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  Atheist Blogger Visits Kingdom Hall

  by Bangalore in

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  atheist blogger visits kingdom hall.. .

  http://doubtingmark.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/jehovahs-witness-kingdom-hall-ballard/.

  bangalore.

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  Magwitch

  A great read!!!
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  You know you're getting old when...

  by nonjwspouse in

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  ...you can remember as a kid having to stand by the tv set in a certian spot, sometimes holding the antenna to get better reception.. yes, i was an antenna sometimes.

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  any more trips down memory lane for you oldies like me?.

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  Magwitch

  • When we went to Sunday meetings (with a 15 min intermission) in the evenings to show that we were different from Christendom with their Sunday morning worship

  • When I crack a really funny joke about my father's T- topped Trans Am in the 70's and my 22 year old daughter asks what a Trans Am is and what is a T-top.

  • Your favorite song growing up was #10 out of the pink songbook - "From House to House"
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  My Story - a (kinda) newbie from the UK

  by wizzstick in

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  after lurking for 7 and half years (is that a record?!

  ) its time for me to say hello.. so who am i, and whats my story?.

  im a born in jw, with all my siblings, mother, wife and children in.

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  Magwitch

  Thanks so much for sharing Wizzstick. It is amazing how many people really started doubting things when they were in Bethel.

  AnneOMaly - you brought up something I had totally forgotten about.....The United Nations International year of peace. I believe it was 1986, but the announcement was made a few years before. The hype over this was huge. It would send chills down my back just knowing we were right on the edge of world destruction.
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  Lurkers - Not even a 5 min visit from Elder or Sister

  by *lost* in

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  been oooh, 4 months now, nothing, nada, zip, like i never even existed.. no one knows i am awakened, etc... so as far as they concerned i'm still in wt land.. starting missing meetings as i was ill with a virus, knocked me out physically.

  the rest is history, as they say.. .

  so much for the love that is preached.

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  Magwitch

  Give them some "JUICY" sin to investigate - your phone will be ringing off the hook!!!
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  Instruction manual for life

  by cantleave in

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  i am sure this brilliant video has been posted here before, but for those who have not seen it i am reposting....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaiprrzvnjg.

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  Magwitch

  So excellent! I had not seen this before - thank you for posting it
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  Former Long Time Elder, New Member

  by James Jackson in

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  i have served 20 years as an elder, 5 years as an ms. was on the district committee in 2010, held various positions on the district , circuit, and rbc level.

  probably been on more than 100 judicial committees and even an appeals committee.

  was the coordinator in our congregation and deleted because adult child was df ( i kicked him out at the time of his wrongdoing, but that wasn't enough for thr brothers).

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  Magwitch

  So glad you are here!!
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  Cowboys, Armageddon, and The Truth

  by Scott Terry in

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  Magwitch

  I just read this book and it is absolutely a must read. I could not put it down.
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  I think that I could get my husband Df'd

  by ingimar in

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  there are some things that i wish the local congregation knew about my husband but i am not sure how to inform them.. my husband was a jw in a previous marriage but none of his family are jw's except for one half sister who he recently met for the first time.

  his ex wife is no longer a believer either and their three adult kids want nothing to do with the jw's.. i met my husband 8 years ago on eharmony.

  i should have been leary when he stated his religion as "christian".

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  Magwitch

  Nothing makes a JW more zealous than persecution. Do not try to make trouble for him in the congregation, it will only backfire on you.
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  Life after DF/divorce

  by Freeof1914 in

  1. jw
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  i am just wondering how many here have gone through the experience of being disfellowshipped and divorced?

  i am currently in that situation and sometimes i am afraid of what to expect.

  thankfully i have a good core of friends, but nonetheless i still find myself somewhat nervous of what to expect in my new life.

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  Magwitch

  Seven years ago I filed for divorce after being married 20 years (10 of that in full time service together). I also was Df'ed. There has never, ever been one day that I regret my decision.

  My advice is this...

  • Do not be in a hurry to get into another relationship.
  • Learn to enjoy being alone
  • When you do start dating, contrary to Watchtower beleif, you do not have to jump in bed on the first date.
  • There are a lot of wonderful women out there. You are no longer confined to the small JW pool of desperate sisters.
  • There are going to be days that you will be blue - do not self medicate.

  Life outside of the JW world is beautiful - Go embrace and enjoy!!
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  JW teens and "scouting" for prom dates? 70's & 80's

  by sir82 in

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  posted this on the "school and jws" brochure, which got buried pretty quickly, but i wanted to see if anyone else remembers this, from the 70's & 80's, so i'll start a new topic on it.. .

  that ("school and jws") brochure put the kibosh on high school proms in the usa.. in our area at least, going to prom was perfectly fine - as long as you went with a fellow jw.

  children of elders, pioneers, etc.

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  Magwitch

  Prom was absolutely forbidden - it did not matter if I was going with a JW. It was a worldy event run by Satan and anyone that went to prom would get drunk, take drugs, engage in an orgy and ultimately become pregnant, disfellowshipped and lose out on everlasting life.