Uncle Joe, Welcome!!! Nope I'm not d'fed and never have been. I did the fade. My mom and friends still don't know what to think. Wish I could make them happy by going back but I can't. After knowing the truth about the 'truth' there is no going back. I'm happier now and I'm sure you will be too. I wish you all the best. - V Sky
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Dis-fellowshipping
by unclejoe ini was disfellowshipped for exactly one year.
i couldn't help thinking how controlling the elders were.
i lived with my parents just so they could talk to me.
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Live your life
by Gadget ini just got off the phone to a friend who was at a wedding last saturday.
it was a sad day because the groom had cancer and only had a year or so to live.
they had a family party on the sunday and he died suddenly there.
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That's a heartbreaking story. I agree with Megadude, that there are so many cool things to do and see. Life is so beautiful, even when it sucks, it's still better than the alternative. As dubs, yeah we invested time and emotion in something that wasn't real. We're living real life now and Gadget I hope you enjoy yours. - V Sky
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How many have left the WTS and joined another church/group?
by BLISSISIGNORANCE inat this point in my life i don't think i could trust any religious group.
i don't even feel the need to be a part of anything like that right now, and maybe never will.. but i know of some who have joined other churches/groups since leaving the borg.. why do some join another religion and why won't some ever get involved again?.
what makes us so different?.
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I will never join another religion (been there done that) but I do attend a non-denominational church once a week. My experience is similar to Gordy's. There is no pressure, no control, no beating me over the head with the Bible. There is a sense of freedom and peace that being a JW never gave me. I'm open minded to the beliefs of others and I feel the joy of being out of the WTS and living my own life. - V Sky
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VICKI BOER CAMPAIGN FUND
by Dansk inif you'd be interested in donating $us10.00 or anything at all to a campaign fund for vicki please say so here.
this will help determine how strongly we can offer vicki support.. i'll start it off.
i'm willing to donate $us10.00 to the fund.. thanks.. dansk
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Anything I can do to help, count me in. - V Sky
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Your experience as a man, as a woman in the JWs...
by Country Girl ini was wondering today.
my own experience with the jw's started when i was 3 years old.
at 8, i began to experience the misogynystical attitude that characterized being a jw woman, and was really adverse to it.
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Interesting CG, I had an elder admit to me that women were treated like second class citizens in the borg and that's when I realized that some brothers hated the society's view of women and of course most were all for it. What I resented most was the constant 'don't be like Jezebel' - she was a murderer and a whore, I didn't know any sister that came close to that description. There was zero emphasis on the strong women of bible times like Deborah, think she was a judge or a prophetess. We barely heard a peep about her, yet Jezebel was mentioned over and over again. The environment the borg has created breeds men who are weak and women who may never know their true potential. I feel sorry for them. - V Sky
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Why Aren't Jehovah's Witnesses Allowed To Freely Express Themselves?
by minimus init's a simple fact.
jw's cannot freely express themselves.
they can't freely tell another about a doubt or a question that they might have for fear they could be exposed to the elders.
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Scholar, too bad they don't teach Common Sense in college or Humility 101. For your information my puffed up friend, I've got 2 college degrees too. One of them is in Psychology and buddy I gotta tell ya, you've got a few issues. You've got an elaborate denial system in place but then again, what good JW doesn't? And a superiority complex the GB would be proud of. I suggest you come down from your self erected pedestal and use the brain God gave you. There are people on this board who you and I can learn a lot from. So show them a little respect. And the fact that you have to put your titles down is so sad, do you think Jesus gives a damn what degrees you have? Do you remind God in prayer that you're a scholar or do you think the Almighty is just a tad smarter than you? - V Sky
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If you could have written any piece of music what would it be?
by azaria inmaybe teejays thread inspired me.
(in the family section) maybe because the church service this morning was especially inspiring.
there are so many beautiful songs.
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"Already There," by Lonestar - makes me cry, beautiful words. "Drops of Jupiter" by Train, except for the bit about fried chicken, I think it's poetry. - V Sky
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Yes, I'm going to see it. I don't like graphic movies but It looks historically accurate and I love Mel Gibson's directing style. - V Sky
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Jehovah's Witnesses Are Pedophile Protectors!!!!!
by TipToe inyou people make me want to throw up!!!!
in the last 2 years, i have met three people ages 18, 25 and 34, two girls and one guy who are ex-jehovah's witnesses ( thank god!
) and who have told me their horror stories concerning being molested in your congregation and no action was taken against their aggressors.
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Disgusted, it's ok, you were just saying what all of us feel. It is sickening the way the JWs smuggly look down on the Catholic Church's appalling record with abuse and kids yet don't acknowledge the problems within the WTS. Personally I think all child abusers should be castrated without anesthesia - V Sky
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Forgiving & Forgetting
by StinkyPantz income on, can you really do it?
and is it really necessary?
i don't know about ya'll, but i often feed off my hatred, fear, anger.
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If it's a little thing, I let it go. If it's something that really hurts me or someone I love, I think about the person's motivation, was it malicious? or was it just a really dumb mistake on their part? I'm not good at holding grudges so I let the person know what they did and try my best to move on. If it was something horrific don't know what I would do. My empathy to those of you who have been abused by someone in a position of trust. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to forgive let alone forget that. - V Sky