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  I love this Quote

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  Thanks Desirous of Change!

  Thats the one I meant.
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  Points From the December Study Watchtower

  by The Fall Guy in

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  page 3, par.

  2 - "...a 19th century visitor cried out, “oh, what a paradise!”.

  (companion & useful guide to the beauties of scotland, by the hon.

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  Denying, or condemning higher education is a crime against the youth!

  How dare a group of 8 old men cause the desire to be educated to be a guilt inducing sin!

  Where would the world be without well educated professionals!?
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  Bumped Into One Of My Best Friends On The Carts This Morning

  by pale.emperor in

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  so this morning i'm walking to my office and there's the jws on their carts outside as usual.

  and old sister, a brother in his 20s and an elder i instantly recognized from my jw days.

  one of my best friends of about 20 years.. i genuinely just wanted to say hi as i havent seen him in 3 years.

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  Great points Xanthippe!

  They are too invested to even allow themselves to think outside of the Jw bubble mindset.

  They need us to be the "baddies". Or it makes their whole life a waste!

  PE showed us all how to handle it. Be kind, polite and normal. Show by our niceness, that we are happy and enjoying our life. Rouse their curiousity about how good life can be on the outside.
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  Jehovah’s Witness dating rules

  by Addison0998 in

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  i’m sorry that i talk about dating a lot, i know it is probably very annoying, but you don’t have to read it.

  but did anyone else have the most difficult time dating as a young jw?

  me and my boyfriend have been dating for a year in half, we are in our early 20’s, and we are still not allowed to hold hands, cuddle or kiss.

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  Would you buy a car before test driving it?

  Would you buy a house sight unseen?

  No

  But JW culture demands that the biggest commitment of one's life is made with very little REAL background knowledge. Marriage is about how you work WHEN NO ONE ELSE IS AROUND. Yet JW culture never allows the two people to ever really be alone to discuss things properly!
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  Strange first names among jw's

  by fulano in

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  do you remember those families where all the sons and daughters had weird biblical names?.

  i recall a " machlon" , "eunice" , even a "jehosafath".

  can you believe it..

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  I knew of a JW child named Cain!

  I could never understand that.....
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  Professor Brian Cox Quote

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  just finished "the forces of nature" by brian cox, an amazing book and highly recommend.. i loved this quote at the end - so poetic coming from a physicist:.

  "our planet is vanishingly small in the vastness, which implies that each of us is also vanishlingly small.

  we must come to terms with being of no cosmic significance, and this means jettisoning our personal and collective egos and valuing what we have.

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  Brilliant!

  Yes, life is short. So we need to find things to enjoy EVERY day!
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  I love this Quote

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  Oh damn, it did not upload...oops! Sorry.

  I don't know what I've done wrong.

  Anyway, it was a quote with a picture of a person blocking their ears:

  "Truth sounds like hate to those who hate the truth"
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  I love this Quote

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  Why does it affect us so deeply?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i was having a great chat with a valued friend and fellow forum member today on the phone.. we were discussing how deeply we all get affected by jw interactions - even years after fading or disassociating.. you know what i mean.

  those days when we run into jws who we considered to be our close friends.

  or "loving shepherds" who don't act kindly.

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  I was having a great chat with a valued friend and fellow forum member today on the phone.

  We were discussing how deeply we all get affected by JW interactions - even years after fading or disassociating.

  You know what I mean. Those days when we run into jws who we considered to be our close friends. Or "loving shepherds" who don't act kindly. Or family members who shun us because of the stand we have taken for truth and honesty.

  Those who were never jws don't understand the level of impact it can have. They say things like "it's just a religion", or "my religion is not like that"

  We came up with a way to describe it.

  Being a Jehovah's Witness is part of our very DNA. It was like our arm or leg - integral to who we were as a very person! Not something that could easily be removed from us!

  Yet we can be proud that no matter how much the cult was part of our very DNA, we have seen that standing up for truth and honesty is far FAR more important, and takes far more strength!

  So if you're ever feeling overwhelmed by it all, know that you're not alone!

  Bravo for being genuinely Truthful!
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  For JWs Lurking Here: This Is How Your Governing Body Are Robbing You

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. experiences

  hello to all the active jehovah's witnesses lurking on here, or those having doubts.

  seriously, i welcome you.. i was explaining to one of my friends recently about how the watchtower society uses it's members to make them money every day without them even realizing it.

  unbelievable?

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  Great post Mark!