Julia Orwell

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  Husband has joined me in being inactive.

  by Julia Orwell in

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  that's right, and it's great!

  i don't know exactly why because he hasn't turned apostate and still seems to believe jw things.

  i don't feel comfortable in asking him why he doesn't go to meetings anymore for some reason, or find out what he believes and if the things i've told him bout ttatt influenced his decision.

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  My first congregation was pretty good though. There are others round here that are pretty dismal.
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  Husband has joined me in being inactive.

  by Julia Orwell in

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  2. friends

  that's right, and it's great!

  i don't know exactly why because he hasn't turned apostate and still seems to believe jw things.

  i don't feel comfortable in asking him why he doesn't go to meetings anymore for some reason, or find out what he believes and if the things i've told him bout ttatt influenced his decision.

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  Julia Orwell

  I'll get back to you on those points Arboles as I'm cooking dinner. I'll say on 2 and three though, that yes, there were those who took the 'weak' kids under their wings and studied with them and took them witnessing. But not all the kids. A brother did take some teenage boys surfing and skateboarding regularly, but I can't think of any others off the top of my head.
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  Who left or got stumbled over the 1995 generation thing?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  or the 2000's generation thing?.

  how did you feel?

  how did it help you wake up?

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  Julia Orwell

  Or the 2000's generation thing?

  How did you feel? How did it help you wake up? What were others saying at the time? Do you know any who left over it?

  Cheers

  Julia
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  It got to be hard being a JW today!!!!

  by jam in

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  i can understand why they think the end is near.. in the old days, one was proud to be a jw (well maybe.

  not for you young ones) but for us that came in the 60,s.

  and 70,s, we felt no shame in our game.

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  Julia Orwell

  This movement will die its natural death like so many others. Hope it happens soon!
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  Husband has joined me in being inactive.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's right, and it's great!

  i don't know exactly why because he hasn't turned apostate and still seems to believe jw things.

  i don't feel comfortable in asking him why he doesn't go to meetings anymore for some reason, or find out what he believes and if the things i've told him bout ttatt influenced his decision.

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  Julia Orwell

  I hope so too! I really do (((((hugs)))))
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  Ever Have A Close Call?

  by rocketman in

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  yesterday i had a close call on the road - an out-of-control pickup truck veered into my lane, spinning as it approached and crashed into a pole about 50 feet in front of my car.

  this is the second close encounter i've had, (both involving someone driving a pickup truck).

  in this case, a couple of seconds made a huge difference, since i may have been directly hit had i just been a bit further along in my drive.. i would imagine that once a few days pass, i'll give less and less thought to the incident and i doubt it will precipitate major changes in my life or outlook (which i generally think is pretty healthy).

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  I absolutely have. I'd be dead for sure. I still have PTSD from what happened 16 years ago. I wound up delirious in intensive care, and was considered clinically dead. I even saw "the light". Whatever that light is, I saw it.
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  It got to be hard being a JW today!!!!

  by jam in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i can understand why they think the end is near.. in the old days, one was proud to be a jw (well maybe.

  not for you young ones) but for us that came in the 60,s.

  and 70,s, we felt no shame in our game.

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  Julia Orwell

  That must be hard for them. I remember when I was new in the 'truth' and living with my mum, and she alerted me to these tactics. Hearing it made me physically ill, and made me adept at changing the subject or finding a reason to leave the room.

  But, a decade + later, here I am. The more people that know, the more people will come to know.
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  It got to be hard being a JW today!!!!

  by jam in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i can understand why they think the end is near.. in the old days, one was proud to be a jw (well maybe.

  not for you young ones) but for us that came in the 60,s.

  and 70,s, we felt no shame in our game.

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  Julia Orwell

  I've observed a lot have grown up with it and it's just their lifestyle. They're just like anyone else: kids, house, jobs- they just go to meetings and a weekly door knocking ritual. A lot have probably become desensitised to 'the end' because it's been coming for over 100 years. I was only in 10 years before I got to the point where wolf had been cried to much- imagine decades of it.
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  Husband has joined me in being inactive.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's right, and it's great!

  i don't know exactly why because he hasn't turned apostate and still seems to believe jw things.

  i don't feel comfortable in asking him why he doesn't go to meetings anymore for some reason, or find out what he believes and if the things i've told him bout ttatt influenced his decision.

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  Julia Orwell

  Thanks :)

  He's a decent guy who's always had a strong sense of right and wrong.
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  Husband has joined me in being inactive.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's right, and it's great!

  i don't know exactly why because he hasn't turned apostate and still seems to believe jw things.

  i don't feel comfortable in asking him why he doesn't go to meetings anymore for some reason, or find out what he believes and if the things i've told him bout ttatt influenced his decision.

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  Julia Orwell

  He's even started to grow a beard- how much more non-JW can you get? Before he was a JW (he's only been in about 5-6 years) he always had a beard.

  I think a big thing for him has been my non-JW family. My non-Jw mother is the most Christian person around, and has been very generous to my husband, as has my father. My brother comes around and helps with the gardening too-no JW ever offered that when we were sick!!

  @ Jam: Interestingly, I did pray for hubby to be freed from JW- but I prayed to Jesus!

  @ the men who commented: I sensed that he wouldn't like to discuss his feelings, and it's good to get your perspectives on that men don't like to be probed about their feelings. I volunteer mine to my husband; indeed, he knows when I'm holding something in and has me talk about it. He on the other hand, is a reserved sort, and he tells things in his own time.

  Thanks all for the encouragement, and I hope those with spouses in can keep working on them. It's harder though if you've got family in: thank goodness over a decade of me praying for my family to 'come into the truth' didn't get answered!