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  JWTALK?

  by charonsdog in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just got my first peek at jwtalk via a link posted elsewhere.

  i have been hearing about this forum for a while now, but never checked it out.

  my question is this: is this site sanctioned by the wbts/gb/fds/yhwh?

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  Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad

  by charonsdog in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today, july 1, i wrote what has become my annual contact with my parents.

  it is their 51st wedding anniversary.

  i e-mail them from across the world where i now live to let them know that i haven't forgotten them, i still love them, and that i'm doing okay.

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  Interview With an Apostate: Charonsdog

  by charonsdog in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  they raised my two younger brothers and me in the “truth”, and convinced some of their own siblings to join as well.

  i married pretty early, raised two of my own in the “truth”, sad to say.

  my parents are still in.

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  Birthday

  by charonsdog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  by the time i finish this post, i will have turned 50 years old.

  i spent over 40 years of my life not celebrating my birthday, and it never seemed like a big deal to me.

  three years ago, i received a cake and some friends sang "happy birthday" to me at a dinner party that was for a different event.

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  Organization Updates for POMOs?

  by charonsdog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been physically out since early 2014. before that, i was mentally out for a long period of time.

  now, having zero contact with family or former friends, plus living in a southeast asian country where it is possible to not ever see a jw.

  since i have discovered this site, i'm learning lots of things about the organization that i wasn't aware of before.

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  Thank you, George Couch!

  by charonsdog in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just thought i'd share this story from my past.. back in the 80s i remember the big problem seemed to be about music.

  (today, it's tight pants, i guess) the organization, society, whatever they were calling themselves, were always going on about the music we listened to.

  disco, heavy metal, the whole "backwards masking" thing...couldn't escape hearing or reading about how satan was corrupting us unless we were listening to kingdom melodies or elevator music.. i was assigned to wtf in the late 80s and remember one of the articles stating that "young people know that the rhythm of rock music is the rhythm of sexual intercourse.

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