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  Where did all the Dubs go?

  by OUTLAW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i`ve made a few posts about how much the dubs work my neighbourhood.you`d see them at least 2 or 3 times a month,sometimes more,going up and down our street.this has been going on for over 10 years.they avoided my house like the plague.i wonder why?

  (lol)last month not a single dub,this weekend not a single dub.where`d they all go?is any one else missing dubs from their neighbourhood?has the un-scandel and or silent lambs scandel got them hiding out.they`ve sure taken a beating lately,they must be getting chewed-out at the door on a regular basis now...outlaw

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  PRECIOUS THE CAT

  by crawdad2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my jw neighbors were just young, 18...... when they got married.. they had cats and dogs.... soon the pressures of life, and being a jw took effect, and they seperated,,,,,,,,,, the girl left precious, her cat behind.......it was a better place for her here.. precious was heatbroken...... she was never the same.. it's been around ten years now, ...... and in the last few years, my nieghbor didn't have much time for precious anymore.. so she started hanging around me, over here most of the time.. i buried her just now,...... in my backyard, where she laid down and died.. i hate death,...... it brings back memories of what 2 young beautiful people wanted....... love happiness......pets.. goodbye precious......... i learned alot from you..... i wish i would have given you more love.

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  He Loves Me After All!

  by COMF in

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  2. friends

  this is a story about the heart-pounding rollercoaster ride of buying a house and how i saw the proof that god really does love me.. some of you, especially newer ones, probably don't know that when i left the organization in 1987, i left still believing that the organization was the true religion, which meant, since i couldn't stay in it and keep my sanity, that jehovah didn't want me.

  after 12 years of trying as sincerely as is possible to get his help with what was wrong, i gave up and quit, and literally prayed to jehovah saying, "it's obvious that you don't intend to help me; therefore i can only assume you don't want me.

  fine; have it your way.

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  Thank you for the support

  by Erica in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't find the words that would express how grateful i am for all the support, not only for all of you to back me on the dateline show but for my trial as well.

  i don't think i would have had the courage to go through the trauma if it wasn't for all your prayers and encouragement.

  dateline was a huge help for many and i know this because i have recieved quite a few calls, one from a current jdub who wants out for the safety of his 16 month old baby, i was so excited that he lifted the veil and saw it for the pure truth that it was.

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  Please help, please???? (batting eyelashes)

  by outnfree in

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  i was so happy to read the following quote by janh in another thread: about logic vs reason[ did jan mean emotion here?

  ], i think a factor may well be that fewer women have high education.

  it is a worrying trend that women still do not choose education in 'hard sciences.

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  What's the difference?

  by Scully in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  during the course of the dateline segment, it was said that manuel beliz denied "molesting and raping" erica, but admitted to "inappropriate touching".. what, if any, is the difference between molesting and touching inappropriately??.

  just curious.

  love, scully

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  Intelligence Quiz

  by DakotaRed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never mind i.q.s, here is a link to an intelligence quiz that ought challenge some, while i expect some of us 'postates to ace it.

  hint: it relies on common sense a lot.. i scored 10 out of 11 myself and kick myself for missing the one i did.

  some may have already seen this, but don't spoil it for the current dubs that i expect to fail it miserably.

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  JW Kids - More Frightened Than Most?

  by Englishman in

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  2. friends

  ive recently been in contact with a couple of ex-jws that i knew in my childhood.. what has surfaced is the amount of fear that we experienced as young children when we were involved with the witnesses.

  i accept that children often do develop irrational fears as part of growing up, but what i am talking about here is a deep-seated fear of being harmed.. many young children that i grew up with in the witness religion were of an unusually nervous disposition.

  i recall how when i was first taken to meetings that i found the whole experience somewhat sinister and strange.

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  Happy snakes & simple pleasures....

  by thinker in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the other day at work i saw two harmless brown water snakes in a pool of water.

  the pool was fed by two large pipes that allow a stream to pass under a road.

  the water drops a couple feet from the pipe to the pool.

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  WT Netherlands response (english translation)

  by avengers in

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  2. friends

  below is the english translation of the wt response (which is in dutch).

  i have tried to translate as accurate as possible.

  if anyone thinks that the translation is not accurate enough, please send me an e-mail.. excerpt.

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