Posts by GetBusyLiving

Ever heard of anyone leaving the JW's and becoming, say, a Scientologist? Or a Morman? Or a member of any other crazy cultish org? I think that people who would do that might have a lot in common..

GBL

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Smoking

by Es in

jw
friends

why do we continue to do it even tho we know its bad for us?????

i gave up bout a year ago but still have one occasionally i dont even know if i enjoy it all that much but i still do it.

ive seen three of my family members die as a result of smoking and yet i light another one up!

I smoked for about a year when I was 19 and had no problem quitting. Lately I've had a cigarrette when I'm having a drink with friends. It gives me that same buzz I get after I'm done a long jog, without having to do the jog. It's scary because I can see how easily it would be for me to get hooked again.

GBL

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How to tell a close friend...

by sinis in

well, after much prayerful thought and earnest research i have come to the conclusion that the wts/jw's are just another religion.

for me it was not only the un but also all of the doctrine surrounding 1914. thus if 1914 is wrong than there is no "faithful and discrete slave", no "class" distinctions, etc.

i'm not going to turn into a jw basher as some do when they leave - to each his own.

GetBusyLiving

Hi sinius, welcome to the board. Damn if you don't sound just like I did this time a year ago!

We evolved from apes.

GBL

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To God We Are Dedicated...

by FMZ in

i used to love hearing this song at the conventions, everyone singing..

but dammit, now it's in my head, and i just realized that it sounds kinda like the imperial march from star wars.

and it sounds great when you hum it and desk-drum a beat to it..

GetBusyLiving

:Rebel, did you never get that amazing tingle down your spine when you heard all those people singing together? The beliefs may have been bunk, but the energy in there sometimes got to quite amazing levels.

I totally got that tingle when I was younger FMZ. Then for some reason it just stopped. I tried paying better attention and then I DEFINITELY couldn't get it. I complained about not being able to get it to a J-Dub buddy once after a district convention. He said he couldn't get it anymore either. Thats exclusivist cults for ya.

GBL

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Dedicate a Song...

by MerryMagdalene in

...to your friends at jwd...or...?.

here's my dedication (such a beautiful song and i've only just discovered it...better late than never i guess...):.

why worry.

GetBusyLiving

I'm going to dedicate this song to all of us JWD'ers. It's called "You'll Never Get To Me" by Killing Joke.

You'll Never Get to Me

Sea of hurt, I feel the waves of pain
And now the tide comes in again
Caught in a vicious cycle of despair
Give me the courage to face another day

Oh, sing a song of joy
Sweet childhood, never desert me
Time for celebration, oh!
Overcome with a sense of elation
I'll never let you get to me
Survival is my victory

I sighed and sighed as I was mourning
I said sorry a thousand times
I cried aloud to God for all my failings
But God seemed deaf as well as blind

Oh, sing a song of joy
Sweet childhood, never desert me
Time for celebration, oh!
Overcome with a sense of elation
I'll never let you get to me
Survival is my victory

We drank and smoked and talked until the dawn
We shared our problems and our food
Telling tales of courage and resolution
Through all the hardships we'd endured

Oh, sing a song of joy
Sweet childhood, never desert me
Time for celebration, oh!
Overcome with a sense of elation
I'll never let you get to me
Survival is my victory

GBL

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tonight is the night

by susu812 in

jw
friends

so i am being announced (the new way) as being df'd tonight.

me and my ex--who wont show up so i will be there all alone.

i am still unsure of how i feel about the whole thing.

GetBusyLiving

F**k them and their stupid announcements. Having sex is not a crime and you don't deserve to be treated this way susu. I went through the same shit with my ex girlfriend, they disfellowshipped her and publicly reproved me. Her family won't even speak to her now. It kills me to hear this happening to you. Take your life by the reigns and become who you are! Get out of her my susu! (omg that was cheesy).

Seriously though, this is the crossroads in your life. This is it. What will you do?

GBL

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Are you having a Good day or a Bad day?

by whyamihere in

jw
friends

good or bad day and why?.

i guess bad.

i am so sad today and i don't know how to make the sadness go away.

GetBusyLiving

Just something extrordinary.

GBL