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  I gave up my job to pioneer, did you? Matt 6.33 did Jehovah provide?

  by KateWild in

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  i was a chemical analyst.

  i loved my job, and love chemistry.

  i worked in a variety of fields such a pharmaceutical and industrial.

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  Have you put on the "New Personality" ?

  by Phizzy in

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  when we were in we were often read that scripture and told we should work hard at putting on the new personality, which in wt speak meant their cult personality, nothing like the person of christ.. since leaving it has become necessary for us to make deep internal changes, to our worldview, to our emotions, and to our actions.. we have had to change from being controlled in all these areas by the wt cult, to forming our own new personality.. for born-ins like me this is really quite a task, we do not have a "pre-cult" personality to "recover".

  but even for converts, there is stilll this work to do, before you joined you may have been racist, homophobic, or perhaps a thief, or immoral in some other way, surely you do not wish to "recover" those aspects of your original personality ?so you too have to "put on" a new one.. how are we all doing with this ?

  i know that for me i feel it is still a work in progress, i need to work on certain things that are the result of my being in the jw/wt scam for all those decades, and some things that are a part of my natural personality which are not desireable as traits, laziness for example, and i am the arch-procrastinator, not good.. how do you guys feel you are doing since leaving ?.

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  Musings

  by thedog1 in

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  apropo of nothing, i just wanted to share some thoughts.

  i have started reading and posting here recently.

  i have previously mentioned that i am an active jw, an elder who conducts the wt study.

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  thedog1 said "I just listened to your JC hearing for re-instatement"

  by KateWild in

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  2. beliefs

  thedog1 said.............. hi sam.

  i just listened to your jc hearing for re-instatement.

  without knowing the details of what happened it is difficult to make a comment on it but here goes.

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  New Handbill Campaign

  by NoRegrets in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  apparently the jws are doing a new handbill campaign.

  they were just at my door and offered it to me with one of their heartless and scripted presentations.

  the religion has just become so dumbed down.

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  KateWild's Face. Hello guys this is me, What do you look like?

  by KateWild in

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  YOU WILL NEVER SEE THESE ACTS EVER MENTIONED IN A WATCHTOWER PUBLICATION

  by steve2 in

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  faking of hours in field service or dragging service time out by making coffee stops or driving for hours "between" household contacts are never frowned upon, let alone mentioned, in the publications.

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  yet, in each congregation of jehovah's witnesses, to one degree or another, faking hours, padding time out with coffee stops and long journeys between opportunities to "witness" are endemic practices..

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  Im not sure how much longer i can take this

  by DS211 in

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  i kind of snapped at my wife today...for no reason really.

  and in my frustration ive been contemplating just spilling the beans...i know its not the best idea but i do t know how much longer i can lead a double life and hide the truth.

  as i still believe in god i feel like a hypocrite.

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  First post

  by thedog1 in

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  this is a very strange thing for me to do.

  i have been an active witness for over 25 years.

  i currently serve as an elder and i conduct the watchtower study.

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  A Greek JW serves 15? yrs in prison for his neutrality position.

  by smiddy in

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  2. bible

  i`m thinking back to the 1960`s/70s of a watchtower article who described a greek brother who was imprisoned for refusing military conscription service and was sentenced to 5 yrs imprionment by the govt.at the end of his confinement he was again ordered to serve in the military,which he declined and was sentenced to another 5 yrs in prison ,i think this occured one more time.

  ( at that time their was no way you did alternative service ) of course he was hailed as a faithful brother who wouldn`t compromise his beleifs.of course their were probably many more people who went through an experience like this.is their anybody on the board who can verify,or enlighten us to this experience?

  i would like to know what happened to the poor buggers who sacrificed their lives in this way.. smiddy.

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