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  JW's BANNED IN RUSSIA - 04-01-04

  by 4JWY in

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  jehovah's witnesses banned from moscow by russian court.

  is the heading of the article in the religious section of our newspaper yesterday.

  moscow (ap) a moscow court has banned the religious activities of jehovah's witnesses from the russian capital in a move that critics called a step back for democracy and religious freedom.

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  amac: I neglected to include, INFORMATION CONTROL

  -( ie: one small example-internet usage)
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  JW's BANNED IN RUSSIA - 04-01-04

  by 4JWY in

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  jehovah's witnesses banned from moscow by russian court.

  is the heading of the article in the religious section of our newspaper yesterday.

  moscow (ap) a moscow court has banned the religious activities of jehovah's witnesses from the russian capital in a move that critics called a step back for democracy and religious freedom.

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  amac: Did you ever hear of MIND CONTROL, THOUGHT CONTROL, EMOTION CONTROL, AND BEHAVIOR CONTROL? If so, do you believe they could be harmful to you?
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  Question for those who chose to be JW

  by pc in

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  i was born into the borg, i was wondering what made you join.

  my mother who is now deceased use to say she did all this research.

  my brother keeps stating that as this great fact to me.

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  P.S. BTW - greatest mom ever tho!
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  Question for those who chose to be JW

  by pc in

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  i was born into the borg, i was wondering what made you join.

  my mother who is now deceased use to say she did all this research.

  my brother keeps stating that as this great fact to me.

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  The story always was and I remember when I was a little girl, that my mom would take the bus into the city to go to the library to do research as my dad had been studying and pressuring her - under threat of divorce, I recently learned from a relative, if she didn't convert - this was in the early 60's so the research would have been more difficult at that time to find stuff directly related to JW's in many books - she checked things in the encyclopedias apparently, mostly on the holidays to see if the origins were as my dad was saying - at some point she did make that change and was baptized in a horse trough. The rest is history...................
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  First Post

  by Purza in

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  i am currently supposed to be working on my homework for a college course i am taking, but i seemed to be hooked on lurking.

  i have been lurking for about a week now.

  i made an appt.

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  Welcome Purza!

  I'm relatively new to this forum also, and I am so happy that you have taken the initiative to find it! It has proven to be very beneficial to my family and I to find a group of people who have shared a like life experience. We used to think it was "just us" that had these thoughts and feelings - when you get here, you see that it is universal among the cult of JW's.

  I can't recommend enough that you read the book, "WHEN GOD BECOMES A DRUG", by Leo Booth.

  This is the first book my husband and I read upon making our break after 43 years and it deals with the guilt, fear, and shame that so many of us have lived with as JW's. It discusses the different stages of religious addiction and how religion creates dysfunction, yet how we can work through the issues to attain a healthy spirituality, that may not have anything to do with following any religious belief. While opening your mind to all sorts of works, yes, books, and researching topics of interest, & sharing thoughts with others, you will find a whole new world opening up to you. Enjoy the journey and we look forward to getting to know you better.

  4JWY and family
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  skipping Memorial & joining forum instead

  by Art In Me in

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  this is my official liberation-opting to miss a memorial and joining the community here on this day.

  i've been to the memorial maybe twice in 12 years but was "this close" to checking it out again for curiousness sake to see if i would feel differently as so much time has passed and beacuse i've changed so much.

  anyone here ever wonder if you just imagined the horrorness of being a jw?

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  Welcome Art in Me !

  I have been at JWD just a short time myself and it has been wonderfully intellectually enlightening - you will find people here that will offer encouragement, comfort, and life experience that may mirror your own. Some are struggling with their journey, others have found their way and some I still haven't quite figured out why they are here, but their posts are interesting! Don't be afraid to be here - we are all just people like you. Look forward to getting to know you.

  4JWY
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  Back from the Memorial......Special Announcement at the end....

  by ScoobySnax in

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  the special announcement read at the end was an invite for any interested ones (tm) to ask if they wanted a bible study.....and that a special meeting will be held next sunday in all the congregations worldwide, and an invite was given for all to attend.

  i loved going and was good to see all the brothers and sisters again, the po who gave the talk made a bee line for me straight after the closing prayer, straight off the platform (i had to stand as there were no seats) and asked to speak to me, and directed me to the back of the hall, i thought here we go......jc convening shortly......but no he said the wt society in london had contacted him as i'd wrote them asking for the magazines, and he would be happy to drop by and had done, but never found me at home.

  so we arranged a date for him to call next week.. the hall was packed, and from my standing point i had plenty of opportunity to have a scan about, despite being horrified that their were brothers there who were betting looking than even me ( in my newly bought outfit!

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  Scoob: You never responded to my PM as others kindly did ??
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  JW's BANNED IN RUSSIA - 04-01-04

  by 4JWY in

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  jehovah's witnesses banned from moscow by russian court.

  is the heading of the article in the religious section of our newspaper yesterday.

  moscow (ap) a moscow court has banned the religious activities of jehovah's witnesses from the russian capital in a move that critics called a step back for democracy and religious freedom.

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  Hi Phil: You have a PM :)
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  13-year old son going to partake tonight

  by roybatty in

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  my 13-year old son is with his jw mom this weekend but he just popped by to grab his baseball mit and to tell me (lol) that since his mom is making him go to the memorial tonight, he's going to eat the bread.

  he's a great kid but he has no sense of fear.

  i didn't know if i should laugh or tell him not to.

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  Kids are the love of my life!

  We just received our obligatory ELDER visit to invite us - this very morning at our door.

  Anybody wanna be invited to a "most special event" a few hours ahead of time? How absurd.
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  JW's BANNED IN RUSSIA - 04-01-04

  by 4JWY in

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  jehovah's witnesses banned from moscow by russian court.

  is the heading of the article in the religious section of our newspaper yesterday.

  moscow (ap) a moscow court has banned the religious activities of jehovah's witnesses from the russian capital in a move that critics called a step back for democracy and religious freedom.

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  freedom96: WELL SAID