When i was in, a large group of us would go to a waterside pub in Exeter on the sunday after the convention. Was a good time to meet up with friends you only see once or twice a year and i remember the spiritual conversations about some of the talks and especially the dramas. They went along the line of "what was that about", or how deluded those giving experinces were and just alot of plain old ridicule. Alot of it coming from those i thought were stong in the troof. I think thats the only thing i miss about the borg. I often wonder how many of those old friends are still in.
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50Really enjoyed the CONvention....why?
by punkofnice ini remember when i was a mind cleansed(tm) jw i would listen to the talks when i wasn't napping.. on the long tiring drive home i'd say how i ''enjoyed(tm)'' the sessions and felt ''encouraged(tm)''.. .....and yet i couldn't recall a single ''point(tm)'' made.
i couldn't remember what it was that actually made me feel good.. on one occasion i asked the family what they found ''encouraging(tm)'' or interesting.. tumble weed.
no examples.
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Crownhill Cong, Plymouth
by moley indrove by my old kingdom hell yesterday to find it is now a taxi office.
anyone know where they have moved to..
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moley
Drove by my old kingdom hell yesterday to find it is now a taxi office. Anyone know where they have moved to.
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Guilt
by moley indoes anyone ever suffer from the teachings of the wbts still.
altough i have been out for over 12 yrs they still sometimes manage to rear their ugly head.
sometimes a news story will make you think sign of the times, and then all those old feelings come flooding back.
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moley
I dont dwell on them and know that its all a load crap. The mind and especially mine can play tricks on you. Being bi-polar doesnt help.
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Guilt
by moley indoes anyone ever suffer from the teachings of the wbts still.
altough i have been out for over 12 yrs they still sometimes manage to rear their ugly head.
sometimes a news story will make you think sign of the times, and then all those old feelings come flooding back.
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moley
You might need a bit of professional counselling.
Been there done that. I think i have put my point across wrong, what i am tryin to say is that you are so ingrained, (im my case from birth) that its hard to shake of the shackles. I dont sit in a dark room quivering, i live and enjoy my life how i want to and enjoy the freedom. Its just that in dark times they can resurface.
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Guilt
by moley indoes anyone ever suffer from the teachings of the wbts still.
altough i have been out for over 12 yrs they still sometimes manage to rear their ugly head.
sometimes a news story will make you think sign of the times, and then all those old feelings come flooding back.
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moley
Does anyone ever suffer from the teachings of the WBTS still. Altough i have been out for over 12 yrs they still sometimes manage to rear their ugly head. Sometimes a news story will make you think sign of the times, and then all those old feelings come flooding back. Altough i just tend to put them to the back of my mind and go and do something incredibly unscriptual lol. But unfortunately its always there, I hate this org with all my being.
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Are the GB Mental
by moley injust a thought, do the gb actually beleive they are gods chosen reps and truly beleive this crap or are they just in it for the power and the authority.
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moley
Just a thought, do the Gb actually beleive they are gods chosen reps and truly beleive this crap or are they just in it for the power and the authority
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plymouth dc 2013
by moley inhas anyone attended the plymouth convention.
was their any new drivel announced..
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moley
Has anyone attended the Plymouth convention. Was their any new drivel announced.
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Being a jw almost killed
by moley inthis is the first time i've commented on this site, but i do enjoy to come here just to help clarify myself in times of need, ie when those wretched teachings resurface.
a bit about myself.. i was born in 1970 into the wonderful happy organisation (lol) and had a unremarkable childhood or so i thought (apart from being abused by an ms), all i can remember is being terrified of dying at armageddon.
attending 5 meetings a week and being used to preach as people wont shout at a child, studying the literature, not being able to watch popular tv shows, no xmas, birthdays the usual shit.. fast forward to age 16 and i fell in love with a worldly girl (the horror) and got her pregnant, my parents were devasted talking all the time how people in the borg would view them, nothing about what i was going thru, 16 and becoming a father, quite a big thing to me.
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moley
thank you all for your kind words
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Vocalization about being a JW v. being an XJW
by sweetface2233 ini know that a lot of jws are very proud of being jws, but ever since i can remember i would be very quiet about it.
i wouldn't announce it at school or work.
i would shy away from the subject.
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moley
I remember playing football (soccer to my fellow americans) in the park with a group of brothers, (we were allowed to do that back then) and some worldly (some who went to my school) kids asked if they could join, only for the elder to start explaining to these kids why they couldnt join in and the reasons why we keep seperate from the world. Very bemused 11 yr olds. I wanted the ground to swallow me, and got it in the neck at school the nxt day.
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Does being a JW make you narcissistic
by wyorobert ini am one of the few people on earth who never had a jehovah's witness knock on my door.
my wife was the first witness i ever met.
i did notice certain personality traits after being around some of the people who left the religion.
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moley
I remember unbeleiving family members say that when i was in the borg i was extremely arrogrant and have become a better person since i left.