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  Why I like the Mormons and why they are so much nicer then the JWs.

  by new boy in

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  i never really knew any until recently.

  as a witness we all thought they were weird.

  but the two faiths are a lot alike, except the mormons are really so much nicer than the jws!.

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  When you have to live in a place where non-Mormons are the minority - you have a different point of view. They try to control EVERYTHING.

  They own a lot of land around the world and not just Temples or Ward/Stake houses- ranches, farms lots of money making endeavors. The church run businesses require you to be Temple worthy to work there (yes it's legal), And then there's the special underwear........

  The Book of Mormon is all made up crazy talk. About the how the ten lost tribes of Israel settled in what is now the U.S. Even though there is not a shred of secular evidence to back up any of it, or evidence that the made up names for the tribes ever existed. Seriously crazy stuff. All hail Moroni and planet Kolob.
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  Why I like the Mormons and why they are so much nicer then the JWs.

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never really knew any until recently.

  as a witness we all thought they were weird.

  but the two faiths are a lot alike, except the mormons are really so much nicer than the jws!.

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  The LDS are more arrogant and even more oppressive to women. I know this from personal experience. I agree that many of them are asserting themselves as gods now instead of waiting for the next world.
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  Why I like the Mormons and why they are so much nicer then the JWs.

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never really knew any until recently.

  as a witness we all thought they were weird.

  but the two faiths are a lot alike, except the mormons are really so much nicer than the jws!.

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  I also have a lot of experience with Mormons and I don't think they are any better than JW's - Mormons are just better at hiding it.
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  The disappointed look on a Jehovah's Witness face - that you're living a good and fulfilling life

  by jambon1 in

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  another thread got me thinking of this issue.

  i don't think you'll ever come across a set of people with such a skewed and twisted outlook on life.. my memory serves me well when i recall a sort of blood lusting excitement over things like the 9/11 atrocities.

  in fact i remember jw's describing the event as 'sad but exciting.

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  I agree with this. Everyone expects us to crash and burn when we leave. When that doesn't happen, it's hard for them to make sense of it. They are shocked by how "blessed" I have been since leaving, and how happy my husband and I are.

  My parents have commented on how they like to hang out with me vs my JW siblings, since my siblings are miserable.
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  Why does it seem to be unhappy people who are attracted to the JWs?

  by new boy in

  1. jw
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  i have had time to think about this........... i was an attendent for many years.......... and looking up and down the rows at every family that was seating there in the khs........... no one was happy!.

  i think of my mother (who brought this religion into our house)......she was one of the most unhappy and miserable people you would ever meet!

  she was a spiritual orphan with few friends and no real family to speak of.. she got the "good news" back in 1950, that "the world" was a bad place and god, would soon be killing most everyone......she was thrilled!...............

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  They prey on those going through emotional times. That is how they got my parents. Both of them were going through things and the witnesses knocked. It sounded so much better than what my parents situation was and they were hooked. I don't blame them, they thought they were doing the right thing at the time. I can see how it happens.
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  So this Cute Chick at the KH ...

  by brandnew in

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  thought she was gonna take a pic of me on the sneak.

  im df'd...been df'd for over 19 years already.

  so she probably would have gotten away with it without anyone knowing.....except that her flash was on.

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  Oh dear - this just keeps getting better! So Pop's might be Grand Pop :-) good luck with all that.
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  Share Your Personal Experiences Please!

  by LaurenM in

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  so since leaving the borg i've made quite a few stupid mistakes, hurting myself a lot..but i finally feel like i've learned and i think, in time, i'll find my happiness again...even more happiness that i could've ever had being a jw.. but my question to you guys is, what was your experience like leaving the borg?

  did you struggle at all?

  how long have you been out?

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  I have been out for nearly 20 years after having been born into it.

  Struggle is an understatement. It took me a few years, lots of mistakes, and some therapy to get my life back together. Untangling my head was the most difficult, realizing it was a load of crap, no Armageddon coming, no judgement took awhile. I used alcohol as a crutch and did many self destructive things.

  Life now is great and I am happy. I married a wonderful and supportive "worldly" man 15 years ago. He helped me to have the courage to go to college, I got my degree and it's been all good since then. My job is fulfilling most of the time, my marriage is fantastic, and I have been truly blessed materially. It's not perfect, but I am happy. That has helped my parents to accept me, what can they say?

  You are right - once you get it together, it will be better than you can imagine.
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  So this Cute Chick at the KH ...

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
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  thought she was gonna take a pic of me on the sneak.

  im df'd...been df'd for over 19 years already.

  so she probably would have gotten away with it without anyone knowing.....except that her flash was on.

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  That should make the next elders meeting about more than your beard. :-)
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  The new service meeting

  by John Aquila in

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  i wanted to relate an experience that happened this morning.

  it is regarding the new format for the meeting on thursdays in my area.

  its not word for word but im summarizing what i heard, the best i can remember.

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  There one one older sister (80+) in the hall I grew up in that would have some of us 20 year old girls over for sleep overs. She would tell us not to put up with shit from the men in the hall - she would joke about them thinking they had a magic wand!

  She was a hoot!
  
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  What is your relationship with ALCOHOL?

  by nicolaou in

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  here in the uk new drinking guidelines have been issued which suggest "no more than 14 units a week - equivalent to six pints of beer or seven glasses of wine.".

  another piece of the advice which is getting a lot of attention is that "if people drink, it should be moderately over three or more days and that some days should be alcohol-free.".

  already people are making cries of "nanny state!

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  Oh boy- alcohol and I were besties after I left the cult. I drank all the time to hide from the emotions of what I was going through. Now, I don't drink very often - maybe one drink per month, or more when on vacation.