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  Seattle Ex-JW Dinner Meet-up

  by Gretchen956 in

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  after considerable discussion on where to go, lots of good advice, several attempts at reservations that did not pan out, i have finally reserved a place for dinner.. anyone in or near the seattle area please join us on february 7, 2004 at 6:30 p.m. at tony roma's at southcenter.

  for those coming in from out of town, southcenter is located close to where i-5 and i-405 meet south of seattle.

  type in this address into mapqwest or into yahoo maps or whatever other mapping program you use:.

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  happehanna

  Hope you all have a good time

  will be thinking of you

  I hope you ask a blessing before you eat!!!

  my dad would embarass us all big time doing that in a restaurant.
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  Happy Vent

  by ESTEE in

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  okay ... i know that there are a lot of depressing stories about people leaving the borg ... i personally am very happy that people are leaving.

  totally miserable ~~ before i could leave successfully.

  and believe me, the elders made it possible for me to be v-e-r-y miserable!!!

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  happehanna

  For example, if you are in a new and loving relationship, and one of those old beliefs kicks in, say, "I am undeserving of blessings if I am not a dub," then you will end up sabatoging your new loving relationship, because your subconscious says you are undeserving of something so nice and so wonderful

  I have found this to be very true.

  thanks for this great post
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  Who is running the Watchtower Society?

  by richard in

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  since the watchtower society has been reorganized and split up in all these (sub)corporations, i wonder where the real power is located.

  my guess would be the wtbts of pennsylvania, inc. other ideas?

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  happehanna

  Just had to say how much I love Gerard's graphic ......brilliant. and is probably true.
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  Do you still believe in God?

  by IT Support in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm a recent departee and am now re-evaluating all my previous beliefs and there's none more fundamental.

  however, i'm not sure where to start: i'm sure i don't need to say there's an enormous amount of nonsense out there.

  frankly, in spite of their other stupid teachings, i am considering reviewing again the articles in wt library as i think they do try to sincerely prove the existence of god.

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  happehanna

  I do believe in creation that is one thing I know for sure.

  so then do I believe in a Creator, or do I believe in Creators?

  Really as Jw's we believed in Creators ie both Jesus and God himself.

  but then why were we created? One question leads to another and another......
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  Holidays have no meaning whatsoever - Perhaps because of JW upbringing?!

  by Doubtfully Yours in

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  i find myself going through the motions whenever holiday time rolls around, you know, just going with the crowd, etc., but in my heart of hearts holidays mean nothing to me; so i don't ever feel like decorating or doing anything personally that is holiday-related.

  am i the only one who feels this way?

  could it be a result of my jw upbringing?

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  happehanna

  I haven't been able to make my mind up about christmas or easter and haven't celebrated them yet.

  But celebrating Birthdays came easily.......................
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  Do you still believe in God?

  by IT Support in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm a recent departee and am now re-evaluating all my previous beliefs and there's none more fundamental.

  however, i'm not sure where to start: i'm sure i don't need to say there's an enormous amount of nonsense out there.

  frankly, in spite of their other stupid teachings, i am considering reviewing again the articles in wt library as i think they do try to sincerely prove the existence of god.

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  happehanna

  Life was certainly much simpler inside Watchtower... <sigh>

  I am thinking about this comment too and in some ways you are so right

  no thinking was really needed

  do you remember some years ago they (that is wtbts) talked about "perma-frost" of the brain it was like a double bluff...............

  but does it really matter what any of of believes ??????
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  I'm New Here.... Part 2

  by ZeroKool29 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, i got home from my tryst and sure enough, everyone knew all the details.

  so a judicial comittee was set up.

  i was accused of coercing a happily married woman to drive 8 hours to spend 4 days with me in various hotel rooms all at her husband's expense.

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  happehanna

  You know I too should be disfellowshipped but because I knew how to play the rules I knew how to side step it, which doesn't seem fair.

  but I know a lot of elders avoid like the plague judicial meetings, they hate them having to judge others and some elders just seem to lap it up.

  I do hope Aaron that you find some peace.
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  Do you still believe in God?

  by IT Support in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm a recent departee and am now re-evaluating all my previous beliefs and there's none more fundamental.

  however, i'm not sure where to start: i'm sure i don't need to say there's an enormous amount of nonsense out there.

  frankly, in spite of their other stupid teachings, i am considering reviewing again the articles in wt library as i think they do try to sincerely prove the existence of god.

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  happehanna

  I just want to thank you for posing such a direct question. I know this sounds daft but since I left JWs I haven't thought about such a basic fundamental. I shall now though.
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  Self Esteem

  by larc in

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  i have heard some people say that they have low self esteem.

  i don't understand that.

  why did you choose to have low self esteem?

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  happehanna

  Having low self esteem and being a JW are in my opinion linked , we were always told to 'exert ourselves' 'why aren't you a pioneer?' "if you aren't wrestling then you were losing the battle"

  I used to live on the planet Guilton when I was a witness, I was constantly doing things for others putting myself out but I never felt it was good enough.

  low self esteem and being a female JW are part and parcel.

  not as good with words as others but I shall have a go
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  wow what an amazing site

  by happehanna in

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  just found it.

  i had been surfing around was born into the jw faith and was a po's wife for about 15 years and am now out in the big bad world and finding it slightly awesome.

  interested to see what happens now on in.

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  happehanna

  thank you

  have been reading all day and nothing I have read so far has surprised me at all

  I was a JW for a hell of a long time a life time in fact and it isn't that easy to stop defending it even when you know they haven't got it right know what I mean