My childhood was crappy before we bacame dub and got worse when we joined (I was about 6) However, we did move house to get away from all the bad association (i.e. My school mates) and was moved to a school that had a high dub population. That was hell on earth, but looking back, it was probably a good thing as most of my pre-dub mates are now either in prision, unemployable or just plain loosers.
Posts by yxl1
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40Raised a JW... did you have a childhood?
by ignorance is strength inpersonally i was quite serious at a young age.. there was no "boys will be boys" growing up.
personally i feel kind of cheated out of a childhood by an organization that forced you to think that "everything around you was going to be gone soon so you better grow up, start publishing, and giving talks.
" did any of you experience a less than stellar childhood, especially because of the lack of holidays and socially-isolating religion gowing up?
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What are the biggest motivating remarks by the Watchtower ???
by run dont walk inyou know, you could almost compare the watchtower to tony robbins, with there constant motivating do more service, attend all meetings.
what will the watchtower be using to motivate the current members to keep this crap going ???.
what were the biggest motivating remarks you remember as a loyal jw ??
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What are the biggest motivating remarks by the Watchtower ???
by run dont walk inyou know, you could almost compare the watchtower to tony robbins, with there constant motivating do more service, attend all meetings.
what will the watchtower be using to motivate the current members to keep this crap going ???.
what were the biggest motivating remarks you remember as a loyal jw ??
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yxl1
That at Armageddon, your eyes will rot in their sockets...Gave me nightmares for weeks
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Foiled conversion attempt!
by caligirl insomeone will be very disappointed tomorrow morning!
i am home on maternity leave right now, and this has given me the opportunity to meet people in our neighborhood that i might never have come in contact with otherwise.
a few weeks ago, i started chatting with a mother who was out for a walk with her toddler.
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yxl1
Now THATS what I want to hear!! Well done!
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 9-7-03 WT Study
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 9-7-03 wt study
what about adam?
what did jesus say about the pharisees?.
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yxl1
I always think of Mr. Mxyzptlk, Superman’s bud
I've finally met a woman who knows the minor characters in the Superman universe. I'm in love ;- ) yxl1 is actually my username at work. Kinda wish I had though of using Mxyzptlk though....
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 9-7-03 WT Study
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 9-7-03 wt study
what about adam?
what did jesus say about the pharisees?.
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yxl1
Blondie,
I actually typed up a response to this (another excellent) post. While doing so, I kept thinking about Metatrons recent post on another thread :
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/58070/1.ashx
Looking forward to next weeks...
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If You Value Love, NEVER Become a Jehovah's Witness!
by metatron ini was observing my loyal wife sending out anniversary cards to other witnesses,.
as she has done for many years.
if we were ordinary protestants, we would probably.
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yxl1
Nail on the head. In a few short paragraphs you've described the reason most people here will NEVER return to that loveless way of life. Anyone who currently attends a KH, reads this post and doesnt question what they are doing has no one to blame for the years of loneliness they will one day experience.
This line of argument must be used in conjunction with persuading current witnesses their doctrines are wrong. Only then do we have the hope of saving these people (and more importantly their kids) from the kind of life most of us had to endure.
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By chance I found copies of my 2 reinstatement letters..............
by BLISSISIGNORANCE in........................and i read them.
big mistake!
as i read them i felt like the person that wrote them was a pathetic, crawling, stupid, insecure, brain-washed, idiot!
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yxl1
a pathetic, crawling, stupid, insecure, brain-washed, idiot
Bliss, we all were! I'm glad I dont have a copy of my reinstatement letter, as I'm sure it would uncover a part of me I'd rather forget. I often get angry when I look back at what I used to be, but now I'm a little older, those feelings are less frequent. Like me, I'm sure you've found this board a great help, if only to listen to others experiences and know that there are other people out there like you (us).
If I could meet myself from 15 years ago, I'd hit him in the face with his book bag.
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What Makes A Person Black?
by Englishman inobviously athletes linford christie and carl lewis are black.
but how about persons of mixed parentage, are they considered to be black too?.
how about my son's old girl friend whose grandmother was from the phillipines, is she black because her skin had a slight (and very beautiful) brownish glow that came from her ancestor?.
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Celebs you look like
by berylblue inokay, so i got annoyed yesterday when someone told me i looked like debra winger.
i find her most unfeminine and unattractive.
but it doesn't piss me off half as much as when i'm told i look like liza minelli.
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yxl1
people used to say I look like Lenny Kravitz, but since I've shaved my head it doesnt happen anymore