No wonder you're a proud dad...she is very beautiful, and Gonzaga is a great place for an education. It's amazing to think my little girl will be heading off to college 18 years.
Congrats!
Alicia
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Daughter Going to College this Fall
by TR inwow.
my first born baby will be going to college in the fall.
she will graduate high school and spokane community college this year with an aa degree.
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WOW!!! I scored BIG at the Donut Shop!
by LDH inwell i took the little crumb-snatcher for a ride in the stroller this morning.
usually i meander over by the college with all of its big, shady trees.. well, satan himself musta been with me this morning cause i got a hankering for a donut!
i eat maybe 4 donuts a year, not my thing..... anyhow, i decide to turn for the donut shop where i choose my sin, an eclair covered in chocolate..... i turn to look at the little stack of reading material and what do i see?.
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For so long I barely even glanced at the magazines, but once I became a teen, I read the "Young People Ask" article...and laughed at the poor kids who actually believed that crap.
I remember how my mom, dad, and even oldest sister, tried so hard to get me to study the Watchtower every week for the Sunday meeting. I finally got tired of them asking and spent one afternoon using every color highlighter, and wrote in teenie weenie print, the FULL scripture text of all the scriptures mentioned. There was hardly any white left on the pages. That shut them up because the last thing thye wanted was for me to expect them to do that every week. From then on I wasn't expected to study.
I never realized how much I hated those magazines until I moved out of my parents. I took the many boxes of magazines, sat in a lounge chair in my new back year and enjoyed the heat from an amazing bonfire. About all they're good for.
Alicia
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WOW!!! I scored BIG at the Donut Shop!
by LDH inwell i took the little crumb-snatcher for a ride in the stroller this morning.
usually i meander over by the college with all of its big, shady trees.. well, satan himself musta been with me this morning cause i got a hankering for a donut!
i eat maybe 4 donuts a year, not my thing..... anyhow, i decide to turn for the donut shop where i choose my sin, an eclair covered in chocolate..... i turn to look at the little stack of reading material and what do i see?.
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I just moved to Cali and was visiting the local health clinic to get the wonderful Depo Shot. As I was waiting I saw at least TEN magazines scattered through the waiting room. This pissed me off so much because the JW who placed them there knew exactly what they were doing, praying on the poor, week, and more likely single mothers. I proceeded to pick all of them up and stuff them in my bag. I don't even throw them in the garbage in the same place anymore because I've had a JW come by, see them there and take them out. So I took them home and tossed them in our garbage.
Now, talk about feeling like I've done a good deed for the world. Anything, to save those out there that don't have the strength to ward the JW's off.
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Complete reversal: from Witness to atheist
by Ephanyminitas ini'm pretty new here (five minutes old!
) and i'm curious: how many have left the organization and, in time, become athiests.
i was raised in the organization, so growing up, my thinking was -- of course -- stifled.
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Seaken,
I took it as a joke from JT, but it's comments on the same line that others say and they're not joking. I find no positive aspect of the whole "hell" idea.
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Complete reversal: from Witness to atheist
by Ephanyminitas ini'm pretty new here (five minutes old!
) and i'm curious: how many have left the organization and, in time, become athiests.
i was raised in the organization, so growing up, my thinking was -- of course -- stifled.
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It's comment slike JT's that completely turn me away from any form of religious beliefs at all.
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Complete reversal: from Witness to atheist
by Ephanyminitas ini'm pretty new here (five minutes old!
) and i'm curious: how many have left the organization and, in time, become athiests.
i was raised in the organization, so growing up, my thinking was -- of course -- stifled.
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I guess I'm leaning more towards Agnostic than Atheist. With everything that has happened in my life I find it very difficult to believe there is a god of any sort. An all-surrounding power...maybe. I've checked into different ideas over the past seven years since I left but nothing seems to grab me as reality yet.
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Do any of you know each other?
by Lost Diamond ini was just wondering....how many of you have actually met each other?
i'm new here.
what i mean is, are there regular reunions where one can go and meet other ex-jw's face to face?
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I just moved to the Southern California area, about 45 minutes from San Diego. A couple days ago I saw there was a Southern Cal apotofest going on. I wondering if anyone would be willing to meet up with me somewhere since I don't have a car. I would REALLY like to meet some of you since it's pretty much just me, my daughter, her dad and his family. Talking to someone besides a 3 months old would be a wonderful thing. Especially you guys since there's something in common here.
Hope to hear from someone!
(and no, haven't met anyone from here, though I now remember Mulan and Princess from in Seattle)
Alicia
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What did you do during the written review
by truthseeker1 inby far the most boring part of all meetings is the written review.
what kind of stuff did you guys (male and female) do to pass the time.
i either to write computer programs, sleep talk to my wife or sleep in the car.
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I either took the time to practice my artistic abilities or had fun writing in wacky answers. Or, when I got older, probably 14 or 15, I just made an excuse not to go and stayed home. Hey, I skipped school, why not skip the written review? I kept thinking "who the hell do they think they are, giving us a TEST on beliefs that should be kept personal and private in everyone?"
Again, another thing that just pushed me away from the whole Jahoser bit.
Alicia
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WHAT Kingdom Hall did Ya'll go to?
by thewiz ini was looking at another thread.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=24809&site=3.
and was wondering,if i'm not being too forward, what kh did everyone here go to.. i used to go to the cranston kh in ri, usa .
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Princess, I would recognize all those from Lynnwood congregations, but would rarely be able to pop up a name. I mostly saw them when we were meeting up at Red Robin or the Skate Deck after meetings.
I dated someone in 94/95 that went to North Lynnwood, but eventually he moved out of his extremely controlling mom and Step-dad's hell and in with his real dad. There were many things that happened to him that really made me sour with the Lynnwood congregation. Glad to see you're free! :)
Alicia
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Who has been out the longest?
by Beans ini have been out since december 22 1984, 17 years,i was 16 and never looked back!
and thats when apostacy was in the early stages and am now a full fledged member!.
beans
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I was raised a JW but that doesn't mean I believe everything I was taught. I think around age seven is when I really despised my mom taking me out in service, taking me to the meetings, etc., because I didn't believe anything especially since my dad didn't go to the meetings but still preached it all.
Oh yeah, what really set me off and, when I really knew "the truth" was just a load of bull, was when I wasn't allowed to join the choir in sixth grade because it met before school and that was extra time with "worldy association". It's probably a good thing I never told my parents the song I sang to get into the choir (and got me accepted) was "God Bless America".
I'd say I official left in 1995, when I was 18 and stopped going to any meetings. I'd only attended them sporadicly the two years before, so my parents just stopped asking if I was going.