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  Fading: Slow-Torture Approach to Exit Strategy

  by DarioKehl in

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  i posted earlier on here today about the gut-wrenching physical ailments that come from living a double life as a fader.

  it's effort.

  it's work!

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  I faded and I sometimes wish I had been DFed instead just to avoid the guilt trips with my parents every time I talk with them. If I was DFed, I wouldn't have to worry about talking with them. If fading is too hard for you, try DF then but keep in mind you will be like a ghost for the rest of your life. You can walk by old friends and they won't even make eye contact with you. Same with your family...you will be treated as if you're dead. Your parents may look through pictures of you and mourn their loss, even though you are alive and well. Just remember that and ask yourself if you can take it.

  Whatever you do, don't wait until you're married to a dub and have kids...then it will be nearly impossible to exit.
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  I am finally getting my weekends back!

  by iclone in

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  I LOVE my weekends now! It's funny I came across this thread cause I was recently telling my wife about how much I look forward to weekends now. Weekends use to be something I hated because of all the Field Service and Meetings and personal book studies. I especially hated weekends when we had the convention. That killed the whole weekend including the friday. Even on holidays when I didn't have school/work, we were told to go on service!! I couldn't stand the idea of getting up at the crack of dawn and spending my day off bothering other people on their day off!
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  What does your user name mean????

  by karter in

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  anything ???.

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  karter ...i race go-karts.

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  Mine is pretty obvious. But it also means that my concept of God is fading away.
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  Things that made you cringe at "the meetings"

  by i_drank_the_wine in

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  i always cringed so hard when a "brother" or "sister" would make some overly heartfelt comment about jehovah-something, usually related to a personal experience of theirs, and get all teared up and/or start crying.. once this fringe dude that's been df'd twice now was giving a talk and kept having these long awkward pauses where he looked like he was real stressed out, then he would start up again, stutter, slip up, and repeat the process until he looked down and went "i, i just can't do this" and walked off the stage and left the hall.. it also made my spchincter pucker when a young person would give some super devotional comment on how much they love big j and whatnot, which would make the congregation all smile in their hearts and wag their heads in approval..

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  The crying during comments was so common among the sisters in the hall. Once a brother made a deep and heartfelt comment about us as Jehovah's organization and the new world. The comment lasted for about 2 minutes, and as he was finishing his tone got a little louder like a dictator giving a speech. The funny part came after he finished...A schitzophrenic brother applauded, but he was the only one. He only really got like two other people to follow him in applause, (probably waking up to the sound and joining in without knowing what was going on) but the whole congregation was like "WTF?" Even the elder on the stage was all
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  Which songs/Albums were considered "Demonic" in your Congregation...did you toss some?

  by Witness 007 in

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  "hotel california" was considered a major demonic song.

  ac/dc stood for anti-christ devils children....{not according to the band} kiss stood for knight s in satans service {not according to the band} anyone else have to toss albums?.

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  I can name a few albums I had to throw away, but they're a bit more modern (excuse my youth please). There was an album by Breaking Benjamin and my dad saw the song titles. Songs like "Dance with the Devil" and "Evil Angel" made him freak out a bit.

  Godsmack, Staind, Seether, Three Days Grace, Avenged Sevenfold....all in the trash.

  Any album that had a weird looking cover or demonic sounding titles or just the Parental Advisory label, had to go in the trash. I lost a lot back then but now I regained it in double. All my albums are back plus new ones that keep coming out. All that plus concerts I keep attending!
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  I think time travel is possible...

  by AGuest in

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  (fluff thread).... no, seriously, though (may you all have peace!)...

  there are times when, within seconds after submitting a post, someone posts a response to it.

  now, that isn't unusual in and of itself; however, my posts can be quite long sometimes.

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  If the world ends, Europe will experience it 5 hours before the US. Maybe they can give us a heads up so we can brace ourselves.
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  My story...

  by Silent_Scream in

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  it seems i pooped up out of nowhere.

  i been following this site for a while.

  couldn't resist it anymore..... was pretty much raised a jw.

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  I love that name "Silent Scream"! Welcome to the board. A healthy daily dose of thinking will keep you Awake from the Watchtower dream world.
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  Loved Ones, Until You Wake Up, We Will Fight For You!

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  Where was that picture taken at? Was it right outside a KH?
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  Two more youths get kicked out of the organization, also kicked out of their house.

  by JonathanH in

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  so i used to work with these two younger gentlemen back when i washed windows for a local elder's company.

  good kids, sons of an elder, responsible and hardworking.

  i ran into him the other day briefly and he said him and his younger brother moved in together (they are about 19, and 18, maybe 20, and 18), and i was surprised.

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  Good for them. My wife and I are two young people who left the second we got married and moved out. I'm letting my beard grow finally. I have kind of a baby face and the beard looks a lot more manly on me. I actually look my age with it. When i was a teen, we did similar things. Sneak out of the house at night and vandalize. We threw eggs at cars on Halloween and stole street signs. I'm definitely not proud of those moments now, but I think we were just desperately seeking a venting window from the suffocating lives we were in. We eventually got caught and counseled but not disfellowshipped. After I moved away, my friends did get DF'ed for drinking and smoking marijuanna at a worldly party.
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  Jehovah DOES hear and answer our prayers...........

  by punkofnice in

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  .........the same way pink spotted unicorns do skip in my garden!.

  now i'm not saying a god does or doesn't exist but the brand name god of the watchtower certainly doesn't exist.

  he is the magic imaginary friend in the sky that jws talk to telepathically.. .

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  Here's the reason God doesn't answer prayers: http://godisimaginary.com/i1.htm

  The title of the website should give it away.