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  Cut and Paste of "The List" by Prominent Bethelite of Previous Watchtower Predicted Dates

  by TMS in

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  " {watchtower sep 1 1989 12}.

  " {tiah 240-1, also references in wr oct 1879 3941, tkic 84}.

  '" {zions watchtower mar 1880 repr 82}.

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  Found and marked.

  Thanks!
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  Do you have someone you trust?

  by myjourney in

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  hi, i'm a newbie around here.

  i've been reading the posts, but reluctant to step out of my safe zone.

  i definitely see how coming to a safe place to ask questions, vent, etc.

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  Shoot, sometimes I speak before I think.  I  better stick with venting on here and only confiding  in who I can truly trust.  I need to learn to just "keep it to myself" in the JW world.   😕
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  Do you have someone you trust?

  by myjourney in

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  hi, i'm a newbie around here.

  i've been reading the posts, but reluctant to step out of my safe zone.

  i definitely see how coming to a safe place to ask questions, vent, etc.

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  Thanks for all the great welcomes and advice!  I'm not sure if anyone can  tell but I "liked" most comments! 

  I look forward to interacting on this site! Great place to find on "my journey! "
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  Do you have someone you trust?

  by myjourney in

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  hi, i'm a newbie around here.

  i've been reading the posts, but reluctant to step out of my safe zone.

  i definitely see how coming to a safe place to ask questions, vent, etc.

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  Thank you all for the warm welcome and great advice!  I think this is just the place I need to continue on "my journey!"
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  Do you have someone you trust?

  by myjourney in

  1. jw
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  hi, i'm a newbie around here.

  i've been reading the posts, but reluctant to step out of my safe zone.

  i definitely see how coming to a safe place to ask questions, vent, etc.

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  Hi, I'm a newbie around here.  I've been reading the posts, but reluctant to step out of my safe zone.  I definitely see how coming to a safe place to ask questions, vent, etc. is reassuring. 

  So, just curious.  Since JW Land wants JW'S  only associating with other JW'S.  Do you have anyone you trust to confide in about your questions,  doubts, fears, etc.?"  

  Personally,  I can find the process extremely lonely and frustrating.  Sometimes, I just want to verbally vent and have a friend willing to just listen.   It's kind of hard to connect with others when your life has been restricted to exclusively J Dubbs. 

  Unexpectedly, a few months ago I met someone at work that is that type of person...they even gave me my first birthday and Christmas present.  I honestly didn't realize how important it was for me to be able to just talk things through in an adult conversation without fear of being reprimanded. 

  How do you cope?  Do you have a trusted friend,  do you journal, come to this site,...? Wondering how you all manage the isolation that can come with discovering "the truth!" 

  Thanks!
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  THE REALITY OF REFUSING BLOOD - as it happened

  by Bloody Hotdogs! in

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  over the past couple years i have watched three young jw woman give up thier lives rather than accept blood.

  the last was a new mother in her late 20s.

  this is her story, as it unfolded on facebook:.

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  How sad...and preventable. The blood "thing" was the beginning of my awakening. Unfortunately, no one knows I've woke up!
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  No words

  by mikeypants in

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  so, i'm visiting family this week who are all jws.

  yesterday, it started with one of them talking about a co giving her some points on time keeping for service.

  she is now writing a letter before she drives to service, so she can count her drive time.

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  @millie210

  thanks for the "welcome." I've been looking around here, but too fearful to post. So sad to realize the control you live under.
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  No words

  by mikeypants in

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  so, i'm visiting family this week who are all jws.

  yesterday, it started with one of them talking about a co giving her some points on time keeping for service.

  she is now writing a letter before she drives to service, so she can count her drive time.

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  I rarely go out in service anymore, just enough to keep somewhat under the radar and when I'm dragged out by a family member. I agree mikeypants, "freaking lame."
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  Interesting conversation today with a very sick JW

  by joe134cd in

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  i was talking to a jw friend of mine who is going for tests to see if she needs evasive surgery.

  she was describing to me the look on the surgeons face when she told him she won't except blood.

  i just felt sorry for her.

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  I don't know, it's unbelievable that intelligent people can truly in their heart not want to just question. To say, "I'd rather die than...," is crazy. My cousin almost died, she lost her baby, but yet, everyone is saying how true she stayed to Jehovah. What does it take to reach people who have literally lost their baby and still are drinking the kool-aid? I just want to shake them!
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  Interesting conversation today with a very sick JW

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was talking to a jw friend of mine who is going for tests to see if she needs evasive surgery.

  she was describing to me the look on the surgeons face when she told him she won't except blood.

  i just felt sorry for her.

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  The area of not receiving blood is one of the main reasons I started looking at what TTATT truly is. My cousin was in labor and began to hemorrhage uncontrollably. She lost the baby and almost lost her own life because she refused blood. She said she would rather die than take blood. Well, her child did. So sad, and yet so preventable.