Welcome Gypsy & thanks for sharing your story. There are a lot of people who will find comfort and strength in what you have to say, even if they never comment. I've noticed over 700 have at least clicked on your post. You never know how many of them have had their eyes opened (even a little) by you.
vajeni82
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New Girl
by Gypsy Sam inhope everyone is having a lovely day.
i ended up here after spending the past few months researching jw, without the blinders on.
i was a born-in, baptized as a teen, pioneered out of high school for a couple years (turning down a 4 year scholarship).
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Disgusting characters in the Bible. Know any?
by punkofnice inin a recent thread zed is dead commented on lot being a scumbag.. it seems the wbt$ uses these filthy perverts as 'good examples(tm)'.. even when i was in i thought david was a piece of crap.. i vote king david as a lowlife scumbag.
murderous, adulterous, and treacherous.
(obviously he was copying that imaginary sky twat = god!!)..
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vajeni82
I vote for Laban. The father of Rachel & Leah. What kind of dad tricks somebody into marrying his ugly daugter instead of the one he promised to give him after the transaciton of 7 years' work was finished?
We had an elder in our cong. who named his daughters Rachel & Leah. I wonder if they had any complexes over that?
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NEW BLOOD CARD DIRECTIVE...
by SkyGreen inthe husband just gave me the new march km (im using it folded up as a coaster at the moment) and a new "blood card" to complete, along with a copy of a set of instructions for how to fill it out and a letter from wts to every baptised publisher.
i said to him "i wont be needing that" and gave it back to him, and he just said, well just throw it out then - no overreaction yay :o) without telling him, about a month ago, (i tore up my existing no blood directive.
our kids have never carried around "identity cards" we were never that diligent about it).
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vajeni82
Yuck! I honestly forgot about those stupid cards!
In elementary school, my mom used to make us have them on us at all times. She was too cheap to have them professionally laminated, so she covered them with packing tape, punched a hole in them and put them on a piece of yarn. We had to wear them around our necks under our shirts. All of my school pics have that stupid piece of yarn in them. I eventually got smart and started yanking it off as soon as I got to school.
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Is a slow fade being selfish when you have kids?
by dissonance_resolved inso i got some great advice to take things very slowly with the husband and kids in order to be able to fade and still maintain contact with my parents and siblings.
but today i got a call from my son's teacher that he was having a meltdown because he was worried about all his friends and teachers being destroyed at armageddon.... first i felt like such a schmuck for ever having allowed that thought to enter my son's head, then i thought, is it psychological torture for me not to immediately correct the situation?
i had a long talk with him about how god is perfectly just and full of love and he didn't have to worry about that at all, but it still seemed lukewarm.
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vajeni82
I grew up as a witness and my parents are still in. I understand how your kids have had the JW crap put into their brains. If a slow fade seems to be a better option for you, there are a couple of things you might to do to help clear your kids' minds.
When they do attend meetings, bring books and coloring sheets for them that aren't JW related. Looking at pitures of animals etc can't be considered apostate, but they will distract your kids enough from the lessons. Try putting them in an after school sport or activity. It will help them make friends that aren't JWs. They also might see them as more fun than meetings and start prefering them. Host a sleepover with a few school friends. Get a cake and streamsrs. Make it a birthday party without the birthday! Your kids will see the fun they are missing our on. They will see that it is okay to have fun wihout JWs.
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Crisis of Conscience ...should we sell the book or keep it?
by Latte inwe have a copy of this book and are wondering if we should sell it...is it worth anything?.
amazon says it's worth 20 dollars.
will it ever get to be worth more if we keep hold of it?.
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vajeni82
Depending on what format, this book is selling from $50 to $300 on Amazon at the moment. There are only 23 available. I'd hang on to it if I were you. You may not be able to find another one for a cheaper price if you should ever want to reread it or share it with anyone.
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Who of you ever lied on your field service reports?
by Julia Orwell ini've read a few people mention making up the figures for the field service reports, and i want to find out how common it is.
i never lied on my report.
sometimes i'd round up 15 minutes if i'd mentioned jw stuff to my brother that month, but that wasn't falsifying.
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vajeni82
I remember just putting a couple hours down so that the service elder didn't get up my butt about it. I did that a coupld of times. For the last 3 months or so, I didn't even worry about reporting. i had switched congregations & I think they thought the other one was doing it. Worked for me!
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Don't e-mail DF'd family members - Congregation Reaction (WT 1/15/2013)
by 00DAD indo not look for excuses to associate with a disfellowshipped family member, for example, through e-mail.
- w2013 1/15, p. 16, para.
in the congregation i attend, no one--and i mean no one--commented on the directive to not communicate with df'd family members by email.
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vajeni82
Damn! No more electronic guilt trips!
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JW bumper stickers
by innerpeace inso my husband (who was never a jw) saw a christian bumper sticker today and asked me if the witnesses have any.
i said no (not that i know of anyway) so here are a few he came up with.. 'honk if you're a zombie'.
'my other car is noah's ark'.
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vajeni82
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JW bumper stickers
by innerpeace inso my husband (who was never a jw) saw a christian bumper sticker today and asked me if the witnesses have any.
i said no (not that i know of anyway) so here are a few he came up with.. 'honk if you're a zombie'.
'my other car is noah's ark'.
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vajeni82
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JW bumper stickers
by innerpeace inso my husband (who was never a jw) saw a christian bumper sticker today and asked me if the witnesses have any.
i said no (not that i know of anyway) so here are a few he came up with.. 'honk if you're a zombie'.
'my other car is noah's ark'.
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vajeni82
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