Did they really say no more e-mail, facebook, internet, etc, or did they just say not to spend so much time using them? I mean the Watchtower and Bible Tract Society has their own web page. Well, hey, I'm on here, so keeping my facebook account with all my d-fd friends shouldn't be a problem.
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Recent assembly
by Iwonder17 in1) stop using internet,facebook,myspace,email,texting and spend more time studying and in service.. my mate quit their facebook page when we came home lol.
2) maybe i am just more tuned into it now, but they mentioned "apostate" a lot more this time around, espicially when talking about the internet.. it keeps me thinking, if there is nothing to hide, then why is there such a big push not to look?
it's like an ugly girlfriend not wanting her boyfriend to look at the girls on the beach .
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I met the perfect man.....
by dearone inbut he was worldly.
i am 38 and single because i was waiting on jehovah to provide a husband for me.
a few years ago i met the man of my dreams.
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EmptyInside
It might make you feel just a little better to know you're not alone in this. I'm kind of in the same boat. I'm going on 37 and still single, because I was holding out for a JW man. I really began to resent all the advice I got from sisters who married in their teens, telling me to hold out until the new system. And then, the ones who prayed for a husband, when they weren't even officially divorced from their worldly husband. Yeah, I can see Jehovah blessing that union. They weren't very encouraging at all, it just made me feel worse. And I must admit, I used to be among those that looked down upon those ones who dated and even married worldly people. But, now, I don't blame them one bit. I have a close friendship with a non-Witness man. And I actually told him last night that he's considered a worldly man to JW's. He wasn't insulted at all. He said that was a rather apt description of him. Anyway, hang in there, I'm sure if you broaden your horizons the right man will come along. But, there are no perfect men, or women for that matter.
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Did You WANT To Talk To Disfellowshipped People?
by minimus indid you at least want to say "hi"?
or did you avoid them like the plague?.
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Yes, I got into a little trouble after talking to my close friend right after they were disfellowshipped. It was hard, but I didn't talk to her after I was counseled about it.
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I lurked around there a couple of times. The funniest profile I saw was a brother who wrote, "willing to lie about how we really met." And I remember one convention in particular where they came down hard on the issue of meeting on-line. One reason was they could pretend to be Witnesses in good standing but really be apostates.
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Still Confused
by EmptyInside inthis last week has been especially hard for me.
this is all new to me, and as most of you know, the journey is gut wrenching, quite painful.
lately, i've been trying to take the go with the flow approach.
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Thanks for everyone's kind comments. Again, I'm grateful to be able to come here and have others understand what I'm going through.
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Do you like unexpected visitors?
by highdose ini fall into the sad bracket of not likiing them.
sorry but i spend my whole working day being unrelentingly polite and charming ... when i get home i want to switch off and slob out.
i do not want the doorbell to ring and have to play host!
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EmptyInside
No, I don't like it. It seems people come by when everything is a mess and I haven't cleaned in weeks. But, no one ever comes to visit when everything is in order,including myself.
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Still Confused
by EmptyInside inthis last week has been especially hard for me.
this is all new to me, and as most of you know, the journey is gut wrenching, quite painful.
lately, i've been trying to take the go with the flow approach.
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This last week has been especially hard for me. This is all new to me, and as most of you know, the journey is gut wrenching, quite painful. Lately, I've been trying to take the go with the flow approach. But, it doesn't seem to be working. The past couple of weeks, I've got in touch, via facebook ,with a couple of df-d friends whom I haven't spoken to in years. I mean these weren't just go to the movies once in awhile friends, these were my best friends. I've missed them all this time and missed out of so much of their lives. I feel bad for shunning them, but I truly believed doing so was putting my love for Jehovah first in my life. It was agony for me. But, anyway, to make a long story short, I just feel torn, and trapped. I have a couple close friends in and family members that would be devastated if I just stopped going to meetings. And I'm not sure if I'm ready to stop all together or what to believe anymore. If this post is confusing, well, just imagine what's going on in my head right now. I'm glad to have this forum to vent. But, the best way to describe it is trapped between two different worlds. I mean lately, I really can't get the way most of the ones at the hall talk. They seem foreign to me now. But, I haven't yet reached the same level as my friends who left and celebrate all the holidays now. I'm afraid I'm destined to be a total misfit, but being raised a Witness has prepared me well for this. lol.
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assembly hall video
by drew sagan inseeing this video brought back some memories.
i got baptized at this place in 99'.
the guy actually takes the video camera back into the changing room behind the baptism pool (memories!
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From PA, but I don't want to give away too much on these boards. Well, it was about time it was remodeled. But, I do wish they could have kept the fireplace. But, sorry, I hate the orange. And it's pretty much paid for I guess. They told the friends to stop sending donations in, that they had a surplus of funds. It didn't cost them as much as they thought it would, around 3 million. And it took around a year for everything to be completed.
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assembly hall video
by drew sagan inseeing this video brought back some memories.
i got baptized at this place in 99'.
the guy actually takes the video camera back into the changing room behind the baptism pool (memories!
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Well, you remember the awful orange, yuck. Well,it's all finished now. But, I will miss the fireplace. I got baptized there too.
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total embarrssment
by sawthe light inremember reading at the book study once, think it was the evolution book, and miss read organism as orgasm.
it all went quiet nobody said anything and all continued.my future wife was there and her mother which made it worse, i even mis read it again in the next paragraph.i felt terrible and coulnt look up.laugh about it now of course..
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Don't worry, you're not the only one that happened too. I remember a brother had the Bible highlights and he did the same thing throughout his entire part, saying orgasm, instead of, organism. He didn't even realize until it was over and sat down to a wife and daughter in stifling hysterics. Boy, was he red.