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  Why I Became an Inactive Witness

  by Dutchy in

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  i used to be a gungho witnesses.

  i was even a full time pioneer with small children and i used to drag my kids with me from door to door, in the heat of summer and in the cold of winter.

  goin from door to door in buildings where crime was rampant and where i should not have been in the first place.

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  jaded

  Hi Dutchy and welcome!
  Isn't it weird how when we're "in" we really believe all the crap that is fed to us. Then when we leave and are on the outside looking in we get such a clear picture about the "truth". Then we go around kicking ourselves and wondering how we could have ever fell for it. Be glad that you didn't waste any more years and can now get on with real life. I sure wish that I would have woke up a looong time ago!
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  Do JW's Actually Believe This Stuff?!?

  by Mister Biggs in

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  this was just forwarded to me.. (we need more comets to help take all of the stupid people away from among us!).

  this comes from the branch in canada....... in england one of our blind brothers had a seeing-eye dog that would.

  faithfully guide and take him to the meetings each week.

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  jaded

  LMAO at this thread! So I guess this means there really is a "Dog". Do you think he's laughting at this too?
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  love of musics got me :)

  by zev in

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  everyone has their favorite thing...... mine?

  i listen to wolf fm, internet only radio.. (its an 70-80's station).

  that and cd's i make from downloads of mp3's of 70's and 80's music.. whats yours?.

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  jaded

  Music is my favorite thing too. As I was fading from the Borg I rediscovered my love for rock. Music is the one thing that keeps me sane!
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  Single at 40 .JW virgins.

  by sleepy in

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  come on admit it, if you were brought up a witness you were dead scared that you were going to end up like the men you saw prowling the assembles and congregations looking for wives.. there would always be men and women in there 30's and 40 who had never had a boy or girl friend.. i used to know quite a few.. the horror of their lives shocks me.. now i not dissing anyone who has chosen not to marry that is their choice.but these people i know want to meet someone and get married.. but the bad news is that the older they get the harder it is to find a wife .what makes it worse is that the choice is so limited.. many of these grown men are even affraid of women .

  why?.

  because they are taught that even to look at a woman is to commit imorality let alone talk to one.. i knew a brother who had never had a girl friend , he was about 26 at the time.now a sister asks to go out with him so he accepts.quite soon she wants to hold his hand.. this brother now tells her off, for in the family book it says holding hands is only for people who are going to get married.. he doesn't go out with such a spiritually weak sister again.. what has the socity done to these peoples lives.. many people who were once happy teenagers hoping to meet the wife or husband of their dreams are now approaching 40 or even older and have never even had a girlfriend.theri only hope is the new system and i don't want to breack the news to them but its not coming.

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  jaded

  Sleepy mentioned the limited choice of single JWs. This reminded me of one of the stupidest comments that I ever heard in an assembly talk. Close as I can figure this would have been in the late 70's. One of those talks about marrying only in the lord...the brother stated that surely out of two million JW's we would be able to find a mate. HELLO??? We meet JWs at our hall and at assemblies, half or which are old ladies. Sheer stupidity! Even sadder, everyone sitting there nodding in agreement. Jeez, I should have woke up a lot sooner than I did!
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  Part 11: The Amalgamated Wedding

  by Amazing in

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  part 11: the amalgamated wedding .

  by now, tensions between the elders and me had subsided.

  we were gearing up for the wedding.

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  jaded

  Only real life as a JW can take more twists and turns than a soap opera. Can't wait for the next episode!
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  Average age of apostates survey.

  by sleepy in

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  i thought it might be a good idea to find out at what age or after how long we descided to leave the watchtower.. prehaps we my find a patern in it which we could use .. i think what we need to know are ,.

  1.age you left the watchtower.

  (or age you found out it was wrong).

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  jaded

  Started to fade at 45, four years ago. Last meeting was last year's Memorial, will not go this year.
  Baptized at 23.
  Converted. Now can someone tell me what the hell I was thinking???
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  Happy JW Marriages the Impossible Dream?

  by IslandWoman in

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  while it is not impossible to have a happy marriage in the jw religion for many it is hard, for some it is very hard to maintain happiness in their marriage.

  the watchtower raises the bar so very high in every aspect of life, marriage included.

  the watchtower literature encourages a jw married couple to be practically perfect, or at least that is the goal set before them.

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  jaded

  IW, this post hit me like a ton of bricks! My husband and I have also been married for 30 yrs. Your post makes so much sense. Not only do we need to get to know each other, but we need to get to know ourselves as well. I am learning so much from these boards. Thank you and everyone else for such insightful thoughts!
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  What I am Reading, What I am Listening To

  by mikepence in

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  in the interest of getting an idea of what interests people here, use this thread to post what you are into right now.. i am reading.... susan sontag's "in america" ( http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0374175403/mikepence-20) what an incredible author.

  this book won the national book award.

  see the reviews on amazon.

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  jaded

  Reading Reader's Digest and Country Magazine.
  Listening to Kid Rock, "Cocky", Ozzy, "Down to Earth", anything and everything Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, and Sammy Hagar.
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  My visit to the Hall Last Night- Highlights

  by TR in

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  blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and blah.

  monotone, monotone, monotone,.

  monotone, monotone.. you were right, moxy.

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  jaded

  When I started going to meetings in the mid 70's they really did seem to be much more lively and interesting. The children were involved more and the smiles seemed sincere. By the late 90's when I left things seemed so different. Boring, boring, boring, fake smiles, and everyone just seemed downright miserable. I know I was. So glad to be free!
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  Special Dub Words That Make You Go YUK!

  by Englishman in

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  for me, the word was "loving".. great "loving" kindness.. great undeserved "loving" kindness!.

  disfellowshipping is a "loving" provision.. when the wtbts want their accolytes to swallow another bitter pill, another restriction, another rebuke, another demand on time, the buzz word is "loving".. the "loving" word, is, to the average jw, the same as the mccabe nod is to the salesman.

  the mccabe nod is used by salesman all the time to get the prospective customer to agree to something that he doesn't care for too much.

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  jaded

  All of the above, plus, "advertise, advertise, advertise". I wanted to scream whenever I heard that!