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  Very Curious, what kind of feedback are you getting from ACTIVE Jehovah's Witnesses on Candace's California Court Victory ?

  by Balaamsass in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i am stunned by candace's huge court victory.

  it is overdue.

  i have been reading comments on jvn, huffington, san jose mercury, nbc, and other sources.

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  Double Lives of JW Youth

  by camicia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i posted a lengthy concern a while back about my 23 year old daughter on the verge of baptism.

  the good news is she still hasn't progressed past studying - no door knocking thank god.

  the bad news is she's still studying, attending meetings, etc and i am still very much a "satanic influence.

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  Stupid rules

  by MrFreeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was no end to the amount of stupid rules put in place.

  one that always bugged me was "no shirts with slogans when doing kh yard work or at jw gatherings.

  id always get talked to about it when i'd wear shirts with a band on it or whatnot.

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  Never, ever posted to a site before-Scarec silly

  by PaintedToeNail in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, i'm scared to death writing this that i will be discovered and have major problems.

  i had a good life being raised as a jw child.

  many good memories of people, places and times.

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  Who is your hero?

  by HintOfLime in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  personally, as a computer programmer, my hero is a bit odd perhaps - gordon ramsey.

  i think gordon ramsey is awesome.

  no nonsense - he tells boring, lazy, mediocre people that they are mediocre, and passionately tells them what they are doing wrong... because he wants them to do better.

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  Buried my father today

  by littlerockguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i mostly post fluff and music posts on this thread more often now but just thought i would let some people here who still know me about what has been goin on with me recently.

  my dad about a 7 month battle with lung cancer which metastasized to the bones and he died early wed morning.

  my dad was a fascinating man, complex, sometimes open and sometimes a very aloof and detached person.

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  Yet another newbie....

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been lurking since last august and figured i'd sign up.

  history (although i feel like i've read this experience 100 times on.

  this board already):.

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  Flyer for this summer's assembly

  by loosie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i saw the flyer today for the summer assembly.

  it talks about how people are ruining the earth.

  in the upper left corner are the "evil" ones one man smoking, i think the other was drinking and then a pic of a dead seagull.

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  Astounded Newbie Here...*Waves Hello*

  by mummatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  all i can say is "wow!

  " in the 10 years i've been out i had no idea that forums like this existed.

  a tad naive-sounding for someone with a background in it, i know, but it's taken me this long just to feel comfortable enough to type 'jw' into google.

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  I walked out of an Elder's Meeting

  by AlmightyDog in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well here goes... i apologize in advance if this turns into a long and disjointed rant, but i just have to begin typing in order to keep from exploding.

  i realize that what im about to say could seriously jeopardize my anonymity, but i think ive reached the point that i just dont care.

  i want this to be over.. let me explain what caused me to rip up a letter and get up and walk out in the middle of an elders meeting two weekends ago.. our boe has been embroiled in a nasty fight for the past 2 years over a certain brothers business dealings.

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