when i first started school i was ready to defend the truth like true warrior. When I reached the 3rd grade I learned to shut up. I used to carry my bible story book around and try to preach to the kids at school and family members. The breaking point for me was when one of my male cousins told me to knock it off because i was irritating everyone.
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Embarassed at school for being a Witness - Did this happen to you?
by Witness 007 inwhen they played the national anthem everyone stood up...except afew of us witness kids who stood out like a saw thumb....a brother two rows ahead of me had a teacher physically drag him to his feet as he struggled to explain himself...i would sweat like a pig as others pointed and laught and told me off...from then on i would hide in the toilet till i heard the anthem finish then come out.. then theirs birthday holidays, sex education, religious studies which i wanted to do since i would be a star but i was banned by my family.. do you have an embarassing hide like a rat in the toilet moment..
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My Story - Part 1
by Jeremy C ini have never posted my personal story about my years as a jw, and my departure from the organization.
i thought that my personal story might be of interest.
it is my hope that some of my experiences and observations might be of help to some of you who have recently left the organization.
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The smurfs....
I had to spend my christmas break at a cousins house (non-JW) and she had a life sized smurf in the room where i had to sleep. I was terrified. But for some reason I didnt say anything i figured they would laugh at me. i expected it to move in the middle of the night. after a couple of nights i realized that the whole smurf thing was stupid.
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Sisters with Kleenex on their head
by LearningMore inso, i keep hearing reference to this.
was this just taking place in really small congregations?
i mean, i know the philosophy behind it; my mom would put a hat on to pray in front on my "unbelieving" dad.
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odie67
OK ...i'm df'd and my husband is a non JW. So we are about to eat dinner and he asks if we should pray...so i'm like "ok go ahead" he's like "no baby you pray" so I jump up from the table to get a paper towel and i put it on top of my head. he's looking at me like "WTF!" he's like "why are you doing that" so I explain it all to him....he didnt really say anything but i think he believes that i'm a can short of a six pack because of my background as a jw.
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"Even if it isn't true" - how many of you heard this one recently?
by hamsterbait ini remember first hearing it after the generation change of 95.. a sister answered up at the wt and said "even if armageddon isn't coming, its still the best way to live.".
i have heard others say: "even if it isn't true, it's still the best way of life.".
my mother said it a few weeks ago!
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odie67
i actually heard this at a circuit assembly and district assembly it came straight from the platform and everyone clapped in agreement including me. now when I think about it this statement was made quite often in the past few years like after 2000 they started saying this...
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A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!
by caliber ina touching heartfelt experience at the atm machine!.
it was a very touching experience that i had this last weekend at the atm machine.
it was about half an hour discussion but what follows is the highlights that i remember most vividly.. it begins with a once a upon a time pioneer partner of my wife (h4o) coming in to the atm.. jw says....how are things going?
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odie67
enjoyed your story...
i have recieved help when i was in the most desperate situations not from the people i knew...but from complete strangers...
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What Its Like To Be A Gay Ex JW....
by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up ini guess its time to throw my little story out there.
i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .
i only last august disassociated myself.
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odie67
hi, enjoyed your post....
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God mauls little children with bears. (2 Kings 2:23,24)
by easyreader1970 in23. and he proceeded to go up from there to beth el.
as he was going up on the way, there were small boys that came out from the city and began to jeer him and that kept saying to him: "go up, you baldhead!
go up, you baldhead!
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mocking and teasing isnt good....everyday this man walked by my yard and teased and mocked by dog...everyday...well one day my dog jumped the fence and went after him. I was looking out the window and ran out just in time, the only real reason why i ran out was to avoid a suit...the man deserved a good bite on the bum. He was old enough to know better than to taunt an innocent animal.
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God mauls little children with bears. (2 Kings 2:23,24)
by easyreader1970 in23. and he proceeded to go up from there to beth el.
as he was going up on the way, there were small boys that came out from the city and began to jeer him and that kept saying to him: "go up, you baldhead!
go up, you baldhead!
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odie67
fact or fiction? it doesnt really matter... for me it's a lesson...respect your elders. Just about anything can be debated. we all have a choice...I believe in God and his word the bible... thats my choice.
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My JW wife is a FUN KILLER!!! My ex- wife JW wife was................
by oompa in....... only a bit of a fun killer...........she was naturally fun and evil.......but fought against it.........are most jw wives fun killers??????
?.........or is it just hardcore jw's...... all husbands, wives, and kids...........i do remember a few kid jw fun killers.......................................oompa.
this means did not hang out with the fun killer jw kids growing up............. i jus wanna have fun........like the girls.....(cindi lauper)........... my wife could eat the toast and drink the blood.......
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Once i was invited to a concert by my JW friend. and alot of other jw's were also there....well the concert got a lil lewd (by jw standards) actually it was nothing serious (one of the entertainers cursed). well all of the jw's started walking out. I didnt...for one thing it was really rude for everyone to leave because it was a small concert. Jw have no consideration for the happiness and joy of other people.....even if you are offended by something that doesnt mean that you kill the joy of others for the sake of your selfrighteousness.
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Be honest. Would having more money make you happier?
by nicolaou init's not that simple of course but i would certainly appreciate the freedom and time that cash in the bank would give me.
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how about you?.
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odie67
YES. whenever I have more money i'm happier.
I don't want a whole lotta money like 180 millon (i'll take it) but i don't wish for it.