Posts by gma-tired2

Welcome KWJoe I know how hard it is to be raised a JW and realize you are gay. I am the exJw mom of a gay exJW man. Congratulaions on 17 years with your partner. Our son has been with his partner 18 years. Our son has been so much happier since he accepted himself and his two nieces love their two Uncles so much are so accepting.

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The Beauty Of This Site

by minimus in

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the diversity.

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The Beauty of this site are the friends we make that some of us have had a tough time making in our lives.

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I am a "semi-apologist"!

by slimboyfat in

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well, according to our pontiff in residence alan f anyway.

what is this some kind of promotion?

after all, i used to used to be an unreformed apologist troll.

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Slimboyfat I had been thinking about you after your post after the DC. Have you benn outed publicly. Here wishing you an easy time of it. Remember we all here offer you our love and support.

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My Daughter Is Having Her Own Apostofest With 30 "Inactive" JWs At A Local Restaurant Saturday Night

by minimus in

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she has planned to get together with all these 35 plus year olds and it originally was going to be about 10, then word got out.. she is calling it "fallen angels"....(my daughter is too funny!

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Sounds like a very enjoyable evening and I don't think they will have a sing a long of kingdome songs. I hated get togethers that sang kingdom songs

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The Day all Jehovah`s Witness`s are put into Concentration Camps!

by OUTLAW in

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when i was a kid,kingdom halls still had windows.thats a while ago..as a kid i was told in the last days,jehovah`s witness`s would be rounded up and be put into concentration camps..i was told,when the government came to take me away and seperate me from my parents,i should wear my warmest coat and boots.as i would have to fend for myself in the concentration camp..i was told never to give up my faith.even if they tied my parents to a stake and was foced to light the fire that would burn them alive.....jehovah`s witness`s are the "happiest people on earth!

".....do you have any happy memorys like mine?...outlaw

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Did anyone else have anxiety attacts after reading this topic. I was attacked by these memories of fear after reading this topic. Better now went to Beach and read. I read mysterys, today A Alex Kava about serial murderer but these books I take in stride but memories from KH brings on anxiety. Glad I'm out.

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The Day all Jehovah`s Witness`s are put into Concentration Camps!

by OUTLAW in

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when i was a kid,kingdom halls still had windows.thats a while ago..as a kid i was told in the last days,jehovah`s witness`s would be rounded up and be put into concentration camps..i was told,when the government came to take me away and seperate me from my parents,i should wear my warmest coat and boots.as i would have to fend for myself in the concentration camp..i was told never to give up my faith.even if they tied my parents to a stake and was foced to light the fire that would burn them alive.....jehovah`s witness`s are the "happiest people on earth!

".....do you have any happy memorys like mine?...outlaw

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I am having flashbacks, I have years convinced myself I made the meetings worse than what they truly were. Guess not!! We all could not be having the same memories if they weren't true. I emember sitting at meeting a very frail skinny scared child knowing I would never be faithful thru these horrible tortures my decision was to be faithful until the torture started and maybe I would die quickly so no one would not know ho little faith I had. I never even truly thought I would survive Armegeddon just knew life was too scary for me always had little faith , started living double life at age 14 and always prepared to die at beginning of GT. Even if I killed myself. I wasn't suppose to grow up anyhow.

I know what I have written confusing but I think my childhood is still confusing to myself. I am now going to the beach and read and do some snacking too many bad memories. Glad to have all of you here for me.

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Does Anyone Remember the "Around The World Assemblies"?

by titch in

so, being that it is 2013, i recall that it was 50 years ago, that the "around the world assemblies" were held.

for those of us who lived in southern california, the first week of september was when we had the assembly, and it was held at the rose bowl in pasadena.

yep, the rose bowl, with no seats, per se, but just those hard benches as seats.

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HUsband just mentioned Knorrs closing prayer was 20 minutes long.

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Searching for Watchtower about working for / with disfellowshipped person

by confusedandalone in

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i wanted to know if anyone knows which watchtower articles speak about working with or for a disfellowshipped person.

it would appear that there is now a huge witch hunt regarding this because of my recent situation.

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Confusedandalone, I hope the WT Elders are prepared to support all these JWs who are convinced to quit. I wouldn't want to quit a good job when most are only finding low paying part time jobs. When my husband and I were active we were critisized for my husband missing meeting to work, but no one offered a job or help. As those who quit be very understanding, kind and wish them luck supporting families, as many won't find jobs quickly and if you quit a job you don't collect unemployment