I'm a non-smoker. First time I tried it, I was still a JW. I wanted to really truly experience smoking since I knew I'd never be able to do it again and I was going to be a writer. So I took the longest drag in history and my tonsils almost burned off. It hurt so bad! My friend who gave me the cigarette almost died laughing at me!
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Smoker or Non Smoker?
by JH indo you smoke?.
would you live with a smoker, if you are non smoker?
i wouldn't be able to smell cigarette smoke at home nor in my car.
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Give A Sample Of What a Watchtower Magazine Will Say 10 Years From Now
by minimus inany thoughts??
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I'm sure there will be many articles on how the end is getting near!
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Dream
by Charmed infor some reason, i've been having a lot of cult-related dreams lately.
it's very strange since i don't usually dream at all.
anyways, the dream i had last night, i was at the kh that i went to growing up.
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That's amazing that it took 10 years for you to start dreaming about the cult. I guess our brains must have some amazing coping mechanisms it uses when we need it most.
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Why do I have to move 3000 miles away to get away from this religion?
by DIAMOND inthat is the question.
i am literally moving from the east coast to the west coast just so i can lose my religion.
is that nuts?
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Congrats on your move!! I wish I could move away too, but my husband's work demands we stay in Colorado. I'm so jealous of you!
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Derogatory Term...HBH
by 95stormfront ini was recently over a relative's house when i heard one of their pioneer dub guest refer to one of her return visits as hbh.
i assumed that this was one of those visits where the person chose not to answer the door.
has anybody else heard of this term.
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My mom used to be HBH when the JW's came to the door. Unfortunately, my Dad was home when they came by and he answered the door. You have no idea how much I wish we could have all just stayed HBH.
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Dream
by Charmed infor some reason, i've been having a lot of cult-related dreams lately.
it's very strange since i don't usually dream at all.
anyways, the dream i had last night, i was at the kh that i went to growing up.
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For some reason, I've been having a lot of cult-related dreams lately. It's very strange since I don't usually dream at all.
Anyways, the dream I had last night, I was at the KH that I went to growing up. It used to have chairs that sorta leaned back a little. The meeting was about ready to start and so I sat down and then a shirtless man sat in the chair in front of me and fell back too far until he was in my lap. He was such a hottie. He looked italian, and very buff. (sigh) So I touched his shoulders to help him get up and then I remember thinking, "Well, now that made the meeting worthwhile for a change." Then the meeting was going on and I just kept daydreaming about this guy and when I went to open my bible, the spine broke.
Ha ha!! I just thought I'd share. You all are probably the only ones that would really appreciate it:)
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Kingdom Hall Spankings
by JH inmost meetings i went to, children were brought to the washrooms in the back to be disciplined.
often i could hear a child yell or cry due to the spanking given by the parent.
people in the hall would have that look on their face meaning that it was alright to discipline a child by spanking him.
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My parent used to spank occasionally. They like to tell a story about one time when my dad was taking my older sister to the back room to get spanked and she just started screaming, "MOMMY!!! SAVE ME!!!" Everyone in the cong. was laughing I guess.
Personally, I'm not against spanking. I'm against beating, but not spanking. However, I do think that spanking should only be used as a last resort once talkings-to and time-outs don't work. I know spankings aren't a strictly JW-thing. I have a non-JW friend who used to get spankings with switches off the rose bush in their backyard. Thankfully, my parents only used their hand.
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Some dreams are too weird
by Brummie inworst dream i had (apart from armageddon ones) was when i stood up walked away from the sofa and when i looked back i could still see me sleeping on the sofa, that was shooooo weird.
so then i go up to me and grab me by the arm to wake me up, i could feel my arm as a seperate being....i woke up in a real sweat, totally freaked out.
whats your worst freakyish dream?.
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I had a dream about a week ago that I went to a meeting for the first time in 2 years. I walked into my sister's KH and saw her and her husband and my other sister and they were all so happy to see me. It felt really, really good to see them again and they hugged me and everything. Then the meeting starts and the brother giving the talk was so hilarious. It was like stand-up comedy. I was laughing so hard my sides hurt! Then I looked over at my sisters and they weren't laughing. They were sh-shing me. Noone was laughing except me and I kept asking, "Isn't this the funniest talk you've ever heard. This is hilarious."
I was worried that the talk meant that subconsciously I want to go back, so I asked a friend of mine about it who's really good at getting to the meaning of dreams, and she thought that the dream meant that I miss being so close with my family, but not that I miss being a JW. She said that since I was the only one laughing at the talk, that it meant that since I now see the truth about the truth that it was funny to me, but it wasn't funny to anyone else. Makes sense, I think.
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Relationships
by wovy infirst post on here and just a basic inquiry before i get in to the meat of my problem.
question is "is this a good forum to discuss problems i have dating a jehovah's witness?
" i am not a witness and wonder what i have gotten myself into.
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Wovy,
My heart is just aching for you. I was born and raised as a JW and believed it all to be absolute truth until I met and fell in love with a "worldly man." So many of your experiences so far echo mine. When I eventually went to the elders and told them that I had committed fornication with this worldly man, they didn't disfellowship me either. Instead I was "publicly reproved," which meant that they announced that I was reproved from the stage and I was no longer allowed to comment at meetings or hang out with other JW, besides family, outside of meeting time. They also said I had to break up with the love of my life or I would be disfellowshipped. I also had told my lover that I would fight for us, but when it came time to fight and no doubt lose my family, I chickened out. We were split for three months. I still loved him though, and he still loved me. One day he emails me this awful email ranting about how my religion was a cult. I emailed back, defending my religion. That got us talking again, and from there he introduced me to ex-jw sites like this one. I was appalled (sp?)! I was speachless. I was angry. I was scared that I was in love with an apostate. Well, he told me about the mix-ups with the dates, just like you have told your girlfriend. I'm not surprised that it hit her so hard. It's hard to accept that you've been lied to your whole life and that your family is stuck in a false religion that is so controlling, and there's nothing you can do. You feel betrayed and lost. Then, my lover gave me Crisis of Conscience and I read it. It was exactly what I needed. Since it came directly from an ex-member of the governing body, I was able to believe it. Plus, he's doesn't come across as bitter, which was good.
I hope you all find a way to be happy..whether with her or without her. Just so you know, I am now married to my lover going on two years. My family still hopes that I will come back into the "truth," and they still talk to me, but it's not the same. I feel it's only a matter of time before they shun me completely, but I'm glad to be free. I'm glad to not be spreading lies about God. I'm glad that I can walk around with a clean conscience now.
Hope things work out for you. You seem like such a nice guy.
HUGS,
Charmed
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my son's birthday celebrated
by BLISSISIGNORANCE injust a short post to say that i feel really happy today.
my 19 yo son has had his birthday acknowledged and celebrated today for the first time in 13 years.. and it feels good for me as his mother to remind him every year, on the day he came into the world, that i consider from that day on, the best days of my life.
i cried as i wrote his card, thinking of all the wasted time in the borg, but now is the time to move on and start enjoying freedom.. so i just wanted to share this with people who i'm sure understand and share in the joy.. cheers,.
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Charmed
Happy Birthday to your son! And Congratulations to you for freeing yourself from the borg and learning to enjoy life again!!!