Posts by Gypsy Sam

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I just want a divorce!

by bornfree123 in

hi there, this is my first post, but i've been buzzing around this site for years.. i got married at 18, hubby was 20, i was a regular pioneer and we were talking about serving in bethel.

fast forward - i left in 2004 after a 5 year battle with my conscience, family and friends who kept insisting that i was just "weak and needed to have another bible study".

however hubby and i stayed together although it was kinda on the understanding that we would just not talk about it.

Gypsy Sam

Congrats on the Masters! Hope the divorce is proceeding the way you would like.

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Am I wasting my time?

by mrhhome in

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friends

i am the husband of an ex-jw.

she left when she was 18, because she was dating a non-jw.

they got married, and he began openly cheating on her.

Gypsy Sam

Welcome. Why not mention that you were checking out the new JW.org site and wondered why it clearly states, to the public, that JW's do NOT shun? Let them to explain the discrepancy to you?

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Letter to BOE re: baptism of my minor children

by Michelle365 in

ok i posted about a month ago asking for advice on writing a letter to my former congregation regarding my children.

my ex husband still goes to our old hall and although we have joint custody he is raising them to be good little jws on his time.

i understand that in your organization age is not a determining factor in whether or not a person can get baptized, however as the young people ask book points out:

Gay MS??

by andysmiles in

about me, i am being raised in a jw family.

all of my family expect for one aunt, who had left but not disfellowedshiped thankly, are in jw.

my father is an elder and so is my grandfather.

A huge welcome and hug to you! I'm straight, but could never get on board with the dislike of gays thatI saw raised as a JW. I left this year and while freedom isn't free, it it fantastic! Wish you all the best!

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Newspaper Article: Press Telegram-JWS BRING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO LONG BEACH - (JW beliefs discussed including date setting)

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://www.presstelegram.com/social-affairs/20130829/jehovahs-witnesses-bring-millions-of-dollars-to-long-beach#comments.

go to the website to read the comments by xjws.. jehovahs witnesses bring millions of dollars to long beach.

jehovah's witnesses hold a series of regional conventions in long beach every summer, bringing some 150,000 witnesses from across the southland over the course of 15 weekends.

Gypsy Sam

Great article. I wonder how it would go over if I post it on Facebook?

4

Angels In America

by WuzLovesDubs in

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its an hbo special that i rented.

6 hours long... gosh its...profound, enthralling.

a-list actors, al pacino, meryl streep and more.

Gypsy Sam

I'm on the second disc now. Fascinating!

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New York Bethel Bus Trip & MET Tour

by What Now? in

have any of you been on this tour before ... specifically the met tour?.

some of my family went on this trip recently and everyone i know that has gone on it before has been "blown away" by the special witness tour of the met, specicfically the "woman and the seed" tour.

anyone have any details?

Gypsy Sam

Bttt. I was just on vacation in NYC and specifically avoided that tour. My family has gone through it and of course, loved it. They are active JW's.

14

My Story So far

by ILoveTTATT in

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i hope i have not fully screwed up, it seems like my friends whom i have told my true feelings realy, really, deep down inside, love me, and that's why they have not gone to the elders.

also probably because they know that i love them and would never tell them something if i wasn't 100% convinced and knew that it wasn't true.. .

i guess i can tell you a bit of my story so you can help:.

Gypsy Sam

I'm glad I went back to read your story. In all my months of searching I had not come across that WT article. Slapping head that I could have ever believed any of this nonsense. I was a toddler when that was published; my parents convinced I'd never start school, then not graduate all becauses of the big A.

Wish you all the best in your exit.

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If you were to protest an Assembly what would you put on your placard ?

by Finkelstein in

since this topic of protesting assemblies recently came up, i was wondering .

what would be the some of the most proficient and perhaps strongest message.

to place on a placard to show as the people arrived at the venue.

Gypsy Sam

I would put one question on the front and one on the back, not a whole list like I just posted. Large enough font so they could clearly see two questions.

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If you were to protest an Assembly what would you put on your placard ?

by Finkelstein in

since this topic of protesting assemblies recently came up, i was wondering .

what would be the some of the most proficient and perhaps strongest message.

to place on a placard to show as the people arrived at the venue.

Gypsy Sam

Why do you take fractions of blood but not donate? Would Jesus have condoned this selfishness?

Why do you use emotional blackmail on your family and friends? How is that following Jesus example?

Why does a pedofile in your congregation have more protection than a child?

Did your donation help the Watchtower pay the 20 million child abuse lawsuit they lost last year?

Can you explain how you don't fit the B.I.T.E model?

If I had seen any of these questions, I honestly would have kept going back to them in my mind and started googling.