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  MY SWAN SONG

  by northern girl in

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  about seven weeks ago i posted here for the first time.

  in that post i said i'd like to be reinstated but felt it likely wouldn't happen because the shunning was too much for me.

  well, my prayers have been answered and i am reinstated.

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  Hi Northerngirl

  You need to do what ultimately brings you happiness....

  I'm not sure how you can make the transition back unless you never really considered the information on this forum to be correct or truthful.

  Sometimes I wish I could go back to a former mindset just to make all the pain stop for me and my family.....but I can't, no more than I could accept never showing love to my daughter because a small group of self appointed doctrinal changing men decided what was Gods will at this very moment.

  If you are truly going back because its what you want then I suggest you don't frequent this site, unless you can handle knowing the truth and living something else.
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  Anxieties ??? what was yours while you were a JW ???

  by run dont walk in

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  was there anything in particular that made your stomach turn upside down in knots while you were a jw ?????.

  armageddon ???.

  giving talks ???.

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  This thread is going south...First oldcrowwomen lost control of her bodily functions and now stillajwexelder has given me graphic info on sexual psitions.

  I remember one poor brother who ended up giving two talks on masturbation about fopur weeks apart.

  I told him it was because as a carpenter he was familiar with erections.....
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  Anxieties ??? what was yours while you were a JW ???

  by run dont walk in

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  was there anything in particular that made your stomach turn upside down in knots while you were a jw ?????.

  armageddon ???.

  giving talks ???.

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  Yes to all of them rdw....

  The worst for me used to be the occasional assembly part...or an elders meeting concerning something I've done. As a teen I had a little too much too drink at a public event and wore face paint to boot....it was just a coincidence it was halloween that night...honest.

  The elders meetings don't bother me too much now..guess its because I've had quite a few lately.
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  Did you ever work for a JW, while still in the borg ??? how was the pay ???

  by run dont walk in

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  my nephew has been working for a jw, for about three years, part-time of course, has to do more service, pays him next to nothing, good training and learning experience though, but three years, and paying $7.00 an hour for maybe 20 hours a week, while the employer has a new car, and just bought a bigger house ???

  yep, go figure ......................, that's the kind of person i want to work for, and the sad thing is, if he was to quit tomorrow, there are 20 little jw dubs ready to vulture into the job.

  unreal !!!.

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  I worked as a teenager cleaning for various bro's and the pay was always at the bottom of the scale. The problem I had was JW employers always expected more from thier fellow JW's.....and if they did something wrong the old I'm not perfect brother would be used.

  Side note: I do reno work on the side and hate to do work for other JW's.

  I have had P.O's refuse to pay because of a misunderstanding on thier part which they later apologized for and also had them dispute paying full amount even though it was below the estimate.

  Maybe I was expecting more of them too which was also wrong.

  Keep up the Good work RDW and thanks for your past support.
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  If Jesus Were Callin' His Fleeced Ones Today.....

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  i think he'd use the theme from "beverly hills cop"....it sounds like a "wake up call" with really jazzed up *flute* music...what do yall think?

  frannie b

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  I don't care much for eminem but how about ...Will the real slim shady please stand up.
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  Here's My Witness Experience and Why I Left

  by PRB in

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  i got baptized as a jw around the end of 1981 and continued as an active publisher for about eight years.

  however, i gradually started to become disenchanted with the organization.

  it wasnt just one thing, but an accumulation of things that eventually got to me.

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  Hi PRB

  Thanks for the post...gives me a ray of hope when I read accounts of families who make it out together. Some day I'll post my whole expeience but alas I'm still up to my waist in the WT swamp and alligators are snapping on all sides.

  Where is that crocadile hunter when you need him?

  Congrats on your freedom
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  "When All Other Religions Are Destroyed, Then, They'll Come After Us"

  by minimus in

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  do you recall this being said, over and over again?

  we, as witnesses, will look like we're on the brink of extinction, and all of a sudden, jehovah will protect his people, like his eyeball.

  is this crazy or what??

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  I'm always getting crap in my eyes...dust, eyebrows my daughter almost blinded me with a tinker toy. Yet try to touch my eyeball on purpose and I just can't do it.

  You would think that when his chosen reps were in prison 1918,/1919 Jah would have had a little pressure on his eyeball? Instead he let them hang out in prison long enough for Rutherford to devolop lung problems............or maybe the cigars did that?
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  Were You Ever Persecuted While Knocking on Doors?

  by Funchback in

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  i recently posted a news article about how a jw said they get dogs sicced on them or they get urine thrown on them.

  the worst thing that ever happened to me was when a chubby man with long blonde hair and glasses opened the door and said, "no!

  there is no f--king god!

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  shotgun

  Thanks Frannie

  The past month has seen the most stimulating conversations regarding bible and non-bible topics I've ever had. Also had LOL !
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  Were You Ever Persecuted While Knocking on Doors?

  by Funchback in

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  i recently posted a news article about how a jw said they get dogs sicced on them or they get urine thrown on them.

  the worst thing that ever happened to me was when a chubby man with long blonde hair and glasses opened the door and said, "no!

  there is no f--king god!

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  shotgun

  I was st the door once with an unbaptized bro this was his second time in service...he had a temper problem and had liked to use lots of #$%^#&.

  Anyway at the door the homeowner walks out opens the door and kicks the case of this new convert right out of his hand..looked like a New York parade with papers flying everywhere. The guy then proceeded to call us anything and everything..to my surprise the new bro almost burst but held it in.

  The good part was when we got back to the car group and he repeated word for word every f-----ing name and word the guy called us. I nearly pissed myself as the P.O and sisters in the car turned pale.
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  Christendom's clergy stop the presses

  by shotgun in

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  i was thinking of this last night and realized the events which unfolded yesterday in the u.s especially if the presses stopped as xjw and scully think happened:.

  xjw_b12 writes: i know it is only temporary, but finally the presses in brooklyn are silent.

  another blessing from yahweh.. .

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  shotgun

  bttt