BLWashington

Joined

• started 2 topics
• posted 17 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Topics Started by BLWashington

• 
  17

  Family Lost- Dealing with the "Inevitable"

  by BLWashington in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so... recently lost my favorite aunt, mother of my favorite cousin- she was a "witness" when she died.

  inactive, but still a witness.

  who lived with my witness mother and stepdad.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  46

  Former Unbaptized Publisher, New Here

  by GloomySunday in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  former unbaptized publisher, here.. i'm new to the forums and have hesitated for months to join this forum.

  i was raised in a jw family, and was never baptized, because one of my parents didn't think i should be baptized early.. my mother became inactive, but i eventually went back for social contact, eventually starting a study.

  i raised a few questions, only to find that the conductor would get irritated and defensive when my questions would get deeper into the topic.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  29

  Hi everyone !!!

  by Durden in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am durden.. a teenager that is an unbaptized publisher and is trying to leave this damn cult !!!.

  i have been lurking here for some time and i decided to start posting with this intro.. im from europe, both my parents are jw's, my parents are both teachers (math teachers).. my parents are "softcore" jw's, they accept all my questions and try to answer them.. i am trying to "convert" my dad (an elder which might complicate things), me and my dad recently had various discussions about the org ("discussions" on the good sense of the word).. we talked about jehovah in the nt, 1975, 1914, gb in 1st century, the cross, "new lights" ..., you know the usual stuff.. and all is going well i think, i think i can "convert" him until the end of summer.. i mean is a logical man, what can go wrong ?

  man, when i found jwfacts it was like my world had collapsed, all thoses lies .... but its good now to have found the truth.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  52

  Intro - First time Post- Ventilation (it's a good read actually)

  by BLWashington in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  currently from houston, tx, but spent most of my life in chicago.

  i've never had an opportunity to just get this out... so i apologize for the long-windedness in advance... .

  i spent the first 17 years of my life in a jw home, then the real world caught up to me.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  32

  Stuff You Would Lose If You Went Back

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so we know all the things the wts prevents us from doing, but that's much, much different than the stuff we've grown accustomed to.. for those who have been out for a number of years, what kind of things would end up being abandoned if you suddenly started going back to the kingdom hall?

  you know, stuff that you now do on the nights you used to attend meetings, the things you own, the things you wear, etc..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  27

  FB message from a "true" friend

  by losingit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought i would share this fb message from someone who considers himself to be a "true" friend of mine.

  after learning from my former husband tha i am disfellowshipped, he writes the following: .

  fb true friend: "xxxxx with tears in my eyes i will be deleting you but i want you as my sister again.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  18

  Aliens: Vatican Prepared (Not WTS)

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802629.htm.

  if you google 'vatican and aliens', you will find a number of references to vatican officials making positive remarks about extraterrestrials - including a few who outrightly assert that they exist.

  in addition, the vatican is interested in observatory time used for locating earth-like planets.. in summary, it looks like they wish to be prepared, come what may.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 
  45

  Do you remember your Baptism Talk?

  by bildad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you remember anything from your baptism talk or the brother who gave it?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3.