Posts by Steve Lowry

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What do you collect?

by scootergirl in

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anything that brings such enjoyment to your life that it is almost an obsession that you are constantly hunting and searching for?

i collect pieces made my marjolein bastin.

for those that aren't familiar w/this artist, here is a bit about her:.

Steve Lowry

Souls . . .

Since I'm now Satan (acccording the Watchtower Society) I might as well enjoy the Percs! (sp?)

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MEN ONLY- Freezing up at the Urinal!

by Funchback in

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women are invited to read this but they most certainly won't be able to relate.

i know there have to be a lot of men out there who can't pee while in a crowded public restroom (bathroom).

personally, the more people who surround me while i'm standing at the urinal, the more difficult it is for me to pee.

I duuno if anyone has mentioned this in this thread, but what I don?t understand is the guy who pee?s on a toilet seat? I hate it when I open a stall door only to look down and see some jackass has sprayed the seat! If you really have to go, then you have to do housekeeping before you can. But I want to kill the mofo that pee?s on a seat, and I forget to look first. It happens sometimes when you really gotta go. Man when I realize I just sat in somebody?s piss, I just wanna track down that asshole and pound the hell out of him. Hell, if you?re gonna miss the whole that much then why not just piss on the floor? Any guy who does this should be made to sit in his own urine and then lick the seat.

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I Threw Out My NWT Today.... I am officially a cult free household.

by shamus in

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did you throw your trash out?

how long did you keep it?

stupidly, i felt awful about fading, and went through my huge collection of bound crap, making sure that my name was nowhere on the cult material, and dropped off three large boxes at the kingdumb hall one night.

Steve Lowry

You may want to consider holding on to such books as the NWT or Aid book. These may come in handy later on if you decide to help a JW find his or her way out of the group.

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1st time here....how does it work

by Jamie in

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Steve Lowry

Oh, I always enjoy the genuine JW who comes here to spout out Watchtower rhetoric. But I detest those who aren't even JW's who do that. Don't waste my time if you aren't a JW or you have been disfellowshipped and are cutting your teeth here to convince yourself you are furthering the Watchtower cause and make to make YOU feel better.

If this doesn?t apply to you Jamie, then kindly disregard.

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New Here

by HuntingGirl in

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i'm new to this forum.

i have been luking for a long time and finally had the nerve to join you all.

i have many experiences to share and hope that i can be helped in dealing with my journey to a new life outside the "borg".

Steve Lowry

Welcome to the board!

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Hello, New Here . . .

by Puppie in

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hello, i am new to this forum.

my eyes are open.

do you care to comment?.

Steve Lowry

Welcome puppie. Why not share your story?

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Do I really upset people on here?

by ScoobySnax in

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i don't think i say anything more forthright than the next on here........ its just that i believe differently.. if i do upset people then i'll go.. if i don't then i'll stay.. scoob

Steve Lowry

I feel such a kindred spirit towards those who share my personal experience as a former JW that I simply can't allow myself to become too angry with any of them. This doesn?t excuse negative behavior, but I always want to disagree agreeably with my fellow former JW friends.

Nobody, I mean nobody can possibly know what it is like to be a JW and to leave the group (with the possible exception of other cultic groups of course). It creates a strong bond that I believe cannot be broken.

Steve

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Naive

by shera in

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this has been something i have been thinking of for awhile.i was so naive when i started to study and i was even naive when i was in for a few yrs.. i suppose i could be calling myself gullible too,but you know,when i was a jw,i had no idea what the "society" was,no idea who was teaching these beliefs.i look back at it and i realize how i just listened to what was thrown at me.people told me it was the "truth",so it had to be the truth.. when i was a child,i went to bible studies and sunday's school,but i never really went to church to "learn"the bible.so basically never had any biblical knowledge,before i began to study.. when i was studing and even when i was a jw,i always felt something wasnot right,and that used to bother me and depress me.never feeling i was good enough for god.i didnot want to get baptized when i did,i felt something was wrong but i went ahead just incase........ kinda ticks me off,that i never learned the background and history of this religion...but of course i wouldnot be here and wouldnot have met many great people as i have and hope to meet more!.

it wasn't until,i started to search and started to read the bible on my own,that i realized how wrong this religion is.it was like "wow"........with some anger mixed in there too with the "wows".

now i believe,the bible is not 100% authentic,but there is a loving god and i believe in jesus and he died for all people!

Steve Lowry

Shera,

Don?t beat yourself up too much. There are plenty of those who remain gullible and naïve that choose to stay in. We all are at different places in our lives when deceit comes calling. The fact that you have been able to reevaluate and change your map shows the ability to grow through life?s situations. This isn?t being naïve and gullible, this is being self-assured, the way I see it. It's a fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, kinda thing.

Being able to continuously reassess your beliefs and to change them when you recognize they are incorrect (even when they are comfortable) shows a strong constitution.

Never stop reevaluating who you and what you believe to be true.

Steve

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