A religion that expects you to accept losing your entire family simply because you don't accept that the religion you grew up in is the truth.
Posts by els
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35I suspect this will sound wierd
by buckthesystem ini have been reading about the witnesses for some time - but the information i read is always massively biased against.
it is even hard to tell if this web site is exclusively designed for aggrieved ex-witnesses.
i am at a loss here.
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Can't they leave me alone????
by moana inhowdy ya'all:.
gotta get over this - i feel like i'm having a nervous breakdown most days.
parent told me she is unable to speak with me anymore (3 months ago), sends watchtowers to me & hub.
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Moana, Where are you from? Just the general area would do. Maybe someone here is close to you. I'm from upstate NY near Vermont. I'm sorry what you are going through. Hang in there and don't do anything too extreme. els
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Third World War
by Crystal init looks like we might really be going to war (they voted against us) iraq is getting an antidote for nerve gas (sounds like they are preparing) i fear that israel will drop a bomb on them.if this happens all hell will break loose.
does anyone know if they will start drafting?
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My son's Army Reserve unit has been notified that they will be called up if we do go to war. He hasn't finished his traing yet, he has to go to AIT next summer after he graduates, but if they are still there, he could be going. Right now I'm very glad he's color blind so he can't be in combat, he'll either be administation or engineering. War was never this personal to me before. els
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six degrees of separation..claim to fame!
by asortafairytale in.
everyone is somehow connected to a celebrity, with that wondeful six degrees of separation.. for me, my aunt's(by marriage), first cousin is ally sheedy.. how are you related?
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Richard Petty is my 6th or 7th cousin. At least that's what my brothers figured out.
My husband was handling the spotlight in his high school production of Oklahoma in which Meryl Streep was the star. There was a turn in the dancing and he totally missed her with the spotlight. She was not real happy. His older brother graduated with her.
Robert Redford almost bought the land across the road from my inlaws on Block Island. sigh... I wish he had because he would have kept it in one piece instead of subdividing it. Besides I could maybe have bumped into him.
I waited on Andy Roonie at the restaurant where I work. He has a place on Lake George in NY state. He dresses like a bum so people won't recognize him.
When my husband was doing construction he was tearing apart an old house in Dorset, VT and Dom Delouis owned the house behind it. He came over to pick through the junk and took the old bathroom sink home with him.
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What Is The Hardest Thing About Leaving The Truth?
by minimus inif you've left or are considering leaving the "truth", what is the most difficult thing that you must deal with?
is it losing family or friends?
is it feeling isolated?
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els
Losing my family is the worst. One letter to my parents to tell them something I knew they wouldn't approve of and I got a letter back basically saying, if that's your decision then so be it. Same thing from one sister. Nothing from my other sister, my three brothers, any of my inlaws, or my nieces or nephews. It's been four months and it's like I dropped of the face of the earth. Makes me wonder if any of them are capable of any kind of love if they can forget me that easily. els
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todays Apostate email to my family
by rwagoner inevery once in awhile i need to vent to my jw family...it is hardly ever pretty and serve no purpose other than to make me feel better...*lol* .
i sent this today after re-reading blondies post on the article for todays watchtower study on apostates :-) .
i also still respect your belief in jehovah but not in the "society".
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els
R. Are you on? els
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My Bruv
by cornish ini have this brother who i have had no communication with since 1996 when i left the borg and became the subject of collective shunning.
well,for several months now he has had his profile up on the friends reunited site.
http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/friendsreunited.asp?wci=membernotes&member_key=8528315 .
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els
If he is a good and faithful witness he should be perfectly happy with the association he has. I think he is on that site looking for something or someone, maybe you. I say go for it. els
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Dating, and JW Teenagers
by NaomiB inwhy do you think that there are such extreme rules regarding flirting and dating even within the walls of the organization?
do you think there's some psychological reason?
how does this benefit the ones at the top, or the hold on the rank and file?
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I was not an exemplary youth. I managed to have several boyfriends, some I managed to hide, a couple I got in major troubls for. My sister on the other hand is 43 now and I don't think she has ever held hands much less been kissed. I would like to ask her if she lays awake a night and wonders if she has wasted her life and if she will ever have a man or get married. els
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Help! I need info.
by els incan anyone post the watchtower study article on apostates?
i have no way to get a copy unless i make a special trip to raid a laundromat or hospital waiting room.
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els
I'm looking for the one everyone is commenting on in Blondie's thread on Nov 5th.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=40020&site=3
I don't know the date. els -
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todays Apostate email to my family
by rwagoner inevery once in awhile i need to vent to my jw family...it is hardly ever pretty and serve no purpose other than to make me feel better...*lol* .
i sent this today after re-reading blondies post on the article for todays watchtower study on apostates :-) .
i also still respect your belief in jehovah but not in the "society".
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Randy, You're going to have to give me a little more info. Your description sounds like every guy at every assembly. lol. I'm not sure you would have noticed me though. I had these horrendous coke bottle glasses till I was 17 and got a job and bought contacts with my first paycheck. I did have a pretty good figure though. I was the youngest of 7, short light brown hair when I was a teenager, brown eyes, 5'7'. My father was a ministerial servant, he handled book sales behind the counter. els