Posts by jesussaves

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Going where the "Need is Great"

by OUTLAW in

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lets go back in time,back to the late 60`s early 70`s..armagedon is coming and the wbts wants it`s members to sell every thing they got and preach in areas where there are few or no dubs..where did the people you know go?..my parents packed up their belongings and went to..the friggin bible belt of b.c..lol!

a good wind storm would knock a few christians out of trees there were so many..a bloody church on every street corner,and every one of them had the truth..so why the bible belt?..there were`nt many dubs there at the time,but most importantly property was cheap.a smart dub could make a killing at real estate,and they did..more money than you could shake a dead donkey at,lol!....my bud`s dad also went where the need was great.the dumb-ass religion broke his family up,his wife being a none believer and all.so where did my buds anointed dad go?..hawaii,lol!

where else would you go to rough it out till armagedon?

jesussaves

My aunt and uncle left sunny Los Angeles to be needgreaters in Manhattan, Kansas. This is a one horse town that doesn't even have a shopping mall. They're a novelty because they are the only African-Americans in their cong. My aunt loves it.

My sister asked the society where she should go to serve, because she's a sign language interpreter/pioneer. They gave her some little town in Tennesee for her needgreater experience. She went there and found a roach-infested apartment (all she could afford) and found a job paying minimum wage. The elders at the cong went on to tell her that they didn't need her and that she could go back home. The PO told her that the society doesn't run things in their cong. Well, she stayed on anyway, and lost her job. Now, she works as a housekeeper, making about $75 a week and she's living with someone's family. Also interesting to note, a middle aged (around 50) elder decided that he wanted to marry my sister (she's 27). She resisted his advances and the elder then proceeded to bad mouth her to another young man who was interested in her. The whole thing ended up in a committee meeting. I'm not sure what happened, seeing that my sis shuns me (except when she needs money). Anyhoo, she's still in Tennessee, but guess where she's planning to go next - Hawaii! She's broke as a joke too...Ah well, as long as she's happy...

Tiffany

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Is everyone on this Web Board a Jehovah's Witness Basher?

by sandy in

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i grew up in the religion and was baptized at.............supposedly the most important day in our lives and i cannot remember how old i actually was, anyways...... i believe it was 13 or 14. i was never disfellowshipped.

i have a "worldly" boyfriend whom i love dearly, and i no longer attend the "meetings".

i do not disagree with the organization entirely; in fact i am not even sure if i disagree with it at all.

jesussaves

Sandy & Eppie

Both of you are telling MY story! I too am a third gen x-jw. I'm not a witness basher, however I don't believe in their teachings at all anymore. I got in trouble with a witness guy when I was twenty-one. I did the slow fade after my committee meeting, because the whole thing was unfair (he got privately reproved, I was publicly reproved). I met a non-jw man and got pregnant by him. We're married now, and have been for almost four years. I decided that I wasn't through with God, even though I knew I could never go back to the JWs, but that may not be for you. It took me years to get to where I am, though. My entire family are JWs and they know that I attend church regularly. Most of them have just accepted that I'm not coming back. Welcome to the site. Do some research and read Crisis of Conscience. It'll help.

Tiffany

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A question for those of you who were raised in the cult

by siegswife in

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when i was a jw, i often found myself wishing that i would have been a jw from birth.

that way i would've avoided many of the mistakes i'd made in my teenage years.

now, after reading so many of your stories i've realized that many of you didn't really believe it when you were young.

jesussaves

I made the same mistakes that alot of non-JW teenagers make, and I was born into the cult. I was just a little older (nineteen) when I started making bad choices. The biggest mistake was not going to college right out of high school. Now that I'm out, I can't understand anyone choosing to be a JW, but when I was in, I wondered what logical person wouldn't be a JW.

Hi Ring!!!! I haven't lamped you in months!

Tiffany

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Young X-JWs in Cleveland, Ohio

by jesussaves in

hey everybody,.

i was just wondering if there are any young x-jws from cleveland, ohio that post on this website.

so many of my friends from the east side of cleveland no longer attend meetings, and i'd love to see them.

jesussaves

Scout,

I don't think I know anyone on this board...Yesterday's child, email me. Maybe we know each other.

