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JH: Then you are the one they wrote about in the box on page 21. Remember the storm clouds of Armageddon are swiftly approaching. And you don't want to be caught with a terminal illness. LOL!

I'm going to go throw up now...excuse me!

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FRESH OFF THE PRESS.... 9/1/06 WT "When a Loved One Leaves Jeh."

by schne_belly in

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this just in for your reading displeasure......enjoy

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FRESH OFF THE PRESS.... 9/1/06 WT "When a Loved One Leaves Jeh."

by schne_belly in

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this just in for your reading displeasure......enjoy

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FRESH OFF THE PRESS.... 9/1/06 WT "When a Loved One Leaves Jeh."

by schne_belly in

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this just in for your reading displeasure......enjoy

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FRESH OFF THE PRESS.... 9/1/06 WT "When a Loved One Leaves Jeh."

by schne_belly in

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this just in for your reading displeasure......enjoy

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FRESH OFF THE PRESS.... 9/1/06 WT "When a Loved One Leaves Jeh."

by schne_belly in

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this just in for your reading displeasure......enjoy

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This just in for your reading displeasure......Enjoy

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What has this board given to you?

by Crumpet in

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having cooled down a bit in the garden i got to thinking about what this board has given me and wondered what anyone else feels they have gained from it.. for me its been invaluable and even life changing:.

1) freedom from the brainwashing - when i came here i had already read ray franz's books and still believed it jws had the truth - hat i was basically worthless and that i would die at armageddon.

the reasoned conversations and help of the posters from all over the world has enabled me to have freedom of thought - something i didnt even know i didnt have until i spent time here.. 2) friends who empathise and know from an experience what i have been through in a way outsiders can never possiby understand.. 3) entertainment - unbelievable laughs and moments of humour that have cheered me up so many times.. 4) association - via the aposta bbqs and telephone chats i can now have so i don't feel so isolated and to some extent alleviates the awful pain of separation from my loved family.. 5) information - from this board and posters here i have found out things that were my right to know but would never have learnt otherwise - my sisters marriage, my aunts tragic death.. 6) reunions - i have now met at least one person who knows me from my childhood and has grown into a man of such kindness and patience that i would have missed out on completely had he not been here and been kind enough to hold my hand - even when i've been an irritating totured little idiot!.

schne_belly

Confidence...

Not only in myself but also that there really are good people in the "world".

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Reminder about your mother, (AKA: FAMILY SUCKS)

by wanderlustguy in

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sometimes i just get hit again with the knowledge that some things will not always be there...and if we aren't careful, opportunities will pass us by.

same goes for other family members, so many aren't able to contact their families now, and wish they had said more, called more, hugged more.

wlg

schne_belly

Thanks for the reminder Wander....

I am grateful everyday for my family. After leaving the religion I realized how important they really are. My parents are still in the org, but I cherish the fact that they are willing to continue their relationship with me regardless of the crap they get from some in the congregation. My siblings were never in the org and I'm happy to say they are willing to HAVE a relationship with me now and don't hold it against me that I was distant when I was a JW.

My heart goes out to anyone who's not able to contact their family due to various reasons, especially ones caused by this religion.

schne_belly

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