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Getting Back In (yes, its for family) What do I Say on 3rd Try?

by Meadow36 in

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in my last meeting to be re-instated they said for next time figure out which person from the bible i'm most like.

and be ready to tell them what i pray about and how i feel about what i did to jehovah.

being honest , speaking from the heart about jesus forgiving peter and having a hard time answering the prayer question didn't work getting hysterical and nervous-breakdownish at the end didn't help, nor did running out of the hall after saying i could never do any better.

andys

I know this probably isn't the answer you are looking for, for one thing I am never going back to the JW's, what I do instead is I do everything that the Watchtower forbids, I celebrate all the holidays, on my facebook page I have an American Flag as my cover photo and also as my likes I like every single holdiay on my facebook page, also I have my own apostate website: http://www.exjwhelp.com

The reason I do this is everything I have missed out on I want to do, also I want all immideate family to start thinking, if they all see that I have no fear of celebrating holidays, have an American Flag on my facebook page and run an apostate website they will all start to wonder and I hope it gets them all to thinking, in a way I am working very hard to make them think and I always have hopes that someone in the immediate family wakes up to what they are in, also something else you have to think of is what if you go back but then later on one of your other family members wakes up and discovers the truth about the truth and leaves the borg, I would rather in the long run show that I am taking a stand against something that I know is wrong.

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Update on roommate situation, I moved out found my own place:)

by andys in

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hi awhile back i posted about my asian roommate that is from thailand, i made a decision to move out of the house and now am in my own apartment:) i feel that i will be able to much more better control the situation if jw's come to the door, that one time seeing the watchtower and awakes laying out on the coffee table was enough to cause me too much anxiety and now am happy to be on my own and since then the anxiety has gone down and am more relaxed, also something else i learned having a roommate was not the most biggest cost savings, i might even be able to save more money being on my own, it got frustrating at times when i go and buy food and half the food i buy was eaten now i don't have to worry about anyone in the frig in my food:) and another plus am closer to work, work is only 1.5 miles away:).

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andys

Hi awhile back I posted about my asian roommate that is from Thailand, I made a decision to move out of the house and now am in my own apartment:) I feel that I will be able to much more better control the situation if JW's come to the door, that one time seeing the watchtower and awakes laying out on the coffee table was enough to cause me too much anxiety and now am happy to be on my own and since then the anxiety has gone down and am more relaxed, also something else I learned having a roommate was not the most biggest cost savings, I might even be able to save more money being on my own, it got frustrating at times when I go and buy food and half the food I buy was eaten now I don't have to worry about anyone in the frig in my food:) And another plus am closer to work, work is only 1.5 miles away:)

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TTATT

by Iamallcool in

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i have been seeing alot of ttatt lately here on this board.

who started it?

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andys

I have an idea, someone from New York Personalize your license plate that say TTATT.................................

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TTATT

by Iamallcool in

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i have been seeing alot of ttatt lately here on this board.

who started it?

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andys

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When I got home my roommate had Watchtower/Awake/Tracts on coffee table(lol)

by andys in

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today when i got home from doing some volunteer work, the hospital i work for has adobted a section of highway to cleanup, i made a very useful use of my time on a saturday morning, when i get home my roommate has watchtower/awakes and a few tracts laying on the coffee table so i knew the jehovah's witness were here today(lol).

my roommate is from thailand, she is asian and is learning the english language, if she mentions anything about the jw's i am trying to figure out what to tell her, how to approach it if she says something, also just by seeing all that liteature laying there, i have done so well with my anxiety but that just ruined my day, it brought that anger/anxiety back.

andys

An update on my situation my roommate hasn't said anything yet about the JW's coming around, I am going to say something if she does mention it, now that she took the liteture they will be coming around(lol) I am going to suggest meetup.com to her, also just so I eased my anxiety I went out tonight, there is a very popular nightclub where I live, on the weekends you find gay, lesbian, straight at the nightclub, I have so much fun there and always find girls to dance with, I got some awesome dance moves and I found a girl that I really enjoyed dancing with but never got her number but hopefully next time............................................

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When I got home my roommate had Watchtower/Awake/Tracts on coffee table(lol)

by andys in

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today when i got home from doing some volunteer work, the hospital i work for has adobted a section of highway to cleanup, i made a very useful use of my time on a saturday morning, when i get home my roommate has watchtower/awakes and a few tracts laying on the coffee table so i knew the jehovah's witness were here today(lol).

my roommate is from thailand, she is asian and is learning the english language, if she mentions anything about the jw's i am trying to figure out what to tell her, how to approach it if she says something, also just by seeing all that liteature laying there, i have done so well with my anxiety but that just ruined my day, it brought that anger/anxiety back.

andys

I like the suggestion of sending my roommate to jwfacts.com and also since she is the type that is totally into looking for a social circle that treats her like family, is lonely all the time if she don't have people around, all this concerns me the way she is, and I like the idea of using a brochure as a coffee coaster since I am a coffee drinker I'll keep that in mind...........................................

