Posts by Awake at last

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What novels have you been reading recently? Recommend any?

by LoveUniHateExams in

i've always been a bit of a reader - but only reading about topics i find interesting, e.g.

natural history, dinosaurs, etc.. recently i've started to select, buy and read novels.. this year i've bought and read frankenstein (mary shelly), dracula (bram stoker), the hound of the baskervilles (a. conan doyle), 'salem's lot (stephen king), jurassic park (michael crichton) and the firm (john grisham).. i have an inclination towards horrors and thrillers.. what fiction have you been reading?.

could you recommend anything?.

Awake at last

The Dome and Pet Sematary by Stephen King, in fact anything by SK.

Patricia Cornwall forensic pathology books.

Lee Child's Jack Reacher books.

Wm Paul Young, The Shack if you are into Christian books.

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Awesome New Books on JW's, MUST READ!

by johnny depp in

hey, i just thought i let you guys know about these two books i read:jehovah's witnesses, what lies behind the truththe watchtower society, organizational misbehaviorboth books by gabriel h ibarra.

awesome!

Awake at last

Jonny Depp, I don't know how you could afford to read them, unless you are the author of course. You certainly gave them a good write up.

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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

hi people,.

i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

Awake at last

Born in in 1962

Baptised 1983

Last meeting 2013

So 30 years a Watchtower slave plus a wasted childhood

Mr Awake at last

Mother converted around 1967 when he was 10 turning 11

He was baptised in 1972

Last meeting 2013 His mother is still in as is youngest sister. Oldest sister was baptised and has now left with her husband and DF son, second youngest sister is DF and one daughter has left they were all baptised.

The Internet played no part in us leaving, however it has played a major role in us learning TTATT.

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Brooklyn Bethel Tours Through The Roof

by freemindfade in

was speaking with someone last night who just recently toured the us bethel's.

the brooklyn tour i heard was awful, very limited and disappointing and conducted by a local pioneer and not even a bethelite.

well from what they are telling the folks on the tour since the tm3 bit encouraging (guilting) people about going to disneyland on vacation when you haven't visited bethel, monthly tours went from 6000 to 16000!

Awake at last

I was in the US in 1995 from Australia and toured Brooklyn Bethel. I was at 25 Columbia Hts building and saw I think Bro Henshell (bald guy). Anyway it was made clear to me not to speak to him. Why, is he God or something? I went there to kick start my spirituality which had been lagging for as few years, but that and a few other observations kick started my fade instead.

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The Society cares more about Mark Sanderson's stick of Judah than the elephant in the room

by truthseeker in

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friends

i just watched the segment of mark anderson's, gb member, talking at the annual general meeting.. they care more about obscure prophecies than the child abuse crisis in the organization.. he talks about the two and ten tribe kingdoms of israel, the stick of joseph and stick of judah, and likens it to the anointed and great crowd.. what a bunch of craziness!.

this is the kind of crap spiritual food the drones get..

Awake at last

And then they will have new light so what he said will be obsolete, it is anyway. Yes they fail to address the real issues, things that are actually happening.

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3 words to describe.....

by punkofnice in

..your experience with the watchtower corporation:.

i'll start...... bully boy elders.

Awake at last

My favourite from all these

Exert your selves vigorously - to get out

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We Had My Mom's Memorial Talk Today

by minimus in

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friends

most everyone was very nice.

i did get a couple of we miss you soooo much and an elder that said he might drop by someday to say hello when he gets a chance....i'm already prepared for him if he should show up.. over all, it got finished and i'm going to bed..

Awake at last

When he gets a chance.....you are not exactly a priority are you!

Condolences Minimus.

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A must-read for all former/fading JW's: "The Least of God's Priorities" by Bo Juel, JW/cult activist, speaker and life coach.

by Penelope1 in

from victim and cult survivor to activist and author, bo's life is a tale of triumph over tragedy and the healing power of love.

from the book, "the least of god's priorities": https://youtu.be/v0jz560afda.

interview with bo juel: https://youtu.be/nn0zn8lxwpw .

Awake at last

I have just finished reading it a few minutes ago. It is a must read. I still have to read the end bit about being an activist. Just too tired tonight.

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