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  convention flooded out, haha

  by vsecret939 in

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  today, here in houston, the district convention was closed due in thanks to tropical storm allison.

  talk about an act of god.

  haha.

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  professor

  That's funny as hell! Where else but here can you read a post entitled "convention flooded out, haha!"
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  Not sure I can handle the anger anymore

  by professor in

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  i am over 30 and have been out of the "organization" for almost 14 years now.

  my father is an elder who's main concern is kissing up to the c.o.

  so he can move up the ranks and be important.

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  professor

  Thanks for the comments everyone. To find peace it may be necessary to let go and mourn the loss of my parents now, even though they are not dead.

  prof
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  Not sure I can handle the anger anymore

  by professor in

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  i am over 30 and have been out of the "organization" for almost 14 years now.

  my father is an elder who's main concern is kissing up to the c.o.

  so he can move up the ranks and be important.

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  professor

  I am over 30 and have been out of the "organization" for almost 14 years now. My father is an elder who's main concern is kissing up to the C.O. so he can move up the ranks and be important. My mother seems to hate her life as a JW now but knows nothing else. She still spouts all of the same JW rhetoric on cue. Both of my parents are exemplary JW's and go that extra mile in shunning my sister and I to the extreme (we are both XJW). They say they "miss" us, but if they suffer at all it is "for righteuousness sake". Apparently they have been promised some great prizes at the end of the show for disregarding our existence.

  As I have matured with age, I have become more able to understand and express my feelings about what has happened to my family. Of course Mom and Dad won't hear any of it. Saying anything that disfavors the "organization" or the "Society" makes them push me away even further, as they shudder to think for a moment that their long lost son may be listenting to "apostates", or worse, may even be one. When I was young they taught me that being an apostate is the one sin the you can never be forgiven for and that it's okay to hate such people.

  To know that my parents almost literally hate me because of religion angers me to the point that I now want to scream and break things. I guess I feel it has been such a long time and I should be over it by now. But instead my anger boils hotter and hotter. I feel I need to let go of the idea of ever having my parents back. But at the same time, I know that is exactly what the WTS wants and expects me to do. Damn if they aren't still controlling me through my parents some 14 years later!
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  Incorrect to use the term "Jehovah's Witne...

  by TR in

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  i'm sure this has been brought up before, but it gives me the willies(brrrrrr!

  ) to say the...jw words.

  since i don't believe they are god's witnesses, then i can't say the words.

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  professor

  Why not just call it "The Truth"!

  (snicker snicker)
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  Adam to be Resurrected - Yes?

  by Focus in

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  will adam be resurrected?.

  focus.

  (anti-flipfloppery class)

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  professor

  If Adam gets resurrected I say we all jump his ass and beat the snot out of him.
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  I got my nerve up, gonna try this again!

  by LostMyReligion in

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  i first posted to this board as "truman" about 2 months ago.

  it was a time of deep depression, confusion, fear, and paranoia for me, as i had just 3 weeks before discovered that everything i had believed for 27 years was only a pipe dream.. everyone was very welcoming, but after only a few posts, i got so afraid i had to stop.

  i was fearful of revealing too much, being somehow discovered, and of the possibility of saying the wrong thing, incurring the ire of my betters here.

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  professor

  You are doing what you must to keep the family together. I admire that. Your family should always come first. It sucks that most JW's don't believe in that idea.
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  escapefromwatchtower.com site

  by sf in

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  hi peeps,.

  i can't believe i've not happened upon this site before:> .

  http://www.escapefromwatchtower.com/.

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  professor

  This is an excellent link. Thanks!
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  New H20 was just announced

  by Kismet in

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  the forum director posted this to the coolboard h2o site and thought many here might want to get this new url (at bottom of post).

  (note: i cross posted this to the jw news section as well).

  kismet.

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  professor

  Perhaps there is a need for reformers of H20 just like H20 claims to be reforming the JW's! Or maybe everyone is okay just posting here.
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  A poll for long time observers

  by Skimmer in

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  here is a little poll for you.

  the following is a lit of my predictions for changes for the wtbts and is presented in no particular order.

  the idea here is to see if there is some kind of concensus concerning in what order the changes will occur.

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  professor

  I had a lot of fun with this. Thanks Skimmer.
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  JW's a sect? Comments Please. WARNING-LONG

  by lookingnow22 in

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  first off, i want to say that i am very grateful for this place where i can speak whatevers on my mind.

  ive often been amazed at the role that the wtbts & gb put themselves into, all the while claiming that they are not promoting their own standards, and understandings.

  heres just a little research ive done lately on what it means to be a sect.

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  professor

  This article is a great resource on how several sects, including the JW's sprung from the 2nd adventist movement via C.T. Russell:

  * http://www.premier1.net/~raines/offshoot.html

  It's great reading!

  (senior member wahoo)