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Watchtower Bethel Application from 1982

by Marvin Shilmer in

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watchtower bethel application from 1982 .

questions asked tell their own story.

today i posted onto my blog the first post-1980 update of the bethel application.

mamamo

I have to ask, What is a homosexual problem? Not finding another homosexual to date? And what would be the problem with someone in the immediate family having a mental or nervous problem? It isn't contagious.

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new member

by chase in

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so is everyone here a jaded ex or is it a mixed crowd?

i am da.

with an overzelous mom.

mamamo

Welcome, I DA'd myself 20 years ago. Had some problems with some beliefs, role of women, etc. Found this website about a year and a half ago.

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So Sad

by mamamo in

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after my jw father passed away a few weeks ago, i decided to track down my cousins who had also left as they came of age.

i found them, thanks facebook.

yesterday, i drove 1.5 hours to meet with one of them.

mamamo

After my JW father passed away a few weeks ago, I decided to track down my cousins who had also left as they came of age. I found them, thanks Facebook. Yesterday, I drove 1.5 hours to meet with one of them. We had a nice lunch and some shopping. I did mention I was going to my mother's (still JW) in a couple of weeks to help her clean out my dad's shed. Maybe my cousins could come with me? and see some of he family. They thought it sounded like a good idea and I should have just shown up with them. But no, I had to call my sister (pioneer JW) and see what she said. Today, when I called my mom about all she said is you know they are both DF, don't you? I said it didn't matter to me at all. But it looks like we won't be having that mini family reunion. So sad. But I am going to continue to see them andvisit with them.

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Did you ever get stumped in the ministry?

by NewChapter in

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i got into a tiny discussion with a return visit about the cross.

i confidently informed her that the cross was a pagan symbol not used by christians.

the romans were pagans, so they used a pagan symbol.

mamamo

I once had a guy tell me he was a demon worshiper. That was his opening line. I was about 19 and I just burst out laughing. Mind you this was a possible redneck ( a big truck and boat in the yard) in his 40's.

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I am frustrated!

by JRK in

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i have been talking to my jw mother.

about all of my angst.. it totally flies over her head.. the un is no big deal.

the generation is no big deal.

mamamo

My father recently passed away and I have been calling my mom once a week to check on her. She is 69 but has had breast cancer and suffers from fibromyglia. I try to avoid any JW topics, just want to make sure she is okay and doesn't need anything. She has said a couple of times how hard it is on her that I am DA (and have been for 20 years). Then I know it is time to say goodbye.

She was born into the "Truth" and no way would she consider anything else. I will not even try. Right now she just thinks I wanted to live my own life, not that I have found out about all the lies in the "Truth."

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Is 13 a bad number for you?

by Iamallcool in

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mamamo

Hurricane Charlie hit Florida on Friday the 13th, August 2004. Before that no fear of 13. Since then, if a Hurricane is bearing down on us close to the 13th, I'm heading to Georgia!

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Funniest "guilty" thought

by NewChapter in

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in my jw daze, they were always warning that satan transformed himself into an angel of light, and he knows what to tempt you with, blah blah.

an elder that studied with my ex told him that satan can't read our minds, so if we don't act on certain impulses, he won't know what to tempt us with.

in other words, he explained, if you see a porn mag and pick it up, then satan will work with that.

mamamo

Speaking of that Facebook Satan, I just reconnected with my cousins who are ex-JW, and some other relatives, too. It is a great way for us exes to reconnect.

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