Posts by nilfun

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For Those Who Pray. My dad is very sick

by DJ in

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friends

my dad is in very bad shape.

he has cns lymphoma.

he is sliding backwards rapidly.

College and home schooling statisctics

by land walker in

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hello everyone!.

i am looking for college attendance and home schooling percentage official statistics for jehovah's witnesses.

I remember watching a T.V. program years ago
that showcased a homeschooling family. The children
were in college and came across as very
well educated.
One of the things the kids did while
homeschooling was build a solar energy system for their home(!)
Very cool.

Even though I had a very negative homeschooling experience,
I don't believe that there is anything wrong with homeschooling.
I guess it really depends on how well equipped the parents are.
Some parents can make the homeschooling experience richly rewarding,
like the previous posters. My hat's off to you, exposing your
children to "worldy" sports, music lessons, art, etc. is absolutely
fantastic.
That their education is not only well rounded but also
self directed sounds like a wonderful experience.

Those parents who are motivated purely by their own
self-interest to homeschool their children
(to keep their children socially isolated, as was my case)
and only do it to reinforce their own twisted belief system
are cheating their children out of something that can
never be recovered.

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Did The Organization MAKE YOU GO NUTS???

by minimus in

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friends

did you or do you now feel that because you were in the organization you could have gone crazy?

nilfun

Yes, as a JW I definitely felt I was going crazy.

I had outgrown the religion that was chosen for me by the time
I was nine years old. Within that box called the Kingdom Hall
my spirit grew in upon itself, twisting over and over to the point of breaking.

I was suffocating, but it took another twelve years for me to reach the point where I began to feel I was going crazy.
I knew I had to do something.

So one day I redecorated my bedroom.
I hung some new curtains, then shut them to the world.
I sat in the dark for hours, planning my escape.
I finally decided to kill myself.
The pain would be gone, and with it my culpability.
In bringing about my own death my sin of self murder would be wiped out by . . . my own death.
I couldnt lose.
Was that craziness or extreme desperation?

I now know that I wasnt going crazy.
I was just surrounded by crazy makers.

Even though I had no say in the whole
JW business as a child, as an adult I
get to make my own choices, and reap
the benefits/consequences.

No more pre-packaged opinions for me,
which, I have to admit, still feels rather strange at times.

I was stifled, but I had also become used to
never having to figure out where I personally
stood on certain issues. Any doubt about what
opinion to have? No problem, just find out
what the GB has to say about it. Stop the thought.
Replace it with "the society's" directives.

Now that's crazy

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My Story.......

by Jesika in

well, i talk about my abuse so much i haven't found the need to post it.

i guess i will post it now so i can write it once and not have to keep writing it over and over again.

well, my eariliest memory is of being punished.

nilfun

After reading your post, I could not shake the feeling
that your father was indeed trying to kill you, because
he could not break your spirit.

You held your head high, you survived.

((((Jesika))))

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VERY SAD! MR DRAGON

by hamptonite21 in

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friends

it is amazing how far feched and distorted somepeoples views are.

what do you think of dragons post from beyond the watchtower?

can someone else take a stab at this one, im curious to see you thoughts on his post.

nilfun

((((Shunned Father)))) Welcome to the board

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JGnat Says Hi

by jgnat in

i have been wandering around the board for a while now, and have decided it is time to contribute a bit of my history.

i have described my involvement with the witnesses as being from the outside looking in.

my sweet honey has been trying for two years to get reinstated.

nilfun

Echoing hamptonite21 in saying thanks for
sharing your story (and that lovely photo
of your daughter, son-in-law, and absolutely
beautiful granddaughter.)

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My Story

by ambush22 in

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friends

well im 22 years old raised as a jw for the beteer (or worse) ,part of my life, i was on the beverly hills cong.

in dallas until 89, then my parents moved 2 farmers branch, we were then in the walnut hill and farmers branch congergations.

i was in the ministry school from the time i was 8 untill 16, i was never baptised.

nilfun

Oh yeah I was home schooled from the 9th grade, a joke

Ambush22, I was also home-schooled for a while during my grade school years
and again from the ninth grade. My "education" was also a joke, field service
was counted as "community service", for crying out loud.

Thanks for sharing some of yourself with us.

(((Ambush22)))

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For the first time......My Story (long)

by Vitameatavegamin in

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friends

i kind of thought maybe he would change after becoming a jw, .

was, and how no boys would ever like me.

soon after that day, he asked me if i would like to babysit his 2 kids that weekend for an evening, as he and his wife were .

nilfun

((((Vitameatavegamin))))

I got a lump in my throat
reading your story.

The way that your parents and the elders
treated you was an outrage. Shame on them.

I hope that rapist finally got what was
coming to him...

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