding.

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  SO ADMIT; SCALE OF 1:10, TEMPTED TO DRINK THE WINE AT MEMORIAL??

  by shell69 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  wasnt tempted myself during the acutal ceremonies; however: the sister whose husband used to supply the wine for the memorial in the 70's; well her son's would be round the back of the khell after the memorial supping it!!!

  they were only about 12/13!!!.

  always wanted a sipp myself after the annual ordeal but was scared mum and dad would find out.. shell.

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