I agree with you Yeru, as far as drug-free life being better. For me, spirituality comes partly from a clean lifestyle. I drink now and then, smoke if I'm particularly stressed and someone offers, but I know that this stuff dulls my spirit and I can't stand to feel that way for long. Drugs can open the gateway for some individuals who are especially lost (myself included), but once that door is open, you have to leave the drugs behind to move upward.
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DRUGS!
by new light ini have a confession.
when i returned to the jw's a few years ago, i was on drugs.
years, but one especially heavy acid trip sent me searching for god, and i thought i found him with the dubs.
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DRUGS!
by new light ini have a confession.
when i returned to the jw's a few years ago, i was on drugs.
years, but one especially heavy acid trip sent me searching for god, and i thought i found him with the dubs.
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You're right, Gumby. So many JW's are on drugs and have no idea of the root of their depression. I've seen the illegal trading, too. Pioneers and elders trading pills at the meetings. SO spiritual.
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For those always in somebody else's car
by JH ini always took my car to go to the hall and most of the times in the field service.
all i had in return was maybe 1 dollar of gas per person for a whole morning in the field service.
often it crossed my mind, if i had a parking ticket or any kind of bad luck, if it was only me that should pay for it, or should those in the car also chip in.. was just paying a part of the gas cost enough?.
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If you get a parking ticket out in service going to someone else's call, they should definitely pay. Ever meet one of those people who would never drive? The guy that drives his pick-up to service every time? I knew someone who went so far as to have his parents drive him to service (he was 35 and owned his home) to avoid driving.
Side-point: I'm so pissed off. I wanted a pick-up truck, but last year I bought a four-door to be a good little dubbie. Now I'm out and I still want a pick-up but I'm stuck with this kingdom car. It's nice enough, but it doesn't serve my purposes too well. Know anyone that wants to buy a Mazda 626? Great for field service!!
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IS IT JUST ME?
by Dansk insince being out of the borg a little over a year now i suddenly realised how much more compassionate and caring i've become.
claire, my wife, said to me that i was never happy as a jw and she's absolutely right - and yet i persevered assuming jehovah would make things better.
he never did, of course.the point is, i've begun to realise just how much watchtower had its cultish hold over me - even right down to controlling my natural feelings!
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It's not just you, Dansk.
Although I have abandoned all religion for the time being, I feel much more love and empathy for others. I was cold and judgemental as a JW. As soon as I learned the truth about the org., negativity I didn't know I was carrying just melted away. I feel much more spiritual, accompanied by freedom from guilt. All people are on the same field, not just one in a thousand like the JW's teach.
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DRUGS!
by new light ini have a confession.
when i returned to the jw's a few years ago, i was on drugs.
years, but one especially heavy acid trip sent me searching for god, and i thought i found him with the dubs.
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All great posts, but I still ask: Did anyone join the JW's because of a drug experience?
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Another Awake! Caption Thread
by Stephanus inhere's an awake!
cover that tries to give the impression that the demand for bloodless surgery comes from other than the dubs (strange that they should try to find support for such a "scriptural" doctrine by saying "everybody else is doing it!
here is the "blank":.
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V-Neck Shirts
Are they for Christians?
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I'm not the type that enjoys correcting people, Gumby. But I believe you were referring to Clint Howard. Sorry, I'm a fan.
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I don't even know quite what to say about this.
by gitasatsangha in.
"forget the trip to rio, honey, i booked us a tour with bct!".
http://www.bethelcoachtours.com/
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"Um, yes, I'd like the Bethel Classic for two please. No, I haven't just received a blunt trauma to the head. Why do you ask?"
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DRUGS!
by new light ini have a confession.
when i returned to the jw's a few years ago, i was on drugs.
years, but one especially heavy acid trip sent me searching for god, and i thought i found him with the dubs.
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Watch it there, Chevys!! I smoked after almost two years off and it kicked my ass! Make sure you don't have to drive and have fun.
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DRUGS!
by new light ini have a confession.
when i returned to the jw's a few years ago, i was on drugs.
years, but one especially heavy acid trip sent me searching for god, and i thought i found him with the dubs.
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I have a confession. When I returned to the JW's a few years ago, I was on drugs. I had been tripping/smoking/drinking/whatever for
years, but one especially heavy acid trip sent me searching for God, and I thought I found him with the dubs. To illustrate where my
head was at the time, I was looking at some apostate website which was exposing Russell's freaky side. Pyramids, anti-aluminum
propaganda, prophetic visions---- this stuff actually clicked in a good way. In my psychedelic haze, I thought I had found the truth all
over again. This led to several years of inspiried Watchtower enslavement. As a relatively sober person now, I really feel like a fool for all
that, but, hey, at least I have an excuse, right? It would make a great anti-drug commercial. Show a buttoned-down JW knocking on
a stranger's door on a Saturday morning, bookbag in hand, with "Drugs Don't Work" on the bottom of the screen. Perfect!
I know someone else who left the JWs as a teenager. In his 20's, he was pulled over with a bunch of coke in the trunk. He prayed
to Jehovah that he would become a witness if he could just get out of this one little spot. He drove away a free man, free to become a
slave.
I ask all of you: Has anyone else joined the JW's due to drugs? Come on, I know you're out there!