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  My Successful Fade

  by Darth Rutherford in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it's been a while since i've posted anything about myself.

  i've been on jwn for a couple of years.

  my leaving the organization was not because i lost my faith, but i left because of my faith.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Darth-Your account is moving, honest and I can relate to much of it, not the parts about being a elder, of course. But, the hoping that you would die so you wouldn't be stuck with your wife, the feelings of guilt for taking comfort where you could find it, the quest for answers to things that made no sense.

  I divorced the 'brother' that caused me to wish for death rather than life eternal with someone so awful. Learned that feeling guilty for happiness is ridiculous and faced the questions I've had for years, squarely and realized the standard WTBTS answers don't add up.

  Thank you for you eloquent story.
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  Jehovah's Witness Tragedy - a series of installments.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i'm working on a short story/novella about a jw family.

  it's called the opal ring.

  i will be posting it in installments, and would like some feedback on it.

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  Here I am, with a mental picture of Alfred and Adam. Alfred in his beraggled chair, in his lonely room...sad. Enjoying your story!
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  New to The Jehovahs Witness Faith and need some help

  by jnjburkett in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello there i am new to the faith and have been studying for about a month.

  i am very excited and hungry for the truth and have not missed a meeting or study since the memorial.

  we do about 2 bible studies a week.

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  PaintedToeNail

  You cannot BE a member of the YMCA, but can USE their facilities as a JW. We always had our baptisms at the Y when I was living in the midwest. Apparently, it is okay to give the Y money to use the gym or pool, but to have a membership is supporting their cause, which has Christian overtones. It is definitely a crazy reasoning, but there it is.
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  I be a walkin......

  by out4good3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  across that stage tommorrow dressed in graduate garb picking up a masters degree.. .

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  5 years inactive and still sometimes I'm haunted.

  by ctrwtf in

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  2. friends

  i've lately been thinking about the pernicious nature of the belief by the jw's that they are the one and only true religion.

  how this belief allows for an egotistical world view and allows them to shun and denegrate those that do not share their opinions.. please pardon my round about thinking process as i've been mulling this rant for some time.

  while my father's side of the family has been entrenched with the jw's for two generations before him, my mother was a new convert.

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  PaintedToeNail

  So often JWs, including our families, are taught that they will gain 'brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers' in the faith. JWs are encouraged to push away anyone not in the faith. Recently, I have had Facebook conversations with my aunt, who I haven't seen in decades. She did mention that my parents were always witnessing and it did get tedious. I reconnected with my cousins on FB too, as we live over a thousand miles away.

  If you contacted your mom's family, they would probably realize that you didn't shun them, your father did, and by default your mother. They were probably missing your mom and her kids too. No Christmas's spent together, no birthdays to commemorate the kids getting bigger. 'Wouldn't it be nice if ___were here?' It isn't too late to TRY to connect with them. Until we are dead, it isn't too late.
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  Helsinki Times Article: "The End of the World" - Lengthy interview with many former JWs

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/10435-the-end-of-the-world.html.

  the end of the world.

  last autumn, jussi k. began to plan his disassociation from jehovah's witnesses.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Lovely article, not filled with malice. But rather a sadness that the majority of us feel regarding the time wasted in life, lack of friends outside the organization, alienation from family, a loss of our culture.
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  A Text Message Exchange

  by Emery in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been in the fading process for over a year now.

  nobody has really bothered my wife and me since we've stopped, which i am thankful for.

  recently, i've had an old jw friend send me a few text messages relating to business.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I like this conversation. Your friend didn't like you usi g the number of Mormons as proof of approval by God, yet he used number of magazine circulation...
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  Can you take someone with you in Judicial Committee?

  by zound in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've heard of a couple of cases of a person being present (maybe wife, or friend) for support at judicial committees - is this commonly accepted by the elder committee or is it just a rarity?.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Marked.
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  Husband can sit in on wife's judicial committee meeting, but not other way around

  by PaintedToeNail in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not long ago, there were comments on this topic.

  i cannot find it, i don't know what the actual thread was.

  i've checked back through the pages and done several searches, but don't know what the key words were, am coming up blank.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Yes! Thank you! I kept looking up adultery and husband!
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  Husband can sit in on wife's judicial committee meeting, but not other way around

  by PaintedToeNail in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not long ago, there were comments on this topic.

  i cannot find it, i don't know what the actual thread was.

  i've checked back through the pages and done several searches, but don't know what the key words were, am coming up blank.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Not long ago, there were comments on this topic. I cannot find it, I don't know what the actual thread was. I've checked back through the pages and done several searches, but don't know what the key words were, am coming up blank. Does anyone remember this and what the topic was? Thanks for any help.