I signed up to an art class that was held on Sunday evenings. Met lots of likeminded people there. Also, take a look on meetup.com and join groups there that have the same hobbies/interests as you. The majority of my friends came from there.
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Making real friends
by KindEyes inhiya, firstly i’m new to this website, so sorry if this topic has been covered before.
i have been out of “the truth” for almost one year.
i live with my non-witness mother, have an amazing boyfriend, work and am in college.
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Do you (or did you) have much of a social life as a Jehovahs Witness.
by UnshackleTheChains ini ask this question out of interest, because as a jehovahs witness for some 26 years, i have always felt that there is an 'all work, no play' culture within the organisation.
the organisation doesn't promote social gatherings.
i could count on one hand each year how many get togethers we have had.
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pale.emperor
My social life was a pathetic one when i was a JW. I remember being 29yo and looking and evaluating my life. I had no friends. The only people i hung around with was my wifes brother and his wife. There were things going on like get togethers every now and then but i usually wasnt invited to these. Wasnt really sure why. It sucked when you'd hear about "a brilliant party" that all the ones my age in my cong had been to. And made me think, they must have deliberately not invited me because everyone else my age was there.
I had no friends yet im a very outgoing, engaging person. Now that im out i have lots of friends from varied backgrounds and i love them all. And the amount of dates i've had surprises even me.
Yes, i truly am living the #bestlifeever
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Which Things Did Your Overzealous Parents Ban?
by pale.emperor inwe all know the gb like to impose rules upon the rules... but did anyone else out there have parents that implemented rules upon those rules?
mine did.
my mum tended to copy whatever the elders wives were doing and took it to the extreme.
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We all know the GB like to impose rules upon the rules... but did anyone else out there have parents that implemented rules upon those rules? Mine did. My mum tended to copy whatever the elders wives were doing and took it to the extreme. Therefore, i missed the following things from my childhood:
Ghostbusters - because it'll bring demons into your home
Rock music - because, apparently, one kid listened to a Marilyn Manson song and killed himself. Nothing was said of this persons mental state before listening to Marilyn Manson and the fact the millions of his fans haven't killed themselves. Not to mention the people who've killed themselves or others after reading the bible.
Michael Jackson - because he did the Thriller video
The X Files - because they investigate the paranormal? Or so i was told.
Grange Hill - (a childrens TV series here in the UK in the 80s/90s) because my mum said the kids were "cheeky"
Playing outside - because it'll "encourage gangs"
Playing out after school with my schoolfriends - because they dont worship Jehovah
Playing Goldeneye on N64 - because it's the same as murder (???)
"Violent" computer games - same as above
Star Wars - because it has the word "wars" in the title. I've still never seen Star Wars.
After school clubs - because i'll be mixing with non JW kids (like i do every day anyway?)
The internet - because it's full of "information". Seriously, that was their reason.
Watching WWF/WWE wresting - because it's violent
Reading any other religious book - because it'll bring demons into the house (how convenient)
The Beatles music - but only from the years 1966-1968 (?!?!)
The following bands were definately banned - Guns n Roses, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, KISS, Iron Maiden, Nirvana, Marilyn Manson, Black Sabbath
Elton John was a grey area... my mum liked his music. My dad said "i would like his music if he wasn't gay"... (the hell does that even mean). It didn't help when i was 6 and the CO was at our house for dinner and asked what i wanted to be when i was older and i said "i want to be Elton John".
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Higher Education
by Brian J injust spent 8 hours in a 1 day elders school last weekend.
clarification given: "moving forward any elder, ms, or pioneer who themselves or someone under their roof enrolls in higher education, may no longer qualify for privileges in the congregation.
their qualifications will have to be reviewed by their boe.".
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I seem to remember the JW lawyers in the Royal Comission acting confused when it was claimed JWs are against higher education. "We're not against higher education your honor".
Lying pricks.
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It's hard being bisexual and being a jw
by Sally fields ini've been bi for a long time but i know it's wrong if you want to be a jw... .
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pale.emperor
Hi Sally, and welcome;)
Your sexuality and feelings are absolutely normal. Christianity has it's roots in Judaism, which started as a desert tribe made up of men dominating women... how coincidental that their God just so happens to be ok with men marrying many women, invading other lands and forcibly taking their women, and death to anyone that would jeopardize that.
