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  How many of you have had these in your congregation?

  by bottleofwater in

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  brother smart: the serious brother who thinks that he is an intellectual and believes he is "smart"sister armageddon: the sister who says "armageddon!!!

  " after any little thing in the newschase: the little boy who is always running around and crawling under the seats no matter what the parents sayjohnny: the little boy who keeps on leaving his snot on the sides of the bathroom stallbrother squeaky: the one in charge of cleaning who tells everyone what to do, but just stands there and conversessister coquette: the congregation slut... or as close to a slut as she can get... flirting with every brother... oh yeah and she was raised in the "truth"brother borrow: the brother who owes everyone money... and still asks to borrow from othersgreg: the boy or girl whose parents are so restrictive that the kid can't watch anything higher than g-rated moviesstormy: the teenage boy or girl who you could bet does stuff behind the scenes, so to speaki'm just speaking from past memories.

  not in all of this anymore.

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  Brother Dirtbag,

  The one that stinks like butt, has greasy hair, NEVER brushes let alone flosses his teeth that would stand in the back of the hall picking his nose!!

  EEEUUUWWWWW.........
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  What Are You Paying For Gas Prices In Your Area Now?

  by minimus in

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  the lowest i've seen in a few weeks in my area is $2.85 unleaded, self serve.. i've seen it 30 cents higher and a popular mobil station just off the highway..

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  2.95 in Michigan....
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  Elder's advice we remember

  by Newborn in

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  i remember ones when i was quite tired and low one elder said to me " it says in the bible that the one who endures to the end will survive, so really the only thing you/we have to do is to endure".. wow, gee, really!!

  hey well that's a relief and encouraging....thanks.... i think that all that enduring was what made me tired and depressed in the first place..... what do you have to relate?.

  /newborn.

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  My dad who was an elder, always encouraged me to have a retirement and health insurance. Kinda a contradiction of what the society teaches. He said that "I would be happy later that I have it".

  He was so right. I have a retirement. I can retire in 10-13 yrs with 80% of my wages. I'm glad I listened to him. Thanks Daddy!

  As far as other elders in the congregation they were full of sh*t! I shouldn't live alone, I shouldn't buy a home, I should move home, work part time and help my parents(very capable INDEPENDENT parents). I shouldn't go to college, work full time, have such a "unencouraging" job. SOOOO glad I didn't listen to those bastards.

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  As a JW, what did you do on Christmas Day?

  by Magwitch in

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  2. friends

  growing up a jw, we always had family from out of town visit or we would go visit family.

  it was fun to get together with my other jw cousins over christmas.

  (however, it was hell going back to school in january as the only girl without a new sweater).. as a married jw though it was a different story.

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  I remember being about 5 yrs old. On Christmas Eve I looked up at the sky and wondered how Santa knew NOT to come to our house because we're JW's.

  As a kid, it sucked. Meetings, lonliness, etc. The first day back after Christmas break was horrid. I got to listen to everyone talk about what they'd gotten all the while HOPING that no one would ask me about my "holiday".

  As a young adult, I'd work, sometimes 24-48 hours straight so others could be home celebrating with their families.

  Now I still have to work, but I have dear friends who are like family to celebrate with after work. AND a wonderful boyfriend to slather all the holiday attention on that I never got to do with family.

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  Watchtower is voice of Jehovah

  by lostsheep82 in

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  i don't know how to copy and paste properly on here but i stopped research almost a year ago.

  started reading a few things in magazines again cause my mom is harping on me about the new jan 2011 watchtower stating that jw's are only true religion.

  then i found this quote in sept 15, 2010 wt page 13 para 8.

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  I gave up trying to discuss(argue)it with my mom. Just once I mentioned the "generation" change. She got very nasty. They're all a bunch of hamsters on a wheel that's going nowhere. It's just not worth my energy to try to make them see how utterly deceived they are. Just like they've got the "freedom" to make their own decisions, so do I. And I decided NOT to let it eat me alive. I shake my head when they say Dub-speak. And I ignore it. Otherwise it'll drive me crazy. And I refuse to let them have that power!

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  Did you Fade Gradually or Stop Attending Meetings Quickly ? Reasons ?

  by flipper in

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  been thinking about this and curious about what makes us all come to the decisions we came to in our fade/exiting the jw organization.. i think for myself having been born-in & raised a jw my doubts about the generation doctrine had simmered for years within me quietly and by the time i finally left in 2003 i had reached my breaking point.

  also seeing unjust treatment of rank & file witness ( myself included ) just propelled me into my decision even quicker.

  so - one day after meeting with 3 elders in a back room before a meeting and seeing their judgmental aggression towards me - i just told myself " enough is enough ".

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  I was fairly quick about it(although if I'd had this site it would've been much quicker) in 1995. Getting a job that had me on 2nd shift was a BIG help. And I didn't have the stalkers coming after me. Dad was an elder and PO so they all figured he was doing it!!!! Which he wasn't!!!

  It was amazing how the tears and depression started to go away once I was away from the hall. Even though I still battle with the feeling of "not being good enough" it's definitely gotten better over the years. And having wonderful friends that weren't dubs helped immensely too. I was never alone.

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  Paranoia is killing me

  by FifthOfNovember in

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  when i have "worldly" friends over i am constantly checking the window every time i hear something that even remotely sounds like a car door.. when i play violent video games i constantly pause the game and look out of the window every time i think i hear a car door.. when i go to the movies to see something rated r i always look around for witnesses.. if i suspect witnesses will show up i "witness-proof" the house.

  i hide 10 out of the 12 x-box games i own.

  erase the history on my desktop, laptop, ipad, and cell phone.

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  Go to college and fade away..........No disassociation letter. Then you keep your family. If you're living at home with parents then your paranoia is normal(I was when I still lived at home). If you live alone then don't worry about it.

  Relax......

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  My column today on Freeminds - Being Disfellowshipped

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is something i haven't discussed on jwn but yesterday the words finally came out.

  this is about my being disfellowshipped , what led up to it, how i felt during it and what happened after.

  it has been over 25 years since i was disfellowshipped so this piece of the story has taken a long time to write.

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  Lady Lee,

  I'm so sorry for what you had to go through to get some peace of mind. Thank you so much for sharing your story. It's something that's repeated often from that HATEFUL religion.

  I don't comment much on this site, but I do read and value your posts.

  I hope you've found some peace and contentment in your life.

  Mandette
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  Petition against MadJW

  by brotherdan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'd like to submit a motion that we no longer respond to posts posted by madjw.

  he's using this forum to spam all of us into going to his wts defending website.

  he also claims to be a regular pioneer and gets the majority of his time by posting on this site.

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  MadJW is like a really horrible car accident....you KNOW you shouldn't look but you just CAN'T help it!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe we should just feel sympathy for someone that is in such dire need of psychotrophic medications?????
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  Sex before marriage. feeling guilty

  by frigginconfused in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  heres the situation.... met a girl i am tottally infatuated with.

  i could just hang out with her and not have sex but she has not been in a relationship in a year and shes pretty horny.

  im a normal dude so i dont want to refuse her.. i cant decide if im rationalizing my feelings.

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  You don't buy a car without a test drive, why would you marry someone without seeing if the physical part worked?

  A good point is that you're weighing your options. Don't overthink it. Just sit back and enjoy the ride(pun intended).

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