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  Leaving the Truth - Songs to Destroy Your Faith By

  by tetrapod.sapien in

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  as some of you may know, i am a recently self-deconverted jw.

  the experience of deconversion was at times emotional.

  i have compiled a list of songs i would listen to on those emotionally turbulent occasions.

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  kazar

  You've got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend

  when I was down you just stood there grinnin'

  You've got a lot of nerve to say you got a helping hand to lend

  You just want to be on the side that's winnin'

  You see me on the street, you always act surprised

  You say "how are you, good luck" but you don't mean it

  When you know as well as I you'd rather see me paralyzed

  Why don't you just come out and scream it.

  I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes

  You'd know what a drag it is to see you.

  Bob Dylan's Positively 4th Street

  I can't remember all the verses or sequence of them but I think you get the picture.

  Kazar
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  Film Scenes that got burnt onto your memory

  by greendawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what were some film scenes that pleased or horrified you so much that they stayed vivid in your memory for a long time?

  the one i always recall is the scene where anthony hopkins (playing as hannibal lector) lobotomised ray liotta (paul krendler) cutting off pieces of his brain and giving them to him to eat.

  he also took some of liotta's cooked brain in a plane and gave them to an unsuspecting passenger boy sitting next to him to eat.

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  The scene from Reservoir Dogs where Maddsen, while dancing to "stuck in the middle with you" cuts off the ear of Gary Sinise.
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  Movie: The Truman Show = Jehovahs Witnesses? Anyone seen this movie?

  by Trojan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  by now, i realize there are a couple of good movies that help to understand the situation a jw finds himself in, once he finds out the truth about "the truth".

  like: the village, the island, stepford wifes.

  i find that these movies help me to understand the situation of being trapped in a cult and the mixed emotions about finding out and the courage and strenght needed to leave.

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  How about 1984 starring John Hurt and Richard Burton? I found it alarming and chillingly parallel to the WBTS treatment of its people. It alarmed me that I could have ended up like John Hurt did at the end of the movie. Gave me chills.
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  ORANGEFATCAT HAS A BRAIN TUMOR

  by orangefatcat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, it is so, that i have a brain tumor and i will be going to the hospital in about two hours.

  i will ask my son richard to keep all of you posted.

  i have all of you in my heart.

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  Get well quickly and out of the hospital. When you are able get back to us. Wishing you health.
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  Do Jewish people have an opinion of jw's?

  by sass_my_frass in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i only ever met one jewish lady at the door, and i had no clue at the time that they were the original people of jehovah (education by awake), but she very politely snotted me off.

  i'm just curious whether anybody knows what jewish people think of jw's, if they do at all?

  are jw's the ultimate blasphemers?

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  Yes, they do! I once worked at the Associated Jewish Charities in Maryland and the Jews I worked with considered JW's not only annoying, but truly offensive. Especially during their holy days when JW's ring the Jews' doorbells and attempt to convert them. One of the Jewish women I worked with has a sister-in-law who is a JW. She said that her sister-in-law became insane because she could not make her children believe in the JW theology.

  Sounds right to me.
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  Darren McGavin Dead at 83, Nightstalker and Christmas Story

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first, don knotts, then dennis weaver, now darren mcgavin.

  i loved night stalker, jw though i was.

  http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-mcgavin27feb27,1,1268520.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california.

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  I loved McGavin's portrayal of a father in A Christmas Story. I watch it everytime it is on. His tirade of cursing (unintelligible) always leaves me laughing. I will miss him.
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  I am STUNNED......

  by Frannie Banannie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just got a call from the social security office.

  now......these people sent me a letter of denial of ssi even before their doctors examined me a coupla weeks ago, so i couldn't imagine why they would be calling me.

  at first i thought she was telling me that they'd mistakenly sent out the denial letter to me, but that wasn't it.

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  kazar

  Frannie,

  So glad to hear of your good luck--oops I mean fortune.
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  Prince's new single: Black Sweat.

  by daniel-p in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a review of prince's new single from his new album, "3121.

  " i thought it was hilarious.... .

  "prince: "black sweat" .

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  kristyann,

  I agree with you 100%. It was the very thing that led to so much confusion when I was a JW that I didn't believe Michael Jackson was a JW. I asked about it of the "mature ones" and still did not get an answer. This double standard eventually led me out of the WT. Still I wonder how can they get away with it and the rank and file cannot.

  I don't understand how Prince can call himself a JW with his eccentric lifestyle..
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  A 1975 story

  by TooBad TooSad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  while i was in high school in the mid 60's i was told that the end was so near that i would not get to graduate from high school so i should not be concerned about being drafted due to the war in vietnam.

  well i got drafted but did not pass my physical due to a medical problem.. i then considered go to school in the late 60's to enter the medical field.

  i was encouraged by the elders not to do this because the end is so near and why get schooling for a profession that you will not need in a few years?

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  Welcome, TooBad! Looking forward to hearing more from you.
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  JW's & theU.N.

  by JUG in

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  2. friends

  look before i get started i just want to say i'm new so hello everybody.

  i've been disfellowshiped for two years and some times still contemplate going back.

  i still make pretty much all of my meetings but i just havent wrote a letter yet because i realy dont miss the drama that goes along with being a witness.anyway i found this web site that said something about the jw's getting involved with the un and it made me curious.

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  kazar

  Welcome JUG! Looking forward to hearing from you in the future. By the way, I attended an ex JW Meetup two years ago. It was a disaster. It turned out to be Ex JW's who had converted to Born Again Christians who were attempting to convert the rest of us Ex JW's to the Born Agains. On the other hand, I have heard through this forum that there are good Ex JW Meetings. I guess it depends on where you are.