Posts by Borges

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Another New Member

by lriddle80 in

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i have been out of the "truth" for about 13 years, but 9 of those years i was someone who was out but thinking i would probably go back at some point...out but not all the way out mentally.

my family are still active members and i am a little bit shunned, not invited to family get togethers, that sort of thing.

i was one of those people that left and then did drugs and partied for a while.

New Girl

by Gypsy Sam in

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hope everyone is having a lovely day.

i ended up here after spending the past few months researching jw, without the blinders on.

i was a born-in, baptized as a teen, pioneered out of high school for a couple years (turning down a 4 year scholarship).

Hello

by newdawnfades in

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i am a long time lurker who has finally decided to post.

i am still in along with my wife, kids and extended family.

i am in my 40s and was raised in the org.

POLL: How long did you remain a JW from point of baptism to leaving the KH

by Terry in

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i was baptised --1963. left in 1978. fifteen years.

pre-baptism, another 5 years.

Borges

Born in

baptised at 17 in 1984

left 2008

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My terminally ill friend will read this; please offer your love and support.

by compound complex in

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friends

dear friends:.

forty-five years ago i was out in service with an elder, and we came upon a house where the owners kindly received us.

this was not so unusual as the family was jehovah's witnesses.

Borges

Knowing prayers would be said in vain, I send my best wishes to your friend. Cancer stroke me once some years ago. Never came back since today, but I'm aware that he could be just around the corner.

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The Bible and Masturbation...4000 years of inspired input and no scriptures about it ?

by smiddy in

my philosophy when i was a teenager :"those who admit to it are stupid ,those who deny it are liars" that was my response to peers who posed such a subject when i was a teen .now, being a mature aged person i think this subject could do with a bit more enlightened content.. i am a male so i can`t speak for the females ,who, i hope will give their input on this topic for discussion.and i mean it as a serious discussion.. males experience erections from the time they are babies and the natural thing to do is to hold it , and before you know it fondling it gives you releif.. society doesnt help by making you feel guilty and like shit as a dirty person.why in the world do babes ,young children ,young boys get erections before they even know what it`s function is for.

if a god designed sex for procreation then surely this wouldnt become an issue until they reached the age of puberty ,not when a male is still a baby.. and getting back to my op nowhere in the bible does it talk about masturbation which surely has been going on since adam was a boy/man.. i`m sorry, but to deny that you would have to be a complete idiot ,imbecile ,fool ,or just brain dead.. so for 4000 years of inspired scriptures from god ,nothing is said about a condition that effects every man from his birth to his death .. makes you wonder doesn`t it ?.

smiddy.

Borges

We studied the Youthbook twice as a family when me and my brothers were young boys. Both times my Dad skipped the chapter with masturbation, saying that this is something to talk about when we are older. He never did it.

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I'm new, please come and meet me!

by Julia Orwell in

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long time lurker, first time poster.

i'm really glad i can join your community because i've been in the wts for the last 14 years and now i'm on my way out and it's great to meet like-minded people!.

about me: i started learning jw ways when i was in my teens.

Borges

A warm welcome from Germany!

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At what point do the individuals in the ORG need to take responsibility for their actions?

by vajeni82 in

so, i'm sitting here, being pissed about my family.

both of my parents and my only sister are jws.

i haven't had a relationship with them since they i left in 2002.

Borges

I was thinking about the same question a lot of times. I asked myself: Is it legit to blame my parents for a wasted childhood and youth, for all the trouble in school, for having a bad conscience all the time, for not having a good education because the only goal they set for me was fulltime service allthough they did all this because they didn't know better?

I came to the following conclusion: In jw-thinking parents bear the responsibility for their kids. Thats why children had to die in the flood and children have to die at armageddon. The jw accept that children have to suffer and die because of the decisions their parents made. They don't scrutenise the background or take into consideration that these parents love their children and just wanted the best for them. So why should you judge jw parents differently?

From my point of view as a humanst I can't blame them for what they did. But applying jw-thinking, they are fully responsable for all the harm this cult caused to us.

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