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  Interview with an apostate: Confused and Alone

  by confusedandalone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  tell us a little about yourself and your family.. i am 36 years old and married with 2 children under the age of ten.

  i am waiting for my letter of da situation to be completed.

  my wife is also done with the watchtower organization and plans to make things official on the 3 rd of january.. are your parents / family jws?.

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  arwen

  Thanks for sharing.. I hope your parents ease up on you.. and that your sister gets herself out of the borg...
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  Toronto, Ontario - EX-JW Meetup Dec 7th, contact me for details...

  by slimk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.meetup.com/oexjws/events/153409812/.

  all the details can be found at our meetup page, or pm me directly.

  usually around 6-10 people show up and it's a great time, hopefully some lurkers will show interest!.

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  Wish I could be there.. met some great people now living in ontario.. Kwintestel..., Tall Penguin, say hi if they are there..
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  Could we quantify how many posters their are from different nations ? Would you like to know ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  maybe its just me , i`m just curious as to how many people on this site are from australia as i am .

  how many from germany , italy , zambia , etc.

  etc.. do two or three "countries " seem to dominate the threads ?

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  arwen

  Canada..but in the US for the winter.. whoohoo
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  My granny died.

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last week friday i was delayed in going to work, for which i am glad.

  it was an opportunity for me to help my gran one last time.

  she thanked me, told me she loved me and that i would be very blessed.

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  So sorry for your loss.. Hugs... x0
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  Are you the huggy sort?

  by Ucantnome in

  1. social
  2. physical

  i don't really do hugs and kisses.

  my wife went to hug me this morning and i instinctively backed away.

  we laughed.

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  I am a hugger... My mom was very affectionate and we always hugged and kissed. my sisters are also huggers so we hug and kiss.. fortunately, my husband is also a hugger so we always hug hello and goodbye..Three out of four of my kids like hugs.. I love it.. . I think we all need to be hugged.
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  I'm Perfect, You're Doomed - a review

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "i'm perfect, you're doomed" by kyria abrahams, 2009, touchstone.. if you want a way to get people out of that horrible cult, easily, quickly and expeditiously, then here is how to do that.. i can say with a vote of confidence that anyone who reads this book will never and i mean never become a dub.

  dubs who read it (assuming they have at least one or two brain cells left) will run from their religion like flies on shit when you pour bleach on it and blow it up with dynamite.. toss away crisis of conscience, apocalypse delayed, 30 years a watchtower slave and all those other very nice books and read this one.

  i read those and all the other ones.

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  Bought the book a while back.. loved it and I think she really had been through it all.. Gave it to my adult kids to read..
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  Please Share one of your Favourite Quotations

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have you ever come across words that resonate with you?

  it doesn't have to be a great gem of wisdom, just something that is meaningful to you.. please share, and if you want to, tell us why it's meaningful to you.. here is something that made me nod when i first read it.... .

  "fortunate are those who have learned to see, in the wild things of nature, something to be loved, something to be wondered at, something to be reverenced, for they have found the key to a never-failing source of recreation and refreshment".

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  Blessed are those who can take without forgetting and give without remembering..for it is when we give of ourselves that we truely love.
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  Dysfunctional witness families

  by concerned2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  being raised as a jw i feel dirty even posting here.

  my life growing up was one filled with fear.

  armageddon was preached to us day/night.

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  Welcome to the board Concerned 2. I am so glad you joined.. you will find a lot of encouragement and support here.. We have all been in the same boat. Some more than others with dysfunction!! There are truly good people here.... x0
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  Intro - First time Post- Ventilation (it's a good read actually)

  by BLWashington in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  currently from houston, tx, but spent most of my life in chicago.

  i've never had an opportunity to just get this out... so i apologize for the long-windedness in advance... .

  i spent the first 17 years of my life in a jw home, then the real world caught up to me.

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  arwen

  Welcome and thank you for sharing. You are among friends here who have been through some of the same things as you have. I hope you will stick around.
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  Do You Care About "The Royal Baby"?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i don't get it.

  (and i don't care about america's "royalty" either)..

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  arwen

  Prince George Alexander Louis