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  What Road Would You Choose---IF?

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  say you could go back in time to when you were 15 years old.

  no watchtower in your life.

  but the experience you have now you could keep.

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  My parents met at a DC. They lived far from each other and had absolutely NOTHING in common except for the "truth". Without the JW religion I wouldn't exist.

  In a better world my mother would have divorced my abusive alcoholic father when I was a baby and left the religion. Then, even though she was a narcissistic drug addict, I would have been spared much of my childhood trauma.

  I would have never met my first husband who I was pressured into marrying at 17. I loved musical theater and fashion but was also very interested in business law and public speaking (a form of acting lol). Who knows what would have happened??

  The only good things that came out of my being a Dub were my children. The best thing is that my surviving daughter did go to college, did have a fashion career, and now is a successful publicist living a life better than I ever dreamed of. :)
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  Nicest thing a JW has ever done?

  by aintenoughwiskey in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is a change of pace, what was the nicest thing a jw has ever done for you or you have seen done?

  it wasn't all bad all the time!

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  Years ago I found myself in the midst of a bitter divorce with 2 teenage children who were shattered and acting out. On top of that my closest relative was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and we literally watched him die in only 4 months.

  I couldn't afford my previous house so we moved and changed congregations. My problems and I were NOT welcome in my new hall. The sisters particularly made that abundantly clear. However, my book study conductor was very kind.

  One day after I had mentioned things were financially tight at that time, I came home to find two large bags of groceries on my doorstep. I called my book study conductor and found out he was the one who left the food. He was the one who showed me special kindness and the rest of the fruits of the spirit like I had not seen before-especially in an elder.

  About a year later we got married. About 10 years and one hell of a wild ride later we left the congregation and faded out completely.

  He still buys me groceries. Hehe
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  Is it necessary to prepare for the Watchtower or book study?

  by BashfulAshG in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  all of my years in the truth, i never understood why we had to study before each meeting.

  the contents are self-explanatory with the answers to the printed question within the first or the last sentence of the paragraph.

  then, commenting never made sense, especially comments and experiences that don't answer the printed question.

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  Outlaw, you just outdid yourself!!! ROFLOL
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  10 years and Satan finally struck....

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left around a decade ago, life has not been easy, but it has been profoundly better than the jw robotics my earlier life chapters resembled.. my current life was going so well, too well...... and finally the nemesis of jahooha came out from his dark hiding place.

  no longer in gods tent i was as vulnerable as the chinese job and his unfortunate sheep and children.. satan, bless his socks of cotton, has finally attacked, he broke my leg the dark lordy bastard.. a spiral fracture of the fibula and various fractures the ankle joint.. the worst of all his evil doings was the story i have to tell people, it's 'mechanism of injury'..... i slipped on some grass.

  yes the devilish ball rash, got me good.. so now, i sit bored, wishing i had meetings to prepare for, talks to write and i long for the live bombing i would have received as an interesting new kingdom hall event in the decades of waiting on jahooha..... but all i have is some lame ass, american apostates on a forum..... tchhhh.... .

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  I'm sorry that Satan had his way with you, Snare, but you've got to come up with a better story. If you are going to give Satan credit for your accident don't insult him with "I slipped on the grass." Come up with something exciting.

  How about you were skydiving when your parachute failed to open all the way. A tree broke your fall and so you came out of it with only a fractured leg. There, that's better.

  Wishing you a speedy recovery!
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  Need a good laugh?

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. social
  2. humour

  if you could use a good laugh please have a look at page 7 of the july 2015 awake.

  my wife leaves the latest issues on my pillow when she gets back from her meetings.

  i often scan through them looking for nonsense.

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  FTB, "My wife leaves the latest issues on my pillow when she gets back from her meetings."

  I can't think of a more effective buzzkill!
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  Has anyone had a jw hack into their email/tablet/phone etc to spy?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i note stillin has had a recent problem with this.

  i also know of two cases were an elder went through a brothers phone to get dirt on him.

  and another were a sisters email was hacked into to get dirt on her.. in both cases apparently it was for their spiritual protection (!

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  Boeing, Bullies don't pick on the strong or the protected. Your wife is relatively safe with you as her shield as long as she doesn't flaunt anything the elders view as "unacceptable".
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  Who Can Name The First F&DS Members?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. beliefs

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  wts board of directors 1918/1919.

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  From left to right,

  Stretch, J Rutherfraud, Moe, Larry, Curley, Sleepy, Dopey, and Stumpy.
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  We are slowly moving away from that kind of preaching work

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  john hoyle--jws go knocking on strangers doors and try to get inside homes to preach.. wt rep--we are slowly moving away from that kind of preaching work, we do more preaching by using literature carts and personal telephone calls.. .

  the above quote is from john hoyle's website:http://insidethewatchtower.com/doctrine/phone-calls-to-bethel-jw-org-email-and-contacts/.

  it's interesting, isn't it?

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  Orphan crow makes excellent points.

  If I were still "in" I would be THRILLED if dtd were "optional"

  The masses will be relieved that it is so much easier to be a JW these days. I hate to say it but I think it is a smart move by the WTBT$.
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  Series

  by Berengaria in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  don't post much lately, but wondering what folks are watching.

  i'm enjoying the heck out of "penny dreadful", "outlander", and "grace and frankie".

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  Revenge

  Orange is the New Black

  Broadchurch

  Boardwalk Empire

  Dexter
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  After 2 years my parents make contact. The end result is that I promise them to cryogenically preserve ONLY their heads

  by paulmolark in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.

  i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.

  a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.

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  Isn't this cathartic?