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"Don't think too much...."
by Tornintwo in
1. jw
2. friends
a couple of middle aged jw sisters dropped round unannounced the other day, they were only being kind i suppose, after some awkward silences i voiced a couple of my issues with the religion, (the safe ones), sort of an explanation as to why i'm no longer attending, namely: everyone else will die, lack of support for young ones, mistreatment/judgementalism by prominent ones who get away with it because 'they're imperfect and we have to wait on jehovah' etc.

well, after sympathizing and telling me horror stories about awful elders and their own kids' issues in the past (how some left the truth, had bitter divorces from fellow witnesses etc) they then begged me to 'come back to jehovah', 'he misses me' apparently.

finally, the more pushy one summed it up with 'you're thinking too much, it's not good for you', 'some issues you just have to put in a drawer and forget about....'.. hmm nice reasoning sisters, theocratic school training at its finest!
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"Most women would prefer to be stay at home housewives. Women's lib did alot of damage to women!"
by purrpurr in
1. jw
2. friends
the above is a quote from a jw female relative.

this was in response to a discussion about the suffragette movement ( and the movie about it that's currently in cinemas).

she seemed to think that it would be so much better if women were just daughters/ wives/ mothers and didn't go out to work and have career's?
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I put up lights this year
by Zoos in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have always wanted to do that.. nothing special.

in fact, i have learned i'm not very good at it.

i have many talents.
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WaPo Article Re: JWs and Russia
by YinzerDad in
1. jw
2. friends
andrew roth of the washington post ran this article today (11/23/15): .

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/sixteen-jehovahs-witnesses-may-be-russias-most-pacifist-extremists/2015/11/20/6e046610-8898-11e5-bd91-d385b244482f_story.html?tid=sm_fb.

i'll just leave this link here.
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The Thief of Always
by YinzerDad in
1. jw
2. experiences
prologue... .

a brief precursor about myself.

i've been lurking around for almost 2 years.
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Where are you from?
by BeautifulMind in
1. jw
2. friends
i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

i currently live in georgia, usa.
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Suicide or Real Freedom? - My Story As One Of Jehovah's Witnesses
by dubstepped in
1. jw
2. experiences
"sometimes i think the only thing i could do that wouldn't upset someone would be to kill myself.".

those were the frustrated words of my friend as we stood out in his large yard in the country, just about to enjoy a nice bonfire on a beautiful night.

what was it that could have been a lesser evil than killing himself?
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Something interesting!
by John Aquila in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was invited to a small get-together by a long time friend.

we both served as elders for years.

he is in his late 70s.
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How bad do the JWs need to be doing financially
by cognac in
1. jw
2. friends
before they just go ahead and file chapter 7 or 11?

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I registered to vote yesterday.
by Zoos in
1. jw
2. experiences
i had to take the drivers license was up for renewal so while filling out the paperwork, i checked the motor voter box.

(explanation of motor voter: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=utf-8#q=motor%20voter%20law ).

they already had all my information.