Topics Started by Happeanna

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THE LINGERING SHADOW OF '75
by Terry in
1. jw
2. experiences
none of you are old enough to have been there, i suspect.

i had been in prison two years as a jw conscientious objector when the exciting news about 1975 spread like wildfire.i was paroled from prison in 1969 and immediately began pioneering.

the pressures began mounting throughout the organization.
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No more pain sorrow or crying in new system!!!!!!!
by atomant in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain.

for the old world and its evils are gone forever.

" rev.
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I was ashamed
by Happeanna in
1. jw
2. friends
i was once a person who believed in god destroying 7 billion people so a few people could live in paradise.. when the penny finally dropped and i realised what as a jehovah's witnesses i was really praying for , it made me feel sick.

what is attractive about a person that prays for this world to end .

i was ashamed to have been a witness deeply ashamed .
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JW Expressions We Hate
by Socrateswannabe in
1. jw
2. friends
i was browsing through stuff on jw.org recently and ran across some expressions that really grate on my nerves: loyal love, loving-care, and loving-kindness, as in: "please exercise loving-kindness toward your servant.

" who talks like that?

they must be relics of the fred franz era.
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The Watchtower & Communist Propaganda
by Watchtower-Free in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
a new youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9wmtskwfik.
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Returning
by Doubtfully Yours in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was a member of this community a long time ago and have lurked for years.

well, i am back and still thoroughly conflicted, with my heart/loyalties as divided as ever.

please welcome me back, hear me out, and make me feel as welcomed as before.. the wtbts has changed so very much in recent years that i feel trapped in a completely different religion altogether.
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Today was an odd day.
by paul from cleveland in
1. jw
2. friends
experienced a series of odd coincidences today.

this morning i noticed a friend had "liked" a picture i had posted on facebook.

i hadn't spoken with him for a while so i texted him that we should get together to 'catch up' some time soon.
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A Big Hello From Mouthy/Grace and.....
by label licker in
1. jw
2. friends
a special message to her daughter, ann marie if you are watching this site.

your mother is eighty-eight now and her memory is going fast.

please call her, ann marie.
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Thanks to this forum 14 years ago I broke free
by Happeanna in
1. jw
2. experiences
i belonged to this forum for about 5 years ; 14 years ago and made many good online friends here.. it became my new family for awhile and i am very grateful for all the help i received.. for the first time in 10 years i went into a kh for a funeral, bearing in mind it was at the hall where my husband had been the presiding overseer and regular pioneer for many many years.. they were very surprised that i remembered all their names and was confident and happy.. someone said so are you back in the truth, i said simply !

yes i have my truth, thanks.. the elder in question said " well time will tell ?

"and i said yes it has hasn't it, but we aren't in competition..
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knock knock
by Sabin in
1. jw
2. experiences
if jw`s come knocking at your door, do you open it & engage in conversation, tell them to sod off, or just not answer the door?.

my husband`s has asked me not to answer the door to them if he isn't here?

he hate`s the fact that they make a point of calling when they know he will be at work.