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  DFed for 15 years this week

  by joelbear in

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  wow.

  it just doesn't seem like 15 years have slipped by since i was tossed.

  i still think of my friendships and the people i knew in terms of the way i knew them then.

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  cat1759

  Congratulations Joel Bear!

  What is the best thing you have learned or done since?

  Cathy
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  belief/nonbelief brains wired?

  by peacefulpete in

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  many have no doubt read about recent findings in the field of neuroscience that has suggested that the unique sensations associated with religious awe and devotion eminate from a region in the temporal lobe.

  this region of the brain can be stimulated using magnetic probes to create a sense of religious fever.

  even dedicated atheists have been tested on and had the same or similar results.

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  Glad to hear about this study.

  Makes my life more understandable.

  Cathy
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  To: IW - Stop Dodging the Bullet

  by Amazing in

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  first, simon and other mods, please let this thread run its course for a while.

  if it gets too dicey, then i will move or lock it.

  my goal is not to have a big flame war, but to expose an issue for what it is.

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  Wow, will be watching this thread.

  Everyone does the best they can. Maybe both these men have done all they can.

  They have certainly supported and helped alot of us with the decisions they have made.

  I didn't know there was a Ray or Bill Club.

  Cathy
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  Did You Really Believe in The 1975 Rhetoric?

  by Guest 77 in

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  personally no, and as such i was never disappointed that the system didn't end.

  embarrassed, yes.

  the org.

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  Yes I believed it. There was no reason to question it. But then again everyone loves I love Lucy show and I never understood it. So you see maybe my mind can only see what is in front of it.

  Cathy
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  anger

  by Rush in

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  2. beliefs

  i've made a few posts on the forum to date, and have read more.

  i'm in a really bad mood and looking for some shoulders to cry on.

  i will try to keep my story brief.. i left the jw's 9 years ago and never went back.

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  Rush,
  After all was done and said with my mom she hates the fact I am not there. The fact that in her mind I am already dead so why bother with me. She has learned to not say anymore to me about jws because I did state my stand many times to her. It finally sank in.

  Your mom is feeling a loss that only time will help her deal with it. My dad also stepped down and not because I was livign with him. He felt he should not sit in judgement of others as he had been through alot of what he was sitting in judgement on. Also because he was not going to turn his daughter. I lived 800 miles away from them all and this helped alot to grow up as I didnt have anyone.

  Give your mom some time. State your position and leave it be. Always tell her you love her. Never let it get to you and depress you. Easier said than done. You have gone out and made a life for yourself without their help. Be happy for your accomplishments and don't let others belittle you about them. You are who you are and no one can take away your personal beliefs.

  Good luck,

  Cathy
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  Would you?

  by donkey in

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  scenario 1: if you could guarantee that you would not get caught would you steal a million dollars?.

  scenario 2: if you could guarantee that you would not get caught would you steal a million dollars from the wtbs?.

  scenario 3: if you could guarantee that you would not get caught would you steal a million dollars from a bank?.

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  No, No, No, No

  I couldn't live with myself.

  Besides if I had money I would have to go shopping and I detest shopping more than I detest the GB...well maybe not that much.

  Cathy
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  So, will you be voting for Bush next time?

  by czarofmischief in

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  when the election rolls around, will you be pulling the lever for w?

  i will, unless somebody comes along with the offer of free supermodels for me.. czar

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  NO

  I didnt' feel the need to vote before this. After what has happened in the last couple of years I don't care if my vote does or does not count, but it will make me feel better that I tried. I am registered and I will be voting.

  Cathy
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  A picture is really worth a thousand words

  by observador in

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  many people here have described how interesting this summer's conventions were.

  well, i got this picture - which requires no explanation - from a faithful to the letter jdub but apparently with a good sense of humor.

  now, if this picture made its way to an watchtower magazine, what would the caption be?

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  OH my god I can't stop laughing. My god I am going to have a heart attack. I am seeing stars...

  Thank god i won't be taking up the place on the floor with all the older folks.

  As far as young people, come on, we were up in the rafters talking, walking, laughing.

  Using the binoculars to scope out the guy way across the stadium...oh look at those pecks on him, my god, did you see that butt. Lets go sit over there so we can have a better look.

  Great picture!

  Thanks for the laughs.

  Cathy
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  Recording Judicial Committee meetings........and having fun!

  by nicolaou in

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  the 'flock' book (elders manual) makes this quite clear and upon arriving at your judicial hearing one of the first questions you will be asked is whether you have any recording/transmitting equipment with you.. however, most jw's will have never seen - or even heard of - the 'flock' book.

  do a search on the wt cd on recording meetings and you will see that it all pertains to the recording of meetings at the kingdom hall and conventions and that any brother wishing to make such recordings is free to do so so long as the recording equipment is not attached to the society's equipment.

  the one question of propriety that is raised has to do with recording prayers.

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  I know this is a serious thread but I had to laugh. Elsewhere you blew my mind.

  God I missed out on all the fun of being dsf. I just faded away like a bad dream.

  I guess I was not important enough to have an judicial committee decision.

  It seems like I missed the party again.

  Cathy
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  Abuse was the only reason I left. Posted on the net in 1996.

  by cat1759 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  jehovah's witness elders .

  abused my 4 year old

  when my son matt was three years old, he was molested by his 26 year old aunt (my sister in law).

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  Rockon, So sad that it is still a trend in the halls. So detrimental to the children and the families involved. Glad you could see the cryings of these children. The heartfelt loss of something so horrid. The devastating effects, the guilt.

  Dannybear, you are right. We all do our best but we all must change in our own time.

  CZAR, You bring up a good point. The guilt of it all. It was devastating. I allowed that guilt to ruin alot of years of my life. The guilt of my child, the guilt of not going to the hall and doing what i had been programed to do. The guilt of my divorce of not being able to save my ex from himself. The guilt of my father dieing, thought it was because I had not gone to the hall but had also posted the story. The guilt just kept compounding.

  You take that guilt you work through and you use it to transform your life to what you feel it should be. It does make it better. You know where you came from and where you do not ever want to be again.

  Thank you all for your posts. They are sincerely appreciated.

  Cathy