There's nothing like reconnecting with friends you made when you were young. I don't think you ever make bonds like that again in life or have too many opportunities later in life to share such camaraderie with others. I'm glad you went and it was uplifting for you.
exwhyzee
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Reunion- Stepping Back to a Time Before All the JW Stuff Started
by OnTheWayOut inalthough i was exposed to the jw's as a child as the only religion i knew, i was not a jw until i got out of the navy as a conscientious objector.
so i was typical "worldly" when i hit 18 out of high school and i got to see the world before personal catastrophy involving heavy drinking made me turn to the lies that i thought were "the truth.
" so just over 30 years ago, i got the special privilege of serving as the original crew of a brand new ship with a crew slightly over 200. i served 5 years on the "uss worldly" and then left to become a jw.. when you are the first crew, you learn together how to use that ship, how to run things smoothly.
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exwhyzee
Nope...neither my wife or I ever wound up on the cover of Disfellowshipped! magazine or even so much as posed for the cover of it's semi monthly companion... Disassociated! .
We managed to fade out successfuly. My last time in a K.H. was a Memorial. After attending the same Hall regularly for over 25 years, it took them nearly 3 years before anyone came looking for us...they knew better. It was the new C.O who arrived one rainy Saturday morning unannounced and I filled him in on what caused us to leave...really gave him an earful. He slunk away and we haven't heard a thing from them since.
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Thinking about meeting with the elders...might record, any tips for hiding a recorder?
by Jon Preston inive been speaking with my wife and she feels that its the honest thing to do and just meet with the elders and tell them my thoughts and doubts.
not to rejoin but da if i want.
she brought out that its rude of us for them to expect us to do parts and think alls well, and the.
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Are we in Spiritual Darkness? According too our love ones.
by jam inwhat would happen if you were able to have a sat down.
with one of your love ones still in the borg.i was told i'm.
blind to spiritual matters, satan have control of my mind.
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exwhyzee
If JW's are the only ones with The truth and if Satan is in control of the world and Christendom is his empire and he is responsible for spiritual blindness, how could anyone ever become a JW in the first place ?
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Who loves a good laugh? Comedy thread.
by FlyingHighNow inpost some comedy.
we all need to laugh.
i'll start with:.
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JW lifestyle is the best way to live!
by FL_Panthers inbeing a jw is amazing!
who agrees with me??.
the jw is a protection from the world.
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exwhyzee
Ships are safer when they are kept tied up to a pier...but that's not what ships were made for.
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There are some questions I have had about the JWs view "post-Armaggeddon"
by booker-t ini have always wondered how jws believe about "post-armaggeddon" earth.
question#1 how will jws survivors bury all of the dead bodies.
with about 4 billion people on earth today how can 8 million jw(1/2 of them children and babies) bury all of those dead bodies?
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exwhyzee
Back in 1974 when everyone was on pins and needles about the start of the Tribulation. I remember a middle aged brother commenting at the Watchtower study saying "Scientists have seen a worldwide increase in carrion birds in the last few years and we know that this is how Jehovah will take care of the dead after Armageddon."
The Study Conductor said "There's no proof of any such thing, lets restrict our comments to the information in the paragraph."
You could have heard a pin drop.
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There are some questions I have had about the JWs view "post-Armaggeddon"
by booker-t ini have always wondered how jws believe about "post-armaggeddon" earth.
question#1 how will jws survivors bury all of the dead bodies.
with about 4 billion people on earth today how can 8 million jw(1/2 of them children and babies) bury all of those dead bodies?
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exwhyzee
Just like after the flood when Jehovah made the 2 Kangaroos on the Ark hop their way to the Indian ocean and swim south to Austrailia before multiplying, he'll make sure that each of the non JW's to be slaughtered, digs a hole for themselves before he kills them. The next person in line to be killed will fill in the hole for the person before him, and so on and so on. There may be a special loving provision that alows parents to dig holes for their little children or elderly family members before he kills them.
Didn't Hitler do something like that when he first got into the human extermination biz?
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What was the most rebellious thing you did while you were a devout jw?
by DuvanMuvan ini was just thinking about how humans being imperfect and satan's influence was the root of everything bad that anyone has ever done.
well i know that apparently everyone is vulnerable which got me thinking about what "bad" things people have done while they were a jw.
i'll start it off.
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exwhyzee
My wife and I grew up as JW's and missed out on everything. Although we continued with it well into adulthood, we both suspected that much of the restrictions we lived under were completely unnecessary. We allowed our boys to join the local youth basketball league when they were in elementary school and later the Jounior and Senior high school swim team and wrestling team. They enjoyed it immensely and benefited socially from it. Even though we had to sort of keep it on the down low and got the stink eye from different ones who knew, we ever regretted it or doubted ourselves. None of the elders dared to give us any grief about it.
Evil Monsters that we were, we also used to do something special for them on thier "birth date" even if it was only to bring them home a chocolate eclair and a little gift and give them a rundown of the events the night they were born. We allowed them to go to the Highschool Prom and our youngest Son was the Homecoming King in his Senior year.
We were jilted out of our childhoods in many ways and even though we're now free of the Watchtower's stranglehold on our personal relationship with God, we do have regrets about not having gotten out sooner but at least we can feel good that our boys didn't have their youths totally spoiled by it all.
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Don't Let Your JW Past Keep You Down!
by minimus ini know many who were witnesses hate their past, their decisions, their wasted time.. but you know what??
it's not so bad now.
at least we are out, either mentally, physically or both.. and now, we know better!.
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exwhyzee
I think the thing that makes it hard for some X-JW's to move on is because there is no one who will admit to, or take any responsibility for the damage the organizations mistakes have caused them. It's a faceless machine, no one claims to write the articles or set the policies or feels any need to explain themselves even in the face of overwhelming evidence that millions have had their lives and families forever altered after being involved with JW's. Once you leave or are asked to leave, it's as if your past never existed. You are in a no man's land.
I used to wonder why former Witnesses used to picket outside Assemblies, because it made them appear so imbalanced. But now I realize that back in the day, before the Internet, they had no other voice and had to resort to drastic means to quell the anger they felt over the wrongs that had been done to them. At least we can "vent" here and we are somewhat vindicated by the negative exposure the Watchtower Society has been experiencing lately.
If they'd just once admit in their literature or from the platform that they did mislead people with their past prophecies and that serious damage indeed has been done to those who were wronged by their policies, most of us could complete the healing process and they'd never hear a word about it, from us again. We'd have the satisfaction that our former friends and family members would know that we had a legitimate reason for our actions and we aren't simply being rebellious, uncooperative or under the influence of Satan.