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  My Star Trek weekend

  by Lady Lee in

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  2. friends

  well i didn't feel like going out in the heat so stayed home to watch all 11 star trek movies.. i have loved star trek since the first series.

  it was one show my jw husband and i enjoyed.. when the movies started coming out i saw them all and collected them on vhs.

  now i have traded those in for dvds.. so i am trekked out.. i have been to a couple of star trek conventions - really weird to see people dressed up as klingons.

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  Soldier77

  Well, I was gonna say something about you being a Star Trek fan, but I'm the same way for The Lord of The Rings so I can't! As in I've read every book from Tolkien about TLOTR.

  Glad you enjoyed your weekend Lee!
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  spent all day in service on saturday

  by chickpea in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the small town i live in (pop 1600) has a regular.

  event every 5 years called "homecoming" that.

  beckons everyone smart enough to have escaped.

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  Soldier77

  I too thought that you wasted a day in FIELD service... whew, so happy for you that you are actually helping the community!
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  and the story continues...

  by Soldier77 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ...last night i had a conversation with mom about being inactive.

  i knew it was coming since i haven't seen them for a little while and they came to visit for a few weeks.

  well, last night was the meeting... and of course, her husband goes, she doesn't (due to abuse in her childhood involving sra within the kh in another country), and asked if i was going.

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  Soldier77

  Thanks moshe, indeed it is and I don't know how long more I can do it. It's just too taxing on my psyche, I've got more important things to worry about. Like living my life without the bullshit!
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  Emotional pain

  by gutted in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey gang,.

  just wanted to share the last few days have been very painful.

  seems like my one friend who i shared my doubts with is distancing himself.

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  Soldier77

  GUTTED! I'm here for ya bro! The feelings you're going through are valid and I think it is a normal process of it coming up. I too feel the guilt surface every once in a while (especially with the folks down for a few weeks). But it goes away quickly when I think of all of the things I've learned in the last 6 months or so.

  I'm sorry you are having those nightmares. I haven't had many if any about going back, but I have had a lot of dreams where I was being shunned by my family again. Those are the sickening ones. I actually refuse to go into a KH, I literally will get sick if I do.

  Keep hanging in there and if anything, know that you will get support coming here on bad days to vent.
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  and the story continues...

  by Soldier77 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ...last night i had a conversation with mom about being inactive.

  i knew it was coming since i haven't seen them for a little while and they came to visit for a few weeks.

  well, last night was the meeting... and of course, her husband goes, she doesn't (due to abuse in her childhood involving sra within the kh in another country), and asked if i was going.

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  Soldier77

  More to add...

  Both my mom and her husband went to the Sunday meeting and when they came home they did the typical "love bombing". Comments made were, oh everyone was asking for you, everyone wants to know where you've been, Elder X is going to give you a call to encourage you.

  That last one struck a nerve. I told her that if I wanted encouragement from an elder I'd call him myself and ask for it. This elder is the same one that knows what is going on with the bullshit in the congregation and can't do a damn thing about it because the CoBE and CO basicly told him to drop it and STFU.

  Oh and they went into telling me how great of a public talk it was on history of JW's. Funny how they said that the speaker brought out that a lot of what JWs believe are the same as the Second Adventist. I told them, yup, I knew that, thought it was pretty funny how the speaker went into it. In fact, my mom's husband said that he has given that talk before and the outline definitely does not go into that at all.

  I feel like screaming at them, HELLO! WAKE UP!
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  Further developments in my JC

  by teel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  short review: the elders "invited" me to a friendly chat with 3 elders.

  i told them since it's about my official status with jw's i request an official invitation in writing.

  they denied it, and went ahead and kept the jc without me, notifying me that i'm df'd and if i want to appeal, send it in writing (btw: .

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  All you need to do is grab some guy, tell him to wear a suit, and bring a notepad, pen, and recorder (hidin) and have him just sit there and observe. Watch them squirm!
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  Your favorite JW'isms...."Brother leave it in Jehovah's hands" Post yours.

  by UnConfused in

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  2. beliefs

  bring back the memories.

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  Soldier77

  anointed remnant

  publisher in good standing

  this worldly system of things is at its end

  Armageddon is at our doorstep!

  "special pioneer" (hell any of the "pioneer" types)

  Jehovah will clear it up in his own time. (well, his timetable and mine aren't syncing, so no, sorry, not waiting for a thousand years to start/end)
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  Imagine a WT Paradise Earth with over 100 Billion People- Not!

  by moshe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for years the wt has claimed that only 20 billion people have ever lived on the earth- in 1988 they claimed that there would be 1/3 hectare of every person who ever lived, which they said was enough to grow all the food that was needed.

  a more realistic number by the population reference bureau is over 100 billion.

  life in the wt utopia would resemble living in third world slums with just one bowl of food a day.

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  I think one of the more fascinating things I used to believe in was a Paradise Earth scenario. Even when I believed the WTS and its dogma, I couldn't wrap my head around it, it seemed so...fairytale-ish.

  The more I'm researching and digging up things, the more of my belief system is being torn down. I'm trying to do some reconstruction to it as I grow, but not sure if that's possible. Might have to do a full demolition and then rebuild.
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  Further developments in my JC

  by teel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  short review: the elders "invited" me to a friendly chat with 3 elders.

  i told them since it's about my official status with jw's i request an official invitation in writing.

  they denied it, and went ahead and kept the jc without me, notifying me that i'm df'd and if i want to appeal, send it in writing (btw: .

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  I love how you make them work their asses off even though they've already made the decision to DF.
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  I've been labelled an apostate over Paedophile scandal - official

  by James_Slash in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i recieved this e-mail earlier today after making an issue out of the paedophile problem on my facebook page.

  obviously, this person is a jw and someone must have snitched to her.. what did you think?.

  hope you are well.

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  Soldier77

  I'd have a hard time not writing her a snippy sarcastic and flaming letter back.

  Apostacy towards the organization, not God or Jesus, is what they're concerned with most. Typical. Sorry you have a shitty friend.