I've had witness classmates who befriended their classmates. Just because you can't go to parties or invite them over, doesn't mean you can't build meaningful friendships during school hours.
naazira
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Rules for congregation changes
by UFCFan infirst of all, this post i made on another thread sums up why i want to change congregations so bad.. "theres the other teenagers at the kingdom hall but it's not like i can tell them anything about how i really feel because they're all brainwashed and they'll tell the elders if i tell them something questionable.
there's a girl i like that goes to my hall but i know i'll never be able to be with her because by the time i'm old enough to date by the watchtower's standards, i'll have moved away.. the worst thing is i can't even fake everything well enough to fit in with the other teens at the hall.
i'm always the outcast and if i talk sometimes the so called 'friends' will straight ignore me, even the ones that say they're my best friends.
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Rules for congregation changes
by UFCFan infirst of all, this post i made on another thread sums up why i want to change congregations so bad.. "theres the other teenagers at the kingdom hall but it's not like i can tell them anything about how i really feel because they're all brainwashed and they'll tell the elders if i tell them something questionable.
there's a girl i like that goes to my hall but i know i'll never be able to be with her because by the time i'm old enough to date by the watchtower's standards, i'll have moved away.. the worst thing is i can't even fake everything well enough to fit in with the other teens at the hall.
i'm always the outcast and if i talk sometimes the so called 'friends' will straight ignore me, even the ones that say they're my best friends.
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naazira
Tell the elders how you feel, maybe they can suggest to your parents to let you visit other halls and meet other youths. Also, don't just limit yourself to friends ships in the congregation, reach out to your school mates, neighbors etc.
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The Double Life Of A Jehovah's Witness
by minimus inmany jws are hypocrites.
they lie, cheat, swear, get drunk, fool around, etc..... just because someone is a pioneer, or a ministerial servant or an elder--- it means nothing.
some of the "finest examples", are two faced "christians"..
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naazira
Exactly titles mean nothing!
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First post
by BenRichards ini've been lurking here off and on for a few years, figured i would introduce myself and share the clif notes version of my story.. i'm in my late 30's and was born in.
mom was a jw, dad wasn't.
got baptized in my teens and started dating my eventual wife.
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naazira
Looking forward to see more if you. Welcome :-)
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Watchtower "litter-ature"
by Rufus T. Firefly inin the town where i live, it became customary some years ago for the pioneers to do the actual door-to-door work during the week, and their not-at-home records would provide the territory for the rank-and-file publishers on the weekends.
also, car groups of publishers would get an early start by driving around to the apartment complexes in their territory and leaving older issues of the magazines in the laundry rooms, a practice some called stealth witnessing.
many so-call publishers do nothing but stealth witnessing and wouldnt know how to actually talk to someone if they had to.
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naazira
Sounds exactly like the pioneers in my hall.
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Help me help my DF'd friend
by OneEyedJoe inso i got a text from a friend of mine today telling me that he'd been df'd.
since i'm still nominally a witness, this puts me in a tricky spot.
i intend to tell him in no uncertain terms that i will not shun him, but i'm not sure where to go beyond that.
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naazira
Just tell him that he will always be your friend. Then immediately stop talking about the org. Tell him of all the fun things he should now pursue. You can't trust him fully right now, because he may return to the org. Let him know that life goes on.
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Just wanting to hear experiences.
by joe134cd init's funny how my mind works since walking out of the hall just a bit over a year ago.
for some reason i just can't seem to bring myself to go to the jw.org site.
i find it just to painful.
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naazira
I liked watchtower.org more than jw.org . But I visit the site a few times a month.
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Is The Governing Body Afraid To Slam Muslims???
by minimus inthey boldly spoke against the catholics.
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i'd love to see them rail against the muslims..
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naazira
Their main attack is against christiandom.
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Give me a reason not to go back
by chukky 594 inbeen out now for 10 yrs but life is a mess.
starting to think its because i have no spiritual compass.
why shouldn't i consider going back?.
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naazira
If you do return you will confirm that there is no where else to go except back to a man made religion.
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Give me a reason not to go back
by chukky 594 inbeen out now for 10 yrs but life is a mess.
starting to think its because i have no spiritual compass.
why shouldn't i consider going back?.
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naazira
It's kind of like magic spells. If you believe they work, then they will but if you do not believe in spells they will not work. So, stop believing that the jws have power over your life. Bad things will happen to you if you're in the organisation or not. Being in the jws just distract you and give you false hope. That is why it seems that life was so much better inside the religion, because you were kept distracted by the carrot dangling in front of your face.
You shouldn't go back, because religion will never make you or your life better. It is you and you alone that will do all of the work to create a happy and successful life for yourself.
You should not go back because the congregation does not have a genuine interest in you, it is a waste of time reading pages of literature. You could take a yoga class or study something that will actually help you. You will lose a lot of money spending on keeping up appearances, fueling the car, donating to the organization. They view you as weak for leaving in the first place.
THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU, ONLY THEMSELVES.