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Anybody near Los Angeles California?
by hardtobeme in
1. jw
2. experiences
is there anyone here currently living near la?

if so, can you send me a message?.

i wish i can meet others like me, that have woken up.. thanks!.
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inactive ones going back...
by monis1 in
1. jw
2. friends
i have quite a big group of friends who were all in the cong together when we were teens.

about 75% of them stopped going or were df'd right after high school.

it is a varied group; a couple are staunch apostates, some dont care one way or another, and another handfull are fully "worldly", but still believe it is the truth.
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HAS ANYONE SEEN.......
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a super bat-shit crazy invitation to pioneer in august??

i stumbled upon something the other day, but i have been hesitant to post it.

i am afraid that it could be a local thing and thereby traced back to me.
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Have you reconnected with ex-JW's after you have left the Borg?
by EdenOne in
1. jw
2. friends
after reading from another thread, i felt it was worth asking this question.. if you left the borg on your own, have you attempted to meet others whom you used to be connected with while you were "in", but who have also become ex-jw's before or after you have left the wts?

if that's the case, has it remained a friendship, or the connection grew cold?

just curious as to what keeps friendships "stick" [or not] once you no longer have the borg's doctrinal glue.. your experiences are welcome.. eden.
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Would You Care If You Were Disfellowshipped?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
just curious.
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Meditation linked to increased age, health, and smarts?
by EndofMysteries in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i recently read how advanced meditation increases the brains waves, higher frequency alpha waves which is linked to higher state of consciousness and intelligence.

now i saw this article, http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/10/health/can-meditation-really-slow-aging/index.html?hpt=hp_c3 that it also increases life and health, etc.

i haven't really read or researched meditation but i was wondering if anybody has got into it, into a 'non religious' aspect of it.
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Roll call of those of us stuck in for our spouse or whos spouse is still in!
by BU2B in
1. jw
2. friends
i just wanted to get a feel for how many here have awakened to ttatt but are still carrying on some jw activities to pacify them and keep the peace.

also trying to hear from those who have left, but whose spouse has stayed in the wt and in the marriage.. for me it comes down to my own mental anguish.

i am mentally tortured by attending the meetings, yet i feel compelled to because my wife would kill me with her personality if i had her drag 2 small girls by herself there.
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Question for Faders
by Daniel1555 in
1. jw
2. friends
hi friends.

i have some questions for all who are fading.. .

do your friends in the old congregation know, that you maybe don't attend the meetings in the new congregation?.
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is going to a strip club a disfellowshipping offense?
by monis1 in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm pretty sure it is, just wanted to confirm.

this would be someone who went once and only looked....
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Finally learned how to live the REAL real life
by forest heathen in
1. jw
2. friends
someone suggested i post an introductory thread.

i am a married, rather young grandma of four precious rugrats, ages 2-9. i guess our only child son and his only child wife didn't want their own kids to be "onlies".

my other half and i married rather young (18 &22) and will be celebrating 31 years together this summer.. i am sort of add, keep thinking i am still 28, love my husband now more than ever, and am so glad i woke up and left the crazy cult.. my husband and i began studying months after marrying and then decided to take the dunk.