Your beliefs are also yours alone, and not to dictated to you and monitored by any organization. Please read up on JWFacts.com and learn the many things this religion has taught and tried to cover up. You'll be glad you did.
Don't you find it strange that the God of the bible would be ok with slavery, rape, genocide, infanticide, and testing imperfect humans but he's so bothered about who we fall in love with or who we have sex with? Humans that he created for no other purpose than to worship him?
I look forward to your future posts. Nobody on here will ever reject you for who you care for.
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Bought My First Christmas Tree Last Night
by pale.emperor inlast year i didn't bother with christmas as it still felt like a "nothing" day to me (thanks watchtower!).
this is the 2nd christmas since waking up and leaving the cult and i've finally bought my first christmas tree:).
i have no idea what to do with it though.
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I told my friend I got a Christmas tree. He asked, 'Did you out it up yourself?' I told him, 'No. I put it in the room.'...................................crickets and tumbleweed...........
LMAO!!
My girlfriend and her little girl are gonna help put it up with us. Then we're going to their home to do it all over again with their tree.
I keep asking my little one what she's going to ask Santa for? So far she only wants a flower! Obviously im going to give her more than a flower but isnt that sweet? Im just dreading when she's 16 and wants a Playstation 7 or whatever they'll have by the point.
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question of the day if Jesus on earth today and assuming he was a jw
by poopie inwould he be disfelowshipped for talking to df persons?.
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Jesus committed the following JW faux pas'
Questioning the leaders of the religion he was born into
Calling those leaders "vipers", "sons of the devil" and "Hypocrites"
He had a beard
He didn't wear a suit
He got kissed by a man in a garden at night
He stepped in to save a prostitute from judgement of the religious leaders
He spoke to a woman at a well in a secluded area alone with no chaperone
Jesus would be called to JC, and if he didnt turn up would be DF'd in abstencia
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Bought My First Christmas Tree Last Night
by pale.emperor inlast year i didn't bother with christmas as it still felt like a "nothing" day to me (thanks watchtower!).
this is the 2nd christmas since waking up and leaving the cult and i've finally bought my first christmas tree:).
i have no idea what to do with it though.
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Last year i didn't bother with Christmas as it still felt like a "nothing" day to me (thanks Watchtower!). This is the 2nd Christmas since waking up and leaving the cult and I've finally bought my first Christmas tree:)
I have no idea what to do with it though. How to decorate it. When to put it up. Where to put it? But i suppose that's part of the fun right? I'll enjoy the time spent with my little girl putting it up and decorating it together. She's 3 and is excited for Christmas although she doesn't really know what it entails... just that Father Christmas brings toys if you're good. In fact, we're going to see Father Christmas tomorrow;)
It's so nice to finally celebrate this festival. And i dont have to look over my shoulder in shops when i get Christmassy things.
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Anybody know about this one?
by careful ina new book has just been published called the oxford handbook of the bible in america.
in it is an article by michael gilmour, professor of new testament at (the evangelical) providence university college in manitoba, canada, on jws and the nwt.
that's chapter 41. but that is not the only time jws are brought up.
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Gutjahr ought to get his facts right, Jehovah's Witnesses did not exist in the 1920s and therefore could not have "invented" Bible paper. There is a faint possibility that it was a Bible Student who was also a paper technician who developed Bible paper according to the demands of external publishers. Did the Watchtower Society even print Bibles back in that decade? I don't think they did.
Well spotted Half banana. Bible Students and even JWs didn't have an agreed upon bible until the New World Bastardization was published.
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Anybody know about this one?
by careful ina new book has just been published called the oxford handbook of the bible in america.
in it is an article by michael gilmour, professor of new testament at (the evangelical) providence university college in manitoba, canada, on jws and the nwt.
that's chapter 41. but that is not the only time jws are brought up.
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pale.emperor
PaleEmperor, that's quite a sacrifice. Burn one for me, will you?
I intend to.
Be mindful of the carcinogens from the burning ink.
Finally some concrete usefulness from the silver sword, the light gets brighter and brighter with each drag!
It actually gives you a slight sore throat. I think it's the ink. But the paper burns fine. The first one i lit up was Psalms 83:18. That was a good smoke.