Topics Started by NoviceLocs14

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Wow i do not reconize this religion anymore...
by _Morpheus in
1. jw
2. experiences
had the misfortune of stopping by the "regional" convention yesterday.

i promised my daughter i would come to sunday afternoon so she wouldnt have to ride home with her mother.... holy crap it was weird!

im sure all of this has been covered on the forum but to actually see it.... just wow.
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7 day conventions?
by HereIgo in
1. jw
2. experiences
did any of you attend the old school week long conventions?

i have heard stories and it seems like these were mostly in the 70's and 80's before my time.

i couldn't imagine.
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Dealing with Loneliness and Social Anxiety
by NoviceLocs14 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello, this is my 1st initiated post on this site, so i'm a bit nervous.

i did search for similar topics on this site, but a lot of them have been inactive for several years, so here goes.... a little background, i was pretty much born in "da twoof", baptized at 17, pioneered for about 6 years, was part of the rbc part time, and was even in the foreign language field for the last 3 years i was a jw.

so i pretty much had a pretty active social life within the organization due to being part of all of those things.
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What woke you up?
by MrRoboto in
1. jw
2. experiences
for me, i think it was just the right time as i was starting to wake up on other fronts as well (anyone who had went through these will know what i mean).

but it started when i was looking for what info goes on a publisher card, which led to me reading one person's story (ex bethelite) which was pretty crazy to an all-in jw but who trusts those apostates...?.

then i started watching videos on cults, as if my subconscious was trying to tell my concord mind something... when i saw a particular one about a young man in lds getting ready to start their 2 year preaching campaign, including a school, social activities etc, i realized that i couldn't tell the difference between the folks of this mormon cult and the jws (save for some religious differences) .
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What "Rules" Did The Elders In Your KH Make?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
some congregations were known as liberal and others were considered very conservative.

back in the 1970s a nearby congregation made all speakers who gave public talks a white shirt to wear.

if a speaker came in wearing anything but white they were brought into the library and were given a white shirt!
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Favorite/least favorite CO's and DO's
by HereIgo in
1. jw
2. experiences
i posted this thread sometime last year but thought i would revive it due to the new ones on the board, and to change things up a bit.

my favorite?

bro murikami, from hawaii, very humble, kind bro.
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Surprise Elders Visit
by Tight Pants Twinkle Toes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello community!

quick background - baptized 1971, 46 years in the borg, former elder.

wife - baptized 1973, pioneer...... we became disgusted with the oranization 10 years ago but still believed it was the truth.
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What is behind your choice of forum user name?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. friends
just curious how we all think.. what prompted or influenced your choice of username for this forum?.

there are some really amazing names, and it would be great to hear the stories behind them.... mine was nothing fancy.

i just felt "stuck in a rut too" along with so many others.
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What is the biggest sexual scandal to hit the top of JW tree ?
by Chook in
1. jw
2. experiences
elders ,co ,do ,branch overseers ,gb ,missionaries has "sinful" lust got the better of them..
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What is the most bizarre counsel you received as a JW, from a JW?
by Funchback in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there were many addressed to me.

for example, i once had a sister tell me i was gambling because i liked playing skill crane (the machine where you have to try to pick up prizes like stuffed animals) at the arcade.

i then fired back a her: "you saw the r-rated movie 'backdraft.