Topics Started by The Hermit

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The Hermit's story PART 3
by The Hermit in
1. jw
2. experiences
you know what, i think that i really enjoy telling my story to you guys after all.

yesterday while i was going through the events of part 2 tears were rolling down my face at some point but tonight i'm just smiling.

thank you all for your support, i appreciate it.
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The Hermit's story PART 2
by The Hermit in
1. jw
2. experiences
my father is a fast learner.

he studied hard and he was really interested.

real hard.
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The Hermit's story PART 1
by The Hermit in
1. jw
2. experiences
my great-grandmother was a jw, my grandmother is a jw, my mother and two of my aunts are jws.

in 1983 mom, then 18 years old married my father, a wordly man and was baptized later the same year at a district convention.

i was born in 1984.. my bedtime stories consisted of the bible stories and you can live forever books.
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Non JW friends don't understand
by kozmo in
1. jw
2. friends
it never ceases to amaze me that your personal friends have no clue what it is like to have been one.

i was speaking with a friend the other day about having been a jw.

she said, oh i have a dear friend of 30 years who is one and she is so nice!
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I almost died laughing at the meeting last night. OMG WTF is going on? Have I been away this long?
by macys in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok so most of you guys know already that i am going through the reinstatement process for my parents but i do have a partially sinister plan which i will not mention here since someone told me that there are b-lites that read boards like this.

last night and it was the funniest experience i have ever seen.

besides that the brother doing the sound and video screwed up the whole thing when showing the videos and it took 3 brothers to fix it after 10 minutes, the whole thing was a joke.
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Dis-association Vs Inactivity
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is it just me or is this just really bad double talk?.

9.372 moreover, the suggested finding has no connection with preventing or responding to child sexual abuse and, furthermore, appears not to appreciate the difference between disassociation and inactivity.

as was explained, if someone decides to no longer associate with jehovahs witnesses that is a personal decision and no disciplinary action is taken against that person.
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Stories of "Miracles"
by cappytan in
1. jw
2. friends
so, all of us have probably heard a lot of urban miracle legends over the years in the org.here's one from outside the org.years ago, i worked with this lady.

she was my supervisor.

we liked having discussions on god and the bible.
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What did being a JW teach you?
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
these are some of the things the wbt$ 'taught' me:.

dishonesty is fine if it's to trick people into joining the cult.. if your spouse stops believeing, the best thing you can do is break up the family.. the laws of the governing body overrule any other laws...or else!.

my friends are conditional.. avoid loving people, they'll only let you down or get df'd.. unintelligent dumbos are better than intelligent ones if the dumbos are elders or above.. hate is better than love.. i am not good enough and god will probably enjoy killing me.. demons will appear in my room at night.. ignore practicallity if being practical or loving prevents the leaders getting money or praise.. god hates.
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Rivalry among the sisters
by Esmeralda001 in
1. jw
2. experiences
when i was first introduced to the "truth", i was so distracted by the love and affection that the members were showing me that i was ready to convert into the religion without thinking twice.

i was conviced that jws were god's people (i still think some of them are).

i made it my goal to get baptized as i wanted to be part of the "only" religion that produce such good people.
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When you were in
by Esmeralda001 in
1. jw
2. experiences
coucou,.

i hope you are well?!

i have a few questions that i'd like to adress (if you don't mind of course).