LIftsong

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  Is there anyone on the GB who has more than a high school certificate?

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  some time this week i will be interviewed by a couple of university students doing a project on jehovahs' witnesses.

  the one i spoke to knows very little about them.. it will be an interview on my personal experience as a jw but from her initial phone call we saw that my answers easily led to more questions.

  she doesn't realize she is talking about a cult but began to get the idea that the wts has a lot of control over the lives of jws.. so the education thing came up and i explained how education beyond high school was not encouraged and even though they give lip service to it post-secondary education is still not highly recommended.. which got me to thinking.

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  What costume will you wear for Halloween?

  by dissed in

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  i'm looking for ideas.

  four years running and dressing like a monk is wearing off.

  my wife as the witch wants to change as well.. she won't do elvira, oh rumplestilskin!!.

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  How many XJWs went onto another faith....?

  by 2pink in

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  i'm just curious here.. as i am exiting currently and trying to find my new place (and belief system) in this world, i am wondering what the experience was like for other xjws.

  did you go onto a new faith?

  i'd love to read your responses.

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  The claws are out!

  by wantstoleave in

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  i just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone on the board.

  i haven't been here that long but from the time i've spent here, i feel very comfortable.

  i've been on boards before (witness ones) where everyone is so opinionated, heartless and holier than thou....but this one is so different.

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  So I did it - almost!

  by wantstoleave in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today, i'm not quite sure how it started, but i voiced my concerns about the religion i've been brought up in since i was 3. my dad went straight on the offensive, though kept nice and polite.

  i told them that someone can not be df for accepting a transfusion.

  not sure why i started with that example, but nevertheless... dad said 'since when' and started pumping me for information, when, where, what...you get the picture and biggest one of all 'how do you know this'.

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  Dubby Custard

  by LIftsong in

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  is it the same for everyone who is an ex witness?

  do we all go to bed every night of our lives detached for the human experience at a level the vast majority take for granted and enjoy everyday?

  i sometimes think my inability to love was switched off at such a young age i am incapable of letting anyone else in.

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  Here I am send me.

  by LIftsong in

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  2. friends

  like an awful lot of people on this site i have spent far to much time trying to rationalise my thoughts and my journey as a human being.

  i have been to places of deep despair and resurfaced looking the same, months or even years later but the internalised paul changed.

  with this in mind let me ask you something, humour me for a moment.

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  Hi I'm new here

  by BloominMarvellous in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  feeling guilty already about being on here, the familiar words are recalled in my mind "don't go on any jehovah's witness websites except 'watchtower.org'!

  so here i am, desperate for some help.

  i'm 21 and have been studying for 2 years, i was made an unbaptised publisher in february and it was all going great until i had a problem with getting a little tipsy, the elders had to come scrape me off the floor of my witness friends house and take me home.

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  spooky spooky

  by Adrianoblue in

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  ever had any expiriences with ghosts, ufo-sightings or any other supernatural stuff?.

  there are some really freaky clips on youtube which i think was pretty scary to watch!.

  aadrianoblue.

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  What I do know is that there is peace to be found and there love to be had, after the organisation

  by LIftsong in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my mother became a jw when i was six months old so i was brought up within the confines of the organisation.

  i left properly in my early twenties and i am now 43 so a good 22 years of life, post being a witness have i travelled and documented thus far.

  mine was a typical experience of a child in the congregation and i was busy doing my best to be a little adult as the child within slowly fell asleep.

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