Cello,
I have no idea where the rumor originated but it's all the talk of the chat room!
Dana
safe4kids
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Anyone form Orlando Florida
by exodus ini'm planning to travel to orlando florida this week along with my buddy patriot on a business trip.
is there anyone form orlando florida who will like to meet us while we're visiting orlando?
please email me.
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***AN EXPERIENCE !!! ***
by zev intoday, a coworker finished reading my d.a.
letter i have prepared, but not sent yet.. part of my recovery from the damaged caused from membership in the cult has been to be open and honest as to who i am, was and what i was involved in.. so i gave him the letter to read, and he gave it back today, two weeks later, and said:.
"i told my wife, if they ever come knocking at our door, tell them to leave, and if they won't, call the police".
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Slip!!
Why would you want to date an ex-apostate??!!! Don't you know that apostates are where it's at man! We're happenin, dude! We're...oh..you meant an exjw who is now an apostate? Oops
Dana
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I have been Shunned again
by radar ini was reading through the local newspaper the other day, when to my astonishment, i saw a full colour picture of a jw couple.
they had won the valentine of the year competion, run by an international food store.
the picture showed, the happy couple recieving a presentation of a bottle of champaine and some flowers from the store manager.. i shared the article with my wife, and we smiled, because we knew this couple very well, they belonged to our former congregation.
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Freeman Sorry, but that is too funny!
Radar, I agree with Roybatty, maybe he doesn't know that you're no longer a dub. For awhile after I DA'd, I would avoid any witness I saw but I had no way of knowing if they were still in or not. Now, I relish running into them and watching them squirm!
Dana
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***AN EXPERIENCE !!! ***
by zev intoday, a coworker finished reading my d.a.
letter i have prepared, but not sent yet.. part of my recovery from the damaged caused from membership in the cult has been to be open and honest as to who i am, was and what i was involved in.. so i gave him the letter to read, and he gave it back today, two weeks later, and said:.
"i told my wife, if they ever come knocking at our door, tell them to leave, and if they won't, call the police".
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Cool Zev!
NONE of my friends can believe what JWs are really like. My best pal Misti (yes, she's blond, yes she's attractive, no she's not a bimbo!) was absolutely blown away by the whole shunning issue. And I like to think that our friendship makes it very unlikely she would ever accept literature from dubs at her door.
Intereting thing tho...no matter how close I am to my 'worldly' friends, they just cannot comprehend the JW experience. Only people who have been through it, or a close approximation, can understand imo.
Dana
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My story is to long to tell......
by zugzzwan ini am new to this forum but i have for the past several days been reading posts from people that for the first time in 26 years have pasts, memories and feelings like my self.
suffice to say that i too was born and raised in "the truth".
i have at one time or another been, a ms, a vacation pioneer, a regular pioneer, a disfellowship individual, a re-instated individual, publicly reproved, privately reproved and finally for the past 7 years a man who they don't even come on my property cause he's a nut who might shoot you and will at the very least call the police and have you arrested for trespassing individual.. unlike so many others though i find no personal desire to rant or rage against the machine.
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Zuggz,
Welcome
It's quite an adjustment to make after having been raised a JW, eh? I don't feel the need to rant and rage at the "machine" any longer nor do I feel the need to get involved in organized religion of any kind. Freedom is a wonderful thing!
Glad you're here
Dana
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please help my friend know she is not alone.
by hungry4life ineveryone on this board has always been there for me when i needed help and i appreciate it so much.
now it is my friend that is in trouble.
(the same one that i wrote about in most of my other posts particularly the ones about ray franz and coc).
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Hungry,
I missed that line about her being abused. Don't know how that slipped past me!! There is NO good reason for staying in an abusive environment; I agree with the others here who have said that she needs to take her kids and get out NOW.
Dana
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Your FIRST reaction to these words:
by belbab inand this good news of the kingdom will be preached inall the inhabited earth for the purpose of a witness to all the nations, and then the accomplished end will come.
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Angie,
You said:
I'm from the unpopular point of view that God is still there, truth still exists, and we have our choice to make. Hurl if ya like , but truth is truth
I have no difficulty in accepting other's beliefs and I won't argue the point about god's existence, although I don't share it. As you say, we all make our own choices. As for the hurling, thank you! Don't mind if I do. Kind of hard not to after having that particular scripture used as a stick to goad me into knocking on doors and trying to force *MY* particular belief system down the throats of others for the majority of my life thus far.As for truth....oh, never mind!
Dana
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Your FIRST reaction to these words:
by belbab inand this good news of the kingdom will be preached inall the inhabited earth for the purpose of a witness to all the nations, and then the accomplished end will come.
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belbab
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<------Hurling
Dana
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please help my friend know she is not alone.
by hungry4life ineveryone on this board has always been there for me when i needed help and i appreciate it so much.
now it is my friend that is in trouble.
(the same one that i wrote about in most of my other posts particularly the ones about ray franz and coc).
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Hi Hungry,
My heart goes out to your friend. I can remember how scared I was when I was on my way out. I was raised a JW; it was all I knew. And I had small children, a non JW husband, and was riding an emotional roller coaster. Talk about fear! And feeling trapped. My point is that I can relate somewhat to your friend's situation and if you or she would like to contact me, feel free to email me.
The best advice I can offer is for her to go with her gut. At this point she's aware of the false teachings of the WTS; she's certain that she doesn't want her children to endure being raised as witnesses; she can find strength from that conviction that her children need her as their advocate, especially with the father taking the studies so seriously. There were things I did that I don't think I could've done for myself but I was able to do them for my children.
Hope this helps. I know that it's a very painful process but it does get better! And she has a wonderful friend in you Hungry That can make all the difference because she isn't alone.
Dana
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Anyone go to an Internatinal Convention????
by VeniceIT ini know i've posted about this in the past, but there are so many new people, and sooooo many lurkers i thought i'd bring it up again.
i went on 2 convetion tours and have to admit we had a wonderful time.
i also made some really good friends from all over that i haven't been able to keep in touch with.
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Hey Ven ,
We went to one in New Orleans, LA in 1978. It was kind of cool, actually, as our entire congregation chartered buses and we all stayed in the same hotel. We even took group walks around the area in the evenings. The most memorable (I was almost 13 that summer) was when our elders took all of us for a walk down Bourbon Street...we saw a hell of a lot more than they bargained for! And those poor elders, frantically trying to herd us all back towards the 'tame' areas once they realized their mistake...ahhh, the memories!
Dana