Ditto on the spouse search...at least, that is how three of my cousins found their spouses.
Emoly
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Sis loved the convention sooooo much going to same one twice!
by outlander insister just informed me that even though she went to the latest convention once already in one city she is going to ride with a friend to attend the 3rd.
day of same convention in another city.
because it was just so very interesting, with all the new lite and all.
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Emoly
When I was about 17 I went from long womanly hair to an inch long all over pixie. And I THOUGHT that I would get a lot of crap for it. But when I went to the hall all the pioneer ladies came over and said how nice they thought it looked.
It was sort of a bummer, I thought I was so edgy!
My brother on the other hand always got teased a little once his hair started touching his collar.
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Will Disassociating myself be the same as playing by their Rules?
by onemore inwhat is your opinion?
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bizarro minimus..... .
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Emoly
What my uncle (an elder) told my mom was that even though I did not formally DA myself with a letter, when I joined a Unitarian Universalist church and started celebrating holidays, voting, etc. I performed a "Disassociation by action" (cannot remember the exact terminology).
I think it makes more sense to play by YOUR rules, defining them by what works best for you, and not by what makes things harder for the WTS.
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Attending college as an active JW
by CHILD inhas anyone on this board attended college or knows anyone who attends as an active jw?
how many remain in the organization after graduation?
i was baptized in 1988 and was encouraged to stop college after 2 years.
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Emoly
I went to college straight out of high school while I was still an active JW (low hour publisher) I got a lot of crap from some people, but some encouragement from within the congregation. About a year of classes (Gender Studies! Evolution!) was enough to convince me that The Truth was not the truth. I was inactive and missed lots of meetings during the start of my sophomore year...in the summer between Sophomore and Junior year I started a deliberate fade. The next summer I DA'ed myself in writing to my family. I am a senior now, and I do not know or care about my official status with the organization. The college definitely played into me leaving. Definitely.
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"To Verdener" (World's Apart) with English subtitles ---- download
by inkling inas far as i know, the excellent danish film "to verdener" .
("worlds apart") is still not available for purchase on.
dvd in the us.. (anyone know otherwise?).
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Emoly
They did such a wonderful job showing what it is like to be a young JW kid on the way out. I have had so much trouble explaining what it is like to my friends and my boyfriend that I was just blown away by the fact that the director was able to understand the story Tabita told, and that they were able to get the feeling across to an entire cast of actors. And that those actors were able to play it so well. It was remarkable.
I was especially kind of impressed at how they wrote the character of Thea. I knew so many people like her that stood on the edge in a way that was somehow acceptable and without thinking about it too deeply. I remember being surprised when I crossed the line and none of them sympathized. It was strange.
There is a showing of this on the 20th in the SF bay area: http://www.cafilm.org/rfc/films/1020.html
I am totally going to go
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"To Verdener" (World's Apart) with English subtitles ---- download
by inkling inas far as i know, the excellent danish film "to verdener" .
("worlds apart") is still not available for purchase on.
dvd in the us.. (anyone know otherwise?).
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Emoly
I watched this movie last night. It was just so familiar and heartbreaking. I cried the whole time.
Thanks for making this available. I want everyone to watch this.