My biggest act of rebellion is learning how to be selfish. By that I mean, learning how to find something you like doing, and do it, for yourself, for fun. Having fun is something I have had to learn. It's not easy. But, having kids makes you confront things & work on them.
Pickler
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Since leaving watchtower what has been your biggest act of rebellion?
by 3rdgen ini'm in a pissy mood and would love to hear your stories.
personally, i'm thinking of getting a tatoo on my rear end saying wbt$ kiss this!.
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Funny but kind of sad story
by troubled mind inmy youngest son (26yrs old) told me the other day that his barber told him a funny story .. it seems the barber use to be the janitor at the local grade school ,and one day he came into the office and noticed this little red headed boy sitting in there .
now the man said this was a busy day for the little kids ,holiday parties going on in the class rooms so he was curious as to why this little guy was just sitting in the office ...so the janitor asked the secretary what was up with that ?
.....then he said the little red headed kid speaks up loudly ,"i hate being a witness !!
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Pickler
I'm really impressed that your son was able to say the words "I hate being a witness". To me that shows that he was still able to verbalise his feelings, which is healthy, and would help explain why he is not so bitter now.
You must have done some good parenting! :)
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Were U Surprised To Learn Anything About The Witnesses That U Didn't Know??
by minimus inwhen i was a kid, i researched the origins of the religion and realized that the witnesses were an offshoot of adventism.....we're you surprised to learn something about the witnesses that you didn't realize?.
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Pickler
Like BluesBrother, I was shocked about the UN thing. Growing up, the UN was the most hated thing...right up there with Christendom/Babylon the Great.
Since visiting this board I have also been shocked to realise how much of my personal development has been moulded/warped by being raised a JW. There have been some excellent posts about this, and I'm still absorbing it....just becoming aware of it though, is huge.
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses REALLY believe that their worldly friends, relatives and small children will be slain in the street by god?
by jambon1 ini mean, it's so utterly ****ed up, it's unbelievable.. just think about the nitty gritty of it:.
people that they love & care for who don't share their religion deserve to be killed, left without a grave & eaten by wild animals.
one day, this will happen & they'll be surrounded by billion upon billion of decaying, rotting corpses.
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Pickler
Yes they do believe this 100% and if you are raised by an uber dub then it is forced on you every day as a child.
it really messes up your brain, I had constant anxiety as a child. Also, what worldly friends? You don't make friends with people who are dying? You don't even talk to relatives who are worldly, they are dead already also.
I never understood the glee with which adults used to look forward to this destruction. Now, I think maybe in my area at least a lot of them were people who were failures in the real world & they knew it. Armageddon was like the ultimate revenge fantasy for them, maybe?
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Time for this Newbie to say - Hello everyone!
by SeventhSojourn inin just the several months i've been lurking here, i have benefited from many of the posters comments and viewpoints.
this is truly a special place for the unique community that has been created here.. after years of holding off my exit from the org (that may be another post) i recently became officially out (by letter of da), but it was a very difficult process as many of you know.
thankfully, i now have my wife (was also a witness) onboard and we support each other.
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Pickler
Welcome to you & your wife! Enjoy your newfound freedom.
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i need help
by avishai indue to a nasty custody case i am broke and i need to move in the next 10 days can anybody help me.
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Pickler
I hope things get better for you soon,
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i need help
by avishai indue to a nasty custody case i am broke and i need to move in the next 10 days can anybody help me.
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Pickler
I hope things get better for you soon,
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Then (1960) and now (2013)
by theron ware ini was raised as a jw from the age of 7. i was df'd for apostasy in 1971 at the age of 23. it has been 42 years since i have had contact with any jehovah's witnesses, including my family.
last year i moved to tucson.
when i read that a district assembly was coming to town, and that it would be at the convention center only minutes from my house, i decided to check it out.
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Pickler
I love it! You look pretty young....a walking advertisement for apostacy, good for you!
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Is there any taboo on certain genre of music in the JW nutshell
by DilemmaGF ineg.... country music in particular?.
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Pickler
There were certain songs that were considered demonic, like Queen - another one bites the dust, and of course anything by Stevie Nicks because we all knows she is a witch!
Rap is from satan, as well as anything metal.
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2013 Drama: "Show Yourself Attentive"
by breakfast of champions inthis is the first of three "dramas" this dc, and i have to say, it was one of the weirdest dramas ever.
i won't go through all the details.
maybe someone else wants to throw in their 2c.. it starts out with two men standing on the "beach" talking, but it took me awhile to figure out what in the hell was going on.
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Pickler
I can't watch it, comes up video is private......and now I want to because it sounds so bad!