Topics Started by zenpunk

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Anyone Near Dayton OH
by zenpunk in
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2. experiences
i'm being flown out next week for a final interview and a tremendous job opportunity.

but before i sell the house and move - i was just wondering how many of you are out there and your opinions of the area (i will need some new good association).

also, i'm from the wilds of ny - do you think i can adjust to ohio?
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Why do they go back?
by zenpunk in
1. jw
2. friends
i always hear at least two stories a year about someone i know who's left the "truth" goes back despite the trauma surrounding their departure.

this morning i heard yet another story.

a few years ago and elder's wife in my former uk congregation abruptly left the organization, surprising everyone and getting a big df in the process.
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Bethel Boys Will Be Boys
by zenpunk in
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i found this article facinating...i lived close to watchtower farms and had first hand heard about a lot of this activity.
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Mom - Why do you treat me like the damned!
by zenpunk in
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2. friends
not that my mom would ever visit this site - but i have to just vent.

last night my mom promised she would meet me at home to help me move some furniture.

she made it seem like it was a tremendous deal and the only reason why she would be by would be because she had something else to do in the neighbourhood.
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Bad JW Dating Experiences
by zenpunk in
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2. friends
for a short period of time i experienced the joys of dating within the organization.

here are two of my personal examples:.

i dated a guy for about a month who's mother (in her late 30s by the way) was supposedly of the "anointed".
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Adult College Students - Take a Bow!
by zenpunk in
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2. friends
i notice that there are many of us here who were discouraged from going to college/university in our younger years, courtesy of the watchtower society.

i would just like to say "congrats" to those who, in spite of the indoctrination and the fact that they've had to attend college later while holding down jobs and paying their own way, have attended college and received degrees!.

when i left high school i went right into pioneering as college was not an option in the witness world.
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Notes Taken at the Judical Committee Meeting
by zenpunk in
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i used to spend quite a bit of time during my teenage years in what was affectionately called "the green room".

the elders couldn't wait to take out a pen and paper and take pages upon pages of notes while i spoke and my poor parents sat and squirmed.

i wasn't a bad kid, it was always about stupid things, like sister-so-and-so said i wore a short skirt to school, etc.
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APB on Beacon, NY Apostate Truck Driver
by zenpunk in
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2. friends
three days ago i was getting off at the beacon exit on route 84 and next to me there was a truck with a banner across the back.

i was so intrigued that i backed up so i could see it better.

it said "is the watchtower, brooklyn guilty of adultery?
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My Theory about wild X-JWs
by zenpunk in
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2. friends
i was pondering this theory this morning - what do you all think?.

a few months ago i went to visit someone from my last congregation who is now also an x-jw.

what is interesting is that, though completely straight-laced within the congregation, he became absolutely out of control once he left and is now trying to figure out how to get his life together.
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Same story, just different names
by zenpunk in
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2. experiences
i guess i've lurked around long enough - it's time to join my new family and tell the condensed (thank goodness) version of my experience.. my parents came into the org.

when i was 10. it was a scary congregation in a small town.

the po was my dad's boss and he had complete control over everyone.