I tried to at first. My husband caught me so I don't hind it from him anymore. And there are a few non-jws who know. I don't tell any jw though.
doublelife
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Would you NOT hire a JW because they're a JW?
by Open mind inwould you let a jw's religion affect your decision to use their services?.
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One of Lady Lee's questions: "would they refrain from shunning other employees or customers if they knew they were no longer a JW"
This is a very good question.
When I was 17 I worked as a cashier in a store and a df'd person came in. It was so awkward for me. I had to check her out but I didn't greet her or smile at her. The whole time I was trying to figure out how I could say only what I needed to say to get the transaction done without any of my co-workers noticing that I was acting differently. I didn't want to have to explain to anyone that I was suppose to be shunning her. This would be a hard question for any jw to answer and they've probably never thought of a scenario like mine happening. I never did and was caught off guard and didn't know what to do.
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Have You Visited JW Facts?
by leavingwt infor newer members.
if you haven't already done so, please visit the site and have a look around.
here are a few of my favorite pages, there:.
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I'm new here!
by its_me! ini have been reading your posts for 2 weeks now, and i am riveted!
i spend every spare moment on this site.
it has become rather like a drug to me!
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doublelife
Welcome! I've been on this board for about 5 or 6 months and I still can't tear myself away. It's like an addiction. Oh, and I'm a born in also.
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Do You Personally Know Of Anyone That Committed Suicide?
by minimus inlately, i've come to find out that a more than a few people in the area had killed themselves.
most of the people i know of were in their early twenties or forties.
for those loved ones surviving them, it was mostly a shock!
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Yes, my dad about five months ago. He had a lot of mental problems and was da'd. Deep down I always knew that he would kill himself one day, I just didn't want to think about it. Now that he's gone, I constantly think about him and wonder how much my shunning of him contributed to it. I only found out the truth about the truth a few weeks before he did it so I didn't have the opportunity to set things right with him.
tec, your son isn't the only child to want that. Although I've never attempted it myself, I have thought about it. Even as young a five years old, I remember being in my room wondering if anyone would miss me if I offed myself. I truly thought the answer was no. I chickened out of any attempts but I found other ways of hurting myself that no one ever found out about. I'm over that stage now.
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JW christmas is just round the corner... ugh!
by MisfitMeL inyeah so the memorial is getting closer.. and even though my mum knows i am not attending the meetings, she keeps staying i should at least attend the memorial.... coz it's like special.. no idea how to get myself out of it.
everytime she brings up the topic over the phone, i just mumble and say stuff like, yeah but i finish work late... i dunno where the kh is out here etc etc.
i don't know why jws treat the memorial like it's christmas.
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doublelife
Lol at cantleave.
My mom already cornered me and got me to promise to go to the memorial. I really don't want to go though. Maybe I'll have to work late that day. As Billy said that's not something I can foresee.
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If WT Had a Charity Project...What would it be?
by cameo-d ini envision something like a "great educational effort" where they would sponsor third world 'foreigners' in an esl class and would teach them to read using only awake!
magazines.
(*watchtower magazines for advanced students).
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cameo-d, I was thinking the same thing that you were. An ESL class based on their publications. They already have the Learn to Read & Write booklet. And whenever they try to start a foreign language group or congregation they have classes to teach the language to those who volunteer to join that group.
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Question From Readers reveals dependent state of JWs
by sd-7 injust consider some of the questions i found, not worrying about the responses:.
***w50 12/1 p.496 questions from readers***.
in view of what deuteronomy 4:15-23 has to say about the making of any graven image, would it be considered scripturally correct.
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doublelife
I have to agree with some of you that I too thought these question were from the GB and not from the readers.
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Does this happen to anyone else?
by doublelife inthis doesn't happen a lot but every once in a while, on a day that used to be my meeting night, i'll get a weird feeling.
it happened today.
it's hard to explain what it is.
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WuzLovesDubs, lol at your dream. And that's all the more reason I have to want to be done with my fade. But I don't think I'll be able to da myself for a while because of my mom.
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Does this happen to anyone else?
by doublelife inthis doesn't happen a lot but every once in a while, on a day that used to be my meeting night, i'll get a weird feeling.
it happened today.
it's hard to explain what it is.
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truthseekeriam, going for a walk or any exercise is a good idea.
RebeccaChi, "It's sad to think of how much of my childhood was wasted sitting at these mindless, pointless meetings." Ugh, don't remind me.It's so depressing. I don't see myself ever committing to that kind of religious schedule again either.
blondie, I also enjoy having so much time to persue things without having to fit them around the meeting schedule.
nelly136, "its like an energy vaccuum." So true! That must be why I was always tired at the meetings.
nancy drew, that's not very nice of him but I know he's just teasing you. Did he used to be a jw too?