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  What Status are you? Ex JW, Inactive, elder, MS...etc

  by enigma1863 in

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  2. bible

  i am technically inactive.

  i was just curious if there are many people on the inside.

  are there any within bethel itself?

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  Pickler

  Hey I'm disfellowshipped & proud of it.........unhappy for a long time, faded & then in hindsight I can see that I deliberately committed immorality as a way of getting out. I could of just DA'd but for some reason that never occurred to me.

  3 elders came to my house & interrogated me on the details & then sent me out of the living room so they could pray about me.

  Now I think about it, it was my house so I should have made them go to the kitchen.

  i think I have blocked a lot of it out, but one thing I do remember is a lot of questions about the length of my skirt - which was below the knee by the way BUT, critically not below enough according to one elder & this was really important.......?

  I think many witnesses would be shocked to know what goes on in DF...but sorry I've gone way off thread
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  i got to say "i'm not interested"

  by joyfulfader in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  2 sisters came to the door and since i dont live in the territory they dont know me and i got to say "i'm not interested" for the first time :).

  it felt awesome.

  didnt have a chance to engage in conversation as i was quite busy but it was a nice first for me..

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  Pickler

  Tater T , I read your comment & it's like you were reading my mind.

  That poor kid being messed up on so many, different levels, it's still happening & it sucks
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  The Watchtower Society has come to grips with the futility of D2D preaching

  by wasblind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you don't even have to read between the lines, they say it straight out on their website.

  " in many countries, more and more people obtain information online.".

  who'd a thunk it .

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  Pickler

  Going D2D is a complete waste of people's time & energy, but... I read somewhere on this site about cults & keeping people busy, so they have no time to think?

  What would you do if you didn't have field service, on a Saturday morning? go to the gym? Relax? maybe browse the Internet ? More time to think for a JW....and I really believe time is what they don't want you to have.

  also, I predict that at sometime in the future there will be a hilarious talk from the platform about history deleting & what it means.....If there hasn't been already!
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  Please help !!!!!!

  by mouthy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have just had a very long phone call from a wonderful sounding person ( jw).

  she has tried to post on here(simon or angie please read this ).

  she called herself bootlicker...why cant she get on.. come on kids tell grannie .

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  Pickler

  Hey mouthy I just did this yesterday, registering was easy....

  Register as a new member, wait until they send you an email, confirming you are who you say you are, took a couple of minutes.

  where it gives the option to remember you, say yes, then every time you come on to this site you are already you if you know what I mean.

  Starting a thread was hard to figure out......

  Go to home page, Click on subject, then look up & right & click on new topic to start a thread.

  cheers
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  A lot of new Aussie's?

  by carla in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does it seem like a lot of new aussie posters lately?

  glad to have them!

  just wondering if the child abuse thing in oz has anything to do with it?.

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  Pickler

  Hey Carla you're right about that, it was the publicity about child abuse and JWs which led me to this site.
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  Hi everybody!

  by Pickler in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everybody.. well, i've been lurking for a few weeks & have made a few posts, so it's time to bravely introduce myself some more.... i was raised in the religion, baptized & then df'd in 1992. i live in sydney and youll be pleased to hear i have survived armageddon (also known as the hottest day on record for sydney 45.6c).. ive never looked at any witness related stuff online, but my son showed me something about the conti case and i was so intrigued!!!!

  following links led me to this & other websites..... since then i have spent literally hours on the internet discovering all this information.

  so many late nights/early mornings.

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  Pickler

  Hi everybody.

  Well, I've been lurking for a few weeks & have made a few posts, so it's time to bravely introduce myself some more...

  I was raised in the religion, baptized & then DF'd in 1992. I live in sydney and youll be pleased to hear i have survived Armageddon (also known as the Hottest day on record for sydney 45.6C).

  Ive never looked at any witness related stuff online, but my son showed me something about the conti case and i was so intrigued!!!! Following links led me to this & other websites....

  Since then I have spent literally hours on the Internet discovering all this information. So many late nights/early mornings. Everything i remember is from 20 years ago, so its been shocking for me to read about all the changes/backflips/deceits of the Borg. And there's no book study group, whaaaat????

  Discovering this community has meant discovering people who have had lives similar to mine, which has made me feel less isolated (and a bit emotional). I've never really spoken about my experiences. Mainly because its just so hard to explain to non JW.

  im so happy to realize that there's so many of us out there.

  its great to meet you all!
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  How Long has it Been since you Last Attended Meetings and What Caused...

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ..... you to stop attending ?

  injustices ?

  disagree with the teachings ?

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  Pickler

  Hey flipper, I attended my last meeting in 1992. I caught the train to the assembly. Once I was there I met up with people from my congregation and they said "sit with us" and pointed to rows of chairs with bags & books on them. Everyone was being especially nice & encouraging to the spiritually weak sister.....

  I smiled & shook my head & said no its ok, and walked back to the train station.

  It was the greatest feeling of freedom & release that I had ever experienced up to that point in my life!

  i never went back.

  got DF'd a few weeks later.
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  Silly Me

  by Lozza Aussie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all because i am new on here.

  i thought i would start a new thread well i didn't start a new thread my story went on the end of another thread.

  sorry about that i have now learned how to navigate to start a new thread.. lozza.

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  Pickler

  Don't worry Lozza, I'm just trying to figure out how to start a new thread too!!!! Ha ha
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  Hello

  by sherry11 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been lurking here for a few months now.

  i did lurk a few years ago as well.

  i would like to introduce myself.

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  Pickler

  Hi again Sherry, reading all this information about the witnesses on this site has really brought the past back for me also.

  When I left I never questioned the witness beliefs, just knew I couldn't live in it.

  Never thought of it as a cult, but it obviously is.
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  Hello

  by sherry11 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been lurking here for a few months now.

  i did lurk a few years ago as well.

  i would like to introduce myself.

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  Pickler

  Hi sherry! Ive also been lurking around this site for a few weeks, reading that your from Sydney has prompted me to post for the first time and say hi!

  I was a witness until 1991 and I live in Sydney also.