Posts by Prisca

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Choices we have, choices we make....

by Sunchild in

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"when you're older, you'll understand.".

"when you're older, you'll learn to see things my way.".

"when you're older, you'll be cynical and bitter.

Prisca

{{{{{sunchild}}}}}

I hope that everything goes well in your new life at college and everything. You will learn new things about yourself, discover strengths you never knew you had, learn about people in a way you never had a chance to before.

I had gone through a lot in my life by the time I was 25 - I remember feeling like I was 100, not the young woman I appeared to be on the outside.

However, you have to live your own life. Accept responsibility for your decisions, and learn to rely on your instincts.

I look forward to your posts about your new life!

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uhm, uhm...EXCUSE ME...uh...

by SixofNine in

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....uh, uh.... {to the group} can i go to the bathroom?.

ask this and other important questions here: http://www.greatcrowd.com/159ubb/forum1/html/000233.html.

ps.

Prisca

How sad to be conflicted over such mundane issues. Isn't it great to be free of all that.

Amen sister, amen!

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i am new

by knight in

i have read the various posts here an i have my own story to tell i amstill a witness not as active as i used to be but stillfaithful i think the main problem that jws have is that they put c.o's m.s's elders and the like on pedestals and when you do that you set yourself up for a letdown and when that person does something you dont think is right you are letdown but one should not let this block his/her relationship with jehovah.

Prisca

P.S.

I have been able to cultivate a better relationship with my Creator since I left. There are no rules to worship Him, unlike the man-made rules that the JWs make up. I have freedom of worship, freedom of thought, and the freedom to really be happy. You don't need an organisation to serve Him. It has to come from the heart and mind.

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i am new

by knight in

i have read the various posts here an i have my own story to tell i amstill a witness not as active as i used to be but stillfaithful i think the main problem that jws have is that they put c.o's m.s's elders and the like on pedestals and when you do that you set yourself up for a letdown and when that person does something you dont think is right you are letdown but one should not let this block his/her relationship with jehovah.

Prisca

Welcome to the DB knight.

I have to disagree about your comment about encouragement coming from associating with the Organisation. I found it consistantly discouraging as time went on. The more I tried to improve my relationship with God, the more I realised the lesser of a need to meet with people who arrogantly calls themselves "God's chosen people". I have been a Witness all my life and I have seen things on many levels. It got to the stage where my conscience wouldn't let me support the non-Biblical doctrines and the unChristian attitudes, even of my own family, helped me realised that this wasn't "God's" religion afterall.

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Another self introducton

by Skimmer in

greeting to all the readership:.

i am a newcomer to this board, and as i have enjoyed reading the self-introductions of others, i'd thought i'd post one of my own.. in 1966 i was a nine year old boy and my parents where going through a messy divorce.

i wound up spending some time with an aunt and uncle who had been jws for all of their adult lives, and they gave me a copy of the wtbts book _from paradise lost to paradise regained_.

Prisca

Hello and welcome

I remember the orange "Paradise book". I was only 5 at the time (post 1975) but it also gave me strange ideas about Armageddon. The pictures stayed with me for many years, and I wonder how many nightmares it invoked in other kids who saw those explicit pictures and read those words of the death of billions of people.

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Allow me to introduce myself...

by MuzicmanCa in

i am a new face to this website, although i have poked around in it for some time.

i was born and raised as a witness starting in brooklyn, new york in 1973. i was disfellowshipped on my 26th birthday, november 20th, 1999. i am not one of those that feels bitter about it.

i know full well that the jw's have a code of morals and behavior that quite honestsly, i did not live up to.

Prisca

Hello and welcome. You make several good points in your post. It's good to be able to look back on what and why we believed what we did. Often, it's not until we are out of the organisation (either by choice or forced out) that we can see things for what they are. I don't believe all the people in the organisation are wicked, neither are all their teachings destructive. Balance is needed in reviewing these things.

I look forward to more of your posts.

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old, somewhere to go, proud, and fearless

by messenger in

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i have done some really bad things that involve kittens and ducks but i do not want to tell you my story, unless you ask, then i will have to refuse.

while i need help and consolation, i hate everyone on this board and will attack anyone that replies to this topic.

please do not try to help me or i will kill myself and it will be your fault.. love,.

Prisca

Dear Azzaz...

err,...um... never mind!!

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To the LURKERS !!

by Prisca in

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yes, that means you!!!.

there's lots of support for everyone here.

some of you lurkers out there may be feeling shy about opening up and posting here.

Prisca

Yes, that means YOU!!!

There's lots of support for everyone here. Some of you lurkers out there may be feeling shy about opening up and posting here. Please don't be shy. Just chose a sign-in name, you can be as anonymous as you want, but feel free to post your thoughts, questions, even just to vent your emotions! We have all been affected by JW life in some way, shape or form. So whatever you have to say, there will be no doubt someone else who has shared a similar experience to yours.

We look forward to sharing this board with you.

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Tonight's memorial - did you go?

by dmouse in

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my wife has just left for the memorial.. just before she went she asked me to come...this was the second year in a row that i declined.

i hated seeing her so sad, i almost agreed to go just to cheer her up but that would betray her in a very real sense.

to go to the memorial would be an admission in her eyes (and other jws) that i still believe deep down that it is the truth.

Prisca

Hey... another Aussie is on this site! G'day! I'm an aussie too!

I can feel for everyone who has posted on this thread.

This year's memorial was the first I have ever missed. I had thought about it for several months, but realised the whole JW thing was not something I wanted to be part of anymore. If I went to the Memorial, it would be an admission that I still wanted to be a part of it. But I don't. So I stayed at home and chatted to the folks in the chat room here. Had a great time too. I still believe in the ransom sacrifice and all that. I just don't believe it's right to literally snub the emblems as they are passed around. To me that is rejecting Christ's sacrifice, not accepting it.

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HHHHHEEEEELLLLLOOOO!!!!!

by discombobulatedgirl in

talk to me peoples!!

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Prisca

HHHEEEEEEELLLLLLLLOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Hi DC - how're you going? Nice to see you posting again. It'd be nice to hear your side of things in regards to JW life and stuff. I was brought up as a Witness all my life, so we've probably got some stories to share. But I survived, and if you ever want to email me, feel free.

See ya!