Posts by Kep

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Competing In the name of Jehovah!

by Beck_Melbourne in

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friends

inspired while posting on another thread, i was wondering, have you ever competed with other jws to get recognition or favour??

i can remember as a kid, being in a book study group with other kids, and when it came time to give an answer that kids could cope with...all kiddie sized hands would fly up and we'd all look at each other in the hope that it was our hand that got chosen.

i remember some kids would burst into tears if they didn't get chosen...and others would scowl or quickly go about looking for the next answer.

Kep

Hi Beck,
Yeah I remember as a kid trying to get my answer.

My sister and I would compete to answer.

I used to try and make her laugh when she got picked.

Trouble was I would get caught and a clip over the ear came my way.

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How BIG was YOUR JW book-bag?

by Scully in

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friends

when i was replying to nicolas' question in another thread, i used the following scripture to show why jws are always so tired:"the scribes and the pharisees have seated themselves in the seat of moses.

therefore all the things they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds, for they say but do not perform.

they bind up heavy loads and put them upon the shoulders of men, but they themselves are not willing to budge them with their finger.

Kep

Haha Beck, yep, I was guilty of the same as your ex.
I had to take 2 bags to the meetings.
One huge bugger with all the accounts info etc, plus my normal briefcase that had my meeting crap in it.
Then for the field I had this other bag, and that was a bit of a whopper, it had truckloads of stuff in it, very impressive but oh so heavy.
Just thinking about when you would go with your mum Vi, I used to love Field Service as a kid, why ?? So I could run up to the door and push the doorbell. How sad is that !!

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If your salvation was dependent on Karaoke....

by VioletAnai in

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friends

which song would you give your absolute best - standing ovation - performance?.

i would sing green day's waiting.....i can sing that really good...i'd be guaranteed a place in paradise!!!!!!!!!!!.

you've been a bad boy, go to my room

Kep

Hi ya Vi,
I would be singing Little River Band - Cool Change.
Maybe we could do a duet....
Then we might end up on the GB
Kep

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My brother and cousin...

by mindfield in

well, good news.

i know i wrote an earlier post in which i said my brother and cousin no longer attended meetings.

my cousin did stop attending meetings.

Kep

That's great, I wish I had the balls and courage to do that when I was that age.
Also, there are plenty more fish in the sea.
Take care.
Kep

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Long-distance Relationships?

by mindfield in

i'd like to ask for a tidbit of advice... if you don't mind!

being the inexperienced 18-year old that i am, and with the close-minded parents that i have, it can be hard to find some good, reliable advice.

so here's my dilemna.

Kep

mindfield,

Hopefully this one has gone to your email.

Cheers

Kep

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Ex JW Support Group - any suggestions?

by Beck_Melbourne in

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friends

i just thought i'd put this to the multitude and invite your suggestions or some feedback, as i am thinking about forming a support group for ex jw people in my area.

my motive is based on my own experience when exiting the borg...and how isolated and lonely i felt when i left.

i was lucky enough to have one family member who had left the borg a few years before me.

Kep

Beck,
I think that is a great idea and obviously one that can be beneficial to the newly departed.
As many of us have experienced it can be a hard road to travel and having this board has been of help.
As some have mentioned it could be a rather daunting task, and yet we know how it feels to be out in the cold.
I would like to do something similar, but time is something I don't have and so I have a few close exJW friends I associate with.
I hope you can arrange something and use the suggestions already posted.
Good on ya !!
Kep

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What changes ?

by happy man in

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do you want, in the jw religion, and can you thinking of going back if they come?

Kep

NEVER!!!
They may change as much as I want, but I would never go back.
You get treated like like, and then are expected to go back for more??
Doubt it !!
Kep

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When you leave?

by lv4fer in

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friends

when you leave the borg.

to any other church?

start your own?

Kep

I didn't go anywhere.
I had to get my life back together.
My issues were with god and so the thought of going to another church reviled me.
I didn't want anything to do with god, and so to start my own church was never a thought.
I don't miss any fellowship with christians despite the fact that I learnt my issues were not with god but the borg.
Now, I feel what is important for me is a one to one relationship with god.

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