"2 completely and utterly different personalities", Yup that's true. Steve Hassan talks about that in Combating Mind Control. BTW-Thats a good read when you have the time.
Isaac Carmignani
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Stay or leave your spouse after leaving JWs - Do you have regrets?
by Awakened at Gilead ini am in a situation that many of you have faced... whether to stay with my spouse or not after having learned the falsehood of the org.. my wife is diehard witness who gets upset whenever i talk about the org negatively.
she is not happy that i am on jwd... in fact the other day she picked up the keyboard and wanted to throw it accros the room or bash me with it when she saw i was on jwd... she is also very upset about me making friends with "apostates" and worldly people, and told me never to bring them to our home!
this concerns me, since i am not going to have any friends in the org, and i need at least a few friendships...she doesn't want me to talk to the friends in the cong about my decision so that i don't share my doubts.
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Reassignment of Bethelites having negative impact on NYC congregations
by truthseeker ini was talking to a friend of mine recently who had some knowledge of the current situation with bethelites being let go.. he said that this is having a negative impact on some congregations in new york city because these bethelites are also serving as elders in their congregations.. when a bethel elder is reassigned, the congregation loses out on the leadership, and in some cases there are not enough brothers taking the lead to keep the congregation running.. as a consequence of this, a few congregations have been disbanded and merged with other nearby congregations.. has anyone heard anything similar to this?.
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truthsetsonefree
As a New Yorker I know this was true while I was in.
Isaac
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Being a Jehovah's Witness Can Make You Fat
by WTWizard inas there has been some talk lately of a crackdown on obesity (in the form of the great boasting session), it might be time for a thread about how being one of jehovah's witlesses can lend one to becoming fat.. first, my personal situation.
when i was in college, i gained the 4x15 pounds that were supposed to be gained in college, and it was only my sophomore semester.
it was legitimately my fault.
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truthsetsonefree
The same reasons WTWizard had were the reason for my weight gain. I lost fortyfive pounds once I quit!
Isaac Carmignani
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The NYC Meetup group
by truthsetsonefree inlast night we met at dave & busters in times square.
i hadn't been around any ex-jws save for this board for almost a year.
it was very refreshing to be with people who i share a common experience with.
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The NYC Meetup group
by truthsetsonefree inlast night we met at dave & busters in times square.
i hadn't been around any ex-jws save for this board for almost a year.
it was very refreshing to be with people who i share a common experience with.
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truthsetsonefree
Yeah I thought kissing my girlfriend would get me in "the back room".
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The NYC Meetup group
by truthsetsonefree inlast night we met at dave & busters in times square.
i hadn't been around any ex-jws save for this board for almost a year.
it was very refreshing to be with people who i share a common experience with.
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truthsetsonefree
Last night we met at Dave & Busters in Times Square. I hadn't been around any ex-JWs save for this board for almost a year. It was very refreshing to be with people who I share a common experience with. I only knew one other person there. Yet I felt like I was among old friends in literally minutes. Further I brought my girlfriend along who has never been a JW. I was a little apprehensive about doing this. I have discussed the JWs with her extensively though and she benefited so much from the event and was able to relate. One non-JW spouse was also there which made my girl feel at ease. So for those of you trying to cope with exiting this cultish group, meetups like this can be helpful. For those of you near NYC who want to meet us, check us out at http://exjw.meetup.com/333/boards/
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PSA: Crisis of Conscience Available as PDF on Commentary Press Website
by Olin Moyles Ghost inpardon me if this is already well-known.
crisis of conscience and in search of christian freedom are available as pdfs on the commentary press website.
coc costs $7.95 and in search costs $9.95.
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truthsetsonefree
Ray, we LOVE you.
Isaac
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A New "Apostate" Blog
by DT inhttp://apostatewitness.blogspot.com/.
it's mostly a place for random cult related thoughts and links to breaking news.
so far most of my traffic has come from scientology related google searches.
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truthsetsonefree
Lots of info here. I want to link to it on my blog.
Isaac Carmignani
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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!
by sacolton ini love everyone!
have a great day!.
one watchtower to rule them all,.
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truthsetsonefree
Happy Valentine's everyone. It is so nice to have regular days where we stop and think about and express love to those that we care about. Its so good not being a dub!
Isaac Carmignani
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truthsetsonefree
Not even sure how she came to that conclusion since we hadn't spoken for so long. I'd love to say that it's the cult that is controlling their minds, but honestly, I think there are people in this org. that get a rise off of making themselves better than others. These "friends" were horrible friends when I was in the truth and my attempts at "forgiving others freely and forgetting" clouded that very obvious fact.
The more time goes past the more I am coming to believe that this is true.
I would love to just go up to them and greet them. But having been close to so many it hurts too much. Maybe I will get over this.
Isaac