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Just venting

by dsgal in

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i faded from the jws thirteen months ago and since then i have only been called on by two elderly pioneer "sisters" a couple of times.no loving shepherding calls from the elders,not even once.i always felt out of place at the kh because i didn't have any friends there.never once got invited to social gatherings the whole year i went there.what's with all the clique $hit?that's about as far from jesus' teachings as i've ever seen.now today out of the blue i have a message on my machine from one of the elder's mother.i didn't call her back.wonder what came over her to think of me anyway?oh well,you all might not understand my feelings but i feel better now that i sat down and typed it out.

jesussaves

You are not alone. The elders harassed me for two months straight with reference to my judicial committee. Then after they Publically reproved me, not so much as a phone call. Not even after I attempted suicide. Not one call. Not one visit to me in the hospital. When I finally stopped going to the meetings, no one cared at all. I never received a sheperding visit, and I didn't move away or change my phone number. I recently saw one of the elders from my JC at a restaurant. He had a chance to speak a word of encouragement (if he was a real shepherd) He looked dead at my face, and then looked away nervously. I feel you....

Hugs and Kisses

Tiffany

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Young X-JWs in Cleveland, Ohio

by jesussaves in

hey everybody,.

i was just wondering if there are any young x-jws from cleveland, ohio that post on this website.

so many of my friends from the east side of cleveland no longer attend meetings, and i'd love to see them.

jesussaves

Hey everybody,

I was just wondering if there are any young X-JWs from Cleveland, Ohio that post on this website. So many of my friends from the East Side of Cleveland no longer attend meetings, and I'd love to see them. If you are under 35 and were in Circuit 10, we probably knew each other. I know I'm not alone in this city! Email me at [email protected]!

Tiffany

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I am shocked, disgusted and I feel violated

by berylblue in

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i have spent the last few days reading all the information about the wts on the internet.

i am shocked.

appalled.

jesussaves

Berylblue,

WELCOME! No matter what you choose to do now, you'll find support here. I've been out almost six years. But it took a long time coming! I'll be looking for your posts.

Tiffany

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JWs Must Give Up KISSING - NOW!

by Francois in

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friends

please direct your attention to the current issue of discovery magazine.

as we all know, there is considerable exchange of this precious bodily fluid among people who kiss, i.e., everyone.

of course among jws that's supposed to include only the married or soon to be.

jesussaves

Here is the article from discover.com. Do a search on plasma and saliva and you'll pull the article right up

R&D News of science, medicine, and technology

Beyond Breathalyzer

by Fenella Saunders

When police in the United States pull over a driver on suspicion of "driving under the influence," about half the time that influence turns out to be illegal drugs. Proving the presence of drugs requires a blood test that takes weeks to analyze. So LifePoint, a medical diagnostics company in California, has developed a way to test for up to 10 drugs in five minutes by examining saliva.

"Basically your saliva is made from plasma, the liquid portion of blood," says Linda Masterson, president of LifePoint. Measuring the drug levels in spit, along with its acidity, can provide an accurate read of the dose present in a person's bloodstream. LifePoint's device uses a pump to draw saliva into 10 columns, each containing an antibody that reacts with a specific drug. If any of that substance is present, the antibody binds to the drug and releases a fluorescent compound. This process, invented by the Navy, was used to search for airborne particles from chemical weapons during the Gulf War. LifePoint's Impact system has undergone pilot trials in 10 countries and is now being tested in the United States.

RELATED WEB SITES:

"Beyond Breathalyzer." See more details about the device at www.lifepointinc.com.

To learn more about the technology behind the LifePoint device, see the U.S. patents by Frances S. Ligler, et al.: "Flow Immunosensor Method and Apparatus," February 2, 1993, patent number 5,183,740. "Flow Immunosensor Apparatus," June 12, 2001, patent number 6,245,296. Both are available at techtransfer.nrl.navy.mil/intellectual.php or www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html.

Frances S. Ligler's Web page has more on optical biosensors: cbmsews1.nrl.navy.mil/fsl.

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Did Anyone Ever Like The Dramas?

by minimus in

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friends

at the district convention, the highlight was always said to be the dramas.

did you really look forward to them?

was there one that ever stood out?

jesussaves

I actually liked the dramas. Especially the ones that had everyone in costume. Compared to the rest of the boring convention, the drama was always the high point for me (after the lunch break/single's mingle).

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Are You A Happy "Apostate"?

by minimus in

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since you've left the "truth", are you now, finally, happy?

jesussaves

I am a happy ex-JW. I do have to also agree with Stinkypantz though. There are times when I really miss my JW friends and wonder what their lives are like. I have all new friends now, but there's something about the people you spent your childhood with. My family is another issue. My family is so dysfunctional that them shunning me is a blessing (only a few of them actually shun me). I had a lot of issues as a JW, so I can honestly say that I'm happier now than I ever was while I was in.