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  A milestone for my Grandson, David

  by coffee_black in

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  david turned 18 yesterday.

  (he is the one who walked from orlando, fl to washington, dc a little over 3 years ago on behalf of homeless children) i wrote about that on the forum back then.

  what i didn't write about is that david has grown up without a father....not because he doesn't exist, but because his father has chosen to live his life of drugs and violence.

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  happy@last

  Congratulations to a proud Grandparent, great to see him making the right choices.
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  Do you regret confessing your sins to the elders?

  by asilentone in

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  yes, i do!

  i did it 20 years ago, but the elders still remember what i did, sometimes i wish they never knew about it.

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  Unfortunately I was the approachable elder and heard loads of confessions. These ones genuinely believed they had sinned against god and it bothered them. After counsel given either privately or at JC meetings I'd always say not to think about it anymore and not beat themselves up. I never agreed with DFing but did once where the person had basically lied to the whole cong and they were about to find out. He was reinstated soon after!

  I've also never told a soul about these confessions, if someone tells me in confidence that's the way it stays.

  I hated JC meetings, so glad I'm away from all that nonsense.
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  Do You Regret Reporting Your Elder, Elder's Wife Of Misconduct? It never works!

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one thread is heading down "do you regret confessing?".

  do you regret telling the brothers something because of the "matthew 18" passage about "going to the elders if your brother/sister has sinned against the hall?".

  i told the circuit overseer about a coverup with old "holy-joey", the harsh judge of sexual sins of young witnesses.

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  How such double standard elders ever believe they will be rewarded is beyond me, they can't believe what they preach so what's the point? Must be in for the power trip.
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  It is OFFICIAL they want MORE MONEY : NEW ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i just came back from the meeting .although the local announcements have been abolished recently as an item for the second part , an elder came on the platform to announce that the society needs more money and there is a letter on the noticeboard for all the congragation to read to this effect.

  although the announcement was read half heartedly (this elder's daughter is an apostate ,it looks like he knows what's going on) the implictions are dramatic .

  the society in brief,requests any brother or sister with funds sitting on personal accounts to loan them to the society ,he didn't go into any specifics but i will take a picture of the letter next time and make it available here .. i'm not amazed that they're asking for money ,i thought it will happen sooner or later .what i'm amazed is that 99% of the congragation are oblivious to the financial crisis that the society finds itself these days and the reasons why .i can see the future now .the watchtower will be the fist part of the babylon the great to go down in a blaze of scandals and financial troubles !.

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  happy@last

  This thread is not exactly massive news, they are always asking for money one way or another. With the mags now being cut down, some R & F will have reduced donations, so expect it.

  Awatcher, welcome. I'm glad you have such unwavering faith, believing what you cannot see, however hold it against the evidence, real evidence, and find out for yourself. Don't believe all you are told.
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  I went a little NUTS!

  by irondork in

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  did you go a little nuts as you were waking up and making your exit?

  i had a few of the symptoms listed in hassan's, combatting cult mind control.

  i couldn't pull my thoughts together.

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  I did, however this book here really helped: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Self-Help-Your-Nerves-overcoming/dp/0722531559

  It is called

  Self Help for Your Nerves: Learn to relax and enjoy life again by overcoming stress and fear
  by Claire Weekes
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  Hi! Life story of young, 23-year-old (gay), disassociated, non-baptized publisher

  by HillCountry in

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  hello, this is my first post and the first time i have told my entire story, albeit abridged, to anyone.

  it will be a long story, sorry.. my grandparents were brought up with different religious backgrounds but converted to bible students around the depression era.

  later, my grandfather met my grandmother through the congregation and got married until his death, having a marriage that lasted over four decades.

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  Welcome HC, you are clearly very 'switched on' and intelligent, well done for seeing through the BS so early on and not 'conforming', and I am really happy you have your mum as a good friend. Hope the 'healing' as you describe it continues for you, you are still young and have a lot of life ahead of you.
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  Hi Everyone

  by Skbj in

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  hello people,

  i'd like to start by saying wow!

  i've only just discovered this "world" of ex jw's so i'm still catching up on lots of stuff, my story is a bit long so don't know if people have patience to read :p but if you can bear the reading then i'm happy to share.

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  happy@last

  Great story, and welcome here. I can relate to your relationship with your mum, mine too used to phone and then text on my birthday, oddly enough she stopped when I stopped being a JW.

  Remember though your parents are being controlled on what to think and do, in different circumstances, had they not become JWs I am sure they would act differently.
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  Hello from Rooster McDooster

  by RoosterMcDooster in

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  2. friends

  [if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser /> </w:worddocument> </xml><![endif].

  i've been lurking around here for a while, so i feel like i know most of you already.

  its been a rough 20 years getting here, but now here i am.

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  happy@last

  Hi Rooster, look forward to hearing more from you, glad to hear you have your immediate family with you too
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  New KH and lies to the council!

  by punkofnice in

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  2. experiences

  just before i stepped off being an elder the local congo were buying a piece of land with a building on it to convert (no pun intended), into a kh.. .

  one of the things as i understand it was that they were going to have a flat for the co in situ but report to the local authorities that it ws just a janitors flat.

  apparently if the council knew it was for the co it would be unacceptable for some reason.

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  I recently heard of a new assembly hall being erected in a commercial area, they got permission for erecting a distribution centre making the claim that it is used for the distribution of WT magazines!
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  Yet another intro letter

  by problemaddict in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to the mod, if this is posted in the wrong place please feel free to move it to wherever is appropriate.. so here is another lurker turned community member.

  i might write up a life story at some point, but for the sake of time here are the abc's of me.. raised a jw.

  friends for the most part are all jw's.

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  happy@last

  Welcome, glad you are starting to see things more clearly, and wish you all the best on your journey