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  Why JWs and ex JWs Return to Watchtower 3

  by Victor_E in

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  this post is an attempt to explain the paradoxical return of ex-jws back to the watchtower.

  my premise is that a persons unconscious mind has a positive intent in leading them back to the former environment and the intent is of intrinsic value within individuals.. developmental psychology tells us there are six primary developmental stages in a persons life.

  if a person experiences developmental gaps or underdevelopment of a stage all the others that follow will not develop properly and these will be affected.

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  I need your advice

  by cecil in

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  i need your advice: i have written a letter to my branch office regarding my problems with the 607-chronology 60+ pages with short references about the issue, that i have collected through the past 9-10 years.

  at the end of my letter i asked 14 questions 7 questions regarding the biblical evidence against the 607 bce-chronology and 7 questions regarding the historical and astronomical evidence against it.. the letter i received as an answer did not contain anything that could qualify as an answer or even an attempt to answer my questions.

  i called the branch office by phone and talked to the brother who had written the answer.

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  Shepherding Visit - Update

  by stevieb1 in

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  you may have read my thread from last week entitled "my personal turmoil" in which i discussed my congregation elders wanting to meet with me to "encourage" me to believe that jehovah is using the watchtower society as his organization.

  i said in that thread that i had told them to leave me alone, well anyway on tuesday night the same elder phoned me to accept a "shephering visit" and again i refused.

  not taking no for an answer he approached me again in the kingdom hall on thursday and told me that i must accept a shepherding visit out of necessity because i was in spiritual danger and the elders wanted to "help".

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  My story

  by Tammie in

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  but let me now tell you of my story.

  just remember this, and i will come back to it later in my story.. in 1993, i got married to my husband.

  that was my husband's doing.

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  Here's my story (I'm new here)....

  by crownboy in

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  i am a 4th generation witness (on both sides of the family) and indeed my entire family (save for the few who "fall away" in every family) are jehovah's witnesses.

  my dad is an elder, my mom a regular pioneer and my two elder sisters the same.

  my younger sister is 17 and still unbaptized, so therefore she is sort of a "black sheep" in our family and "spiritually weak" for not having already "taken the dip in the pool" (however, due to her overall open-minded nature, i am perhaps closest to her).

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  I'm a newbie so here's my story...

  by Rizzo in

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  i have been reading the posts here for a while and decided it was time to introduce myself and tell you about my experiences.

  sorry it is so long, but there is quite alot to tell!

  i was half brought up as a jw from birth.

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  I MOVED OUT!

  by airwlk149 in

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  ok, so i moved out on saturday.

  i am not 18 for 17 more days but my mom asked me to leave early all the same.

  on friday things got hairy, we had jw friends from out of town visiting, and i exploded.

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  Get this!!!

  by Claudia1214 in

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  ok so here is my life story:.

  joined the jw at age 10 (coming to this country) i had not seen my mother in about 3 years before...i lived with grandmother who was and still is a catholic.

  so of course i went from living a life full of birthday parties, christmas and new years to...not living!!!

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  My Story

  by rmayer32 in

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  being new here and reading some of the stories here i thought i would add mine.

  not being as dramatic as some of them out there still thought i would share:).

  i was born a jw as my mom was raised one from the time she was a toddler.

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  what it feels like to be reinstated

  by airwlk149 in

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  i just got reinstated about 3 months ago and i am still trying to adjust.

  i got baptized right before i turned 16, got disfellowshipped not even a year later.

  then another year later i get reinstated.

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