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  Beware the voice of strangers...

  by flower in

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  i havent really been keeping up with the latest garbage being spewed forth from the wts to its members, but stumbled on this little gem from

  http://quotes.watchtower.ca/bewarethevoiceofstrangers.htm

  i'm sure this has been mentioned before and i missed it but i enjoyed this talk.

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  lollydawdle

  Thank you, Darling Mouthy. I should be doing school work, but this is more fun!
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  Hi, I'm Kibi!

  by kibizzle in

  1. jw
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  i just found this sight today and have not had time to read very many posts, but i can relate to some of the ones i have read thus far.

  i have been a jw for only 2yrs.

  but have had doubts for about 6mo.

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  lollydawdle

  Sunspot - good to know I wasn't the only one who took 30 years to come to my senses! LOL
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  Hi, I'm Kibi!

  by kibizzle in

  1. jw
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  i just found this sight today and have not had time to read very many posts, but i can relate to some of the ones i have read thus far.

  i have been a jw for only 2yrs.

  but have had doubts for about 6mo.

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  lollydawdle

  Welcome, Kibi! Glad you were only in for 2 years. I was a JW for 30 years. Went in at 19, the only one in my family. Married a new JW, raised 2 kids as JW's (who are still in). Saw some discrepancies over the years, but kept excusing them. Finally left in 1995. Never df'd nor da'd, so my kids still speak to me. Just stopped going. Spent 8 years without God, not knowing what to believe. Last summer I privately accepted Jesus as my personal savior. I've never felt so close to God in 30 years of book learning! If your husband isn't going, he's definitely having doubts of his own. Take heart. He'll come to his senses when you least expect it. Thanks for sharing your story.
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  Beware the voice of strangers...

  by flower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i havent really been keeping up with the latest garbage being spewed forth from the wts to its members, but stumbled on this little gem from

  http://quotes.watchtower.ca/bewarethevoiceofstrangers.htm

  i'm sure this has been mentioned before and i missed it but i enjoyed this talk.

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  lollydawdle

  Excellent point, Rick!I might be able to use that point in my witnessing to them about Jesus!
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  I did it!!!! I applied for college!

  by MoeJoJoJo in

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  ...and was accepted for classes starting this summer.

  finally at the age of 33, i finally have my situation worked out so i can attend the local university...my kids are all in school now, won't have the guilty feelings resulting from pursuing a worldly career over pioneering now that i'm no longer a jw, etc.

  my major will be clinical lab technology-its a two-year degree.

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  lollydawdle

  Congrats!!!!! Applied and accepted!!!! I started University courses at the age of 49!!! I'm now 58 (almost!), and I only have 1 course left to do to get my BA in Sociology! I did it part-time. Have loved it. You will too!!! Learn lots and enjoy!!!
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  Facing my family.....

  by Evesapple in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  although i have not really shared my story here, i have one thing i'd like to share now that makes me very nervous.

  i'm going to visit some friends of mine in arizona for a week.

  they are friends i had made on my own way after jw's, great, supportive, loving friends....i'm proud of them in that they truely have become my family and have re-defined the true meaning of friendship.

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  lollydawdle

  Amen to that, Franklin J. If your mother wants to see you and her grandchildren, Evesapple, I say let it happen. You never know when people will have a change of heart. If she doesn't visit, that will say it all, but don't stoop to her level and shun her if she wants to come. Best wishes. (((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))
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  my first post

  by new light in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well, after lurking here for about 3 weeks, i finally registered and decided to "join the club.

  " reading your posts has really been a great help in continuing on the path i know to be right.

  a little history if you'll bear with me.... born and raised a jw....baptized at 13, df'ed at 16. i've been reinstated for two years.

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  lollydawdle

  Welcome New Light!Thanks for sharing your story. Lots of friends here for you - some good advice, especially from Mouthy! She's the Granny on here.
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  My baptism back into the world - my story

  by a wee scots lass in

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  i was raised in 'the truth ' from the age of 9, when my parents came 'into the truth'.

  i was the perfect little witness girl, went out in field service - without complaint, gave talks (well the way you do in two's when you are female!

  ), i was even on the list of people they called on when someone did not turn up to give their talk and would get up with only 30 min prep time!

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  lollydawdle

  Welcome Wee Scot Lass. Glad it didn't take you 30 years to see the 'real' light, like me. I entered at 19, and left at 49! My adult children and grandchildren are still "in". But they can still associate with me because I'm not df'd or dis'd.

  I'm almost 58 and will be graduating from university next year! A dream come true, for me. Never give up your dreams!

  Great that you have such wonderful support in your husband. Your testimony is very encouraging. Thanks so much for sharing.
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  Jim: A Life with AIDS

  by Lady Lee in

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  jim: a life with aids

  author: june callwood published by: key porter books trade paperback isbn:0886192242. published: april 2002 (originally published in 1988).

  the link doesn't seem to be working but if you get to the site do an advanced searh using the isbn number.

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  lollydawdle

  Razorblade, I borrowed the book from mouthy, but I'm happy to say that it is in our library. A very touching and moving story of Jim. I was sad to hear of his death. Never saw him on tv, didn't even know of him until last year when I read the book. How JW's can think that what they do to others mentally, emotionally and psychologically by shunning is "Christian" is reprehensible. Jesus Christ never shunned, was compassionate to all, even to one considered to be the lowest of the low, a leper. Where's that lesson in their WT study?
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  JW literature table on campus

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

  1. jw
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  as i've mentioned before - most weekday mornings the jws have a table set up by the fountain on campus at asu.

  i never see anybody talking to them.

  mostly they have just been sitting there with all the literature on display, talking to each other.. however, the last few days i've noticed something strange.

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  lollydawdle

  Wow! I work at a university and have never seen that. The most I saw was a leaflet posted to an obscure bulletin board, which I happened to pass one morning. Of course I took it down! Everything on a bulletin board here has to be date stamped by the Student Union. Of course it wasn't stamped!

  Concerned Mom - which university? I would be tempted to call campus police and have them evicted. It may be a public place, but if they're not an accredited group on campus, I doubt they're there legally, unless they know someone.