Posts by KWJoe

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What color is your bible?

by Faithful Witness in

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what a great way to divide the sheep and goats, both within and outside the great flock!

jehovah has given us new light.

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Shunning - Not Just JWs

by Joe Grundy in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjmg69xmjp8.

this is a documentary from louis theroux on his return visit to westboro baptist chutch - as wacky a bunch as you'll meet.

but not that different, imho, as jdubs.. i never was a dub, but i hope as a human that i can share their pain.. being entirely secular here, it seems to me that some of the young ladies in the film need to experience 'worldly' love,.

KWJoe

I ran into an old friend the other day, she hasn't set foot in a KH for over 8 years.....she still would not speak to me because I am df'd

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If God knows how we are wired, Why punish people for being gay?

by suavojr in

i just finished reading this story on yahoo, two comments stick out and cannot comprehend why can't we just show true love and stop beign hurtful to our flesh and blood.

so yes, if god made us and knows how we are wired how can god kill a person for beign gay when they did not choose to be gay?

why the more religious a person is, the more fanatical?.

KWJoe

I was born/wired this way.....no question whatsoever

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I guess I was ashamed of the JW religion...

by Jim_TX in

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when i was a kiddo growing up, i wasn't one of those that we all heard at assemblies giving their experiences... "here, let me show you the answer from the bible..." <reaching into their a** bringing out a bible>.

no, i would sit there in the audience, and think... that person has balls to do that.. when i went to grade school, i tried to keep as low of a profile as possible.

it was bad enough that i had to start the day by not saying the pledge of allegience like all the other school kids.

KWJoe

Jim, you described my childhood as well. I always dreaded back to school after Christmas......"what did you get for Christmas?" Or Monday morning hearing....."I saw you in my neighborhood wearing a tie and carrying a bookbag". I could hide pretty well, by the time I got to high school. Now that I think about it, I became a master of deceit.....I was also hiding the fact that I was gay.

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NEWBIES are leaving like crazy! Be very afraid WT

by clarity in

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# 3 newbie post.

first of all, the newbies have set a record here!.

have you ever seen a 4pg post where 21 new members reply!

KWJoe

me too....me too

df'd a long time ago.....just joined this nice group about a month ago

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What Assembly were you baptized at...

by vilot in

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i was baptized at the 1976 "sacret secret" dc at inglewood ca there must have been 50,000 people there..

KWJoe

Halloween 1970....Jekyll Island GA....in a convention center on the ocean. Looking out one set of windows, you're looking at the beach...the other set of windows you would see people arriving in costume for a Halloween party in another meeting room. Hard to keep focused. lol

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Experiences With The Elders

by minimus in

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did you generally have good experiences with the elders ?

we're any situations especially memorable???

pro or con.....

KWJoe

For the most part, the elders in the congregation I grew up in, were very kind and loving men. As krejames mentioned, they deal with lots of things that they are just not equipped to handle. When I had my JC in 1980, the three brothers on the committee had known me since birth. Lots of history together....pioneered with one....was MS for several years. When I came out to them as gay, I could tell they had absolutely no idea how to proceed. At the time, they were late 40s to around 60. In my case, they continued on and on with questions that I thought were inappropriate. Many who, what, when, wheres........especially the "what" kind of questions. And because I confessed, with the objective of remaining in, I felt obligated to answer every question....demonstrating repentance. The most uncomfortable 2 hours of my life.....well, in the top ten anyway. My result was being df'd for 2+ years.

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