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  One year ago this week I left the JWs...

  by logansrun in

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  well, it's my anniversary.

  one year ago this week i left the organization and have only been to one meeting --a funeral for a dear friend.

  i didn't get disfellowshipped or write the letter announcing my apostacy, just a complete vanishing act from the crummy religion which was mine the first twenty-five years of my life.

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  dear bradley,

  1) im sorry if what i said sounded condescending -- i didn't mean it to be. i was only telling my personal and strictly anecdotal (not scientific) experience.

  2) i didn't say i had lost a brother.

  3) i have accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior, but i certainly don't think that makes me superior to anyone or in any position to condemn anyone for anything. if anything, it is just the opposite. how could i remove the splinter from my brother's eye when i have a rafter in my own?

  when i think back to my own departure from the wts i know that at that time i had to experience things for myself and come to my own conclusions.

  Bradley, i SINCERELY wish you well. i truly hope you find happiness and joy in your new life of freedom.

  my best wishes to you again, -- sincerely -- nowisee
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  Depression, Suicide, Abusive Parents

  by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! in

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  this is my first time posting...i've been lurking for awhile.

  i "faded away" in september and my mental health has greatly improved, although i still struggle with a somewhat-controlled eating disorder.

  i have a long history of mental health problems, from the time i was about 20. i was raised "in the truth" and my parents were very emotionally/verbally abusive.

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  nowisee

  welcome kh&omy!
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  I lost my baby

  by kelpie in

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  i come to you with a heavy heart and tears in my eyes.

  tuesday 27th may 2003 at 12.30 am, i misscarried my first baby.

  i was 9 weeks pregnant.

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  nowisee

  (((((kelpie & rick)))))

  i too miscarried my first pregnancy and i know how emotionally painful this experience is and how real your baby was. it is a true loss. my heart goes out to you.

  nowisee
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  District Assembly talks about apostates............

  by integ in

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  district assembly 5/24/03 3:40 pm "beware of the voice of strangers".. 1) counterfeit words: beware of those using "counterfeit words".

  2) flirting: young ones need to avoid being lured into relationships with un-believers.. 3) you trust your christian parents...listen to them.

  you also trust those taking the lead among you..such as elders.

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  nowisee

  (((((big tex))))) it seems like an angry day and a painful day for you. i wish we could help to ease things for you. please take care.

  nowisee
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  One year ago this week I left the JWs...

  by logansrun in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, it's my anniversary.

  one year ago this week i left the organization and have only been to one meeting --a funeral for a dear friend.

  i didn't get disfellowshipped or write the letter announcing my apostacy, just a complete vanishing act from the crummy religion which was mine the first twenty-five years of my life.

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  nowisee

  dear logansrun,

  when i was 26 i also thought that what i was doing was not destructive. age and experience has changed my perspective somewhat.

  forgive me, it is hard for me not to have a knee-jerk reaction to pot (i did try it many times and decided it definitely wasn't for me after one very scary personal experience) - as my sibling, who was the one who preached pot to me and was the one who initially convinced me to try it - died of a drug overdose. suicide. the use of pot escalated over the years to other things until finally it was out of control.
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  When Was The Last Time You Set Foot In a Kingdom Hall?

  by minimus in

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  weeks?

  months?

  years??

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  nowisee

  big tex - thanks for posting your story. i am so glad that you and your family are doing so well considering the hell you all have been through.

  welcome kproscts. don't apologize for your long story. that is what this board is here for. keep posting.

  best wishes, nowisee
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  Hallo from Scandinavia

  by viktoria in

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  hallo everyone out there.. .

  little old me from scandinavia wants to say "hallo" to you all.. i ve been lurking for some time now, but couldent find the courage to write.. i m trying to fade away quiet and elegant but the dubs are after me like a group of blood hounds.. i feel so very very miserable about it all.

  at this moment the most "loving and zealous" couple in my cong.

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  hello viktoria!

  welcome!
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  Happy JWD Birthday Blondie!

  by rocketman in

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  may 28th marks two years since blondie has been posting here.

  blondie, thank you for all the research you do and the fine posts you contribute in our behalf.

  happy jwd birthday (or, if you prefer, anniversary)!

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  nowisee

  blondie, im so glad you're here. many thanks.

  best wishes and long may she post!

  nowisee
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  What physical activites do you practice?

  by JH in

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  do you try to stay in good shape?

  to be healthy and stay healthy one must do a minimum of physical activites, even if it's only a small walk once in a while.

  no matter who you are, you must do a minimum of physical activities to stay healthy.. i walk alot, and go on bike once in a while.

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  nowisee

  i walk every day (except pouring rain).

  in one of my jobs i do a lot of lifting, the other of my jobs is quite physically demanding.
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  Of Precious Promises and A Corporate God

  by metatron in

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  once, i knew an elderly member of the anointed in bethel.

  sometimes he carried an old king james bible with him that had.

  certain passages highlighted with a purple marker.. he said those verses were "precious promises" - personal statements jesus made to him, in effect.. he came from a generation that read a different watchtower - one that had personal poetry about god and jesus christ.. - a generation that might not recoil from calling jesus "lord" in casual conversation, as early christians did.. .

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  nowisee

  very very insightful.

  you hit the nail on the head when delineating the difference between born-agains and jws: an intimate and personal relationship with the Lord. jws don't have a clue - too bad.