both parents when they were young in the late fifties
wannaexit
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Who was the first person to become a Jehovah's Witness in your family?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmy mom,dad,uncles,aunts,and grandparents were all raised catholic.
they were all baptised and married in the catholic church.. one day in the early 1960's,a witness preached to my uncle.
he started a bible study and later had his immediate family join in.
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Has your " Self Esteem " Improved After Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses ?
by flipper init seems to be an issue that some have after leaving the witness cult because none of us were ever made to feel we were " good " enough or "valued " enough for what we were trying to accomplish in the cult.
growing up i had pounded into my head by my jw elder father what jesus said, " after doing all things remember you are good for nothing slaves , what we have done is what we ought to have done.
" then i thought to myself - " where's the joy in that ?
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Has your " Self Esteem " Improved After Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses ?
by flipper init seems to be an issue that some have after leaving the witness cult because none of us were ever made to feel we were " good " enough or "valued " enough for what we were trying to accomplish in the cult.
growing up i had pounded into my head by my jw elder father what jesus said, " after doing all things remember you are good for nothing slaves , what we have done is what we ought to have done.
" then i thought to myself - " where's the joy in that ?
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Has your " Self Esteem " Improved After Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses ?
by flipper init seems to be an issue that some have after leaving the witness cult because none of us were ever made to feel we were " good " enough or "valued " enough for what we were trying to accomplish in the cult.
growing up i had pounded into my head by my jw elder father what jesus said, " after doing all things remember you are good for nothing slaves , what we have done is what we ought to have done.
" then i thought to myself - " where's the joy in that ?
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BIG NEWS! Leader of German Watchtower History Archives Resignes and Leaves Branch Office!
by GermanXJW injohannes wrobel, the founder of the watchtower history archives in germany, responsible for the stand firm-video and the stand-firm-exhibitions resigned in november 2008 and left the german branch office.
he was also the responsible person for many of the wt sponsored websites on jw in the 'third reich'!.
there are no further details known yet but this could be big news!.
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wannaexit
OK, I am the one who called the Holocaust survivor an old goat. No disrespect intended. I though he was some bethel heavy. I repent in sackcloth and ashes
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Were you Raised by an " Elder " Father in the Witnesses ?
by flipper inas i mentioned on another thread , it was very uncommon to ever get any commendation or recognition for any " good" accomplishments i ever did.
you know the jesus expression, " we are good for nothing slaves- what we have done is what we ought to have done.
" ridiculous.
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wannaexit
Hey Flipper, I too was raised by an elder father. It was not a picnic. My father used to take out his frustration in the congregation on the family.I was a very unhappy person. As you I look at my folks being subserviant to a bunch of men for 50 years and I am very saddened. I wonder what our lives would have been had watchtower not been there.
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BIG NEWS! Leader of German Watchtower History Archives Resignes and Leaves Branch Office!
by GermanXJW injohannes wrobel, the founder of the watchtower history archives in germany, responsible for the stand firm-video and the stand-firm-exhibitions resigned in november 2008 and left the german branch office.
he was also the responsible person for many of the wt sponsored websites on jw in the 'third reich'!.
there are no further details known yet but this could be big news!.
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wannaexit
Who is the old goat beside him
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Who here likes this site better than the old one....a poll ?
by Homerovah the Almighty ini just thought i'd make up a poll on people's viewpoints of who likes this site better or worse than the .
older one ?.
as for myself, i kind of liked the older one better, its just seems that the usability was better,.
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wannaexit
No complaints!! We will all get used to this format. I am so grateful that this site is here.
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Any Vegans on the Board?
by PrimateDave inmy new year's resolution is to make the lifestyle change to the vegan-pure vegetarian diet: no animal derived foods.. it is a change i have considered before on different occasions.
i didn't stick with the diet in the past due to lack of information, or perhaps the abundance of misinformation available on the optimum diet.
i've never been grossly overweight, probably never over 170 lbs.
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wannaexit
It's easier today to follow a vegan diet than in the past.
I have a couple of vegan friends, however they have to take many supplements to compensate. For example many people are iron deficiency. You can get iron from vegetables such as spinach, however the body does not absorb it in the same was as the body absorbs iron from a piece of meant.
If you can follow that diet and are happy with it good for you but remember that veganism is not a magic bullet that will cure all the ills of the body.
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How are bible studies now reported?
by drwtsn32 incan someone who still goes to meetings answer this for me?
from what i have heard, the study report slip is no longer used.
are bible studies still counted and put on the time slip?
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wannaexit
As of last month there was a study report form for the congregation book study. But with the bookstudy gone--I don't see the point--the form will no doubt be fased out