Yes, I was raised with the feeling that love is conditional. I think I still have trouble GIVING unconditional love because that feeling was mostly foreign to me.
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Embarrassed As A Witness
by EmptyInside ineven as a witness,i was uncomfortable talking about everything we believed.
i remember working with my brother out and service and he found an interested person.
my brother was sharing information out of the bible teach book.
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Raised from birth as a JW, never baptized, faded out. My parents did not try to stop me. But we never really talked about it. Very confusing childhood and adolescence.
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Embarrassed As A Witness
by EmptyInside ineven as a witness,i was uncomfortable talking about everything we believed.
i remember working with my brother out and service and he found an interested person.
my brother was sharing information out of the bible teach book.
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I really relate to this whole thread. I remember being embarrassed to be a JW as early as 6 years old. I was deeply embarrassed the whole rest of my childhood and even after I no longer considered myself a JW I felt a great deal of shame for probably at least 5 years. Just the fact that I had been raised in this religion and my family was still attending meetings was excruciating to me and I felt isolated. To be honest, I am still embarrassed and there are only 3 adults that I have ever told that I was raised as a JW with one of them being my husband.
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I just had JWs come to my door
by Scarred for life ini had not seen them in my neighborhood in at least 4 years.
i ddn't go to the door.
i avoid them when at all possible.
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wobble, I'm curious about the same thing. They used to come through out neighborhood about every month or 2 and not just on the weekends. Most of the time it was on a weekday. But I'v e seen no sign of them in about 4 years until today. Does anybody have any ideas?
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I just had JWs come to my door
by Scarred for life ini had not seen them in my neighborhood in at least 4 years.
i ddn't go to the door.
i avoid them when at all possible.
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I had not seen them in my neighborhood in at least 4 years. I ddn't go to the door. I avoid them when at all possible. How often do you see JWs in your neighborhood. I used to see them a LOT more often.
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Where would you like to dine in Las Vegas
by Quarterback inthinking of travelling to vegas for a cheap vacation.
what would you recommend for dining and why?.
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I was in Las Vegas in April for the first time. We could not find any "cheap" places to eat. But maybe we just didn't know where to go. We stayed at the Flamingo and went to a show at MGM. We did not find any "cheap" places to eat at either of those hotels. We ate one night at an Italian restaurant fairly close to the Flamingo. It was off the strip. The prices were double what we would pay for comparable food here in suburban Atlanta. It was OK food. The other night we ate at In & Out Burger. We just didn't feel like spending $150-$200 for dinner. We had other things we wanted to do on our trip out west.
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Don't make the same mistake I did
by Terry inin 1974 i had moved to california from texas and my nowhere jw janitor job to a real career in a field i loved.
(art).
i had packed my jw wife and 3 kids in my 1970 ford maverick and drove into the unknown.. mind you, this was on the very eve of a very "important date in human history".
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I've got to agree with you, wobble. The people that are just going through the motions of being a JW are wasting their lives and many times the lives of their children also.
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HOW DO YOU CONTINUE?
by angel.face inlately i've been finding it more and more difficult to keep up a front.. .
before i learned the tatt i was the mover and shaker of our family.
i would study with the kids.
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Good post, Razziel. I would imagine that many feel the same as you.
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Shocked at what my 3 year old just asked me
by jwfacts inme - jehovah?
who is jehovah?.
me - oh.. zac - are you happy with me dad for remembering jehovah.
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I would not let any JW relative of mine babysit my kids on a regular basis. Of course, she is trying to indoctrinate him. She feels that is her duty. The job of teaching your child about God and religious things is your and your wife's. Your son is old enough to begin understanding these things AND to be negatively influenced by the JW teachings.
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Don't make the same mistake I did
by Terry inin 1974 i had moved to california from texas and my nowhere jw janitor job to a real career in a field i loved.
(art).
i had packed my jw wife and 3 kids in my 1970 ford maverick and drove into the unknown.. mind you, this was on the very eve of a very "important date in human history".
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Terry, My heart goes out to you. But you are not to blame. Live your life NOW.