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  I am still AMAZED at how much I have learned and keep learning

  by megsmomma in

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  this board has helped me so much in clearing my head and becoming myself.

  i feel like i used to be such a shell of a person......and when i would hear the things the wtbts taught....i just numbly took it in and didn't really even really "hear" what they said.

  then, i was so well "trained" to respond to questions from people that i could give the "right" answers to questions from studies....."wait on jehovah...." being a common one.. after i left years ago...i still wasn't free from the teachings.

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  It took me a couple of years after I left to start looking on the (satans) internet.
  
  I'm so glad I did - I have learnt so much and I know for a fact that the JW's are not what they think they are. They are not gods people.
  
  This is a great site, sometimes I'm on it every night, sometimes less so, but I always check to see if I have a PM from anyone and if I do I'm really excited!
  
  Also my wife and I went to the recent Apostacurry in Manchester which was arranged by a wonderful man who posts here under the name "Dansk", and we met some fantastic people.
  
  This site reaches places other sites can't reach!
  
  SAB
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  Coming to terms with.....

  by PaulJ in

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  .....being about to turn 30!

  oh.my.god.i.feel.old..... january the 3rd if you're interested.

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  Seriously life does get better and better with age.
  
  When I was in my 30's I thought I couldn't feel better.
  
  Now in my mid 40's. remarried, out of the Org, travelling round the world seeing wonderful places (without feeling guilty about not visiting the local Kingdom Hall!) life really has never ever been so good.
  
  Embrace and enjoy your 30's, but look forward with eager anticipation to your 40'S!!!
  
  SAB
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  whats the action plan for armogedon

  by pippy in

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  just wondering what the dubs will do if they think that armogedon is really starting... will they run for the hills,,, will they tape up their windows and stay inside with their 3 months worth of stored food??

  will the elders one day anounce a secret location for them to all go to immediatly without telling any unbelievers where they are going???

  i am always scared that one day my parents will disappear and i wont know how to rescue them ... though i spose if i was to rescue them , i should be doing it now ,, not sure they would come out happy at the end of the day though, so what do u do!!

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  Same feelings from me too.
  
  It certainly will get better for you.
  
  I sometimes had flashbacks and worries about Armageddon actually being true, but the more I looked into the JW's I realised that I had been totally duped.
  
  Yes, we may all die sometime, but not at the hands of (a 'loving') god.
  
  I'm enjoying my life soooooo much more since I left the Witto's.
  
  SAB
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  JW start out early making you feel guilty

  by MsMcDucket in

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  i remember when they wouldn't give me the kingdom ministry because i wasn't an approved associate/publisher/baptised.

  i started thinking god everybody knows that i am not good enough for jehovah.

  if i had of only known then what i know now, i wouldn't have fell for it.

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  Failing to mark up your Watchtower,
  Failing to do 10 hours field service,
  Failing to have a family sudy,
  Failing to answer up at the meeting,
  
  How do you plead?
  
  GUILTY m'lud!
  
  So glad that all that crap is behind me now.
  SAB
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  How many eJW forums do you belong to ?

  by vitty in

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  i am registered to about maybe 4 but only look at the others quickly, to see whats going on.

  i usually spend my time here.. the big thing i started to notice is that it is always the same dozen or so peeps, i couldnt see the point in going from one forum to the other as they are all talking about the same thing (or poster).

  so if you go regular to other forums how do you keep up with all the in fighting (which really puts me off) and the continual banter between the select few.. what do you get out of other ex jw forums that you dont get from here ?????.

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  I have looked at some others but this one seems to be far and away the best one - and it's British!
  
  This is the only one I post on.
  
  Keep up the good work.
  
  SAB
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  JWs putting literature in electric bills!

  by Dogpatch in

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  this was a riot!

  can you imagine if they did that in the us?.

  http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/1237_november_15_2006/ps_1237.htm.

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  Perhaps the Witto's wanted to put a 'spark' back into the preaching work.
  
  Maybe the publisher did not have enough 'energy'.
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  Feeling bad for doing normal things - SLIGHT ADULT CONTENT

  by jambon1 in

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  i was reading the article in the nov awake about musterbation (not a typo, i just hate that word & have to rephrase it)!!.

  it took me back to the days as a young man who had normal feelings of a sexual nature.

  new in the truth and fighting, with every fibre of my being, (at least in the beginning) against the idea of having a ham shank.

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  ABSOLUTELY!!!!
  
  Wish I'd realised when I was young what I realise now - all I did was try and keep my parents and jehoobah happy. Big mistake.
  
  SAB
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  JW told me today that I was bashing his religion

  by moshe in

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  i used skype to chat with a jw online today.

  he told me that he wouldn't look at the www.silentlambs.org website, because i didn't have the right motive.-ha!

  i was just bashing his religion, he said.

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  wvpeach is just causing trouble again by being contrary methinks.
  
  He/she did similar the other day and really hurt someones feelings, someone who was feeling low and vulnerable.
  
  Come clean peachy - what are your real motives??
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  What does the color of your car say about you?

  by beautifulisfree in

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  http://ptenthusiasts.org/forum/showthread.php?t=55247.

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  Well I've got a black car - aggressive personality - and it's a BMW. Oh dear, no hope for me!
  
  I've just ordered a brand new car and the colour I chose is 'rubino red' a slightly dark metallic red.
  
  Make your own judgements!
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  Got my KN # 37 on Sunday

  by cyberdyne systems 101 in

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  i was doing some work on my car, when this dub turns up to give me the tract.

  he makes his presentation in a way that doesnt promote discussion.

  unfortunately i feel slightly frustrated that i didnt ask him a few questions, ok he wouldnt have listened or would have claimed to go away and research it, but still i felt i missed a golden opportunity to give a 'witness' back.

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  Hi CS101.
  
  Bubble and I haven't had one and hasn't the time run out?
  
  Maybe they don't hink we are even worthy of getting the warning message!
  
  Ah well. not to worry. I think I would have been the same as you - wished you had some good questions at the ready.
  
  Nice to see you at the Apostacurry
  
  All the best
  
  SAB