Posts by dudeson

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Poll: Who Left Whilst Still Believing?

by brinjen in

this is for an upcoming youtube project.

i would love to do this on a mass scale... think there might be something "big" in the results.. 1. were you a born-in (including those who's parents converted while they were still children) or did you convert as an adult?.

2. when you left, did you still (a) fully believe in the truthtm, (b) partially believe or (c) realise it was all a load of crap?.

dudeson

1. Were you a born-in (including those who's parents converted while they were still children) or did you convert as an adult?

Born in (sort of)

2. When you left, did you still (a) fully believe in the truth TM , (b) partially believe or (c) realise it was all a load of crap?

I believed the basics

3. Now, do you still (a) fully believe in the truth TM , (b) partially believe or (c) realise it is all a load of crap?

Crap. The internet opened my eyes

4. When you left, how afraid where you of armageddon TM ?

I figured if god din't want me in his "new system" for who I was, screw him.

5. Do you class yourself now as (a) christian (b) agnostic (c) atheist or (d) other (please state).

Atheist but only after studying the bible for myself

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Where are my women tonight?

by beksbks in

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friends

i'm pretty sure friday nights are to be set aside for mud wrestling.

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dudeson

and pillow fights in bra and panties

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Haven't been to a meeting in 3 years...

by dudeson in

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friends

first off i'd like to say hello to everyone on this forum, especially those who clicked on my topic.. i was baptized on sept 9, 2000 when i was 15. looking back i only did it because i had been studying with the same brother for 2 years and it seemed like the next logical step.i have 3 half siblings who at one point were all going to the meetings but were never baptized.

none are in any way affiliated with any congregation at all and live a long way from myself and my mom.. my mother and i are the only ones in my family who have been baptized and as of dec. 2008 i moved into my own place because things were just too tense between us.

i figured it would be beneficial for our stress levels if i moved out.. when i became inactive my mom kept asking why.

dudeson

I never did really update this thread.

Thanks for the comments OTWO and CHILD.

I did tell her what I wanted to do as far as military. She didn't seem too surprised. But she upheld the "never to speak to me again" arrangement. Well, long story short, I showed her a few points about what the Bible really says as far as what the Society interprets those scriptures. She said to me, "The word disfellowship is even in the Bible!" I said no, it isn't. She got onto her CD-ROM to prove me wrong and, as well know, proved me right.

We talked further and I even showed her the "Is it OK to change one's religion" article in the JULY 09 Awake and she seemed a little shocked when I read those few statements to her. As I was leaving to go back to my apartment she says she will still talk to me as long as i don't bring up "apostate teachings". I said fair enough!

Fast forward to now and I have put leaving for the Army on hold. I was supposed to ship September 21. I need to get my shoulder checked out before taking the physical. Since I did get my job back I may postpone or even totally forget the idea for now. Time will only tell.

Yes, Etna, this site is amazing. I have no friends who are ex-JW's and itis great to be able to talk about it with someone who really understands what the WT is all about behind the curtain.

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Haven't been to a meeting in 3 years...

by dudeson in

jw
friends

first off i'd like to say hello to everyone on this forum, especially those who clicked on my topic.. i was baptized on sept 9, 2000 when i was 15. looking back i only did it because i had been studying with the same brother for 2 years and it seemed like the next logical step.i have 3 half siblings who at one point were all going to the meetings but were never baptized.

none are in any way affiliated with any congregation at all and live a long way from myself and my mom.. my mother and i are the only ones in my family who have been baptized and as of dec. 2008 i moved into my own place because things were just too tense between us.

i figured it would be beneficial for our stress levels if i moved out.. when i became inactive my mom kept asking why.

dudeson

I'm not disfellowshipped. I should be! But I'm not.

I somehow made the perfect fade into oblivion without creating too much of a stir. I was only an inactive publisher when i decided to stop going so i wasn't contributing anything in the form of participation or ca$h.

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Love of Music reaches the Soul (most I listed are Rock or Medal some Pop)

by Butterflyleia85 in

i love music and i totally dig lyrics that go in tune with my life.. when i got df.... kelly clarkson - breakaway.

avril lavigne - nobody's home.

stone sour - bother.

dudeson

Your sister sounds like me in my teens. I was a "skater kid" for a 3 or 4 years and I only listened to punk such as NOFX, Rancid, Pennywise etc. Eventually, through stuff like Zeppelin, Floyd and other classic bands I got into Anthrax(thrash) Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden. These are the essentials to any person who is a metal fan. I do like alot of things other than metal but it is usually my prefernce.

Here's a basic list of cool metal song to check out:

Megadeth: Tornado of Souls, Holy Wars, Peace Sells

Iron Maiden: Hallowed be thy Name, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Anthrax: Caught in a mosh, antisocial

I too started playing guitar when I was about 13 and was in a band composed of all inactive witnesses. I left it a few months ago. We played at bars, local music festivals. No elders ever said anything to us about it. It wouldn't have mattered if they did. The only thing they ever did mention to our drummer was all the drinking we did. We have a local brewery and we have a kergerator in our practice spot which usually has 2 different kinds of beer in it. Nothing was ever done to any of us, just said they heard it was a problem. No problems here!

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Love of Music reaches the Soul (most I listed are Rock or Medal some Pop)

by Butterflyleia85 in

i love music and i totally dig lyrics that go in tune with my life.. when i got df.... kelly clarkson - breakaway.

avril lavigne - nobody's home.

stone sour - bother.

dudeson

No worries. I'm really not the type who corrects people and says, "Oh that's not metal. That's more hardcore with a twist of thrash and screamo." I really could care lesss for genre classification. I sometimes jab people who say that bands like papa roach are metal just to mess with them and make myself LOOK smart.

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