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  What should I do with this address?

  by keeshah in

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  for some insane reason, i went to jw "official" website (lol) and clicked that i was interested in a home bible study.

  i put my po box as an address because i didn't want them showing up at my door.

  well, i got a letter today offering that "free home bible study".

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  groovycat.

  Hmmm .... remember this woman has not invited this information and that being too aggressive may throw her defences up.

  If you were to write her a short letter, thanking her for her offer, but stating that you no longer wish a bible study with the Jehovahs Witnesses, then proceed to give her a short bulleted list of your reasons i.e. NGO of the UN, child abuse, 1914 chronology etc. Say you have come to this conclusion having researched the Jehovahs Witnesses since requesting the study, and give references to appropriate sites i.e. http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/watchtower.pdf & www.silentlambs.org .

  You may wish to append a copy of the letter from the link above, and maybe some information from silentlambs, but keep the first page simple just to sow the seed. If you are going to include the appendices, you should tell her on the first page (albeit at the bottom), so that she doessn't feel you have trapped her into reading it.

  She will read it as she will no doubt be intrigued, and she will probably feel her faith is such that she could not be phased by anything she reads, but by the end of it she will have serious doubts. Now, depending on how hard she suppresses it, a couple of years later with any luck, she will be writing her own letter to all of her misguided friends.

  Groovycat
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  Ugly People

  by Fe2O3Girl in

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  do ugly people have a right to normal lives - relationships, marriage, families?.

  about half of us must be below "average" attractiveness.

  maybe xjws are on average more gorgeous than the general population.. what can you tell about a person by their facial beauty or lack of it?

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  groovycat.

  LOL @ LittleToe

  That is all ;)

  Groovycat
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  I don't think God is fair./what do u think?

  by wednesday in

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  my therapist and i talked about the bible, specifically, adam and eve and their sinning by eating from the forbidden fruit.

  he says it is really a great lesson on consequences of your actions.

  i agreed and we talked at some length about it, but one thing i decided, god was not fair.

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  Maybe there is a method to the madness

  As the designer and creator of the two, god is directly responsible for the actions of his creations. The whole apple tree test wasn't a test of the creation but the creators design

  Assuming it all to be true and real - including god:

  God is a designer and has designed an intelligent being with freewill. He was testing his products.

  God being omnieverything and having 'inside information' on how the brain works, would have known exactly what would happen in this situation. His designs where simultaneously a success and failure; even in the face of death, freewill over powered the instructions he had given, but, his perfect creation was no longer perfect.

  If he designed man perfectly, then why not design the world perfectly i.e. without evil, so there is balance?

  Remember, this is the second time that one of his creations has gone against his instruction as a result of having freewill. He is only too aware of what will happen.

  We are here for his entertainment.

  Assuming it all to be true of course

  Groovycat
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  Anyone vegetarian and why??????????

  by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

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  i'm not vegetarian.

  being italian and brought up on the mediterranian diet i tend to eat a lot of fruit, vegetables, cheese, pasta, rice and some meat.. i'm just curious to know who here is vegeterian and why?????.

  cheers, bliss

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  groovycat.

  I'm not vegitarian but I wont eat any form of processed meat or soups, pies etc that have minced meat in them. Oh, and I wont eat sea bugs...blerk

  Ditto.

  I will only eat meat if I have prepared it (not butchered), and know within reason where it has come from i.e. local butcher supplied by local farms.

  Though from a hygienic and humane point of view I would prefer to do the whole thing myself, I lack the necessary skills and inclination. That is not to say however, that I do not appreciate what has to be done.

  So, just as I prefer to pay someone to pick my vegetables, clean and package them, I prefer to pay someone to butcher my meat, and in turn, I am paid to do something someone else can't or won't.
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  car chase by elders at age 11

  by ashtheflash in

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  hello there i would like to tell a story that will shock you.

  this is how it all started... my sister at 19 was planning to marry a brother into the kingdom hall, she was not yet baptized so she was trying to keep her marriage plans a secret.

  a couple of weeks from her marriage the elders of the congretation found out and contacted my mother whom we were still living with.

