Topics Started by LucyA

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My JW Brother is a Child!
by LucyA in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i have a facebook accunt and my eldest sister lives a long way away so we use facebook too talk ec... neither of us are jw so on occasion we send each other info.

so the other day i linked an article from jw facts too my facebook account.

my brother who is jw and says he only uses facebook and the internet for business purposes decides too comment on the article (just jw bs)and my lack of personal beleifs.
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Feeding the Israelites??
by LucyA in
1. jw
2. friends
heres something my jw mother sent me.

i'm an athiest so i dont take the bible as the truth!

feeding the israelites.
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As a JW, what did you do on Christmas Day?
by Magwitch in
1. jw
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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My JW mothers opinion of disfellowshiped people!
by LucyA in
1. jw
2. experiences
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so a little background i am not dissfellowshiped and my sister stayed in for awhile though so she's treated like she is!.

this is the most disturbing conversation i have ever had with my mother and for the first time i see clearly how deep the control on my mothers mind is!.
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I don't Know what to do anymore!!
by LucyA in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm afraid of people and ive really tried for fifteen years the rational part of mind keeps telling me im being stupid i've worked with these people for seven years i trust them there all really really kind none of them have done anything to harm me and when i'm at work and hanging around them i'm fine and happy and talkative but the moment i get into a situation where i have too be socalable i start having panic attacks and i cant breathe i tried talk to my dad (non jw parent) he told me to get over it that i've been out fifteen years and i cant blame my mothers religion for everything.

i'm starting too wonder if thiers somthing wrong with me!

the worst part is while the rational part of my brain is telling me my reations stupid the irrational part of brain is screraming and my hearts beating so fast i cant feal or control my reations.
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Hi everyone need info on JW policy!
by LucyA in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i grew up a jw but arn't now my mother who is jw and piosneering at the moment told me the society does not charge for use of the kh for weddings funerals ect is this true?.

if they dont why dont they?.

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Being raised as a witness did you ever get the chance to choose your own personal religion?
by make yourself in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
with me it never actually was the case.all i remember and still hear is make sure you stay with jehovah....sometimes you just get tired of the same terd getting shoved down your throat..
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I would pick hell any day
by LucyA in
1. jw
2. friends
im just gonna do a recount of what types of people we will find in hell:.

women with respect for themselves, natural scientists, atheists, agnostics, buddhists, hindus, everyone from the center to the far left of the political spectrum, homosexuals, sexually liberated people.. and what types of people we will find in heaven:.

sexually restrictive, far right, wife abusing christians.. i would pick hell any day.
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Were You "Afraid" Of The Elders?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
did you view them as men who truly cared about you?.

did your heart sink in fear when an elder came to talk to you?.

were the elders nothing special to you?.
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Resistance to WT
by snowbird in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
after reading the threads on fading vs speaking out openly against wt policies, i was struck by how similar this is to the underground railroad during slavery, and later, resistance to jim crow.. in both situations, some jumped at the opportunity to escape bondage or oppression.

others chose a more indirect approach and were often reproached for doing so.. in the case of the underground railroad, several factors kept slaves rooted to the plantation - fear of the unknown, concern for families left behind, a sense of loyalty and indebtedness to their masters, a deep hope that things would, must, get better.. resistance to jim crow operated along similar lines.

those who had the least to lose were at the front of the battle.