I'm leaving this forum

by proplog2 30 Replies latest jw experiences

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  gumby

  Proplog2,

  I looked way back to see how far back you go here and I read this and enjoyed what I read. Here was some of it dating back to June 2001,

  Most JW's have left the building. There are now many voices on the internet who have become skilled at refuting Watchtower reasoning. A JW doesn't have a chance anymore of entering a discussion without coming out looking stupid. The only JW's who try to say anything in these forums are those who stumble on them for the first time. They don't leave. They are lurking AND thinking. YOU KNOW is just a guy who likes to argue. He seldom has a defensible premise and envisions himself as a prophet to apostates...Whatever...

  Older Tom.. just coming on and saying you're bored is GOOD. Look at all the interest your statement generated. I will continue to participate in these forums until the Watchtower learns that it has to answer letters and deal with the arguments.

  Gumby....take care and I hope life treats you well. Thanks for your efforts at helping otrhers.
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  plmkrzy

  I'm cured! = 12 step program!

  There's that number again!

  Good luck Proplog2 in your new life and take care.

  plum
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  Frannie Banannie

  PL2, hope you enjoy your real life....glad you found the cure and let go....

  Frannie B
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  SheilaM

  You can be healed and still enjoy the company here of others...I REALLLY hate these I am leaving cause I am healed and you are not type of threads irks my liver to tell you the truth
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  blondie

  You may not need us PL2, but we need you. Your posts provide balance.

  Blondie
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  myself

  I agree with Sheila, I like it here because of the people. I mostly post fluff. I don't feel it is a cured or not cured issue for me. It is nice to know others who have a common background that allows them to relate to how we are sometimes feeling. I had some time off from here recenyly because I have been busy helping the new owners of a company I am with. It took a lot to get it set up. We are also doing some remodeling in our home.

  Proplog2, it felt good to get some things accomplished outside of the cyberworld, and sometimes it is what we need. I hope you just consider some time off and come back if that is what you need. Sometimes others dont even realize we have taken a hiatus but dont let that get to you if it is part of the reason for moving on. As people we have a need to belong, and you do belong if you want to be here.

  Whatever you chose, I wish you the best.

  Karla
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  Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice.

  Pro,

  Leaving before becoming a Jedi whatever? - your prospects of gaining eternal life have been greatly reduced.

  cheeses - who apologises for there not being any send-off party - it just happens too often.
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  Funchback

  

  Good bye, good luck! Don't be a stranger.
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  Panda

  Cured? I didn't know we'd be getting cured... I will just have to wait and see and be jealous of you Proplog..

  I wish you the best, but don't forget about the rest of us who haven't gotten the full benefit of your ideas.
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  proplog2

  Thanks for the comments.

  I really am not CURED. But leaving is part of the cure. If I were cured I would leave without saying anything. I would just tip-toe out the door.

  There IS something unique about the JW experience. They DO have a brotherhood and it persists even among those who leave. The support here is a mirror of what you would find in the organization MINUS the fear.

  While on this board many may have mistaken some of my posts for a defense of JW's I hate JW irrationality on so many points - especially BLOOD . On the other hand I feel compelled to defend them when the attacks against them are irrational and groundless.

  At this point I don't feel like defending them even when the attacks are unfounded. The Watchtower writers peek in here and that's their job. They have more to lose than I do.

  I have especially enjoyed watching so many people transform their lives. It has been better than fiction.

  I take with me memories of many hours grappling with issues of proper argumentation. This has been a great class in dealing with faulty reasoning.

  Let me reccommend what I consider the absolutely best book on argumentation. If only 10% of the people here paid the money for this book everyone here could spend ALL their time in fluff.

  Attacking Faulty Reasoning A Practical Guid to Fallacy Free Arguments

  T. Edward Damer.

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0534551335/104-6365838-1971937?v=glance

  Good Bye Good Luck (I love luck)