Dustin

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  Jesus Christ! Is this a contradiction?

  by observador in

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  2. bible

  the other day while rereading the scriptures about the last supper, i spotted something that is very interesting.. mathew 26:23 reads:"in reply he said: "he that dips his hand with me in the bowl is the one that will betray me.".

  the above doesn't make much sense to me because it implies that one would have to give himself away by doing exacly what jesus said the betrayor would do.

  now, look at how john words the same event in john 13:26:"therefore jesus answered: "it is that one to whom i shall give the morsel that i dip".

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  Dustin

  The Bible is full of contradictions. That's why I don't believe in it.

  Dustin
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  I guess its now official

  by stevenyc in

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  well, i kinda thought being an expat that i could live under the radar but no.. today it is official - me living in the us of a.. not a ceremony, no flag waving... jury duty!.

  steve.

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  Dustin

  Welcome to the United States. Hope you enjoy it.

  Dustin
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  My story.....

  by jula71 in

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  2. friends

  i was born into the "truth", so it is pretty much to only life i have known.

  i have been studying the bible seriously since my teens, about 15+ years.

  then it hit me about 6 months ago, i?m not really studying the bible, but rather the wt publications.

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  Dustin

  Welcome Jula. It's a long road to recovery after growing up in the JW religion. So many things have been engrained in your mind as being the "truth". Once you can realize that you don't have to feel guilty not following their rules, life is really awesome. Be glad you are realizing this with a long road of life in front of you.

  Dustin
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  social retard

  by MerryMagdalene in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i 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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  Dustin

  I always had a very hard time socializing when I was a JW. The other witnesses treated me like crap, and the people outside the organization didn't understand me. My advice to you is to stop thinking about it so much, and to just go out. You seem like a really cool person. It takes a little time but suddenly you find new friends and social activities. Good luck. If I can do anything to help out PM me.

  Dustin
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  Update on my disassociation

  by Dustin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i 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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  Dustin

  I just wanted to thank all of you for your support. I went out for plenty of these last night with my wife in celebration. All of you have helped me in being able to face my demons and conquer the one that really stood in my way. Hopefully somone who has been thinking about doing this now realizes it can be done. So a big shoutout to everyone. Hell yeah it's over!

  Dustin
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  hey, today's my forum birthday

  by DanTheMan in

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  2. friends

  wow, 3 years since i first found this place and joined the fray.

  i think i've spent more time here over the past three years than i did during the last three years i attended the kh.

  i've been up and down quite a bit since leaving the cult, cults attract people who are emotional cripples and i am no exception, and the cult only makes you worse.

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  Dustin

  Happy JWD birthday Dan. I'll have plenty of these for you later. I don't work till 1:00 tommorow.
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  Analyze this: The newly revised questions for baptism

  by ezekiel3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the following is quoted in it's entirety (excepting cited scriptures after each question) from the new release organized to do jehovah's will, pages 182-218.. .

  questions for those desiring to be baptized.

  part 1 elementary bible teachings.

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  Dustin

  I love answering loaded questions!
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  All I need is for my loyal slaves to continue KNEELING BEFORE ZOD!

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  something to make you all smile and maybe laugh.

  do you remember general zod from the superman movies?

  well, he has a cult following on the internet.

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  Dustin

  My dad would always give me and my brother little snakebites(twist the skin on the wrist) then in his best evil voice would say "Bow to Zod". It makes me smile thinking about it.

  Dustin
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  The Memorials coming up......and ......

  by ScoobySnax in

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  2. friends

  of course i'll be there on thursday, its one of the very few meetings i go to.

  i guess i'll make the same promises that i always do.

  i must get back to the meetings soon, i'll see the po who always seems to make a beeline for me after, yes here's my number , phone me.

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  Dustin

  Good luck on going Scoob. I have as of tonight broken all my ties to JW land. But, I do pay my respects to Jesus.

  Dustin
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  Update on my disassociation

  by Dustin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i 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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  Dustin

  That letter didn't take me more than 10 minutes to write. I just wrote what I felt, and it came together much quicker than I expected. Much more fun than writing a number 4 talk.

  Dustin