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  Who is your favorite "Apostate"? Who helped you see the truth about "The Truth"?

  by minimus in

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  i would have to say that ray franz was the biggest influence for me.. when i first got on this board, a poster by the name of james, a former bethelite and organization heavy, helped me understand a lot of the inner workings in the upper echelons of the society.. .

  and of course, farkel's common sense approach was (usually) helpful..

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  happy@last

  It was me that made me leave, I worked it out for myself.

  My order of contact with 'apostates' was Ray Franz, then Bill Bowen via Silentlambs, then Cedars via JWSurvey and then I found you all here.
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  Do not text and drive. Watch this video!

  by Iamallcool in

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  http://www.itcanwait.com/videos/xzaviers-story/ .

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  happy@last

  I know someone who's neighbour died whilst texting, she drove into the back of a stationary lorry, the police found the phone with a text message to her mother saying she will be with them very soon, the text was half finished
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  Nothing left in the tank

  by zed is dead in

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  that is how i feel right now.. zed.

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  happy@last

  When I feel like that I go out into the countryside, it's an advantage living in Scotland. Do something different.
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  Is it a tradition in your congregation for the visiting speaker to give the final prayer on Sunday?

  by hoser in

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  every congregation i have attended this is the case.

  i was wondering if this is just a local thing or if it is an unwritten rule worldwide?.

  hoser.

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  happy@last

  Was always the case when I was in, however when I was WT conductor sometimes we had a couple of visiting speakers who were simply awful, and I always picked on someone else to say the closing prayer, a few in the hall picked up on it and found it humerous, i was never called up about it.
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  EX Jehovah's Witness on BBC WM in the United Kingdom

  by uk_ex_jw in

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  2. experiences

  worth a listen on the podcast.

  talking on the issues of his life as a jehovah's witness and the child abuse issues.. plus a backlash afterwards by a few jw sympathisers.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01ffl21.

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  happy@last

  It was a great interview, which got me really angry, why did I ever go along with that crap?!!! I had the same issues with my kids, having nightmare I was going to die at armageddon, I'm seriously thinking of writing a DA letter after listening to that, even though I have successfully faded away.
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  Am I wasting my time?

  by mrhhome in

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  i am the husband of an ex-jw.

  she left when she was 18, because she was dating a non-jw.

  they got married, and he began openly cheating on her.

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  Do you want to build a bridge to people like that? It's a cult. Continue loving your wife and be thankful she escaped, she's been through enough as a result of that organisation.
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  Young man walks out of Glasgow convention and commits suicide

  by jambon1 in

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  last weekend.

  so unbelievably sad.

  rip.

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  happy@last

  Absolutely tragic. The last meeting I ever went to was an assembly, except the one to hear my no longer being an elder, I needed to hear that for closure. These gathering are pure BS, promising comfort and security in a spiritual paradise! Yeah right! I was in Glasgow on Saturday around that time (not the convention, in an antique shop not far away), so near and yet so far for this young person :-(
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  Letter to BOE re: baptism of my minor children

  by Michelle365 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok i posted about a month ago asking for advice on writing a letter to my former congregation regarding my children.

  my ex husband still goes to our old hall and although we have joint custody he is raising them to be good little jws on his time.

  i understand that in your organization age is not a determining factor in whether or not a person can get baptized, however as the young people ask book points out:

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  happy@last

  Hi Michelle365, I understand your frustration. I would perhaps word it that 'legally' they are not old enough and that you will seek legal advice should your children decide to go ahead.
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  Feeling Disfellowshipped

  by meep5 in

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  let me briefly explain my back-story: i grew up in a jw household and was technically a jw until 20 years old.

  i stopped attending meetings in 1998 and told my parents i was done in 1999. i'm not sure where i saw my future when i was 19 but i know for a fact i didn't see myself as a "witness" then.

  i hated the hypocrisy and the extreme gossip.

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  happy@last

  Welcome here, it is a place where most understand what you are saying, having been there and now seeing it for what it truly is, a cult. One thing I'll add, at least you know where you stand with your mother and she's not saying one thing to you and another thing behind your back, and as has been said you don't know what tomorrow will bring.
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  hi..

  by ebings in

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  happy@last

  Hello...