Topics Started by Velour

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Hello
by Coxy1970 in
1. jw
2. experiences
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I have decided that I am a now a "No-Hova Witness", how about you?
by Wasanelder Once in
1. jw
2. friends
i've gone from being indifferent to becoming an full fledge non believer in anything much.

i guess i'm now a "no-hova" witness.

there's nothing about the wt or the bible for that matter that holds any importance in my life or death.
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Do they announce when a pioneer steps down at your hall?
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. friends
during the announcements they stop to bring up an elder and he states " hairy mary is no longer a pioneer" (not a real name) in a tone very similar to a disfellowshipping.

i have heard it twice now but only from the hall my wife attends now.. anyone else hear of this?.
3
A day in the life of a fader...
by onemore in
1. jw
2. friends
so, the day is almost over, its going to be sunday in the next 2 hours.

how did i spend my saturday now that im out of the organization....well... .

after watching sponge bob, i went to the gym and had a nice workout, on my way home...i saw a few jws on field service.... later i met with my brother to look at some used car, after grabbing a bite, guess what?
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Update: I got the shun at my dad's funeral- the best outcome really!!
by Coffee House Girl in
1. jw
2. friends
hello all jwn .

so glad to have that over with- it was surreal to walk in the kh after two years...it is just a building to me now (not "jehovah's house").

i must say that now i'm on the outside...what a boring sad building- the people were not joyful and friendly (just older and fatter than i remember)- i got the nervous stares and shaky "hi" when i looked at all of them and said hello.. my mom was sitting all by herself in the front row of the hall...i went and sat by her side.
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I could really use some advice :(
by FifthOfNovember in
1. social
2. relationships
okay, here's some background information.. my girlfriend is in a program at a college about 30 minutes away.

she can only come home on the weekends and i usually go over once a week to visit.

there is a guy there that she hangs out with quite a bit, she's mentioned how he is really nice and funny.
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Was there anything different about you that helped you escape the WT?
by Giordano in
1. jw
2. experiences
for me i know it was because i was a reader.. i began reading books at the age of 13, this was in the 1950's.

because there were some serious family problems i had two escapes i could count on reading and associating with my friends at the kingdom hall.. as i devoured steinbeck, hemingway, wolf etc.

my world view expanded....it had to.
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How Did You Deal With God Destroying Non-Witness Relatives that You Loved?
by DNCall in
1. jw
2. friends
startfragment.

so many of my non-witness relatives were, and are, good people.

i had to do something to deal with the likelihood of their being destroyed.. those i was close to in the faith, and i, had the hope that, sometime before the end, some issue would arise that would wake up our relatives and other loved ones to the realization that they had to come into the fold.
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Anniversary of my mums death....the JW robbed me of time with her and I cant forgive them.
by Pams girl in
1. jw
2. friends
its been 2 years.

she was lying in intensive care (i didnt know she only had a few days left)...... building up to the bloody convention in cardiff millenium stadium.

yap yap yap we can take you yap yap, you need to be there yap yap, oh my head was all over the place.
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never looked at your names till now
by Found Sheep in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the down side of having a name like raveen is that names don't mean anything to me.

all people become nothing... any odd name people undesrsand?

i was called she... you... not my name for most of my life... that made me not care what your name was.... so i don't know people i want to know!!!