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  At what age did you join the Witnesses?

  by JH in

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  at what age would a person have to be to join the witnesses and not suffer too much?.

  if they are children, it robs their youth.. if they join in the teens, they won't get a decent education.. if they join at 20 years old, they will have to marry a witness.. if they join at 30, i guess that would be less destructive because they already are married, have children, have a house, an education and a job.. at what age did you join, and how did it affect you?

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  Mystery

  I will try to find the site of applying for college scholarships that a friend of mine told me about. If i find it i will let you know.
  
  my email is [email protected]
  
  I am really glad to here that your mom supports you with college. Are you in the US. If not, the site I am thinking of may not help. But others may know of some.
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  One foot in and one foot out.

  by tech 597 in

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  i have to say that at one time i wouldn't even consider reading material at a discussion group like this one.

  but in the last two years, discussion groups like this one have been indispensable to my dealing with a very personal crisis of faith, and i want to thank the brave and loving persons who sponsor sites like this, and the brave and loving persons who participate in them.

  like many here, i was raised as one of jehovah's witnesses and never questioned the validity of the wbts view.

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  Mystery

  I wish my father had of been as questioning as you.
  
  Read and listen to yourself for a change. Dig and keep digging. Don't assume everything on this site is "the truth". Find out for yourself. Ask and someone here will give you a way to prove to yourself without a shadow of a doubt if it is the truth or not.
  
  Is it the truth? Or did we support a lie?
  
  No one here can or should chose the way you believe. You have to find that out for yourself.
  
  Are you really ready to find out the real truth?
  
  Welcome - I hope you stay.
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  an example of believing in yourself..

  by thegentleman in

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  hey everyone, .

  i took my railroad conductor qualifying exams on the book of operating rules and passed.

  the whole studying process was draining enough not to mention the other things going on .

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  Mystery

  Even without a pat on the back from others ....
  
  We just have to "believe in ourselves".
  
  Congradulations!!!!!
  
  I wish I had been on here when I graduated. At least someone would have told me Congradulations.
  
  Wish I could do the fancy things everyone else can - but you will just have to settle for plain ole' typing.
  
  
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  Burial or Cremation?

  by Francois in

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  i got the idea for this thread from one jessika posted and which contained a response from dede.. which form of final resting place do you prefer and why?

  personally, i want to be cremated and have my ashes scattered at a particular place on the beach on deserted st. catherine's island, a barrier island on the georgia coast.

  my children could get there by boat (the only way) and visit my spirit there - even though i know my spirit won't be there, i believe that somehow i will know they're there and what they're saying.. being buried in a box six feet under to lie in the same position througout all eternity doesn't appeal to me in the least.

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  Mystery

  Cremation
  
  Now if I can just convince my husband!
  
  We have been talking about this for years!!! Guess if he decided to bury me it wont really matter.
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  My brother is not worthy....

  by hoodwinked in

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  my disfellowshipped brother and his likewise disfellowshipped friend attended memorial tonight but were not passed the emblematic wine??!!??

  is he is not worthy of the sacrificial significance of christ's blood?

  this is stranger than fiction!!!!

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  Mystery

  Your brother is not worthy............
  
  What a JW thing to say.
  
  Tell your brother we love him DF'ed or not.
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  Saying hi.......this is Jesika's son

  by soulweaver in

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  hi i am jesika's son, i just wanted to logon and meet everybody on the web site.

  i am a pretty big fan of the web site.

  i was never a jehovah's witness, but my mom has told me alot about it.

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  Mystery

  Welcome Soulweaver!
  
  I really enjoy your mom's insight on the forum.
  
  Your really lucky to have her. Make sure she knows.
  
  
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  How much money would it take for you to go out in service?

  by unbeliever in

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  say you had to go out in field service for 2 hours in your neighborhood and talk to your neighbors about jehovah.

  what would somebody have to pay you to do this or would you not do it for any amount of money?

  if i am going to humilate myself it better be worth my while.

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  Could I pick a neighborhood with only JW's residing?
  
  They would have to guarantee me 15 min. of me talking with no replies until i am finished. And the entire famlily has to be there. Including kids.
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  Is everyone bitter against JW's?

  by Redneckgurl in

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  i have to post this question, because as i was trying so hard to talk to my husband about what i am learning and what others are saying, he is saying i am not doing this objectively at all, and only hearing things from bitter exjw's who are angry at the org for something.

  i say this isn't true, i wasn't searching for answers due to a negative occurance in my life, and i don't believe everyone here was either.

  he says i am only emotional about this, and trying to find reasons to prove all the things i have learned as wrong.

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  Mystery

  Webster Dictionary: Bitter - Difficult or distasteful to accept or admit.
  
  I began studing the history of JW's because I wanted to PROVE them right. I did not agree with several teachings of "the Bible" as a child (shunning for 1) but when I knew how much I would hurt my mom & dad if I completely left the "truth," I wanted to prove to myself that MY DOUBTS were wrong.
  
  If I was bitter it was because "it was difficult to accept" (as Webster says) that I could not prove JW's were right. That My PARENTS were so wrong. That my parents would not open their eyes to the WTBTS very on literature. I really truly wanted to prove to myself that everything was right. Look at all I was losing IF I COULDN'T PROVE IT. I WANTED to convince myself.... I WANTED to persuade myself. I would lose all I believed in if it wasn't true.
  
  
  Ask your husband what he believes in, really truly believes in, besides JW's, if it was taken away from him what would happen? Does your husband really think anyone wants to be shunned from ALL of our JW family? Does your husband think "we" want to spend time sitting at this computer just so that we can find someone else that has opened their eyes to a lie that (most) we believed in? Each of of has haunts regarding JW's, if we didn't we would't need this site, none of us would be here.
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  Created with a FreeWill........but........

  by SillyPutty in

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  ......those few men in their ivory tower in ny have taken it away.

  we're not even allowed to think for ourselves.

  what are your thoughts on this?

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  Mystery

  With free will would you....
  
  1) Tell people they are not worth living, because they don't have the "true religion".
  
  2) Let your child die because of not giving them life sustaining blood or heart transplant or liver transplant or......
  
  3) Tell your "loved ones" only when they are doing wrong; and never when they are doing right.
  
  4) Would you quit a job, simply because someone told you to..... becasue the end is coming.
  
  5) Would you give up on your child because they are a challenge and not "perfect".
  
  6) Take a cross and throw it in the trash with so much contempt that people standing by look at you like you are Satan himself.
  
  7) Would you lecture someone on saying "bless you" when you sneeze to the point that the person will probably never say "bless you" again.
  
  8) Would you disregard a plea for help just because there were not 2 eye witnesses.
  
  9) Would you disregard a plea for help because MENTAL abuse and PHYSICAL abuse are not grounds for divorce; JUST LIVE WITH IT!
  
  10) With free would you ..........
  disown your child.
  
  I don't know; maybe some people would. How many JW's are there now?
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  Were You AFRAID Of The Elders???

  by minimus in

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  since the elders are always spoken of as being "a refreshment for your souls" and "loving shepherds", did you ever find yourself afraid of them?

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  Mystery

  My dad was an elder. Many people were afraid of him. We had a "status" (an elder and money, we weren't "rich", but had enough to do pretty much anything we wanted) in the congeration.
  
  Frankly, I was "afraid" of him, he was THE ELDER.
  
  I guess he was alway afraid I might, just might, disappoint him. (I guess in the long run he was right).
  
  I wonder if that is why he never told me that he loved me?
  
  Guess I will never know.