Joel Wideman

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  Info wanted

  by Lady Lee in

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  what were the reasons you stayed a jw or remain a jw despite knowing something was wrong?.

  what excuses did you give yourself or others for staying?.

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  Joel Wideman

  My biggest excuse was "It's not the organization, it's the people in it"
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  MYTHICAL CREATURES IN ANCIENT TIMES

  by Mary in

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  did dragons and the phoenix really exist or were they just mythical creatures?

  the dragon is of course, mentioned in revelation and is symbolic, but it's mentioned so often in other old writings, that i'm not sure if they just went extinct or what.

  i was reading 1 clements earlier (written around 95 ce) and it specifically mentions the phoenix as living in arabia (below)

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  The Epoch Times | Dragons in the Tibet Sky
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  MYTHICAL CREATURES IN ANCIENT TIMES

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did dragons and the phoenix really exist or were they just mythical creatures?

  the dragon is of course, mentioned in revelation and is symbolic, but it's mentioned so often in other old writings, that i'm not sure if they just went extinct or what.

  i was reading 1 clements earlier (written around 95 ce) and it specifically mentions the phoenix as living in arabia (below)

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  Joel Wideman

  Look below the clouds. See those long mysterious scaly objects appearing to float above the terrain? :D
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  MYTHICAL CREATURES IN ANCIENT TIMES

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did dragons and the phoenix really exist or were they just mythical creatures?

  the dragon is of course, mentioned in revelation and is symbolic, but it's mentioned so often in other old writings, that i'm not sure if they just went extinct or what.

  i was reading 1 clements earlier (written around 95 ce) and it specifically mentions the phoenix as living in arabia (below)

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  Joel Wideman

  Yeah, I screwed up the html. Repeatedly. Should work now.
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  MYTHICAL CREATURES IN ANCIENT TIMES

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did dragons and the phoenix really exist or were they just mythical creatures?

  the dragon is of course, mentioned in revelation and is symbolic, but it's mentioned so often in other old writings, that i'm not sure if they just went extinct or what.

  i was reading 1 clements earlier (written around 95 ce) and it specifically mentions the phoenix as living in arabia (below)

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  Joel Wideman

  No dragons? Then what the Hell is this?
  
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  New employee from old KH

  by ackack in

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  i da'ed myself around 2 months ago.

  got away from my abusive marriage.

  happy to do that.. i get a new job, one my ex doesn't know about (so she can't find me) and i'm happy.

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  Joel Wideman

  Be professional. Otherwise you may open up your company for a lawsuit.
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  WHY DID YOU'S LEAVE THE WTS

  by mormon 4 life in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that's sumthi_k ive alway's wa__ted to _o..............why you left

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  Joel Wideman

  Initially, I couldn't meet the impossibly high standards. Eventually though, I learned that it was all lies. This has left me, like many others, justifiably distrustful of high control groups.
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  They are giving my kids notebooks for the special assembly. Why?

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  now if they were only giving them to my children, i would raise cain, because it is an obvious attempt to imply that they have to provide what i am not.

  it is also an influence ploy, in that by giving them a gift, it obligates them to use the gift.. but they gave them to all the kids and everyone at the book study.

  the sweet part was that i actually showed up.

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  Now THAT is scary.
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  Moral Poverty Costs New Orleans

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  wouldn't it be great if the media went to this guy for quotes, rather than jesse jackson???

  moral poverty cost blacks

  posted: september 21, 2005.

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  Joel Wideman

  The problem was not "moral poverty" of blacks or any other racially defined group. The official NO evacuation plan was "everyone will drive out of here". Since that excluded the poor - white, black, and other - THAT was THE problem.
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  I am not alone!!!!!

  by Krisiva10 in

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  it took me a bit of reading through some posts to realize that this site is exactly what i have been looking for, for such a long time!!

  people to share my blown away realization i experienced after i quit going to the meetings and went against my mother!

  it feels great to see people who have gone through and felt the same as i and who have taken the steps to change their life.

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  Joel Wideman

  Welcome! Please share your story with us. :)