"we're jehovah's witnesses
we speak out in fearlessness
ours is the god of true propheCYYYYYYYYYY
what he foretells comes to be.'
ironic, huh? that wasnt my favorite but it sure is hard to forget
i think my favorites were 'to god we are dedicated', 'make the truth your own' (another catchy one), and that memorial one, i can't remember the name
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...hello all, i'm what you'd call a shunned father seeking jws brave enough to talk to me or exjws who might have known my would-be family in the sacramento valley/northern california area... my names andy and i am seeking my twelve tear old daughter *edited*, born in sacramento 1991... the mother's name is *edited*, she shunned me, then disappeared and married a jw man taking on a new last name which i still cannot find out... she might have had more children with her new hubby since, but i have not been able to find out... .
...any tips,help or useful suggestions greatly appreciated, thank you.
welcome to the forum andy!
i live in sacramento, and i believe there are several other posters here from the northern california area. i've been out for about three years now but my parents and siblings are still in...feel free to pm me if you'd like, i'd be happy to try and help.
hi folks.
i have been registered for several months.. finally, i got on-line here visiting rayzorblade.
we tried several times to log on but we were definitely missing something.
welcome to the board cherry!! glad you were able to make it!! :)
i was starting to worry.
i dont post much but i usually check the site daily.
oh well, its nice to be here.. terry
wow nws, do you know like everyone's uncle? :P
hello, new member here.. i registered a couple of years ago, but my initial experiences here were not of the warm/fuzzy variety, which must have been what i needed at the time; so, i left.
recenty, a friend gently suggested that i might want to give interacting here a second try.. so's i don't have to type it twice, i offer here a hyperlink to my member profile.. although one might reasonably be named "cruithne" - especially if one is irish or scottish - it is not my real name.
well, of course it is my real name, in that i choose to be known by it.
Tink, is that picture really of you??? Damn, girl, I 'bout had a heaart attack.
aand now you know why i like this guy so much!!! just kiddin
what is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?
we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.
for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.
Ohhhhh, we watch how we walk and we watch how we talk,hum, hum, hum... something, something, something... in our ministry...
ohhhhhhhh my god, elsewhere, i'll have you know i burst out laughing out loud when i read this and couldnt stop for like ten minutes! my neighbors must think i have some sort of hyena over here!!!
the stupidest thing that anyone told me that i can recall at the moment (i'm sure there are far too many that i've forgotten) : one time i said 'birthday suit' instead of 'naked' because i didnt want to say 'naked', and a sister told me, 'Don't say birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
(haha, but i told her, "You just said it!!!' i was like six....that sister got very huffy with my mom later on about the whole thing)
hello, new member here.. i registered a couple of years ago, but my initial experiences here were not of the warm/fuzzy variety, which must have been what i needed at the time; so, i left.
recenty, a friend gently suggested that i might want to give interacting here a second try.. so's i don't have to type it twice, i offer here a hyperlink to my member profile.. although one might reasonably be named "cruithne" - especially if one is irish or scottish - it is not my real name.
well, of course it is my real name, in that i choose to be known by it.
welcome red witch :)
jehovah's witnesses.
the organisation.
i love 'em both still.
ok, i skipped over some of the responses so forgive me if i repeat something someone else has already said.
scooby, i don't know you personally, and i dont really know how long you've been out/doubting. but i will say this....by the time i left, i'd been dying to get out for years. i'd done a lot of research into inconsistencies in the jw literature and philosophy. i was convinced that i could not lead a normal life as a jw.
but when i finally got out....i doubted myself. for a LONG time. i was terrified i'd made the wrong decision, that i was allowing myself to travel the path that leads to destruction. (i grew up in it, btw, so i'd been fed this idea my whole life). more than anything, i missed how good i always felt after going to meetings. i missed feeling like i had a connection to god. and maybe that's what youre missing, too. do you really believe what they teach? and i dont mean to put you on the defensive by asking this...but can you critically examine their teachings and declare them to be true, ignoring the constant changes in policies, in light of the seedy underside of this organization?
if you can....then i agree, you should go back. sometimes you just need what makes you feel safe. and if that's what helps you sleep at night, then by all means trot back to your local kh. i tend to think that sort of safety atrophies the mind. but then again i know plenty of people who are perfectly fine with that, my mother for one. she'll be a jw till she dies. it's what puts her at ease, and she'll never change.
just my two cents, and i simply hope youre happy with whatever you choose to do.
hello, new member here.. i registered a couple of years ago, but my initial experiences here were not of the warm/fuzzy variety, which must have been what i needed at the time; so, i left.
recenty, a friend gently suggested that i might want to give interacting here a second try.. so's i don't have to type it twice, i offer here a hyperlink to my member profile.. although one might reasonably be named "cruithne" - especially if one is irish or scottish - it is not my real name.
well, of course it is my real name, in that i choose to be known by it.
arent they great?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D
just curious.
i went to the 3rd church that i've ever stepped foot into after leaving the borg 3 years ago.
so, as i'm standing there (in the front row, i might add) for the musical worship portion of the service.. i felt like a big idiot.
this is so geeky, but i used to cry every time i heard the song they always sing at the baptism...'he died upon a tree/to set all mankind free"......
even though i refused to get baptized, that one still got me. also the ones that they always sang at the memorial. and 'myriads on myriads of brothers'...it was just so happy!
but i always HATED!!!!!! 'from house to house, from door to door...' uuuuuugh!!!!!!!!!
