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Happiness after almost a year!
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that book: "the secret of family happiness" is missing the part that teaches you to live happy with your family.

"but if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned.

but those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and i want to spare you this.".
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I just discovered something!
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when i was a witness, my friends and i used to make hilarious parody videos about everything.

titanic, jackass, 24, and our own religion: jehovah's witnesses.

all of which got us all in trouble with the elders.
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My friend is a zombie!!!!
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ok so my friend is an un-baptized jw who is in love with a baptized jw.

he's going through all the drama of being in love with a jw.

i keep telling him that if he gets baptized, it should be coming from his heart and love for jehovah, not his love for some girl.
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The tables have turned
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i remember when i was the one on the doorstep knocking on a house full of different noises when suddenly the house goes into a dead silence and the curtains move a bit.

we always whispered to each other "i know they're home, i heard them" and "let's see if they answer the door to jehovah on his day of wrekoning".....which makes no sense, but whatever.. today early in the afternoon my wife and i found ourselves on the other side of the door when we heard a knock from jws we know.

i paused the movie we were watching and made my way to the peep hole.
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Did you fake a prayer at the dinner table?
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i was terrible at prayers.

it was hard for me to talk to someone i can't see or hear.

everyone else put their heads down at the dinner table so i needed to do the same or i'll look suspicious.
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Crazy theories and tough questions asked by a kid
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sorry for the lengthy thread, i've spent too many years preparing talks.

i can't help it.

i had so many questions as a kid when my dad read me "my book of bible stories".
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What drove you? Love or Fear?
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this has probably been discussed here before, but i'm new so sue me.. i think the religion of jehovah's witnesses has been an amazing but tragic social experiment proving that the mind is most vulnerable to brainwashing when it's in an unhealthy state.

it seems to attract the bipolar, schizophrenic, depressive, and the paranoid.

it preys on negative emotions like sorrow and fear.
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Your wedding day belongs to the elders
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getting married means you get your own special day.

a day where the couple getting married gets to call the shots and decide who is gonna be invited, who is gonna be the maid of honor, who is gonna be the best man, how you want everything to look and what music you want to play.....unless of course you're a j-dub.. i got married last year, and no matter how hard i tried, i couldn't decide anything on that day.

i have an amazing friend who has always been there for me and my family.
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Epic drama is imminent
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soap opera style drama unfolds at the smallest irrelevant actions a j-dub takes.

for example, just last year when i was still in, my soon-to-be wife fiance and i decided to start sitting together at the meetings.

we figured "we might as well, since we're about to marry".
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Finally out!
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i've been loggin in to this site for about 3 or 4 months on an almost daily basis.

i decided to finally make an account cause i just have to vent and connect with those who have been in my shoes.

"worldly" people don't understand completely when i talk to them about the hardship of being born into a religion/cult, growing up with people making decisions for me, and having them choose my future, goals, and dreams; all the while sacrificing normal childhood joys and replacing them with study, service hours, and 5 minute talks.