Topics Started by Alexia

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An Elder Called Me Yesterday
by snowbird in
1. jw
2. experiences
afternoon around 5 pm.. he just wanted me to know that he was thinking of and praying for me.. he said he was a bit down himself because of back problems and insensitive gossip about his problem.. i expressed my dismay over conditions in the organization and he agreed that something is terribly wrong.. i could tell he wanted to say more, but didn't want to rock the boat too much.. his call took me totally by surprise, and i the defeat and sadness in his voice was unmistakable.. he is one of the best.

i hope he gets out with his family intact.. the wt is going nowhere fast.. sylvia.
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hi newbie to this great place
by freespirit67 in
1. jw
2. experiences
sorry this has turned out longer than i thought.anyway i lived the life of a single mother fell away from the organisation,and eventually met a (worldly) guy who is the most loving guy i have ever met,my best friend,lover and soulmate.i was disfellowshipped 4 months ago because we live with each other and plan to get married in september,unacceptable to the society hence my disfellowshipping.it has broke my mum and dads heart and im so so sorry for this,i love them so much,but no longer want or believe in the jw beliefs.

i still believe in god but dont know where im bound as regards my faith,i really do want to have something.

apart from my mum and dad and the shunning arrangement im so happy,the happiest i have ever been in years,and my 2 youngest ones are happy as well..my eldest daughter is 16 and planning on getting baptised in july which is tearing me apart,she is so like me,but is being brainwashed by a certain crowd of witnesses,need i say anymore...my eldest son who is 18 isnt in the truth and feels the same way i do... anyway thanks for this forum and hope to hear from likeminded friends soon.
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Why do many of us keep refering to IT as "THE TRUTH"?
by ldrnomo in
1. jw
2. friends
because that was the name the borg placed on it's religion, "the truth" it seems to be stuck with many of us.

i am making a concious effort to not refer to it as "the truth".. it is not the truth, it is not the way, and it is definitley not the life!.

so let's stop it people!.
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What's the BEST thing about being "out" of the "truth"?
by B_Deserter in
1. jw
2. experiences
for me, it's having friends that i don't have to hide my lack of meeting attendance/service from.

it's amazing how they teach you that only jws can be your real friends, but in reality, it's all contingent upon your religious "performance.

" sure, if you're not going to meetings, they'll try to be "friends," by encouraging you to go back.
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hey
by Mrs_R in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm new so thought i'd say hi.

been thinking about the witnesses alot lately and have a had a good search online and found this place.. was born into the ahem 'truth' and left when i was 17, baptized at twelve i think.

i couldnt answer something covered in the baptism questions and all 3 elders who did my questions mentioned that this was their only doubt.
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Not sure what to do - Not "in" and not "out"
by Alexia in
1. jw
2. experiences
long story short: forgive my grammar, im in a hurry!.

i grew up as a jw by my mother who was baptized about two years before i was born.

my dad studied but was a severe (really severe) alcoholic and my older brother studied but was never really into it.
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An interesting discussion with my wife
by 10p in
1. jw
2. experiences
last night i had an interesting talk with my wife in bed.. oprah had a show on recently about gays.

now i don't normally watch oprah, but she was watching a taped one in the evening, so i was just overhearing stuff.

anyway, i think my wife puts more faith in oprah than in the gb :).
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Falling Asleep at Assemblies
by LouBelle in
1. jw
2. friends
yes i have dozed off many times when i used to attend.

most of the time kept the shades on as we used to have outside assemblies.

the thing was not to slide off the chair, drop your head forward or snore.. i've seen some brothers/sister hitting a serious lean to the left or right as they slept and then they'd jerk awake, only to lean again.. some people had sneaky methods.
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Political references from the Podium? / Patterson pump me up
by kzjw in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
for you who may attend the "talks" on sundays..is anyone noticing the "political neutrality" doctrine is being used quite a bit?

5 out of the last 7 weeks at my wife's cong...also i heard of "pump me up" sessions for elders in patterson?

any "troof"?.
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New family situation, and I'm HOT!!!
by bluesbreaker59 in
1. jw
2. experiences
ok, so this morning i get a call from my aunt (active jw), in a panic.

she's telling me about what happened to her this weekend.

apparently my scumbag of an uncle (non-jw, he faded) came home drunk, and pushing her around, raising cane, and apparently hit her a few times.