Hi all! Answer to the questions... yes & yes! I've been quietly celebrating for YEARS... without my JW family & friends catching on. I had a husband that wasn't a JW (so it was easy to say I was submitting to his headship!) but am now divorced and since the divorce have had a few non-JW boyfriends. My current boyfriend's family knows of my background and gets a kick out of the fact that I'm more, as they say: "festive", than the rest of them at this time of year. I'm sad that my JW family has never experienced the warmth, light and love of the season. But there's always hope... : ) Side note: it's amazing that non-JW's are so non-judgemental... like my boyfriend's family... they don't care WHAT I call myself, as long as I'm loving, kind and respectful to them and their son.
Posts by JBean
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44Christmas&Thanksgiving-Are you celebrating?
by Vitameatavegamin inhi friends;.
just wondering about this subject of holidays again.
i really miss christmas but don't have enough nerve to celebrate it.
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My past weekend
by Leander insaturday afternoon i made the decision to step down as a minsterial servant.
i had given it a lot of thought and i came to the conclusion that i would be doing the right thing.
i told my wife about the decision i had planned on making and that basically killed her mood for the rest of the day.
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JBean
Leander... thank you for sharing your heart with us. I totally understand where you're coming from. I keep coming back to this board because I feel the need to be informed. I encourage you to keep at it and don't "neglect the fellowship" of those here that have come to know you a bit and feel for you. If you haven't already, PLEASE read Crisis of Conscience! --JBean
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Are child molesters calling at your door?
by silentlambs inare child molesters calling at your door?.
do jehovah's witnesses approve, condone, and encourage accused, confessed, and convicted child molesters to call door to door on unknowing potential victims in the witnessing work?
the answer to the above questions is yes on both accounts.
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JBean
Thank you Bill.
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What Do You Do?
by hillary_step ini link to this board a couple of times a day, sometimes in the early hours and there is always a flurry of activity, often from an enclave of veterans.
i wonder, are you all in prison?
i understand the pc's are allowed in some facilities.. do you all work?
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JBean
Working all alone and in the Union to boot???? You could start a second business!!!! heeee!
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A few things I don't understand about the bible
by Leander inthere have always been things about the bible that never really made much sense to me.
not to say that i disagree with whats in the bible but i have wondered about the fairness of certain things.. 1. for example i've always even as a child thought that it was odd that so many people would die during armageddon.
now as an adult and i understand people better than i did years ago i really do feel puzzled about the fact that according to the scriptures the majority of mankind will perish.
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JBean
Hi Erik... welcome! I personally feel that is exactly why most JW's preach... that scripture and also the one where Jesus tells his followers to "go and make disciples in all the earth..."
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How many do you wonder..........
by pettygrudger ini've only been posting & visiting these boards for approximately 2 weeks now.
i have been an ex-jw for 16 years.
i'm wondering how many of "like" me's there are out there?
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JBean
Hi! We've both been on this board for about the same amount of time! Well... I'm still in and finally got the courage to "take a look". This board, as well as key other sites, is helping me immensly in my private, personal struggle. I believe in my first few days of having my "eyes opened", I made a similar comment that there are more than likely hundreds if not thousands of actual CURRENT JW's who are lurking. Time will tell...JBean
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What Do You Do?
by hillary_step ini link to this board a couple of times a day, sometimes in the early hours and there is always a flurry of activity, often from an enclave of veterans.
i wonder, are you all in prison?
i understand the pc's are allowed in some facilities.. do you all work?
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JBean
I'm in consulting and it's slow... slow... slow... so I check my e-mails every minute and post on occassion. : )
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JBean
Hi Closer2! I'm also from Connecticut... now I know there are others... where are you guys??? : ) ps: Peacelove&... be extra careful near that most excellent Mall you live near... I hear lots of talk that if a Mall is hit, the Mall of America is a big target.
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The ball is in your court Governing Body of JWs
by Stealth inthe wtbts and gb of jehovahs witnesses have been caught with their pants down with a whore.
by their request to disassociate themselves from the un harlot they are basically admitting that they have been caught and have sinned.. when a r&f jw commits fornication and gets caught, they are normally disfellowhiped.
while this does not happen in all cases, it almost always happens when one does not confess their sin before getting caught.. the judicial committee that deals with a r&f fornication case considers the attitude of the sinner looking for such indicators as:.
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JBean
Amen!!! The more I think about this the more angry I get.
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Help!! I am extremely confused.
by Leander ini'm at a definite crossroad in my life right now and i don't know which direction to turn.. for my entire life i've been taught to believe in one thing but now i'm seeing things that i never knew where there before.
i find it very disturbing that there has been so many predictions the wts has made in the past that failed to come true.
also the bouncing back and forth on certain doctrines make me question my beliefs.. but on the other hand i can't ignore things like the fact the organization is growing while other religions are on the decline.
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JBean
You Know,
You bring up a lot of points... but one thing I don't understand: You say that we need to have our faith in Jehovah only to eventually "survive". I agree. You mention that if we put our faith in the WBTS or GB or Watchtower, etc., we of course will be "let down". I agree. So here's my question: Why then to the brothers, congregation, Society, et al totally freak out and disfellowship you if you question them and have the 'nerve' to say that you don't really think that the governing body is correct? or God's mouthpiece? or that they have God's absolute direction, etc? Please don't say that they won't ... I have a few friends and there are PLENTY of experiences on this board and others that say even if they went to the elders for help... the only question the elder's were really concerned about was whether or not the person in question still believed in the society/governing body.