Topics Started by LaurenM

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Getting Married to a Non-JW
by LaurenM in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i just got engaged to my boyfriend of over a year.

my jw parents still don't know about him.

i'm currently faded, so they know i'm not a practicing jw, but i am baptized.
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My Boyfriend's Family Wants to Meet Mine (My Parent's are JWs) Help!
by LaurenM in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i have been "faded" for approximately 2.5 years.

my parents know i haven't attended a meeting in quite some time, but don't know that i have been dating a guy for about eight months.

we really love each other and his family is super sweet.
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Is this a normal JW practice? Warning, this will be a bit graphic.
by Sequoia in
1. jw
2. experiences
this post may be disturbing and i apologize, but i'm just trying to find out if this is a practice the jw teaches.

i was taken advantage of by a guy claiming to be a jw preacher.

he took me to his house supposedly so i could give his daughter piano lessons, and then he basically forced himself on me while telling me he was in love with me and wanted to marry me.
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Watchtower Annulled My Baptism
by RICHT in
1. jw
2. experiences
contrary to popular belief you can have your baptism annulled as i did by my local elders after my judicial hearing.. the watchtower of 1964 page 126 first paragraph clearly states that anyone that was committing a gross sin before, during and after their baptism is void.

in order to get right with the lord you would need to be re-baptised.

err no thanks, i'm not a believer!!!!.
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Now I'm Convinced There Probably Is No God
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
yesterday i made a visit to the museum in my city.

the top floor is the planetarium, which has a connecting room with a huge dome ceiling where they project lessons and lectures and you have a 360 view of the night sky etc.. this particular lecture explained about our galaxy, and how it's only one of billions in the universe.

and then we learned about each planet, some of their moons and the sun.
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JWs Excited Trump Won
by LaurenM in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am incredibly disturbed.

many of the jws i'm still friends with on facebook are incredibly excited that trump won the american presidential race, posting, "yay!

i'm so happy!
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Question for Christians: What Religion are You Now?
by LaurenM in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i know many on here are atheist.

but for the christians on here...what religion are you now that you are no longer a jw?

i'm still undecided as to whether i believe in god.
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I'm Going to Break Up with My Boyfriend Today
by LaurenM in
1. social
2. relationships
so like the title suggests, i'm going to break up with my boyfriend today.

it's for several reasons, but mostly because i'm not prepared for a relationship.

i need to grow and learn what it's like to be me now that i'm not a jw and learn how to love myself so i don't make the person i am with miserable.
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Cold war on homefront!
by LifesNotOver in
1. jw
2. friends
a few months back i let it be known to my husband that i was no longer interested in anything jw related.

when he took it to the elders, without actually divulging anything that might get me disfellowshipped like apostasy - well, he just basically told them i was all depressed and discouraged and everything and that i didn't want to be contacted by the elders about it.

i don't know what he actually told them, word for word, or what they actually said to him word for word, but he told me they told him not to do anything spiritual with me at home anymore - no bible study, praying, daily text, meetings via phone, jw broadcasting, discussions, etc.
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Jehovah Created Animal "Kinds" - The Numbers Don't Match Up?
by LaurenM in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
1. the creation story taken literally: god created all "kinds".

from jw.org: what is a kind?

: the biblical “kinds” seem to constitute divisions of life-forms wherein each division allows for cross-fertility within its limits.