That hair style is soooo nice and artistic...
How easy for the elders is to judge others instead of looking at themselfs and their family.
pearlsister
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Petra/Vulcan/-Just coffee talk!
by Atlantis ini thought i might take a few minutes to sit down with the members here and have a cup of coffee with you, and introduce myself and my daughter debbie (petra), and i am john posting as (vulcan).
now i can't type worth anything so thats why i have petra do it.-we would like to thank mr. simon for his hospitality and if it is easier for us to post using the login atlantis uses, then that is ok!
there are 4 of us here using the same computer and it might be easier that way to keep track.
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I'm new, please come and meet me!
by Julia Orwell inlong time lurker, first time poster.
i'm really glad i can join your community because i've been in the wts for the last 14 years and now i'm on my way out and it's great to meet like-minded people!.
about me: i started learning jw ways when i was in my teens.
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pearlsister
Welcome Julia !
When I was reading your life, I thought I was reading my life...very similar
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I MADE A HUGE MISTAKE
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pearlsister
The best part for me was : "better be alone than with bad asotiations "...
Ya, sure, be all alone... that is going to help you !!! That is going to bring you happiness...
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4 more sleeps till we fly to Australia !
by Hairyhegoat injust to update you all that we finally fly out to australia from the uk on the 13th.
me and sleeping beauty are getting out of the sinking ship that is the uk!.
will land in sydney on the 15th so will update you all once we get settled in.
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pearlsister
Wow, that is a big jump !!! a big change, how exciting
I hope everything goes well
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I finally told my parents
by nolongerconfused inso as some of you already may know, i have stopped going to meetings for good and have nothing to do with wbts anymore...did not write a letter of disassociation because i dont believe an organization should spiritually execute me for rejecting men's tradition and false doctrine...some of you may recall i spoke to my wife and are in good terms, even though she's still an active jw.
my parents are both active jw's...when i visited them yesterday, they clearly did not expect me to tell them i had left the "org"...to my huge surprise, after i explained to them i had found ttatt (truth about the truth) and gave compelling evidence of my reasoning, and using the scriptures, they totally sided with me...i was dumbfounded...one of my parents even brought up ray franz and his book coc....i was like wtf??.
they told me all of these years they never had the guts to say anything about the hypocrisy in this org and they were glad that i as their son was able to step up and believe what is right and what is on the bible...they re-assured their love to me and they were happy i had found happiness in jesus christ and the need to have a personal relationship with him and not through a man made organization.... i totally did not expect this response from my parents...but it just leaves me to think that there are thousands of active jw's out there feeling the same way and don't have the courage to step up to the org...still don't know what they are going to do, but i got the feeling they will do the same eventually and move on from the wbts.... have a great week everyone.
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pearlsister
Amazing good story !!!
You were very brave . Seems you have good parents, willing to listen to you !!
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Anyone here who is still a Jehovahs Witness and havent given up yet, Please answer me!
by Vienna Angelika ini am wanting to connect to current jws who are going through a tough time and are going through a similar time as me.
not any jw haters, just balanced concerned jws who havent quite given up yet..
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pearlsister
Vienna : I am still in. I go out in service but not a lot. I sill comment on the Wt study.
I just do my own thing. I got friends out of the org that I kept forever because I always tought that they were not a bad influence, but they would bring positive to me. I hang out with "wordly" friends and I have a "wordly " husband.
Some of my friends in the org are not hard core eather. They are pretty moderate.
I don't agree how they treat people. IT's just nor right !
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Elders finally took me to the back room...
by OneDayillBeFree inafter several months of leaving the meetings as soon as they ended or only staying for "the first meeting" then leaving the "second part", the elders finally cornered me at last night's meeting.. they said they were concerned about me and that being that i am a young brother in a recently divided congregation they saw so much potential in me to help out the congregation and become a ms.. i told them i was thankful for their thinking of me to help the congregation but that at the moment i could not due to my job.
then the began asking personal questions that got on my nerves.. they asked where i worked and how much i made.
they asked if i was going to college and what i was studying and for how long.
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pearlsister
The answer of the questions, is't not their business. THey DONT need to know how much you make or about your education or your love life.
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CO picked the wrong "old lady" to say this to!
by clarity inis this the latest bs to pacify the multiple thousands of singles who are made veritable eunochs because of this organization?
...when i tearfully blurted out that i just couldn't carry on any longer!
i mean almost three decades, for g*ds sake!
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pearlsister
Clarity :
sent you a private msge
pearl
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All the Single Ladies put your hands up!
by mojonogo inhi, i read a lot on here, and i am still active, i get about 3 hrs a month in service so not really that active.
i know there are ones on here shaking their heads at me, i do believe the basic teachings, what brought me to post a thread was a thread that hit home, the topic of dating in the oganization, it brought up a lot of hurt feelings for me.
see, i used to pioneer and i basically burned out, i was working mon wed friday sat and sun 2nd shift so i could go to the meetings on tue and thurs.
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pearlsister
Mojonogo,
left you a private mesage.
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CO picked the wrong "old lady" to say this to!
by clarity inis this the latest bs to pacify the multiple thousands of singles who are made veritable eunochs because of this organization?
...when i tearfully blurted out that i just couldn't carry on any longer!
i mean almost three decades, for g*ds sake!
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pearlsister
Clarity :
I hope you feel better regarding being single in the org. I got scold by a CO in a get together lunch for having a husband out of the org. They had no idea what I went trough on my own. I just kept my mouth close since I did not want to start a fight . I wish they put themselvs in others people shoes and stop being judjumental.
VEry sad the story about that sister..it's just awful.