Welcome to the site. It's a lot to take in... take one day at a time. Read, read, and read. I am recently out too.
congrats on seeing truth behind the "truth"!
song19
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Wow-I didn't know.
by QuestioningEverything ini am shocked and saddened by the things that i have learned from this website and a few others i've seen.
my grandma was a witness and my mom started to study seriously when i was 8 yrs.
i was baptised at 13-way too young.
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Why JWs avoid sharing in toasts vs. wikipedia
by song19 inso i stubled on the following image on gbletters site.
you have to love how the watchtower uses circular reasoning quoting from older watchtower articles to reinforce their points.
i thought i would have a look myself to see what the toast signifies and its history this was very surprising.
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song19
So I stubled on the following image on GBletters site. You have to love how the watchtower uses circular reasoning… quoting from older watchtower articles to reinforce their points. I thought I would have a look myself to see what the toast signifies and its history… this was very surprising. Is it just me, or is the watchtower way off? Where did they get their information from? Granted I took only 2 minutes at wikipedia... but you would think I would come accros something similar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_%28honor%29
History
The practice of toasting originated in Ancient Greece, at a time when fear of poisoning was a significant concern. To put guests at ease, the host would pour the guests' wine from a common decanter, take the first drink to demonstrate its safety, then raise his cup to the guests and invite them to drink in good health.[citation needed]
The word 'toast' became associated with the custom in the 17th century, based on a custom of flavoring drinks with spiced toast. The word originally referred to the lady in whose honor the drink was proposed, her name being seen as figuratively flavoring the drink.[1][2]CHEERS!
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growing up witness
by milligal ini grew up a witness and i never felt bad about my lack of material belongings a.k.a.
not having nice clothes in school, it didn't bother me that the other first graders were stuffing their faces with birthday cupcakes and i was in the school library researching fossils; but what did bother me?
my cool cousins.
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song19
nameless_one... nicely put!
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Ever fake ring a bell? Take a long time writing down not at homes?
by yourmomma inmy whole life, even when i pioneered, i dreaded field service.
i was always uncomfertable rolling up to peoples houses uninvited.
so i used to have this technique where i would pretend to ring the bell.
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song19
No, I never faked a knock.
No, I never faked a doorbell ring.
Yes, I was an idiot.
Seriously where were all these great ideas when I really needed them?
~QYup, another idiot here too. I remember when I started going in service I only counted the time I was actually out knocking on the doors and subtracted the time spent in the car.
I hated handing in my field service report, it was always low and I felt so guilty. It was even worse when the brother would call me for the report and I was forced to tell him 'one hour'. guilt, guilt, guilt
There were also some months that I didn't go out in service so I ended up fibbing on my report. I would say I got one hour in and end up subtracting that hour from the next month. I felt even more guilty. Yes, completely messed up there. Gosh if I was going to flat out lie, why not give myself some pioneer hours. Crap I am such an honest person. LOL -
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How many people did you "bring into the truth"?
by song19 ini am happy to say that i wasn't great with rvs and i never had a study.
hopefully me fluffing my way through presentations didn't plant any seeds that got watered and grew.
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I am happy to say that I wasn't great with RVs and I never had a study. Hopefully me fluffing my way through presentations didn't plant any seeds that got watered and grew.
ZERO
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growing up witness
by milligal ini grew up a witness and i never felt bad about my lack of material belongings a.k.a.
not having nice clothes in school, it didn't bother me that the other first graders were stuffing their faces with birthday cupcakes and i was in the school library researching fossils; but what did bother me?
my cool cousins.
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song19
asimpleservant, welcome to the boards.
Not everyone on this board got OUT of the cult at a tender age of 17. At 17 you were just entering adulthood with your entire life ahead of you. Many, many ex-jws on this board have been in the cult for 20, 30, 40 plus years. I am in my 30's, practically raised a JW as I was taught very young. I never had the opportunity you did to make use of my youth. With that said, I have a lot of hate and anger because I was forced to suppress my dreams which many, if not all, are unattainable now. Of course I will try and pursue new ones but I will never get those years back. Be happy that you got out when you did, be thankful.
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How did you handle facing the reality of death?
by song19 infor those raised or who got the truth at a young age, how have you been able to handle the reality that you are in fact, eventually, going to die in this system?.
for me, this was a real hard reality check.
as a witness, my entire life i was convinced that i would see armageddon, that i wouldnt grow old and die.
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I want to express my thanks for everyone’s views on the subject. I wish I had time to quote you all and say how each one of you have helped me face this unpleasant reality.
Where I end up I do not know. Seeing family eventually die is a hard reality to face, as is realizing that I too will die. It will probably forever sadden me that I will have to leave my children that they will have to some day say goodbye to their mother. But like most of you said, don't worry be happy and live life to its full. Now to figure out how to do that? LOL
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Elders Appreciation Day?
by Tired of the Hypocrisy inhi everyone, here i come, "from roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.".
i have been trying to keep from expressing my volatile opinions and doing pretty well until i came across this rediculous video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkzrvkey5yi.
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song19
I have seen this in every large congregation I have been in and it also depends on how liberal the PO is. One congregation did a huge party while a New York Bethalite came to visit. All hail the bethalite! CO and pioneer parties… very popular. I was never in any elite group to get a congregation party.
Has anyone ever wondered why Wedding and Baby showers are still permitted? Never mind the Wedding and the Bride being the CENTER of attention. I loved that part of my wedding LOL! -
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Hi!--It's time to jump in!!
by Pandoras cat ini have been lurking on this site for long time now.
my sister-in-law told me about this forum when i had questions and concerns about bible teachings from the organization.
i have never posted because i was scared of getting found out---that would have disastrous results.
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song19
welcome to the boards! There are great people here that have helped me too.
glad you joined!
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Let's Hear it For Simon -Thanks For This Board - And All it Accomplishes
by flipper ini think it's only appropriate to put out a thread to thank simon for the great job he does in moderating this board, watching over discussions to make sure that the purpose of jwd discussion stays focused .
i believe that he and the mods do a great job in helping this board along in it's journey - and enables us to have the freedom of speech- without having fear of reprisal - as long as the guidelines are met.
so, i for one would like to personally thank you simon - for bringing this board into existence, as it has helped many to be able to vent after leaving the jehovah's witnesses cult, and get support, and for others it has helped them have a great place to discuss many important topics that have a heavy play in many of our lives !
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song19
Thank you Simon... don't know how I would survive this ordeal without this site!