Topics Started by Gemmel

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The Anointed Apostate: the Remarkable Sister Pettifog
by TerryWalstrom in
1. jw
2. experiences
(on the anniversary of my jw best friend's death, i've reached into my archive to replay this incident in his honor)

the remarkable sister *pettifog*.

this morning i arrived on my bicycle at the local starbucks early and took up a seat at the outdoor table in the fresh air.. that’s when it happened--a group of 3 older ladies at one of the other tables outside rose to leave and one of them walked over to my table and spoke directly to me.
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Family is now reaping what they sowed and they don't like it.
by Gemmel in
1. jw
2. experiences
i resigned from the jw's in my 20's over 30 years ago, i was immediately shunned by my entire family and it's remained that way with a few exceptions ever since.

one of those exceptions was being contacted by a cousin a few years back and during that conversation i discovered that my mother had been and still was the prime mover in my complete and continuing shunning.

i then used what contacts i had left to confirm it.
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Older JW: not happy
by Gorbatchov in
1. jw
2. friends
this week i visited my sick father in law.. then an old elder from my far away congregation came in for coffee.

did not see him in 15 years.. nice chat.

had a lot to say, is alone, his sick wife disabled and away from home.. he told me: "living alone is so hard.
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Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?
by Issa in
1. jw
2. friends
i left the jw organization last year during summer.

maybe some of you can relate.

who of you are agnostic or an atheist?
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What Made You Decide To Finally Leave The Organization?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
was there one certain event or was it more a cumulative thing?.
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Just wrote my DA letter....
by dubstepped in
1. jw
2. friends
my wife and i planned on fading but the elders now want a shepherding call and we are just done.

i know that many play the game to try to stay in, but i'm not a game player and neither is my wife.

our families already shun us because we reached out to a disfellowshipped family member.
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Aussie Good Neighbours give the lie to the "Spirit of The World"
by BluesBrother in
1. jw
2. friends
sorry about the mistaken false post and it would not do an edit...the post is to show this video which is similar to what i saw on t v .

http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national/-/watch/23857523/volunteers-descend-on-brisbane/.

now what does the wt say in the case of disaster, that the world only helps themselves and selfishness and opportunism rule .
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G'day from Oz - My Story part II ;)
by Gemmel in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi all, (i posted most of this last night on the end of the other thread then realised no one knew it was there).

thanks for all the words of support and understanding, no one who hasn't been in a cult can really understand it.. i didn't mention names or locations in the story so that the jw lurkers couldn't find my familly who are still in the jw's but now speak to me.

which has only happened in the last few years.
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little cantleave wants to say hi
by nugget in
1. jw
2. friends
my son wants to say hi to everyone on the forum.

as one of the main drivers to us exiting the cult he is very excited about never going to a meeting again.. if i knew how to load pictures i would let you see his plan for christmas lights next year.

apparently we are having a sleigh with reigndeers.
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G'day from Oz - My Story
by Gemmel in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi, i've been lurking for a few days reading the site, interesting stuff ;).

i've been out of the org for 23 years, i was 27 i left an agnostic and became an atheist many years ago.

i knew i was going to leave for 7 years before i did but had stayed in because i didn't want to hurt my family, it hadn't occurred to me that they might shun me.