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  Questions for BANE, SCHOLAR, and All Jehovah's Witnesses!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  you don't have to answer all of them at once.

  i would be happy to see your answers to any of these questions.. remember, the inspired apostle peter gave this direction in the holy scriptures: "always [be] ready to make a defense before everyone that demands of you a reason for the hope in you, but doing so together with a mild temper and deep respect.

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  Thor

  Bane,

  I just read many of your posts and I must say you are amusing.

  The only excuse I can come up with for your behavior is that you are young and inexperienced.

  As you grow and mature you will begin to understand things that you are not able to comprehend yet.

  There has been much going back and forth here and it all seems pretty silly, you just need to grow up and quit thinking about these things as a competition.

  You can be happy with your faith, just like millions of other people on this earth, but you don't need to cram your faith down other peoples throats. The Jesus you claim to follow would never act like that.

  Try reading the bible and take notice of how Jesus treated other human beings and emulate his attitude.

  One more thing that might help you deal with your emotions would be to talk to your local elders and your CO, show them your writings on this site and maybe they could help put your mind at ease.

  It just seems like you are very agitated and could use some help from someone you trust.

  May you find peace!
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  My First Post

  by today in

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  i've been visiting this forum everyday, reading and waiting patiently for approval to post.

  i've never been a jw.

  my husband and daughter are.

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  Thor

  Hello and welcome!!

  My husband and I are new here too. We are very sorry to learn of your troubles! While reading through all the good replies you have received, I liked the advice that Mad Sweeney gave to try to make "life at home way more appealing and happy than life at the kingdom hall".

  If life at home can be relaxing and without pressure, it would be in contrast to life at the kingdom hall, where you are basically told that you are not good enough and are given a lot of pressure to "do better".

  We wish you success! Just give your two kids all the love and attention that they deserve!

  Mrs Thor
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  Did You Screw Up Your Kids Because Of Being A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  are they ok now?.

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  Both of our kids were raised in, and yes that did screw them up to a degree. We believe that both are doing pretty good now.

  Things come up in conversations now and then that make us feel sad and sorry for the pain we caused them. Even though they say we are forgiven.

  Primarily the school years were the toughest, they had to stand out as the weird kids that could never do many of the normal things the other kids did. Looking back we realize that they missed out on the normal relationship building skills that most people learn as they interact with their peers in the early years.

  In some ways we wish we could turn back time and do it over but we cant.

  They are great people and successful, so who knows what could have happened good or bad, you cant change the past. They are such awesome people we must have done something right.

  Some of the things we do feel good about are, they know that they were loved unconditionally their whole lives. We were always a close family and had fun together. We never cut our relatives out of our lives and in fact had maintained a good relationship with our extended family. We also always believed in higher education and encouraged our kids to work toward college from elementary school on. Our son graduated and is happy in his career and our daughter has one year left.

  Right after we left they had no friends of course but our son has now made many friends and our daughter is starting to as well. They both have good relationships with their significant others as well.

  We are the ones with the friend problems but there is always hope.

  So all we can do is go forward and make sure we are the best parents we can be to our children.
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  Alone?

  by chron82 in

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  i just wanted to introduce myself.

  my name is chris and i'm on my way out of the only "society" i've known.. i was raised a witness and have been a ministerial servant for a while now.

  i recently notified the elder body that i will be stepping down and it will soon be official.

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  Welcome Chris!

  It is exciting to join the group. It's also exciting to start a new life with out all the control.

  Enjoy yourself and try not to worry too much, things have a way of working out for the best.
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  audio CO talk

  by man in black in

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  this was sent to me this morning,.

  thanks jake !.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tovqh0mlolq.

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  Thor

  When we studied we were told that the ones who sold their homes and property we running ahead of the org. and not waiting on Jehovah. We were also told that our kids would probably never make it to school age, the end was that close.

  That was in 1983.

  Hmmmm

  Now that our kids are in their twenties I'm glad we didn't listen to the counsel about higher education, and encouraged them to get their degrees.
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  How Were YOU Viewed By Other Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  what was your reputation?

  were you viewed as "mature", "worldly", or "exemplary"?

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  I guess I was not mature since I was never an MS, Elder , or pioneer.

  Not exemplary since my kids went to college, and my hours sucked. And not being exemplary was the reason I was not allowed to even run a mic like the little kids.

  Not worldly, never did anything really wrong and made almost all the meetings.

  So I guess I don't know what I was. Maybe a drone.
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  Please join me in Celebrating...I'm no longer

  by onemore in

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  celebrate good times,come on!

  (let's celebrate).

  celebrate good times, come on!

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  Awesome!

  It must feel wonderful.

  Good for you!
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  A Very Solomn Warning!

  by wannabe in

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  a very solemn warning!.

  how many people today really understand the bible?

  would we believe that, some or any, for that matter, of the mainline religious leader's of christendom's great system of religion, understand the bible well enough to teach it to their flock's?

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  I will obey
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  Hello

  by Thor in

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  my wife and i have been lurking here for almost three years now and finally decided to join!.

  we were in the borg for over twenty years.

  we came in together as a couple and we left all together as a family of four.

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  moshe- My preaching never produced results. I never wanted return visits or studies. I worked six days a week and had no time for that which just added to the guilt trip.

  Mrs Thor had some studies over the years but no one ever came in to the "truth". We were in our last hall for twenty two years and we saw maybe two people come in from the territory so no one was having results. I always felt sorry for the pioneers wasting all their time out in service.

  I really don't know what "the friends" think about us. I'm sure they wonder what happened because we appeared to be a steady on family. When ever we run into the "friends" its just brief pleasantries and that's it. Its really strange that they don't bring anything up about us being gone. But no one is inviting us over for dinner or anything either.

  Last week when I came to work I found two magazines and an invitation on the ground in front of the door. The invitation had a note on it saying they missed us and to come visit sometime. This was from an old friend in a different cong. Funny thing is, we have not heard from this couple in years and they could call or come in any time, but decided to come by when they knew we were closed.

  This is one problem we have. We have a small retail business so they can contact us any time and there isn't much we can do about it.

  As far as them thinking we still feel its the "truth", I think our absence would show what we think. If we were just weak we would come once in a while or at least to the memorial, which we have missed for three years now. We have not set foot in a kingdom hall for almost three years and it makes me feel ill to even think about it.

  We are non confrontational people and we are glad to have them just leave us alone.

  Mrs & Mrs Thor
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  Making the leap - lurker to member - Hello!

  by Hadit in

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  ive been lurking here for the past couple of months since i started researching the organization.

  i dont have many people to talk to and its been a saving grace to read your posts.. i dont really know where to start so here i go.

  its been a long journey getting here and it looks as if i still have a long ways to go to get somewhere healthy, stable and strong.

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  Thor

  Dear Hadit

  Hello and welcome from us newcomers as well!

  You made a good choice joining this forum. Good for you that it took months rather than years like it did for us.

  We are so sorry for your situation, we hope it gets better very soon!

  Hang in there!

  Mr & Mrs Thor