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  Revoke Your JW Baptism Vows on this thread!

  by Sirona in

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  many of us here were baptised into the jw organisation.

  shotguns shootout thread (part 5) touches on the fact that since 1985 the vows included a dedication to "jehovahs organisation".. have you publicly revoked this?.

  why not use this opportunity to revoke your vows to the watchtower organisation?

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  DID YOU PARTAKE...?? At the KH...? At Home...? Other...?

  by Rabbit in

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  we (my new wife--non-jw) celebrated at home.

  some people joked ?...

  about partaking at the kh...did anybody do that ?

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  aunthill

  Yes, I partake at my church all the time. At times I even partake at home, using red wine or (purple) grape juice (precursor to wine) and Matzo (crackers, not balls), which I find in the ethnic food section of my local supermarket. It took me about 3 years after leaving the bOrg before I could bring myself to participate. The pastor of the church I attended said "if you believe Jesus died for your sins, please take the bread and cup" (grape juice at that church.) And I thought "I believe that!" So I did, and have been ever since. It took me a while to find a church that was a comfortable "fit," but now my husband (never a JW) joins me, and even got baptized and joined the church, too! God is good!

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  Hot Off the Press- WE ARE NOT ATTENDING THE MEMORIAL-FIRST TIME

  by wednesday in

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  i have been feeling nervous all day.

  my hubby has been out doing yardwork, so we hadn't talked too much.

  finally we talked.

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  Dear wednesday, nonjudgement, god's vigilante,

  Good for you! The first memorial I didn't attend was very difficult, too. I bought some red wine and some Matzo crackers (in the ethnic food section of my market) and my daughter and I celebrated.

  At Matt. 28:20 Jesus says "teaching them to observe [Greek "tereo": to note (a prophecy; figuratively - to fulfil a command); hold fast, keep, serve, watch] ALL the things I commanded you. In this instance, since Jesus told them to observe ALL the things he commanded, to my way of thinking, he was saying that we should continue to keep doing all the things he commanded, INCLUDING partaking of the bread and wine. He didn't say do everything I commanded EXCEPT for taking the bread and wine, did he?

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  Question for those who chose to be JW

  by pc in

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  i was born into the borg, i was wondering what made you join.

  my mother who is now deceased use to say she did all this research.

  my brother keeps stating that as this great fact to me.

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  aunthill

  I grew up in southern Nevada when nuclear bombs were being tested above ground, so I saw the mushroom clouds. At that time they were also teaching us to "duck and cover" in school. That is, duck under your desk and cover your head, when you hear the siren go off (as if that would really give you any protection.) So I was sure that the world was going to end in a nuclear holocaust.

  Therefore, when JW's came to my door and explained that Jehovah wouln't let the earth be destroyed, I was putty in their hands. Plus, I had no idea what one would do in heaven, sit on a cloud and play a harp? Sounds BORING to me. It all sounded logical and good. Too late I discovered the down side, and tried to hang in for 25 years before giving up.

  Now I'm out 'n' free - Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, I'm free at last! Thanks to the Lord Jesus.

  Aunthill
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  First Post

  by Purza in

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  i am currently supposed to be working on my homework for a college course i am taking, but i seemed to be hooked on lurking.

  i have been lurking for about a week now.

  i made an appt.

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  aunthill

  Welcome, Purza....

  Don't worry about running into old "friends" - if they know that your dad isn't speaking to you or that your brother (such love JW families show) turned you in, they will ignore you, at best, or run the other way, at worst (which I always think is funny - why are they so afraid of us?) If you do see someone who doesn't know what is going on, you can always shock the socks off of them by saying "Oh, don't you know? I'm an apostate now." Or words to that effect, depending on if you like this person or not. I ran into one dear lady at the store, and I told her that I had DA'd myself, so she really didn't want to talk to me; the poor thing walked off looking puzzled and, I think, worried about me.

  Hang in there. It does get easier.

  Aunthill
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  !!!!!Warning!!!! BBQ's Melt??!!!!!!

  by calamityjane in

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  well since thunder has started the thread on sheila's latest caper and the buckwheat pillow i thought i'd add our family dilemma that happened this weekend.. xjw_b12 was put in charge of starting our barbeque for steaks on saturday.

  i have told him in the past ('and of course, like the typical husband doesn't listen to what the wifey pooh is saying") that i noticed flames coming out of the bottom of the barbeque which i realized through past lightings you then have to make sure the "venturi" connects with the "regulator control" as there is massive amounts of gas being released and you have these major flames coming out of the bottom of the barbeque.. so he goes out to start the bbq that day, lets it go for about 15 minutes and then goes out with the steaks, notices a little bit more flame than usual but ignores it.

  i thought everything was fine until he came in and told me that the barbeque was burning a little on the slow side and the steaks would take a little longer.

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  aunthill

  My dearly beloved, Mr. Aunthill, does ALL the BBQing. I'm not even sure how to light the bloomin' thing, connected to the gas line and all. I guess I'm the female equivalent of xjw_b12 - or maybe worse!
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  Would you wear a crucifx?

  by orangefatcat in

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  my wonderful husband knows that i have been a religious person most of my life and while he despises jehovah's witnesses with a passion, he knows that i still believe in god and christ.

  he being a greek orthodox and a wonderful human being he bought me a beautiful crucifix of jesus on a cross.

  it is black stone and silver and says on the back of the cross, alpha and omega.

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  aunthill

  I have a wardrobe of crosses (not crucifixes, no corpus) and I love wearing them. I have a small gold with tiny diamonds all down the upright and cross piece. I have another, slightly larger gold one; a silver celtic style; and a Star of David that says Jesus across the middle of the star, that I got in Jerusalem when I went there in March, 2002.

  I love wearing them all and "I am not ashamed" either,
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  Are you a blood donor?

  by TonyT in

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  a couple of years ago, the red cross had several blood donation trailers set up at a festival .

  since i had time to kill, i donated.

  it seems like there is always a critical blood supply shortage hard to deal with?

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  aunthill

  Yes I am. And yes I would (accept a transfusion, that is.)

  I am A- which is somewhat rare, and I am called regularly. I had to put a stop to it because I was so wiped out after donating (made ME anemic) that I only donate on an emergency basis - which seems to be around every holiday.

  It did take a while to come to that, but it was my final rebellion against the bOrg.

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  What's The Most Traumatic Thing That's Ever Happened To You As A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  when you look back at your witness life, you probably can see that you were regularly exposed to traumatic conditions and situations because you were a jw.

  thinking back, was there anything that stood out in your mind that especially wounded you?

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  (((((((orangefatcat)))))))

  What a terrible story! My heart just about gets ripped out every time I read the stories of the horrible things done in the name of the almighty Watchtower! You are out now, and I hope things are better for you now.

  Remember, today is the first day of the rest of your life! Make the most of it.

  Aunthill
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  When you left being a JW?

  by Sassy in

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  did you for a time think it was still the only true religion and that you were just condemned as long as you were out.

  i read a comment by ghosthunter today that kind of echoed my feelings.

  i know if i had never read the things i had read here, i'd still have left, for i did that before reading and learning, but i would have been out without the freedom from guilt and damnation.....

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  Yes, I felt they had the truth(tm) for the most part, but the things I took issue with were big things, to me, anyway. Kind of like the elephant in the living room. But I had to get out because I just couldn't support some of the things they were teaching, not to mention the abuse heaped on us from the platform was just making me feel so worthless I couldn't stand myself.

  It took me several years to overcome the indoctrination before I could even go sit through a church service.

  Aunthill