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Lost on how to respond...
by babygirl30 in
1. jw
2. friends
so an old friend of mine from the congregation hit me up today.

the story goes like this when we were jw's:.

- this guy used to be madly in love with me but i didn't see him as anything more than a friend.
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Today's Watchtower Study
by sprintcmp in
1. jw
2. experiences
so my uber devoted mom called me this morning....wanted to encourage to go to the hall today.

she has called my df brother also to encourage him.

our deliverance is getting near, she says....and you need to get to the meeting today.
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My life by the numbers..
by myway2007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have enjoyed this site long enough, that i thought it was time to start giving back.

it's been a reflective few days as i tried to quantify the passage of time.

how time flies.... i turn 55 this year- and life is amazing!it was last year i reached out to one of my siblings via email to see if i could visit my mom beforeshe passes as she is over 90 now and the response i got was that it was too painful for herto see me until "i do the right thing"it was 5 years ago that i was able to finally become whole from all the anger and pain and normalize my life.it was 33 years ago that i was df'd.
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My Story: from JW Elder to Born Again Christian to Agnostic
by passwordprotected in
1. jw
2. experiences
i first posted here on 3rd june 2008. at the time i was an elder, appointed the previous october, i was 36 and i was a born-in.

at the time i'd become disillusioned with the society due to the governing body's letter explaining why the book study in private homes was being abolished.

april 2008 saw me start questioning this decision, privately of course, and this eventually led me to this site, to jwfacts and to many youtube videos, all of which began to errode my faith in the leaders of the organisation.. in july 2008, having discussed my doubts with my wife, i attended the district convention, deciding to give the society one last chance to convince me it was the truth.
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New Tactic
by sprintcmp in
1. jw
2. experiences
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28166192.

i had not seen much of this even in the chicago area, but in small town bloomington-normal, il (pop.

150,000) i have seen this new tactic for the last two days at a busy train/bus station which is located in the heart of town.
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2014 DC: Fewer, but larger venues in the U.S.
by doinmypart in
1. jw
2. friends
in the u.s. there are fewer venues this year, but they will be held in larger facilities.

as long as i can remember my family travelled no more than 2 hours to attend and in the last few years the dc was local (within a few minutes travel).

this year my family is driving 6 hours to a major u.s. city.
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Are You Embarrassed Because You Were A Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i am not.

everyone makes mistakes..
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The final chapter in the confusedandalone story...
by confusedandalone in
1. jw
2. experiences
this morning i get a frantic call from my sister (who has been baptized 1 year and one month and never attends meetings anymore).

in tears she tells me that this morning my father picked her up in the car and told her that i was am apostate.

that i no longer loved jehovah and that i was going to be disfellowshipped.
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The World is going to end...
by The Quiet One in
1. jw
2. friends
..one day, as will our lives.

any day could be the last day of our existence... with that in mind, how would you want to spend your final hours, if you knew that your life was going to end tomorrow?

what would you like to say on that last day, and to whom?.
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Aspiring EX JW anthem?
by sprintcmp in
1. jw
2. experiences
i think this song was written as a protest to the music industry, but the lyrics are soooo appropriate for leaving the "truth".. see the song performed here www.youtube.com/watch?v=exn0_oapozq.

and the lyrics here ==> http://www.lyricsondemand.com/l/laurynhilllyrics/igetoutlyrics.html.

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