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The two Books by Raymond Franz - Crisis of Conscience and In Search of Christian Freedom
umadevi
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How do i overcome this guilt and fear?
by newcomer1982 inive recently decided not to be a witness anymore and at the age of 28 was still so afraid to tell my parents.
the truth is their life and knew i would hurt them.
ive had such a battle with the elders and because my dad is an elder its even worse.
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How do you make a living?
by paulnotsaul insince most of us believed it was right around the corner, how many of you went to any secondary schools or training?
what do you do now to survive?
are you working or unemployed?
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umadevi
I am with computers and this is the first job I landed when I finished college in 1995. working for 16 years now. I do get a small amount on disability.
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What Actually Made You Leave The Organization?
by minimus inmany of us needed time to get away from this religion.
i took the course of fading and it's worked pretty well for me.
after i saw sooooo many silly rules being enforced, i needed to get out!.
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umadevi
For me it started with the FS. Being a single parent and working full time, FS is something I found hard to do on a regular basis. The elders were 'hinting' every now and then that I should do more and that they were 'concerned' with the low hours I put in. That did it. I also had doubts on JWs stand on the blood issue and higher education. I started doing some research online, landed on this site and after reading the threads here plus the books recommended by some exJWs, I DAed. The best decision I made in my life.
CoC is truly an eye opener!
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i think i might return to the WTS
by dm6 inman im so drained right now and tired i cant say a whole lot.. but you know, i was thinking about going back to them and just to see a bit more about it all.. i dont know to be very honest with you if its thr right thing to do or not on a personal level.. .
i guess i need to mull things over.. .
any suggestions from previous jw's would be awesome for me.
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umadevi
The WTS is all about control. There is no way you can be 'in' and not be controlled. Take time to weigh pros and cons before you decide. I have come to realize that one does not need an org to serve the Creator.
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To Dissassociate or just Fade into Inactivity ? Your Choice ? Reasons ?
by flipper inthis has been asked before, however i thought it may be good for newer members of the board to read some of our reasons on how we decided to exit the jw cult and why we decided to do it the way we did.. first off - i have been faded for almost 8 years.
essentially i decided to fade into inactivity and not da because i have elderly jw parents who would shun me if i did get dfed or daed myself.
also- i like keeping open the possibilities that some of my many jw relatives may in time start doubting and have questions and reach out to me in my inactive state.
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My life ... and how JWD came to be - Part 5
by Simon inmy life ... and how jwd came to be - part 1. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 2. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 3. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 4. i swear, i thought it was only a couple of years at most since i wrote part 4 of "my life and how jwd came to be".
i re-read it after someone posted to it and brought it back on active topics and it was kind of prophetic in a way ... well, i had the 5 years part right if nothing else:.
it would be nice to visit the site (or whatever one is around then) in 5 years time to let people know how we're doing and find only a few of the same people still around.
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umadevi
I just read the thread for the first time. Thank you Simon. I would still be trapped in WTS if not for JWN.
Noni - thank you for bumping this thread.
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Personal Story - How a cult got me out of a cult
by CitizenRain ini used to be a bit more active in the community over on the yuku board (i recognize some of you from over there) but have lost touch.
i've been lurking this board for about 3 years now and finally decided to jump in and post, and share my similar but still unique story of how i went from being a born-in true believer to a full blown apostate.
first off, let me introduce myself.
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umadevi
Welcome to JWN!
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..Which has Caused You the Most Grief in Your Life..The Outside World or Watchtower World?..
by OUTLAW inaccording to the wbt$... the outside world is supposed to be a horrible place... .
the outside world hasn't caused me nearly as much grief,as watchtower world... outside world (5% grief).....watchtower world..(95% grief)... .
which has caused you the most grief in your life... the outside world or watchtower world?...
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umadevi
I would say that WT World caused me the most grief. Of course my experiences when I was 'in' is nothing compared to some of our friends here on JWN. Not that all's well in the Outside World but at atleast I am free to think, decide and act based on my conscience. It's a great relief!
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Would You Be Shocked If You Found Out That A JW That YOU Knew Was Here?
by minimus ini bet there's a lot of jws in "good standiing" that frequent this place.. what do you think?
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umadevi
I am actually looking forward to see someone here from my country, Malaysia. Anyone from Malaysia?
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How Many on JWNet are still JWs?
by RayPublisher ini've been wondering about this for some time.
if there are 60,000+ registered users on here, what percentage are actual non-dfed or non-daed witnesses?
if it was 1/3, that would be over 20,000 active/inactive witnesses that post and read these pages- and that's huge.
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umadevi
Ex Jw for the past few weeks