I've never just come out and said "oh, hey, I used to be a JW." But eventually people do find out...when holidays come along and they get curious why you aren't at a family member's place to celebrate (insert holiday here) or if you are celebrating (insert holiday here) what the rest of your family is doing. Then comes the questions about JW beliefs, etc. It eventually comes into conversation, but I wouldn't just come out with it on a first date. Though I guess those beliefs do get ingrained over the years so people kinda wonder why you freak out more than everyone else when JW come to the door peddling their trash literature.
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Confession
by Adrianoblue inever felt uneasy during the first few dates with a "worldly" person, when the subject of religion came up?
did you kind of wait until you got to know each other more, or did you "confess" right from the start?.
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Suggestions for Easter?
by JimmyPage ini've never celebrated this holiday.
i have a toddler.
any suggestions on how to do it up right?
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wizardca
Eggs with money and some with candy hidden outside. A basket or a plain ol' plastic bag. Never had anyone ever bring up JC during this occasion. Guess everyone was more into the candy and money than the meaning behind it. :) Ooooh don't forget the See's Candy Eggs!!!!
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The Internet (what year did you first have access)
by Ri ini first had access to the internet in 1994. i thought it was amazing all the information at my fingertips.
i have no idea what search engine i used before google.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl9wu2kwwsy.
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'94 at school. Then in 97got AOHell.
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Can DF get "No Blood" card?
by cameo-d inor are you required to be in "good standing" to get a new blood card?.
are they required to be updated every year to be legally valid?.
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wizardca
LMAO....oompa. I still have my card from nearly 10 years ago. Sheesh, I haven't been active for awhile. Ahhhhhhhhh, so nice. Some day I should have a shred n burn party to get rid of it.
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1975 Was Brought Up At the Meeting
by dismayed inso i'm daydreaming through the service meeting last night, (the end of the "supermeeting") and the ms is giving a part on always being ready to defend our faith.
blah blah blah.....you know the drill.
so he invites up a brother to do the demo part.
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wizardca
Eh...couple years ago my JDub brother in law brought up 1975 to other family JDubs how they would approach being asked about it. I tuned out the reply, now I wish I hadn't. Darn it.
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Hello! I am no longer a Lurker!
by VIII ini have been reading the board for months and have been waiting to join!
thanks for allowing new members.
i was a jw.
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wizardca
VIII - I do that same mental dance of "do I or don't I answer" except it's when I need to call certain family members. It's a "how am I going to be guilted this time" dance. It could be seeing family in a paradise farse or go to the sales meetings or the end is almost here! Fun times. And people wonder why we don't call or can be hard to find. :) Welcome to the Boards.
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Please tell me this is possible.....if it IS possible...
by lavendar ini am interested in emailing a jw relative some info regarding the wts (false prophesies, doctrinal flip-flops, un involvement, child abuse lawsuits, etc.
but, i want to do this anonymously.
if one were to open a new email account with ...let's say...hotmail.com, and when registering, use bogus personal information.
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wizardca
If they can view email headers (which is entirely possible) they could look at the header and possibly see the originating IP Address (the one your computer uses) and compare to emails you sent from your account. Personally unless they are overly curious if it was from someone they know, I doubt they would go and do that. Just don't send it from work...more likely they will be able to figure out it's from you.
My 2 cents at least.
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Elders created new form of Expulsion - Looking for Suggestions
by Shepherd Book inas many of you already know, my wife and i left the jws simply because we discovered it was not true.
we did not commit any sins, and we did not sow seeds of doubt in the congregation.
in fact, at the last meeting my wife attended, she still fully believed it was the truth.. .
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you do know recording a phone call without both parties knowledge can lead to legal issues, right?
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665 JW's in US prisons...
by digderidoo inthe federal bureau of prisons does have statistics on religious affiliations of inmates.
the following are total number of inmates per religion category: .
catholic 29267 39.164% protestant 26162 35.008% muslim 5435 7.273% american indian 2408 3.222% nation 1734 2.320% rasta 1485 1.987% jewish 1325 1.773% church of christ 1303 1.744% pentecostal 1093 1.463% moorish 1066 1.426% buddhist 882 1.180% jehovah witness 665 0.890% adventist 621 0.831% orthodox 375 0.502% mormon 298 0.399% scientology 190 0.254% atheist 156 0.209% hindu 119 0.159% santeria 117 0.157% sikh 14 0.019% bahai 9 0.012% krishna 7 0.009% .
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WT spin: those in jail were once the "muderers and thieves" but have found da Truff and become a follower of JC.
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No Tax Refunds for California
by sammielee24 indon't hurry to file your taxes this year - no refunds for a while.
sammieswife.. tax refunds now on hold in california email print sharejanuary 27, 2009 6:23 pm.
<p class="author">teddy davis</p> abc news' teddy davis reports:.
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wizardca
AllTimeJeff - Ahnuld is a Republican.