Congratulations! Thanks for sharing your heartfelt experience! I was such an ass when I was a JW and showed such disrespect for the flag and the national anthem. Oh well, can't go back and undo it.
Thechickennest
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My first flag salute and national anthem!
by White Dove ini've come a long way, baby!
i stood for the national anthem for the first time ever at graduation on sunday.. i saluted the flag for the first time ever at a community event last night.. it was surreal and felt wonderful, like i was doing something so natural and good.. when i put my hand over my heart for the first time, it felt very strange.
i had to think for a minute if i used the proper hand over the right place.
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What were the things that troubled you as a JW?
by Mickey mouse ini'm not necessarily asking for the big stumbling blocks here or things you discovered once you started doing your own research outside the borg.
i'm talking about the smaller things.. for me one thing was the talk of no one being able to become a witness unless "jehovahs drew them to him".
as a born-in this never jived with me.
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Thechickennest
The abuse of power, the lies, the lack of love for children, the abuse of children, and the ignorance in general of the men leading the congregation.....to no where!
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25 years ago today my wife and I were married in a Kingdom Hall
by Thechickennest intoday is our silver wedding anniversary!
little did we know that twenty five years later we would be out of what we now call a cult!
we were such good, active witnesses......we are happier now as a couple.
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Thechickennest
Thank you to everyone that sent a greeting. It showed a great deal of love on the part of all of you. I never seen this kind of love in the organization. Thanks again.
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JW at my sons school tonight
by Champion inmy son goes to a very competitive and expensive private school in ct. there are two jw families that also go there.
so tonight he had a choir performance.
one of the jws is also in choir.
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Thechickennest
JW's are odd ducks when it comes to education.
Our daughter graduated from High School this year. She is going to college this fall. I graduated from college in 2000 while I was still a JW.
Our daughter, out of the kindness of her heart sent all the JW extended family graduation announcements. I am going to estimate the number sent to be about 25 JW's. None of them attended the graduation. Only two sent cards, of those two cards, one did not even get an invintation. The other card said nothing however, it contained a coupon for two JW books!
It is so frustrating and so sad.
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How Many Here Still Attend Meetings Sometimes?
by shamus100 in?
if so, how often.. do you still attend the memorial?.
i never go, ever, and haven't been to a memorial in about 6 years (been too long to accurately remember) - i'm too far gone.
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Thechickennest
Never again! The last time I was in a Kingdom Hall was in 1998.
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Friend might be shunning me...
by White Dove ini don't know what to make of this.
my friend from the hall asked me for an invitation to my graduation.
i e-mailed her a note that she is most welcomed and doesn't need a ticket to get in.
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Thechickennest
Hi:
My wife and I have observed over the past few years that JW's get completely discombobeled when it comes to social events involving folks that have reached a milestone as you have in your life outside of the organization. Maybe this is not the case with your friend as she sounds like a nice person. Give it some time. She may come around sooner than you think.
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MOUTHY'S 81st Birthday
by BenV inmouthy, is today your 81st birthday?
i saw on a post you wrote -- and it said birthday!
(don't know how these things work?).
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Thechickennest
Happy Birthday! Thanks for the Anniversary greeting!
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25 years ago today my wife and I were married in a Kingdom Hall
by Thechickennest intoday is our silver wedding anniversary!
little did we know that twenty five years later we would be out of what we now call a cult!
we were such good, active witnesses......we are happier now as a couple.
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Thechickennest
Today is our Silver Wedding Anniversary! Little did we know that twenty five years later we would be out of what we now call a cult! We were such good, active witnesses......We are happier now as a couple. What will the next twenty five years bring?
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Photographs of old witness friends and Witness events. Do what with them?
by Thechickennest inmy family just took a stroll down witness lane this month as we searched for photographs that our graduating high school daughter needed for her display at her graduation party.
we have an immense file of photos of a previous life with the jw's.
in a way its a history of a former life.
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Thanks to all of you for your suggestions. It has been enlightening to read your thoughts and ideas.
In 2001 we moved out of a second floor apartment with a terrace. I moved the garbage dumpster from the parking garage under the terrace. I launched a 30 year collection of JW printed matter over the edge of the terrace down in to the dumpster! It must of weighed a ton. It was really a liberating feeling. If the photos had been available at that moment they would have went out with the bound volumes, books, pamplets, etc. I am glad that did'nt happen.
The photos are basically harmless and they picture mostly friends, some family and other benign events. From all of your comments from this thread, I am going to do this:
I will separate them into a separate album and pull it out from time to time when I feel like I need a reminder of where I do not want to be anymore. Also, I will look at the people pictured and hope that some of the people in the pictures will find thier way out of the cult as my family did. As mentioned in your comments, there is no point to attempt a rewrite of history. It is what it is and there is no changing it.
Thank you!
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Photographs of old witness friends and Witness events. Do what with them?
by Thechickennest inmy family just took a stroll down witness lane this month as we searched for photographs that our graduating high school daughter needed for her display at her graduation party.
we have an immense file of photos of a previous life with the jw's.
in a way its a history of a former life.
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Thechickennest
My family just took a stroll down witness lane this month as we searched for photographs that our graduating high school daughter needed for her display at her graduation party. We have an immense file of photos of a previous life with the JW's. In a way its a history of a former life. It reminds us of how many friends and family members we lost by leaving the Witnesses. It also brought brought some closure to being a card carrying member of a dangerous cult. One JW lady sent back to us-all the pictures she had of us! I don't think we will stoop to that level of behavior however, we are a little stumped. We left behind many friends on a sinking spiritual ship so to speak. Should we just throw them away? Should we make a seperate album for that part of our lives? Many of the people in the pictures our daughter never knew.