Welcome to the group. It was nice to hear you love your wife and families as well. Approach this with that in mind. Think about how you would want to be taught the truth about the truth. Keeping your family in a dangerous cult is not good. Be patient and move slowly and gently.
whathappened
JoinedPosts by whathappened
-
33
Losing Faith
by cappytan ini've always been a "spiritual" person.
i've been an avid bible reader since as early as i can remember.
i read the bible cover to cover for the first time when i was about 17 years old and have read it at least twice more since then.
-
-
-
38
Decided to sign up...
by campaign of hate inso i decided to sign up after many years of lurking.
started researching after finding out about ray franz, which inevitably brought me to this site.. i'm still well and truly inn, but don't want to give any information out, i'm sure you guys know the reasons.. since "jay double you .
org" came online, there has been a definite sense of hysteria with everyone who is "inn", and i get a feeling it's going to get a whole lot crazier as the years press on.. one point i would like to raise is that i feel, without a doubt, that 2034 is going to be the new finish line.
-
-
whathappened
Welcome! Nice to have you here! -
13
Arranged Marriages by Jehovahs Witnesses
by Atlantis ina reporter did a story on arranged marriages in canada.
lady lee's story is at the top http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/against-their-will/ .
.. .. atlantis!.
-
-
whathappened
Where I was living ( in the 1970's in St. Louis, MO), if you dated someone you were "expected" to marry them. If you dated someone and broke up with them you would be accused of toying with your brother/sister's affection and you got a bad reputation. If one broke an engagement...forget it! We were told dating was for the purpose of marriage.
They were really hard on Ministerial Servants and pioneers. One of the young brothers was dating an elder's daughter and after the third date was asked by the elders, "you are going to marry her, aren't you?". He had just gotten out of Bethel and she was the first girl he had ever dated! He did marry her quickly but they never seemed happy to me.
-
28
WTF... what happened? or - I'm old and hate change
by undercover ini leave you people alone for one holiday, and you go and change the whole dern place around.
i can't find anything, don't recognize anything, i'm lost... wait, i sound like my grandfather... .
why, would you look what you've done to the place.
-
-
whathappened
This is taking some time getting used to. This format is more modern looking and I love the like button. It is nice to be able to preview what the topic is about before clicking on it. I am 60 and it is challenging adjusting to the changes. -
3
Love the new format Now how about J-W Broadcasting
by Slidin Fast init is wonderful how the apostate community is moving on.
oh how blessed we are.
we now need a monthly broadcast from simon.
-
-
whathappened
Slidenfast: Simon can be an ungoverning body member then. -
13
new look site--new username
by stan livedeath inhi folks---i used to be bigmac---but i couldnt get past the doorman on here--so now i'm stan livedeath.
-
-
whathappened
Hope everyone makes it through the change! I would hate to lose all there'wonderful contacts here. -
13
New Forum Layout
by Awake at last ini suffer from depression and have also been diagnosed with asperger's syndrome, so it is not surprising that about 20 minutes ago i was feeling very depressed about the new look of my favourite ex jw forum, that is, this one.
i have been living under a rock obviously because i had no idea any change was about to happen.. now i am beginning to understand how it works, everything is ok or soon will be.
i like the like button and have already used it once.. now you understand why i left the borg.
-
-
whathappened
Thank you for pointing out the LIKE button. That is what I was wishing for. We need a tutorial on how to find things. -
17
Thanks!
by Lightgrowsbrighter inthanks to all of the friends here at jwn who commented and encouraged me on my 1st and 2nd post.
it was pointed out that my 1st post was on page 5 of the recent elders thread and that i should properly introduce myself with a new thread.
the lightgrowsbrighter name is somewhat of play on words.
-
-
whathappened
By calling what you said "apostacy" he ended the unpleasant conversation, didn't he? Their love and caring is totally conditional on you towing the line. I was shunned before I left simply because I was a singe white sister in an almost all black congregation and wasn't a pioneer.
-
40
How Long Have You Been Here?
by minimus in12 years for me and before i actually became a member, i looked at this site (jwd) for a few months..
-
-
whathappened
This is actually my exact 4 year anniversary on JWN!
-
40
How Long Have You Been Here?
by minimus in12 years for me and before i actually became a member, i looked at this site (jwd) for a few months..
-
-
whathappened
Four wonderful fun filled years for me! I love this group of people!