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  New Handbill Campaign

  by NoRegrets in

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  apparently the jws are doing a new handbill campaign.

  they were just at my door and offered it to me with one of their heartless and scripted presentations.

  the religion has just become so dumbed down.

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  haven't seen any sign of a new tract campaign around here
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  Be honest. Am I an abusive Father??

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  i was angry with my kid for questioning me.

  i work, i pay the bills, i provide food, clothing and shelter for them.

  instead of respect, i get attitude.

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  I get the frustration, I've been known to use the line "because I said so, and you don't need another reason" on my kids. However, the speck of dirt thing is a bit too much in my opinion. Your kid, no matter how irritating, is a valuable human being even if he hasn't accomplished much yet.
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  just sat at the sound cabinet postin' on an apostate website.... (whistles nonchalantly)

  by Captain Blithering in

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  bored.

  wondering how you guys are doing, thought i'd say hi.

  hi.

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  So very grateful that I never have to sit through another meeting
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  Been away a long while...

  by Aussie Oz in

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  it has been 5 months since my last post here.

  it has been very nice to have forgotten jehovahs witnesses.

  my life got so busy running my biz that i just had no time to concentrate on anything else for a while.

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  good to hear all is well in your neck of the woods. We've been busy here too, and I rarely have time to visit this site. The freedom I feel now is wonderful, and I am really enjoying my life.
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  needs of the circuit

  by hoser in

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  the circuit overseer ranted on and on today about how parents aren't policing the internet at home good enough.

  i guess the kids and teens are on line too much unsupervised and getting into trouble..

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  I'm so sorry you had to waste a perfectly good day listening to that nonsense. Hope you at least got a good dinner out of it.
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  How Many Enjoy Celebrating Holidays? Birthdays?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i admit that i do enjoy it, especially with my grandkids.

  birthdays, too.. i believe we missed out on a lot of fun and normal activities because we were witnesses..

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  Holidays are a lot of work, and if I didn't have children I'd have a much simpler celebration. But I cheated my kids out of a decade of family memories, so i'm not going to slack off now.
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  Jwtalk: "You can hide the fact that you are gay but you can't hide the color of your skin."

  by The Quiet One in

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  You can't really hide your sexual orientation unless you live your life completely shut off from the people around you. Being allowed to be honest about yourself is critical to mental health and happiness.
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  Looking for advice

  by Liveandlearn in

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  2. friends

  hello, i've finally been approved here so it's time for my first post.

  i got disfellowshipped a few months ago as i was unrepentant in my judicial.

  i'd lived with a situtation for a long time.

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  Your parents are adults. They are choosing for themselves whether to have their hearts broken over your actions. You cannot choose someone else's emotional state. You need to live your life for yourself.
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  Now I'm not a JW, is it ok for me to...

  by Julia Orwell in

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  ...drink a lot?

  gosh i love wine.

  i like a good bottle of wine each night, and i have a high tolerance to alcohol, though i never drank much (except for a couple of times with the vodka, but i don't keep that stuff in the house anymore, way too dangerous) as a jw because getting slightly happy is a 'sin'.

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  finally awake

  IMO, an entire bottle of wine in one go (even over several hours) is too much if done on a regular basis. Once or twice a year, like when you are on vacation is OK. But weekly or monthly would be too often. But that's just my personal opinion.
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  Feeling Disfellowshipped

  by meep5 in

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  let me briefly explain my back-story: i grew up in a jw household and was technically a jw until 20 years old.

  i stopped attending meetings in 1998 and told my parents i was done in 1999. i'm not sure where i saw my future when i was 19 but i know for a fact i didn't see myself as a "witness" then.

  i hated the hypocrisy and the extreme gossip.

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  finally awake

  It's hard when you are rejected by a parent. It is a huge thing to come out of the Borg and thrive, maybe your wife would understand a little better if she came on here and read some of the experiences.