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  Has anyone here joined a different church after ditching the JWs?

  by NikL in

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  i am just curious.. i have a cousin who is a baptist and his church streams their sunday services and i've been checking them out before i go to meeting with my jw wife.. i haven’t been to a church except for the occasional funeral and wedding and the only sermons i had heard were the tel-evangelist type.

  anyway, all the church bashing by jws over the years made me unsure what to expect and i was pleasantly surprised.

  they do use the bible and they don't spend the whole time begging for money.

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  After going to a small community Church for about 9 months we left because it was intellectual deprived. It was like going to kindergarten every Sunday. Also the preacher knew my wife was a atheist and at the end started saying bad things about atheists. So we left. During that time I became a atheist. We found a Unitarian Universalist congregation nearby and feel in love with it. Just about everyone there are atheist. Most came from mainline religion but we are the only XJW which makes us very unique. We have had the opportunity to give several talks on cults. We are going on 5 years now and my only regret is why couldn't I have learned about UU religion 55 years ago. Still Totally ADD
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  For those who have been out of the Borg for awhile do you have a Authentic Personality? Six points to look at.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  i remember when i first came on this site back in 2007 many of the threads talk about after you leave a cult you need to find your authentic personality.

  i have found this takes a lot of effort.

  i found this article from the huffington post under healthy living date 7-29-2014.

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  Thank-you sparrowdown for your comment on this subject. Glad this helped you.

  Xanthippe you are welcome. Hope you will be able to overcome point number 2. Like myself it just takes time to overcome. Good luck to you.

  millie210 I understand your problem. That is a very hard one when you have family and friends still in the Borg. I wish you will be able to find the right balance in your life. Take care. Still Totally ADD
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  For those who have been out of the Borg for awhile do you have a Authentic Personality? Six points to look at.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  i remember when i first came on this site back in 2007 many of the threads talk about after you leave a cult you need to find your authentic personality.

  i have found this takes a lot of effort.

  i found this article from the huffington post under healthy living date 7-29-2014.

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  Half banana you are right about 8 million people in the borg suffer with low self esteem. When I was in a week did not go by that I was reminded that I was a good for nothing slave. I agree " may it soon be exposed and dismantle.

  Flipper all good books to read. If you have just left please read these books. I think as born-ins we will always be working on our authentic personality. It just nice I did not turn out to be a asshole as my anthentic personality. LOL. Good for you for standing up to your family. I hope it showed them that you are not mentally disease but instead a person who is thoughtful and good. You take care of yourself and have a great day. Still Totally ADD
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  Heres to you Saint Patrick

  by zeb in

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  cheers all ill have an irish coffee for ye all..

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  Zeb I just found out from ancestry.com I have about 20% Irish in me. I had no idea. So thanks for the cheer. Still Totally ADD
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  For those who have been out of the Borg for awhile do you have a Authentic Personality? Six points to look at.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  i remember when i first came on this site back in 2007 many of the threads talk about after you leave a cult you need to find your authentic personality.

  i have found this takes a lot of effort.

  i found this article from the huffington post under healthy living date 7-29-2014.

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  I remember when I first came on this site back in 2007 many of the threads talk about after you leave a cult you need to find your Authentic Personality. I have found this takes a lot of effort. I found this article from the Huffington Post under Healthy Living date 7-29-2014. (Six signs you're a truly genuine person). 1. You have high self-esteem. To much is not good and to little is not good. You want something solid in the middle. 2. You embrace vulnerability. The stronger your self esteem, the more able you are to admit your failing and to receive criticism. 3. You share your true thoughts, beliefs and opinions with the world. 4. You openly give and receive compliments. 5. You really listen-and prefer deep conversations. 6. You're driven by a inner voice rather than your surroundings.

  Merrian-Webster defines Authentic as a quality of being genuine and worthy of belief. Hence, a person who is completely trustworthy is deemed to be Authentic. Yet to be genuine a certain transparency, whereby others can witness the unfiltered personality,.without any masking.

  I find point number 4 is one I still need to work on. Being a born-in and being called "a good for nothing slave" for 54 years it is still hard to take a compliments. So I guess I am still working on my Authentic Personality. So the question is how are the rest of you doing? My wife keeps telling me it takes time. Still Totally ADD
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  How many years did you waste away in the Org?

  by Tallon in

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  in my case; 27 years.

  7 of which were as a ministerial serpent ... sorry, i mean 'servant' ;).

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  Born-in and did wakeup until I was 54. But I did not walk away until I was 56. Still Totally ADD
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  What food are you grateful for?

  by punkofnice in

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  i'll start: stilton cheese.. (it was a toss up between that and sweet pickled beetroot).. thank you folks..

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  My problem is all foods are great except brussel sprouts. The food I am most grateful for is the food of free thought. Still Totally ADD
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  Hello

  by snowbird in

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  just want to say hello.. trying to master my new tablet given to me by my grandson.. yeah, i am bragging.. lol.. sylvia.

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  Good to hear from you snowbird. I miss a lot of the old gang that was here when I first came on. Have a great day and happy gardening. Still Totally ADD
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  Uniting Church apologises to victims of sexual abuse, Jehovah's Witnesses defend treatment

  by NikL in

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  apologies if this has been posted already.... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-10/uniting-church-in-australia-apologises-to-victims/8344496.

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  Good article NikL. Thank-you for bringing this out. It really shows how outrageous the Borg's shunning practices are. That poor women who went through that horrible experience by her father and then the WT. Absolutely insane how the WT Cult acts. Still Totally ADD
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  Ugg took aspirin?! - Perhaps ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  interesting article in the huff post uk today - scientists in australia have been studying the tooth enamel of neanderthals (homo neanderthalensis).. from the article: .

  dr laura weyrich, author on the paper, said: “genetic analysis of that dna locked-up in plaque, represents a unique window into neanderthal lifestyle ― revealing new details of what they ate, what their health was like and how the environment impacted their behaviour.” .

  ... neanderthals who lived in spy cave ate wooly rhinoceros and wild sheep ... those from the el sidron cave ate a largely vegetarian diet of pine nuts, moss, mushrooms and tree bark.. and perhaps the most interesting: one of these vegetarian subjects had a dental abscess on his jawbone, and a diarrhea-causing parasite, and was self medicating with poplar - a plant that contains salicylic acid, the active ingredient in aspirin.. (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/neanderthals-used-aspirin-to-self-medicate_uk_58c13a4fe4b0ed71826a4151?utm_hp_ref=uk; http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news91022.html)..

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  Sorry Spoletta but troll dolls came out in the mid sixties. It was the thing to have when I was in the 5th grade. Getting back to the story I think it is great how they can get DNA from their teeth. For christmas I got a ancestry.com test. I am now waiting to see if I have any Neanderthal in my DNA. How cool would that be if I did, that would explain my bad grades I had in school. LOL. Still Totally ADD