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  Praying To Jehovah To Find Something Lost

  by minimus in

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  my mom begged me to find some wt.

  (rag) literature that she had been looking for, for 2 days.

  she had been praying to jehovah to find it and she figured he used me to quickly locate it..

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  crmsicl

  Minimus: Saint Anthony was the saint of lost things. I think Chris had more to do with travel.

  Ex catholic Ex JW here
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  I'm not trying to brag, but being an EXJW is awesome!!! Status Update-

  by Coffee House Girl in

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  hello jwn!

  i don't get to check in here or comment as often as i would like because i have been working so hard at school...but i just have to share my news in hopes that newbees can see that taking the leap to enroll in higher education is worth it-.

  i am graduating this spring with a bachelor degree in art history, minor anthropology...many people (including nonjw's have given me flack for choosing a "dead end" career path) but since leaving the watchtower organization's group-think mentality and "leaning on my own understanding" instead... i decided to say fuck everyone else's opinion...i am going to pursue my passion to work in a museum as a curator or archivist-.

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  You're not bragging. You're showing us that "you are not letting your history define you at the expense of your destiny". Something that each one of us can do. Thank you so much for cheering us on.
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  Hello - mentally out, physically in...

  by Bluefluff in

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  i have been lurking for a while but was encouraged to sign up by a user on the ex jw reddit forum.

  i'm a still in jw but i've been mentally out for about two months.

  i'm an ms and i'm also gay so i have two lots of 'coming out' to do very soon!.

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  Welcome Bluefluff, You'll find lots of support and much more.
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  What is / was the first thing(s) you looked forward to doing once you were out for good?

  by SecretHeart11 in

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  one of the things that keeps me going is thinking about the things my family and i will be able to do once we are all out, together, and free at last.

  (and we will be out together, i'm staying positive!).

  i soooo look forward to christmas.

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  Waking up in the morning without feeling a nagging sense of guilt. If I had a plan to do something ordinary thing like yard work, shopping, taking care of my elderly non JW Mother, etc. etc. I would feel guilty. It felt and still feels so good to wake up in the morning.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Street recruiting thwarted by "Apostates"

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fylyfc_0we.

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  I think the "I love you's" comes off kind of phoney. I would skip that in the future and also agree about keeping Rick Ferron out of it. JWfacts is a much better choice.
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  What Was Your Greatest "Privilege" In The Organization?

  by minimus in

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  was it being able to join the theocratic ministry school?

  being a regular pioneer?

  "handling microphones"?

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  When our congregation was formed I came up with the name to reflect our locale. My husband suggested it at the decision making meeting and it was chosen. No one knew though. lol
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  Hello from Still Totally ADD glad to be back

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  it's been 6 months now since my old computer died.

  a good friend of our's had a spare computer her husband never used so she asked me if i would like to have it.

  after cleaning it up inside and out i found out i could not remember my password and the e-mail i gave them i no longer use.

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  I really like your attitude towards life in general and dealing with your JW kids. Welcome back. Keep us posted on your gardening work and I would like to hear more about your wifes book too. Welcome back.
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  Saving a Life With A Blood Transfusion True Story

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  good news for once saw this on aawa sitesaving my life with a blood transfusion.

  third, i knew they would bring the elders with them.. i finally called home and told my parents what was going on.

  i told my parents to tell the elders they could do whatever they felt they needed to do but i was not going to meet with them.

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  Lois, speaking about drones driving around wasting time and gas...Today 2 JW ladies came to my door and when I answered they said they were looking for Phillipinos in the area. What a joke. My grand daughter was here today and so I didn't say anything other than no. They tried to look happy but to me they just looked ridiculous.
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  Saving a Life With A Blood Transfusion True Story

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  good news for once saw this on aawa sitesaving my life with a blood transfusion.

  third, i knew they would bring the elders with them.. i finally called home and told my parents what was going on.

  i told my parents to tell the elders they could do whatever they felt they needed to do but i was not going to meet with them.

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  great story. A very brave girl, she trusted herself. Help was at hand when she was ready. Life works like that.
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  other forums

  by Hortensia in

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  i look at three forums pretty much every day, this one, a knitting/crochet forum and a weight-loss forum.

  the weight-loss site has loads of useful apps, but the forum consists of posts by people who are mostly pretty young, self-absorbed and ill-informed except on a narrow range of information, mainly weight-lifting, working out, and starving themselves.. the folks on the knitting/crochet forum are extremely polite, politically correct, and obey rules very carefully.

  other than that, there are some seriously creative people with amazing artistic talent that expresses itself in fiber arts.

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  I love to hear whatever you have to say Hortensia. Fluff is good. Drama doesn't interest me much. I do like Downtown Abbey though, light drama is okay. Wests knit designs were pretty artsy fartsy but I found a few things I would wear. I like hand made knit stuff because it so textureful. If I were a knitter I would enjoy picking out yarn and deciding on colors.

  I had the occasion to spend time with a knitter a few months back. My sister had an out of town visitor come to town for a few days and I helped her entertain the guest and her boyfriend. The weird thing was that she was always knitting. If we went somewhere she brought her stuff. If we were sitting around she was knitting. When they came over here for dinner, she brought it. It was kind of strange. I would never do that to that extent if I were a knitter. It was fun going into a cool knitting store. That was on her list of things to do in Seattle. I might take it up one day.