You paint a good picture with your words. I'm enjoying the read. I did laugh at Frank Spence, there's a funny tv character from the UK called Frank Spencer and I pictured him!
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Part Two: The non Bethel alternative.
by Giordano inafter i had graduated high school in the early 1960s i decided to make a commitment to pioneer.
for my mother even pioneering was not good enough.......... her first choice was bethel.
pioneering in my home area.....boring.
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Interview with an Apostate: Paralipomenon
by Paralipomenon inin all, i don't let very many see my true self.
are your parents / family jws?.
my brothers initially said they wouldn't but then after trying to convince me to come back each of them decided to shun me instead.. were you or are you still being shunned by those who didn't leave?.
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happy@last
Thank you for your interview, what a great line:I would rather face the future with tears in my eyes than turn my back to it to live in denial with a smile. All the best to you and yours.
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I have JUST become a GREAT GRANNY Of Twins.
by mouthy inhenry 51bs 12 oz,eve 51bs 14 oz...phil my grnason by marriage just called.. ashley the new mum) my granddaughter who herself was a twin,from my melanie who died when she was 42(cancer).
they are doing well born by ceaserian at 2.40p.m today!!!!!
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happy@last
Fantastic news, congratulations to you and yours
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Experiences: CAA needs to emotionally vomit... catharsis... release ... etc.
by confusedandalone inok, so i have been on this journey for about a year or so.
i feel like i am no longer a part of this whacked out religion, however at the same time after spending so many years in it there have been a huge array of things that have happened to me that i feel i need to talk about.
not because they will help anyone who reads them, not because they are the slightest bit interesting, but because i can no longer keep them bottled up and expect to move on.. alot of things i have experienced hurt me deeply... although i was able to move forward with my life these things tend to hang around in my mind because i have never been able to tell anyone outside of my wife.
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happy@last
That is quite a story to carry with you for so long. Do not let it eat away at you anymore. Your wife seems a great person, and she is right, what goes around comes around. I hope you feel a lot better having put 'pen to paper'.
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A story about Reggie and Reginald... and why it makes me cringe... more vomiting
by confusedandalone inso i grew up in new jersey in a very urban part of the state.
i literally only saw white folks if they were in a police car or if i went to the assembly.
the funny thing is at the assembly there was still a level of segregation as well although it was self-imposed.
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happy@last
Whatever happened to "have love among yourselves"?? I would have said something for sure
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happy@last
ex elder here
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You put your right foot in...you put your left foot out...
by hokeypokey inenjoying the commentary on this board and up at night doing some research.
coming to grips with my new reality.
- hokey pokey.
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happy@last
Welcome, never stop asking yourself questions
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Watchtower.ORG!!!!!
by minimus ini here that the new advisory for witnesses, should the go on the internet is to only go on the org.
the org.
is all they are concerned about since "others" may have some "misinformation"..
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happy@last
How about x-j-w.org ? It does sound a bit like trying to shut the stable doors after the horses have bolted, and yet another way of controlling information as spoken of by Steve Hassan's BITE model
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scum bag elder
by Crazyguy inso last night i had a family meeting and told my kids that i was quitting as a jw and then gave my wife my da letter to give to the one elder i like at the hall tonight.
so this morning i see a text from the co elder the one that met with me and is gunning to get me out and had already tried to get me to a jc meeting this week.
so the text reads "your wife has informed me of your letter and its sad to hear, would like to meet one last time not as a jc, to be sure this is what you want.".
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happy@last
Your family is your priority, save your kids. You did what you had to do, close the chapter on it and enjoy the freedom
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I think my faith might be returning. Feeling very confused.
by jambon1 ini've been out the organisation for around 8 years.
when i first left, im positive that i suffered from some sort of post traumatic stress.
i was very angry at myself for accepting the really bad parts of the religion that i strongly disagreed with.
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happy@last
jgnet: "Reading the Bible Again For the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally by Marcus J. Borg"
This is a great recommendation, it's a book that can be read in a very short period of time but make a lot of sense