Posts by moreconfusedthanever

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Introduce myself

by dantoole87 in

i'd like share why i went from being a teenager determined to work in full time service for jehovah my entire life, to now being on here commiserating with you all.

i use to be an atheist but i now believe in god.

but i'm not preachy about god.

moreconfusedthanever

What a story. Unfortunately yours is not a unique experience and for this reason it is obvious to me that Jehovah and/or his spirit is not with the JWs at all.

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Important spiritual food

by moreconfusedthanever in

todays watchtower study is all about singing complete with instructions on how to sing.,............

"but we all have the responsibility to sing praises to jehovah.

so hold your songbook up high, lift your head, and sing with enthusiasm!".

moreconfusedthanever

Todays watchtower study is all about singing complete with instructions on how to sing.,...........

"But we all have the responsibility to sing praises to Jehovah. So hold your songbook up high, lift your head, and sing with enthusiasm!"

"You can sing with a strong and loud voice by learning how to breathe properly. Just as electricity gives power to a light bulb, your breath powers your voice when you speak or sing. You should sing as loud as you speak or even louder."

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Meat Eating

by Fisherman in

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most hard to swallow meat and fish (that i was aware of) that i have ever eaten is rabbit, but also deer, octopus and eel sushi.. how about your meat eatings?

what have you eaten that is interesting?.

moreconfusedthanever

I don't mind Kangaroo if it is cooked properly.

I have had crocodile which I found to be very fatty and I wouldn't eat it again.

I have had snails a few times. I liked them in their shells with garlic butter but the ragout of snail I had in a French restaurant was awful.

Also had Buffalo on a Barbecue once. Very gamey but I liked it.

First time I had quail I was hesitant as it was so small and reminded me of my pet bird but I do quite like them.

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Disassociation and being young, experiences?

by Kohanic in

ok so im new here~ hey-yo!.

i found this site cause i've been looking around at experiences of people leaving 'the truth' as i've been wanting to leave for some time now.

it's interesting as y'know i'd never seen it from the other side as its apostate literature and all that jazz lol.

moreconfusedthanever

Considering you are still at home I would keep it quiet until you have a plan and means of escape - somewhere to go and be able to fend for yourself.

As has already been said, if you have family and friends that you still want to be able to speak to then just move out when you can and stop attending meetings.

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Cleaning up the Relics - How much did they use to charge for books, etc.

by days of future passed in

sorry i wrote a novel.. i'm trying to clean up.

of course, once you find a pile of pictures or papers, you start looking through them.. i found a small pile of magazines, mostly from 1987. some kingdom ministries, written reviews and a few 1985 -'86 awakes.

i guess 1986 was the last year the magazines were printed in that pastel range of orange, pink etc.

moreconfusedthanever

Growing up there was an elder in our hall who would take "vacations" from the truth with his family. They wouldn't go away. They would be at home but would not take phone calls from any in the congregation and if you went to see them they wouldn't ask you in because they were taking a holiday from their every day Life.

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Friends

by Jrjw in

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hi does anyone have any ideas of good places for me to make non jw friends when i move coz need to replace all my jw friends for my kids and i ready for becoming inactive.

moreconfusedthanever

I have met some lovely women just waiting at the schools for my children. A couple of these have become very good friends.

Children can make friends at school and it's a good chance to get to know their parents.

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committees

by dogisgod in

i have had some conversations with ex-jw women and i am more than a little concerned at how, if a female, is treated in committee meetings.

it sure seems (i experienced this when i was young) that the elders have a commonality in trying to create such shame and sexual guilt (especially where none is deserved) that it is beyond abuse.

i know there are a lot of former elders here.

moreconfusedthanever

I think in general the Jay dubs are obsessed with sex.

My son has a girlfriend from school and the only thing my mother could think to say along with that facial expression of disappointment was "at least you are the parents of the boy if she gets pregnant".

WTF moment for me. Why assume they are even sexually active? Because only JWs have morals - so they think.

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Ended my last J-Dub friendship...

by Joliette in

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friends

i wrote her a text message telling her not to contact me anymore.

found out that she went back and told my mother some stuff about me.. i shouldnt have never given her my phone number....she's my next door neighbor.. she would always ask if i was going back to the kingdom hall, i would tell her no...people know that i'm not going back to the kingdom hall, and they still think that i'm going back.. i'm planning on moving from my hometown in 2 years and i cannot wait to leave!!!!

so tired of people still thinking i'm a j-dub, i've told people i havent been to the kingdom hall since 2011, and they still think i'm going back.

moreconfusedthanever

For those of us that fade our friends and family will always hold out hope that we return. The constant requests that we do so is the price we must pay to be able to continue having a relationship with our families.

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Annoying jws

by Jrjw in

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a 'concerned' jw in my congregation rang me earlier and said she's noticed my daughter sits miserable at the meetings and said she's a right miserable girl in general.

i said she's happy and hyper when she's not at the meetings they're just really boring and she doesn't want to be there.

apparently i'm a bad parent coz she feels that way.

moreconfusedthanever

I still have my mum for that. Lol.

Does this sister giving you "advice" have children of her own?

I would give her a wide berth and not give out any personal information at all.

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Moses, Soloman spoke to the entire assembly of Israel...How???

by James Mixon in

moses spoke to the entire assembly deuteronomy 31:3, leviticus19:2 and exodus 16:9 no sound amplification, we must remember he was speaking to 2 million people.

solomon in 2 chronicles spoke to thousands maybe millions, so how the hell did folks a mile away hear..you need a sound system for 200 folks in a close building in the kh.... moses, solomon and others had a great set of vocal cords.....

moreconfusedthanever

That is something I have always wondered.

Made me think of the scene in The Life of Brian when Jesus says to the crowd "happy are the peace makers" and Brian I think it was asks "did he say the cheese makers?" Lol