Topics Started by yrkdnme

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Positives of Growing Up JW
by Pig in
1. jw
2. friends
i dont think any of us are glad we grew up in the org.

but i was thinking about people who get cancer, and if they are lucky enough to beat it often they will say that they were better for the experience.

before they got cancer they were stressed because they had to work extra hours in a shitty job to make ends meet, the kids were nothing but trouble and they spent their lives wishing that time would go faster, that week would be over, that the year would be over.
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In Lima, Peru 15 year old JW child commits suicide
by discreetslave in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i'll translate the artcle since online translators did a terrible job.

the link to the original article is below.

lima 8/3/2011.
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Prayer
by yrkdnme in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am interested to know from other long time wittnesses if they had a hard time with prayer after leaving the organization?

when i left i found it so difficult to pray to "jehovah" and still do to this day.

i am always more comfortable with just "god".
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Songs I wanted in the new songbook
by discreetslave in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdb-8elew8g&feature=related.
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Car Full of JW's while I'm at the Car Wash............
by Terry in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm sort of angry right now.. no, not angry..... i'm shaky.

at least, when i lift my cup of coffee to my lips, sitting here at starbucks, my hand is trembly.. i hate that!.

the power they have to still reach me on some hidden point that hides in the corners of my very being.... .
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Funny childhood memory
by truthseeker1969 in
1. jw
2. friends
i was discussing with my mother who is an active witness what i was like as a young jw kid.. she told me about the time there was a discussion way back in the early seventies about how armageddon would be a time of terror and there would be so much going on.. that night she said there was a terrible thunderstorm and she said the following morning i woke her up to tell her we "survived armageddon and could i please go play with the animals".

oh the life of a child!.
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JW nephew graduation party cancelled... your insight is requested
by Alfred in
1. jw
2. friends
i have a jw nephew in another state who was at very the top of his high school senior class this year.

because of this, my sister (an elder's wife) had planned and sent out invitations to his "graduation party" which would be held at a community center with all the bells and whistles.

i actually bought plane tickets for my wife and i to attend this party immediately after receiving the invitation in the mail.
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"Friend" me!
by Mad Sweeney in
1. jw
2. friends
if we "know" each other here and we're not yet fb friends, please feel free to "friend" me.

i think i'm the only mad sweeney on there.. if/when you send the friend request, let me know who you are here on jwn, because i don't generally accept requests from people i don't know from online.. thanks!.
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Watchtower and 2014
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. jw
2. friends
watchtower and 2014. .

today i uploaded a new article offering my views of what watchtower has waiting in the wings.

my article is titled watchtower and 2014 and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/06/watchtower-and-2014.html.
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For exJW Singles - Would You Consider Dating/Marrying Another ExJW?
by Broken Promises in
1. social
2. relationships
do you consider being an exjw a hindrance to dating?

for example, do you find it difficult to bring up in conversation, lest you get stared at as if you have 2 heads or something?

or you might find it difficult to explain why you've had little sexual experience in the past?.