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  Aww, they never tried anything like that with me. Suppose I was never baptised, but I wish they had!

  I'd have shown them how to really drive and had a barrel of laughs at the same time ... then just for good measure, after I'd lost them of course, I'd have gone back to kick their ass .

  psycho's

  Groovycat
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  Forbidden Pleasures

  by mtbatoon in

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  after leaving, what (excluding the obvious bit of slap and tickle) is your favourite forbidden pleasure.

  for me black pudding, full of bloody goodness

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  groovycat.

  I hate black pudding...

  ...But I love music, and being that most of the music I like is inherently 'worldy', my music collection has exploded over the last few years! Still have to be a bit careful though; my mother is still a JW and I still stay in her house! What? .... yes I know i'm 26 .. thankyou.

  Enough already .. stop laughing!

  Groovycat
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  Long time apostate, first time poster.

  by mtbatoon in

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  just found this site today and as well as being amused, concerned and shocked at some of the stuff i?ve found here, reading the bios and posts of other ex jw?s has in a way made me feel a little bit less alone in the world.

  don?t get me wrong, i?m not an emotionally scared loner, it?s like i?ve finally found someone else to stand outside morning assemble with.

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  groovycat.

  Ach Jings BM, theres hunners a kilties oan here, they wid be loast whey oot us!

  Yes, I'm sure you'll find 'miriads and miriads of (ex)brothers' on here with similar experiences. I have been away for 10 years, and haven't really thought about it all that much in that time, but stumbled on this site thanks to my brother (the flesh and blood kind), so like to come on for a gripe now and again.

  Incedentally, I used to go to Goole Congregation, did my first talk in the second school there LOL.

  Anyway, welcome :)

  Groovycat
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  Time of the End .... for the WTBTS?

  by groovycat. in

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  i know the wtbts have bastardised the criteria for 'the time of the end' and 1914, but as far as i am aware, it will still come while those that were alive in 1914 (not necessarily of an understanding age lol) are still alive, yes?

  now, if we give them all until they are 110 years old (quite generous of me don't you think), that means in 20 years time we should see the wtbts disappear (or at least be in rapid decline) as all of the anointed are pushing up daisies, and this wicked world is still alive and kicking.

  suppose we could see an increase in field service at old folks homes!

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  groovycat.

  I know the WTBTS have bastardised the criteria for 'the time of the end' and 1914, but as far as I am aware, it will still come while those that were alive in 1914 (not necessarily of an understanding age lol) are still alive, yes?

  Now, if we give them all until they are 110 years old (quite generous of me don't you think), that means in 20 years time we should see the WTBTS disappear (or at least be in rapid decline) as all of the anointed are pushing up daisies, and this wicked world is still alive and kicking.

  Suppose we could see an increase in field service at old folks homes! Or the WTBTS investing in life support machines!

  Could it be this simple, or have I forgotten more than I remember?
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  Anointed to Apostate

  by groovycat. in

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  hey, .

  does anyone know if any of the 144,000 has left the jw's due to a change in beliefs?

  what was the reaction of their hall?

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  groovycat.

  Was just thinking that; all of these guys must be at least 90 years old just now - how much longer will they last?

  Actually, new topic coming up ;)
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  Finish This Sentence....You Know you're a JW teenager If....

  by doodle-v in

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  during class the teacher asks "who all plan to go to college?

  " and you shrink down in your seat in an effort to become invisible as everyone in the class raises their hand.

  -doodle-v. your turn!

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  groovycat.

  1. You loved school 'cause you finally got to mingle with real people.

  2. You could see every inch of your (hideous) wallpaper as there were no posters allowed.

  3. You had to leave your friends at the school gate and you had to pretend you liked the other witness kids otherwise you would have no social life.

  4. You dreaded the weekends.

  5. You would beat yourself up for ‘individual thinking’ which was against the societies guidelines, and would pray for forgiveness.

  That's it for now

  Groovycat