Posts by sisteract

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Single DF Sister Looking for Single DF Brother

by Honey in

hi everyone - this is my first time posting to this board.. in any event, i am a newly dfd sister (announcement made about a week ago) who is interested in corresponding with and meeting a dfd brother.

adding to my dilemma is the fact that i plan on returning to the organization which i know is the direct opposite of what some on this board want.

i am african american, 34 years of age and attractive.

sisteract

HONEY---WELCOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would like to briefly share my experience. I was DF'd for about 1 1/2 years before I got reinstated. I must say it was the lonliest time and scarriest time in my life. I thought that the "true God Jehovah" personally rejected me and that there was something really wrong in my heart spiritually. I was reminded of this everytime I was SHUNNED openly by so-called loving borthers and sisters. I tried twice to commit suiced by overdose---I don't think I wanted to---but the pain was almost unbearable. When the fateful day came on a thurs. night meeting for me to be reinstated, I felt sick to my stomach as my name was announced and even sicker when the "friends" began to hug and touch and talk to me again. They were not there for my LOWEST times and now they all appeared like HYPOCRITES!!!! In the interim of trying to get myself reinstated, I was starting to get some good help and counseling (with worldly people of course), and I began to realize they are not all "bad" etc. That fateful thursday night I left the meeting early to never return as Jesus' words kept echoing "by their fruits you will recognize them". And I knew they did not have "the truth".

Since 1997 I have met some of the most wonderful people who have morals and standards and integrtiy. I met and xJw with whom I have a relationship like I never imagined I would. It's BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! We certainly do understand where we came from, and it hasn't been without pain. Making your way in "the world" can be scarry but every unsure painful step of the way has been absolutely WORTH IT!!!!!

I wish you well and all the best in your life---I guess I wasn't really that brief, but I know how lonely it can be when one is disfellowshipped. please continue to post. There are many good people here. you're welcome to email me anytime: [email protected]

Sisteract

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Differing Lights

by out4good3 in

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this was posted by a poster called centipede on belief.net jehovahs witness challenge and critique board.

where he or she got it from i don't know.. to all congregations united in jehovah's service, .

the organization has been under a concentrated criticism lately for our position on new light.

sisteract

Totally Too Funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I needed a good laugh tonight. When my boyfriend began reading this to me, I actually thought it was "real" and someone posted a copy of another congregation letter. But as he read on I saw "the light".

Sisteract

10

she left me

by rowdy in

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tell me how a person could walk out of 23yrs of marriage and not think twice of family and grand kids, i left 5 years ago raised in it, abused, and molested in it me and my sisters for 18 years.

i stood up a year ago and told mario moreno and bob johnson its a crock a year ago this month, trust me.

thank god for barb, bill, and alan f they are good friends i was suppose to go with barb and joe to flordia this month but my wife thru a wrench in things, she told my 2 sons and dauhter she is going to have to quite associatng with them also cause they are apostate also.

sisteract

Wow, what a story!!!!!!! Sadly though yours is not an unfamiliar one. You've begun posting in a great place for support and empathy and understanding. Please know my thoughts are with you and your children, and I hope your wife comes to "see the light".

sisteract

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Mini Apostfest Pics from NY

by Beans in

well brother quotes and i met up with sister spice for some fine kindum worship and consumption!.

here we introduced or sister from the south with some fine canadian beer, and once she had a couple of canadians in her the fun began.. .

here we are enjoying some fine american beer.

sisteract

Thanks for sharing your mini-apostafest ---great pictures. That's probably the happiest you all ever looked at a kingdom hall!!!!!

SISTERACT

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I "won" COC in ebay auction

by outbackaussie in

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i am pretty darn happy, i got the book for $13aud which is about $6.50 in usd, so i am looking forward to getting it and having a read.

i talked to my mum about it today and she is interested in having a look too.

(she is still in, but largely inactive) i know many here have read it, is it worth the look?

sisteract

Crisis of Conscience took all the "mystery" and the "wind" out of the organization and the Governing Body. They are just "a bunch of old men"------they are NOT Christ's brothers here on earth!!!! I used to be so afraid to think ill of them, but not anymore. I was so impressed with COC that I called Ray Franz up to say thankyou---I expresssed I wasn't sure what to call him---I remember he said to me "why don't you just call me Ray". He was so nice and kind---not haughty or anything like that. Good Luck with the reading-be prepared to not be able to put it down. I sure couldn't.

Enjoy---Sisteract

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My Wife Says She'll Read Franz' Crisis Of Conscien

by minimus in

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major headway has been made.

my wife has said that she would like to read coc!

i recently bought 30 years a watchtower slave.

sisteract

Hey Minimus that's GREAT NEWS!!!!!! The first 2 books that really helped me when I was unsure and investigating were COC and Steve Hassan's first book out at the time "Combating Cult Mind Control". I hope she does "see the light and real truth".

Good Luck Sisteract

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Working hard at nothing all day

by RubyTuesday in

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friends

im curious as to what some of you do for a living.

im an office manager for a communications co. in central califonia.

edited by - rubytuesday on 8 november 2002 17:47:45edited by - rubytuesday on 8 november 2002 17:48:25.

sisteract

I'm an optician--basically the pharmacists for eyeglass prescriptions.

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Where are you from?

by Rado Vleugel in

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my site (

http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/

) has been visited by people from 97 different countries.

sisteract

Wow it's nice to know there are so many of us all over. That's ABSOLUTELY COOL!!!!!!!!

Anyway, I came in the truth on Martha's Vineyard. I've also been in Warwick, RI Arlington, MA and also Revere, MA

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silentlambs WB11 News Video now online!

by Trauma_Hound in

the new york wb11 news video is now online!

in new york for sending me the video.. .

http://www.seattle-chat.com/video/.

sisteract

thanks trauma hound for the press release video. i was there at the march and saw that newswoman and wondered if it did in fact play out on the news that night. they did a good job.

sisteract

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Newbie alert!

by pharisee in

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i'm new here, and would just like to thank simon and people like him (franz for one) who have helped others, through various forms of media, to make thier own educated descisions on how to deal with all the jw issues in their lives.

when i was growing up in a jw family, we never had the opportunity to get "second opinions" on any doubts we had from any source.. luckly, with resources such as this website, and others like it, i have been able to make one of the most important discisions in my life, and that is how to bring up my kids spiritually and mentally?

i had to be 100% sure, in my mind, that i was doing the right thing.. i hope others who we all know that are searching for thier "answers" will be as fortunate as many of us here.

sisteract

WELCOME PHARISEE

i've just been posting since july, and have found much validation and help in coming to grips with my JW experience here on this forum. even though by the time i left i knew they didn't have the truth---it was still a loss and i had to come to grips with what the hell happened to my life. but the FREEDOM has been worth it. i can still remember and even now get a kick outta being "free" from all that guilt they heap on you. i found out that i didn't "go back to my vomit" like they say and i even like and love myself a whole lot more than i ever did with them.

WELCOME

sisteract