I am myself average. I'm not thin by any means but I am not overweight either. If I see someone that is very very heavy where they struggle to do basic things, I feel very bad for them. I know that they are using food to cope with much more serious problems.
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Do you think that most "thin"people have hatred towards "heavy" people?
by booker-t ini know this might sound abit "paranoid" but as i mentioned on other posts before i am a "heavy" person who is losing weight.
so far i have lost 65 pounds and i am still losing through a "strict"diet and exercise.
i was at a restaurant the other day and there were 4 "thin" people sitting at a table across from a "very heavy overweight" man.
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DO SOMETHING
by ArtfulDodger ini see this site gets thousands of postings every day .. from literally thousands of members, mostly ex-dubs, from all over the world.. rather than simply go on moaning and whinging about the big nasty org why don't you all put your efforts into something positive ... do something.. ok - the org is evil .. but it exists ... and simply whining on about it doesn't change that.
with your efforts directed at something positive, you could do wonders for .
.for anything you choose.. hundreds of real charities could do with your support - to help the really needy .
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FreeFromWTBS
Many here do many charitable things. With that said. Everyone who leaves the organization or is trying to leave must go through the the process of recovery. Once recovered they stay to support those who are in the process they successfully finished. This model works with many organizations. I know alcohalic who haven't had a drink in decades but return to the meetings week after week to support those who are in the process they have already gotten through.
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How do JW know they have the Truth?
by Noggin inbreif background: i am an ex mormon.
that church preaches that through powerful feelings sent by god, one can know the truth of the book of mormon.
highly reliable, right?
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I asked this of my husband and he returned it with the question well i guess it is if you believe they have the holy spirit. I can say I do not believe as a group they have the holy spirit.
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Email from "Bill"
by BritBoy ingot an email from bill [[email protected]] with a word docement attached (32 pages long) warning me of the physical distruction of brooklyn bethel in 40 days time...
huh??.
here is an excert:.
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FreeFromWTBS
I don't think they are planning the attack, they are just interpretating the Watchtowers destruction. I see it no different then a JW interpreting the destruction of all worldly people. The death prediction they have are only a drop in the bucket compared to the number the WTBS is predicting will fall.
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Do current JW members frequent this room?
by Rooster in.
i thought they taught that the internet is bad... a product from the devil.. association with worldlies.. maybe even so called apostates.
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FreeFromWTBS
Learn to Swim,
You should read Br Russell's volumnes. You sound like you agree with the Bible Students view on many things and they are free from the corruption that occured after Rutherford took over.
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FreeFromWTBS
It was a horribly dumb decision. I was a happy and stable person who became a suicidal mess. I am thankful I am just alive. I also use to trust people. My family, my husband. I now trust no one now. I know that most people only like you if you are doing what they want.
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Anyone know about 'cutting'?
by love2Bworldly ini am researching cutting and self-mutilation because i have a close family member who is doing this--she burned her arm last week and it's bad.
i was wondering--i found an article on the internet that talks about support for the person and how some people get relief by using other methods like icing the skin with ice cubs or flicking themselves with rubber bands.. this person is in therapy and in the care of a psyciatrist too but i just wondered how common this is.
her diagnosis isn't even for sure--could be adhd or depression.. any comments on experience with this would be helpful.
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FreeFromWTBS
Lifes Emotions become so overwhelming and feelings so difficult to deal with, a person will hurt themselves to have a feeling they can control. The persons probably also has many rapid painful thoughts that they can't control and the pain of hurting themselves gives them this brief sense of focus. The best thing you can do is love, love, love and let them know above anything else they must focus on their disorder first and if others don't understand that then they weren't worth having in your life in the first place. If they are JW's remind them over and over again, each person is different and they can only do what they can do. The Watchtower led me down a very dangerous road that involved cutting among numerous mental disorders. I wasn't trying to kill myself with the cutting just to have some control over something. Sadly I was perfectly fine before ever getting involved with Witnesses
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Watchtower comments that were extremely lame!!!!!
by free2beme ini always remember a point to the watchtower study, was that your comments should be about something that meant something to you or something you learned from the experience.
well, did anyone have a brother or sister in the congregation who did this .... "i would like to define the meaning to the most simplest word in this paragraph, to see if i can seem smart for knowing how to use a dictionary?".
... when i say simple word, i mean people defining "honor" or maybe something like "knowledge" or any other word a person with an education beyond the forth grade would know without the look-up.
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FreeFromWTBS
My first complaint about the WTBS was the pick the answer out of the paragraph meeting form. The few times people made comments from their brain they were awful
1)One women shouted that all the gays should have to apologize
2)Another man started swearing in his answer about the government
3)Another said that helping someone in need was like pushing the ocean with a broom
4)Another women was talking about a householder she studied with that accepted and believed all the literature but was afraid to leave her house. The women studying with her said too bad that is just not enough.
I could go on and on. I was shocked at the comments JW's would made.
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WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE NOW?
by bubble ini've been disfellowshipped for 4 years now (for loose conduct - lol) .
what i want to know is, what am i supposed to believe now?
i was brought up a jw but i know that so many of their teachings and doctrines are completely false.
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FreeFromWTBS
Don't rush anywhere. Based on what you say you know you believe, I would say take some time. Read the bible, do some research. Once you have a framework and then want fellowship find a place where you can hold the beliefs you have. Or if you want to go somewhere right away hold everything to question. I find that of the Christians I have met, the truly serious ones have been through a couple groups before they found a home and the home has not all been the same place.
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C.T. Russell's name in Adventist paper -1872
by stev inthe following notice appeared in the advent christian times, may 20, 1872, page 24. .
to correspondents .
russell, jr .
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FreeFromWTBS
Russell was never opposed to reading literature outside of his own. He actually encourage over and over again for people to do their own research. The crackdown on reading outside literature came from Rutherford. Russell had a short list of required beliefs for someone to be considered a brother in Christ. The article was called Things more or less important. Fascinating enough since Salvation for All was one of requirements, Russell would not have associated with JW's spiritually if he were alive today according to their beliefs.