Topics Started by LucidSky

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What I Have Learned
by Sunflower1982 in
1. jw
2. experiences
this is my first post here, so i guess i should introduce myself j i'm a 19-year-old college student in baltimore, maryland.

i was involved with jws on and off for about 4 years and, after being baptized for a little over a year, i stopped attending meetings.

although my time as a jw was very brief (compared to the decades many people have spent in the organization) it is amazing how much my experience as a jw has affected my life.
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Coke or Pepsi???
by Xena in
1. jw
2. friends
lol sorry i am feeling fluffy tonight .

mulan started it!!!!!!!.

coke for me....the real thing or nothing!
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Relating to Non-JW's
by LucidSky in
1. social
2. relationships
i read the "ex-witness singles" thread and it seems like a good idea.

the thought has crossed my mind many times before since non-jw's often don't seem to care or understand.

i would love being able to relate on something that has played such an important part of your lives (uh, understated - something your world is supposed to revolve around.
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Restrictive vs Permissive
by LucidSky in
1. jw
2. friends
hardcore dubs can be quite restrictive on their kids.

they are simply following organization rules but try to impose them on their children: no school sports or activities for you and absolutely no parties with those evil, worldly corruptibles in your class.

oh, and you must never, ever be alone with someone of the opposite sex because the instant you are, you'll just be ripping each other's clothes off... i'm not sure if it was because they were in the spotlight more, but it seemed to me that the kids with the hardcore parents were the ones getting baptized early and then getting disfellowshiped or reproved a couple years later.. jw parents have huge issues of mistrust and they close the channel of communication because their children fear reproof.
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Bible Students
by LucidSky in
1. jw
2. friends
i explored a few options as i was coming out of the organization.

nominal christianity had no appeal except that it was without the policing and punishment of the jw's.

there was no open discussion still and i didn't agree with most of it.
10
How embarrassing!
by RR in
1. jw
2. friends
ok, so today.

i'm going over a discussion in my head i had with a jw online, at the same time, i'm on line waitring to have my order taken at the mcdonald's, "can i take your order?

" she says, and i say, "can i have a watchtower meal.
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Do you Remember the Moment you Stopped Being a JW?
by Smoldering Wick in
1. jw
2. friends
"it only takes a moment.

a moment of sanity.

clarity.
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Complete reversal: from Witness to atheist
by Ephanyminitas in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm pretty new here (five minutes old!

) and i'm curious: how many have left the organization and, in time, become athiests.

i was raised in the organization, so growing up, my thinking was -- of course -- stifled.
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open marriages, anyone have experience?
by Pierced Angel in
1. social
2. relationships
well, my husband found out about my affair (yes, i gave in to the temptation with the soccer player and while it was fantastic, it's over now) and it's been a devestating time, we almost got divorced, but we're working through it.

i knew telling friends and this board wasn't going to help me fight his romantic advances, but i tried.

it was a one time thing that would have continued, but i wasn't too careful about the clues (guilty conscience i think).
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Jesus Myth?
by ISP in
1. watchtower
2. bible
in all the years i was a christian minister, i never preached a sermon about the evidence for a historic jesus.

there was no need for such a sermon.

i stood before many congregations and associated with many ministers, evangelists and pastors, and not one of us ever spoke about the possibility that jesus was a fable, or that his story is more myth than history.