I guess I did not consider myself actually fading until I was no longer giving any parts. That lead to sporadic meeting attendance and that lead to no field service and that lead to no meetings. Been 14 months since setting foot in the door of a KH. The only way I would knock on one of those doors in the territory would be to apologize for ever coming there in the first place with a bunch of crap.
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If you are fader, how do you handle assignments etc.
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WHAT ARE YOUR MOST VIVID, ODD, or FUNNY Memories of Conventions and Assemblies of Jehovah's Witnesses?
by Balaamsass inshare with us memories of the bizarre, funny, strange, what you hated, what you miss...we all have them.
(question..why the big to do between terms- convention and assembly .
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joyfulfader
We were returning home from a day at the convention at the Cap Center outside of Washington DC in MD (1980's) on a particularly hot day in bumper to bumper stopped traffic when lo and behold we see a man sauntering up the median in nothing but socks and shoes. I suppose the asphalt was too warm for his feet lol. Made the evening news. Was probably my first ever glimpse of the male anatomy lol
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Did you ever have to walk out of/shut off a movie when watching with JWs?
by keyser soze ini can only recall one occasion.
it was when my brother and future wife were dating.
they had dinner at my parents' house, along with her uber-zealous/borderline psychotic parents.
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joyfulfader
The flying monkeys in the wizard of oz caused quite a bit of contention among those in my former cong. They were Satan's monkeys. I would say "it was all a DREAM guys!!!" How many people have rational dreams?? I suppose they could come out with a WT forbidding the dreaming of anything not on the GB approved list of story lines.
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joyfulfader
I know of a couple that was only privately reproved for a 3 year physical relationship. They never got married. Just broke up. Guess it depends on the elders and those involved.
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I really thought i was going to live forever
by Aussie Oz inrandom discussion today ended up in my wife mentioning when she saw halley's comet (1986?
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when it came by, rather than make the effort to watch it, i flippantly said "nah, i'll see it next time!".
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joyfulfader
that is one thing that is hitting me. i never thought i would see my parents die. now i know i will and it is that thought that terrifies and angers me. the cult stole 40 yrs of my life. fortunately i am happier than i have ever been.
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Celebrating Christmas?????
by DATA-DOG ini am just curious, and not judging.
if you are a christian and you know that december 25th is not jesus' birthday, and may have pagan roots, then why celebrate it?
i was raised a dub as most of you know, and have learned the ttatt so i know how wrong they are about a lot.
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joyfulfader
i am doing it for the first time ever i think because i can. i did not go wild once iknew TTATT. i guess i realized how the witnesses pick and choose what is pagan and can be done. wedding rings and their pagan origins and the glorifying anniversary parties made me realize they could celebrate christmas if they wanted and be no less culpable than they are now. i love having the freedom to choose now. my bf is atheist but celebrates for the family togetherness. just about everything has a pagan origin of some sort.
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Meeting with my family doctor...
by NVR2L8 ini needed a prescription renewed and found out my old doc retired...met my new doc and took this opportunity to update my medical record...removed the no blood transfusion clause from my file.
i told the doctor that inconsistencies within my church's doctrines made it impossible for me to put my life at risk for no valid reason.
after throwing out my medical directive card, amending my medical record is another step toward totally breaking free from the cult.
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joyfulfader
It was so freeing to update all my medical records to erase the JW status and emphasize that I WILL indeed accept blood. I felt like a huge weight had been lifted!!
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New video: Stephen Lett warns about "Women's Lip"
by cedars inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=citaz613koc.
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joyfulfader
I remember about 15 yrs ago when my ex husband and I were at the book study and the conductor made a mistake in his comments. I had to say something to my elder husband to tell him about it...it was a big mistake that no one else caught and i was praised for my allowing my husband to take the credit. My subjection was supposedly worthy to be imitated or some drivel such as that. I felt like a second class citizen and angry that I was not deemed good enough to mention his error even in private. Never again!!!
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Were you Stalked or Chased After Once you Exited the JW's by Elders ?
by flipper ini tried to fade off the map by moving 30 miles initially in 2004 after i exited in late 2003 .
the first several years they didn't bother me.
i ran into a elder from my former congregation in late 2005 in an antique store - he tried telling me i was wrong for stopping attending meetings.
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joyfulfader
I was stalked many years ago as I was reevaluating things. Unfortunately I decided to go back was the lesser of two evils. I am now fading. 2 yrs ago meeting attendance became sporadic and a little over a yr ago I stopped all together. I have been contacted by an elder who I suspect has his own doubts because he has no interest in trying to persuade me to return. I have had a couple of "encouraging" calls from ones bemoaning the idea that my child and I are about to endure a horrible death at Armageddon if I don't attend meetings again. I told this person I would rather die this death she believes will happen rather than be viciously verbally attacked by ignorant people like herself. I have had no more calls. And if I am approached for anything judicial I will most certainly include a lawyer because I have done nothing to warrant such and WILL fight.
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Do the elders have "clear direction" that it's ok to use an ipad at meetings?
by nochoice ini read this post more than a year ago: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/212313/1/watchtower-publications-for-ipad.
since i saw it, i've been waiting for the first brother or sister to show up at the hall with an ipad to see what happens.
a little here and there at the conventions and assemblies.
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joyfulfader
I have not set foot in a KH for a year...yippee. But I was using my iPad because I was going so sporadically that I never kept up with what we were studying. What could be downloaded then was limited. Watchtower, the book study book (can't remember title) and the bible. I was only one to use it. Got lots of comments. Nothing negative. It was the only cool thing about going to that place by that time.