KWJoe

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  What Watchtower Belief/View Never Sat Right With You?

  by minimus in

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  but their views on blood are just plain weird!

  meat has blood in it even if it's bled.

  still eating meat means consuming blood.

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  Blood issue is a big one....also, being a gay man, I would have to remain celibate for the rest of my life to please god
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  Did you ever attend meetings while on vacation?

  by keyser soze in

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  i remember when i was a kid going on vacation somewhere with my family, my parents would always have to find out where the local kingdom hall was.

  god forbid we should miss a meeting because we were actually enjoying our time away from work and school..

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  never....shorts and flip flops for my vacations
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  What was the most rebellious thing you did while you were a devout jw?

  by DuvanMuvan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just thinking about how humans being imperfect and satan's influence was the root of everything bad that anyone has ever done.

  well i know that apparently everyone is vulnerable which got me thinking about what "bad" things people have done while they were a jw.

  i'll start it off.

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  Growing up a gay JW kid in the 60's, one of the first rebellious things I did was to learn to lie
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  Fred Phelps is dead

  by zound in

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  two cults leaders in two days..

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  About 5 years ago, several vans loaded with the Westboro Baptist people came to protest in Key West. One of the locations they were picketing, was the local synagogue...right next door to my house. They parked in front of my house. I called the driver back so he could move the van over to a public parking space. They so reminded me of JW's in field service. I was taken back to my younger days, when groups of us would travel to work unassigned territory. I can just imagine what those people thought when we piled out of a van. The community had been given advance notice that they were coming, and decided the best response, would be no response. Except for a couple of confrontations with angry drag queens, they were ignored. The group at the synagogue left after about 15 minutes of picketing.

  As for the passing of Fred Phelps, my condolences to those that loved him.
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  Maybe moving! Need some advice

  by Jon Preston in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok so we might be moving to fl.

  wife wants to get away to start over.

  i also want to move but at the right time and to the right place.

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  I've lived in Key West for 13 years....love it here, but is very expensive. Also lived in Stuart. Beautiful town on east coast with a tropical feel. I also love the Ft. Myers area. When I retire, it will be to either Stuart or Ft. Myers.
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  How's the weather in your area?

  by Decided in

  1. jw
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  here in nc it's snowing, about 6" so far.

  haven't had so much snow and ice in a long time as we have so far this winter.. ken p..

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  sunny....80 in Key West
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  Hello - mentally out, physically in...

  by Bluefluff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been lurking for a while but was encouraged to sign up by a user on the ex jw reddit forum.

  i'm a still in jw but i've been mentally out for about two months.

  i'm an ms and i'm also gay so i have two lots of 'coming out' to do very soon!.

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  welcome to you Bluefluff.....your life is about to improve dramatically
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  What is / was the first thing(s) you looked forward to doing once you were out for good?

  by SecretHeart11 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one of the things that keeps me going is thinking about the things my family and i will be able to do once we are all out, together, and free at last.

  (and we will be out together, i'm staying positive!).

  i soooo look forward to christmas.

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  I moved in with my boyfriend on Christmas Eve....two on my list of things to do
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  How often do you see the Witnesses out on the ministry?

  by rory-ks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i only ask because i hardly ever see them out on the ministry.

  it is a very rare sighting to spot them actively engaged in the house to house ministry.

  or out on the street work, in the marketplace, etc.. the other reason i ask is because they are constantly pictured as being on the preaching work.

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  I live on a small island, 2X4 miles, and about 8 blocks from the local KH. In 13 years, they have knocked on my door only once....and never have seen them door to door otherwise.
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  Me Before and After leaving the Lie

  by cantleave in

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  when i was serving as an elder.

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  now.

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  love the goatee