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When I got home my roommate had Watchtower/Awake/Tracts on coffee table(lol)

by andys in

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today when i got home from doing some volunteer work, the hospital i work for has adobted a section of highway to cleanup, i made a very useful use of my time on a saturday morning, when i get home my roommate has watchtower/awakes and a few tracts laying on the coffee table so i knew the jehovah's witness were here today(lol).

my roommate is from thailand, she is asian and is learning the english language, if she mentions anything about the jw's i am trying to figure out what to tell her, how to approach it if she says something, also just by seeing all that liteature laying there, i have done so well with my anxiety but that just ruined my day, it brought that anger/anxiety back.

andys

Today when I got home from doing some volunteer work, the hospital I work for has adobted a section of highway to cleanup, I made a very useful use of my time on a Saturday morning, when I get home my roommate has Watchtower/Awakes and a few tracts laying on the coffee table so I knew the Jehovah's Witness were here today(lol)

My roommate is from Thailand, she is Asian and is learning the English language, if she mentions anything about the JW's I am trying to figure out what to tell her, how to approach it if she says something, also just by seeing all that liteature laying there, I have done so well with my anxiety but that just ruined my day, it brought that anger/anxiety back

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They Don't Know dubs

by Farkel in

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it's interesting how dubs are portrayed in tv shows.

what's interesting is how little the people who write those scripts know about the religion.

i'll give two examples and then solicit others you folks may recall.. the first example comes from the pilot episode of the tv series "lie to me.

andys

I think one of the best protrayls in the movies, how they protray the witnesses is the movie Coneheads, he he he:

Jehovah's Witnesses in Coneheads the movie

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I visited relatives who are non JW and they see I have made a positive change since leaving the Borg:)

by andys in

i am over here in south dakota on vacation, the last time i saw all my relatives was during my grandmothers funeral which was about 2 years ago, during that time i was still in the borg, yesterday i was visiting all my non jw relatives and they were all shocked that i have changed in a positive way and they all know that i have left the borg, my aunt told me i am alot more happier and have alot more self confidence, i still have family members in the borg my 2 brothers and sister and parents who all shun me on a certain level and also i told all my relatives what i have gone through after leaving, i told them about the shunning, during christmas i called my dad and i was told that i am not allowed over at their house and my dad hung up the phone and didn't even say goodbye also at the time my roommate was listening to the conversation since i had my speakerphone on and she was very shocked about the shunning.. i want to say thankyou to all the people who have helped me mentally out of the borg, all the youtube videos that people have made, plus jwn, if it was not for the internet i would have still been in the borg, i have to say the internet is one of the most greatest thats how i did all my research and totally clearing out my mind, also now i have some new skills, i have learned how to do critical thinking, plus also have learned so much more about the world around me, because i slightly suffer from a form of autism i have been able to work at that more and now understand so much more about people around me and also have made alot of new friends:).

andys

And to Black Sheep I think my relatives will guilt trip my JW family for shunning me because in the past they have guilt tripped my parents about the religion before my grandmother passed away she told my dad that the JW religion was having a bad effect and when I got out of the borg I fully understood what my grandmother could see, I was able to pinpoint how much psycologocal problems the religion casued me, overall now I am focusing on getting healed and overall feel 100% better:)

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I visited relatives who are non JW and they see I have made a positive change since leaving the Borg:)

by andys in

i am over here in south dakota on vacation, the last time i saw all my relatives was during my grandmothers funeral which was about 2 years ago, during that time i was still in the borg, yesterday i was visiting all my non jw relatives and they were all shocked that i have changed in a positive way and they all know that i have left the borg, my aunt told me i am alot more happier and have alot more self confidence, i still have family members in the borg my 2 brothers and sister and parents who all shun me on a certain level and also i told all my relatives what i have gone through after leaving, i told them about the shunning, during christmas i called my dad and i was told that i am not allowed over at their house and my dad hung up the phone and didn't even say goodbye also at the time my roommate was listening to the conversation since i had my speakerphone on and she was very shocked about the shunning.. i want to say thankyou to all the people who have helped me mentally out of the borg, all the youtube videos that people have made, plus jwn, if it was not for the internet i would have still been in the borg, i have to say the internet is one of the most greatest thats how i did all my research and totally clearing out my mind, also now i have some new skills, i have learned how to do critical thinking, plus also have learned so much more about the world around me, because i slightly suffer from a form of autism i have been able to work at that more and now understand so much more about people around me and also have made alot of new friends:).

andys

I am over here in South Dakota on vacation, the last time I saw all my relatives was during my grandmothers funeral which was about 2 years ago, during that time I was still in the borg, yesterday I was visiting all my non JW relatives and they were all shocked that I have changed in a positive way and they all know that I have left the borg, my aunt told me I am alot more happier and have alot more self confidence, I still have family members in the borg my 2 brothers and sister and parents who all shun me on a certain level and also I told all my relatives what i have gone through after leaving, I told them about the shunning, during Christmas I called my dad and I was told that I am not allowed over at their house and my dad hung up the phone and didn't even say goodbye also at the time my roommate was listening to the conversation since I had my speakerphone on and she was very shocked about the shunning.

I want to say thankyou to all the people who have helped me mentally out of the borg, all the youtube videos that people have made, plus JWN, if it was not for the internet I would have still been in the borg, I have to say the internet is one of the most greatest thats how I did all my research and totally clearing out my mind, also now I have some new skills, I have learned how to do critical thinking, plus also have learned so much more about the world around me, because I slightly suffer from a form of autism I have been able to work at that more and now understand so much more about people around me and also have made alot of new friends:)