I remember reading sh-tuff like this all the time. I wondered what it would feel like to feel depressed because I thought if I get any happier, I am gonna have to kill myself!
And no ... you can't get a refund ... not even a crummy t-shirt.
Wild_Thing
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Did I Miss Something?
by MerryMagdalene inare there any of you who actually experienced this?
(from awake 5/22/94 young people ask--what if i fall for an unbeliever?).
think of how much your religious values have shaped your emotionsthe joy you experience at christian meetings, the thrill of sharing the bibles message with a receptive person, the pleasure of studying the bible itself.
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Wild_Thing
I think it's a tad strange that they are standing in a circle above a black chasm. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to have angels surrounding a pool of light? Another sign of the bizarre thinking at HQ.
Actually, if you look closer, they are standing in a circle looking down on Earth ...
and pointing ... and laughing ... bastards
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Well ain't She?
Yes, I am!
- rhetorical, my ass
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News flash for Watch Tower!
by Quotes in(since i suspect i am being watched to ensure my compliance to the terms of the settlement agreement, i thought i would take advantage of the captive audience) .
hey!
watch tower!
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Can't wait for the new light WT. Free toilet paper.
You can't use the WT for toilet paper. It's too full of sh*t already!
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Strange Song about JW's
by drew sagan ini remember a friend telling me about this song around 8 years ago.
it was right when i first got involved in the jw's.
it's a pretty strange song, one that was obviously written by someone that didn't know much about jehovah's witnesses.
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Did anybody else think immediately of singing this to the tune of the Monkees song?
Here they come ...
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Hello Everyone
by FallenOne inlong time lerker, first time poster here :d for years i have been dissolutioned with being a jw.
i stopped going 2 years ago.
i got married to my wonder jw wife 1 year ago.
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Wild_Thing
I think that was a great letter to write your wife!I absolutely hate it when JWs say that "it is the closest to the truth that is out there" or they say "if we leave, where else is there to go?" Like you said, it is a cult and those phrases seem to be somehow implanted in our brain at some point.
Since your wife is open-minded and seems to want to do research, I would encourage her to research the basic history of the watchtower society. How did it begin? Where did Russel recieve his influences? What exactly was the "great apostacy" that happened after Russel died?
If she does her own research, she will find that the witnesses today are so far removed from what the religion once was. The question she will inevitably be searching for is ... when exactly did it become "the truth"? I think it is especially important to do this research if you were raised in the organization. You don't know where you're going unless you know where you've been.
What was especially helpful to me was when I researched the off-shoots of Watchtower society. Believe or not, several of these groups have excellent resources online to research the Watchtower's history. If you haven't been to these already, here are a few you can give her:
http://www.biblestudents.net/history/
http://www.strictlygenteel.co.uk/ (This one is JW friendly ... it may be better received as a webpage okay to visit).
Good luck!
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Where is true religion?
by snarf incan anyone tell me of a religious organization that preaches truth?
or are all organizations full of lies and man made beliefs?
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Wild_Thing
"True Religion" is an oxymoron.
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Wicked hard online game, only four short levels but really really hard!
by mkr32208 inthis game is super hard to beat it's only four levels but it's like monster hard!.
anyone gets to level four let me know!.
click here http://www.winterrowd.com/maze.swf.
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not funny
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the worst stepdad-husband...who is a
by *Heather* ind****, january 21, 2006. .
just so you know, living with you for 8 12 years was like living in hell.
remember when you used to ask me who paid the bills, and i said mom?
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Wild_Thing
Wow! You do sound angry! It is good to vent though. He sounds like a pretty typical JW man to me ... not that I am bitter or anything either!
He sounds like he took lessons from my dad. My dad was a complete asshole, and an elder, too. Wait ... that was redundant.
Anyway ... welcome to the Bitter Daughters Club!
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Do you still see Doom and Gloom all around you like JW's do?
by JH inwe all know that the jw's think that the end is so close.. in a way, i'm still programmed that way.
i like reading news from all around the world, and you can find bad news all around the world.
example: bird flu, iran nuclear problem, terrorism, and so on.... i'm just wondering if other x witnesses here still are doom and gloom people, thinking that we are on the edge of some world catastrophy?
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Actually, since I left, I have realized that the world it not such a bad, scary place. I think there are more good people in the world than bad people. I think the media does a great job of sensationalizing everything that it feeds the fear that JWs thrive on. If I didn't know any better, I would think the JWs were paying the media to do it!
Yes, there are evil things that happen in the world, but all of these of things only happen because people make bad choices. It doesn't mean it is the end of the world.
With that being said, whenever there is a disaster on a large scale ... i.e. WTC disaster, tsunami disaster ... that old JW programming comes out of ... I don't know where ... and it takes me a minute (sometimes longer) to bring myself back to reality.