Topics Started by freedomfighter

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Disgraceful for a woman to speak?
by freedomfighter in
1. jw
2. friends
if you are going to follow the bible like the jw's claim, then at least follow all of it !.

1 cor 14:34,35 " let the women keep silent in the congregations, for it is not permitted for them to speak, but let them be in subjection, even as the law says.

if, then, they want to learn something, let them question their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in a congregation.".
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Taking the kids to watch fireworks forbidden
by freedomfighter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we had our meeting on the last day of the year 2006. the previous 5 yrs we had gone to the 9pm fireworks display in our local area with other witness familys.

this was so our children could enjoy the display and the family atmosphere.

( they also had rides and a concert for the kids).. well, back to the meeting.
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Elders want me to come back
by freedomfighter in
1. jw
2. friends
had a serious talk with my jw wife 2 nights ago.

told her i would not be coming back into "the truth" .

she was rocked and asked why.
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Getting married too young
by freedomfighter in
1. jw
2. experiences
have noticed an inevitable trend in australia.

(probably is all over the world).

as a jw u can't have sex before marriage right?
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A snake in the garden
by freedomfighter in
1. jw
2. friends
the last 3 circuit assemblys that i attended the following was announced - " a snake has been sighted in the gardens around our assembley hall.

please keep your children out of the garden areas".

the first time this was announced there were a few gasps from concerned parents.
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I may lose my wife because of Disfellowshipping
by freedomfighter in
1. jw
2. experiences
have only been out of the organisation for 2 months and the wounds still run deep.

particularly hard is the fact that my wife and 8 yr old son are now divided in our beliefs.

we cannot go out as a family with our old friends like we use to.
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Some kind of nervous breakdown?
by freedomfighter in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hi guys and gals.

i have been disfellowshipped for 2 months now and i feel so alone.i took the red pill and reality has hit me smack in the mouth.

i go through all types of emotions - stronger than i've ever felt before e.g anger,sadness,elation,freedom,feeling super strong,feeling super weak etc.
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Who is classed as a "Non-Believer"?
by freedomfighter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this issue came up back in 1994 when i met my wife to be.

i was baptised and she had been brought up as a witness and had baptised witness parents.

problem was she was unbaptised.
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The Good Samaritan?
by freedomfighter in
1. jw
2. experiences
most of us know the story of the good samaritan (luke 10:29-37).i used this in my judicial meeting to express my disgust with the disfellowshipping rule.. back in the 80's my sister was df'd .

i was 14 and i remember mum telling her how stupid she was and everybody was in tears etc.

well she had 2 little children and an old car at the time.she never missed a meeting and took her kids along with her.
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Is Smoking the practice of Spiritism?
by freedomfighter in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi guys,.

i was raised as a jw and was baptised when i was 16. i am now 35 and have finally realised that "the truth" is actually the opposite.. my family has a long history of mental illness and i am "lucky" to only suffer deppression and panic attacks.i believe what i was taught as truth has effected me adversely.

e.g " you won't have to go to school son, armageddon will be here before then.