Brooke,you said"when you are happy and loving life,you don't look for hapiness and love."
Well said,I had never really thought of it that way,but that seems to hit the nail on the head.stp
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Question for those raised a JW
by New Worldly Translation ini was wondering if anybody feels like i do that if i hadn't been raised a jw i would never have embraced the religion.
i know it's easier to say in hindsight after i know the truth about the org but honestly i don't think i would have given them the time of day.
i'm not a religious person or even a spiritual person and being a jw always caused a conflict in my mind.
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social retard
by MerryMagdalene ini finally figured out why i'm so socially retarded...it just hit me.. here i was sitting and wondering why i have such a hard time meeting new people, making friends, thinking of relevent things to say, and so on.
it really is painful and scary for me.
i was told who i could talk to, who i couldn't talk to, what i could say, what i couldn't say.
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JWD.com rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great thread MM.I agree that this was a great exchange.I'm so thanful i'm not involved with a fanatical religion anymore.Freedom of expression feels great! stp
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What's Your Fantasy Job ?
by Taylor S. ini was in nassau sitting on the beach, sipping a 151 pina colada, watching the jet-ski guy, all toned and tanned.
i remember thinking, he's got the coolest job in the world ... sittting on the beach all day, renting & teaching drunk & horny tourists how to ride them.
that's my fantasy .... i wanna be the jet-ski guy.
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stopthepain
listed in order
1-pro golfer-different beautiful destinations every week,with family,huge $$,and you can still walk when your 50.
2-cop-huge power,never have to worry about getting a ticket,pays well
3-porn star-nuff said
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Update on my disassociation
by Dustin ini went to the kingdom hall for the very last time.
i went in the door in my guns n roses t-shirt and ripped up lucky jeans, new earrings and goatee.
i went up to the po of the congregation and told him i needed to talk to him.
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great letter dustin,congrats,and I'm glad you and your wife can now enjoy your lives without outside interference.
STP
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Question for those raised a JW
by New Worldly Translation ini was wondering if anybody feels like i do that if i hadn't been raised a jw i would never have embraced the religion.
i know it's easier to say in hindsight after i know the truth about the org but honestly i don't think i would have given them the time of day.
i'm not a religious person or even a spiritual person and being a jw always caused a conflict in my mind.
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Great question NWT.I often said that to my parents when I first began to fade.If I wasn't forced into it,would I have ever believed it?I swear there was a timeframe,between the age of 9-12 that as a child,I seriously questioned what I was involved in.In the mind of an innocent child,basic "truths" didn't make sense to me.It was only when I became a teenager,after adults manipulated me to discount my questions,that I blindly ignored those doubts,and went along for a social status,and just blocked everything out ,sub-conciously.
I wouls say "mom,why i9s jehovah gouing to kill all my friends,its not there fault there parents aren't jehovahs witness?Also the stories of noahs ark,adam and eve,and the explanation of why Jehovah wanted us to screw up so bad ,to prove that we couldn'trule ourselves just didn't make sense,but to doubt was to be punished,and I justwanted to be normal.Cult mentality then took over,until I met the girl who saved me,the only person who has shown me unconditional love,then the org destroyed that.
All that bering said,Hell no would I have became a JW.
STP
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How does one spell Apathy?
by lawrence inwas heading back from walking my dalmatian on a gorgeous saturday afternoon north of toronto when i encountered 6 witnesses in front of my neighbor's house (korean people who speak a little english).
i encountered the group and had to ask for the latest wt.
i was given a copy and mentioned i heard that the awake was being reduced to once a month.
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stopthepain
the witnessess lack of urgency is to me a defineing point as how they are having a hard time convincing themselves the "end is right around the corner".
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The Cult of Four "Just Imperfect" Men
by Farkel inthe cult of four "just imperfect" men.
(please move on to the next thread, fluffers.
move on!
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great post farkel!!!!!
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Well... I'm busted this time
by 24k ini think i may have just precipitated my exit from the watchtower a little sooner than i expected.
i was really looking forward to attending easter services at a local church today, and so made arrangements to ride with a friend of mine and his wife.
my friend is a recently disfellowshiped former fellow elder.
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sorry to hear this 24K.
People build families around a flawed belief system,and it's always just a matter of time until it crumbles.It's ashame you can't just go to worship were you want,without having to worry about being "ratted out" by some holier than thou ignorant JW.I hope everything shakes out OK for you .
good luck STP
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Favorite Movies
by purplesofa ini am sure there is a thread out there somewhere about everyones fav movie........there are so many good ones.. today for the first time i saw the birds by alfred hitchcock.
yikes!!!.
and now the quiet man is on with john wayne.
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stopthepain
L.A. Confidential is a great guy flick.
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Process still going on..........Help!!!!
by purplesofa inthis is like an update to my progression/unraveling.
it has been two weeks since reading coc.
i have tried to read in search of christian freedom and it is going slow for me.
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i know this is purps thread,but ive enjoyed all the posts.