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  this makes me MAD

  by under74 in

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  2. friends

  i came a cross this article....never heard of it before although i know now there was a primetime live that did a story about them.

  it's sick to know.

  i read more and it made me more angry.. and there are people here in the us that say racism isn't the way it was....idiots.. http://abcnews.go.com/primetime/story?id=1231684&page=1.

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  I'm sorry, but I just had to laugh...

  by Ingenuous in

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  2. beliefs

  i was browsing around the jw-media.org site in response to another poster and suddenly found parts of the site funny - sad, but funny.

  baptism.

  this act symbolizes one's dedication to god and is taken by those of responsible age who have made an informed decision...organization.

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  Isolated & disconnected once outside

  by enosant in

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  2. friends

  is this a common issue for exjws?

  or do you find it easy to just get on with it?

  having lost all the jw friends, you find that you can't bring yourself to let others get too close, even pushing them away (old habbit dying hard).

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  Did you read ..........THAT........book...............

  by vitty in

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  .............. coc, of course.

  when you were still in the org, or when you had already left.. i read it when i was still in and it had a profound effect on me.. lets take a poll .

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  What Decisions Did You Make Only Because You Were A Witness?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i believe that most jws are deep down inside angry over the fact that they went along with the status quo and the majority just to be accepted.

  some witnesses would like to have a tattoo, a mustache, a shaved head, a beard, a new red sportscar, etc.

  but they don't because they would be viewed as "immature".

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  Is it possible that a child molester is NOT a pedophile?

  by sir82 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i realize many here have (unfortunately) much more experience with this sort of thing than i do.

  any personal insight, or direction to research material, would be appreciated.. there was a letter to all boes about 8-10 years ago, saying that if an appointed elder had any incidents of child abuse in his history, he had to step forward & admit such, so that his status as an elder could be reviewed.

  none of the elders in this congregation said anything.. it was later (maybe 5 years ago) discovered that one of the elders had sexually abused his daughters some time in the 80's, before his appointment.

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  WELCOME, enosant! And HELLO to all lurkers!

  by OldSoul in

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  2. friends

  well, enosant, you made it here.

  there are many nominal witnesses here, many who have left, many who are leaving and many who've been thrown out.

  admittedly, there is some teeth gnashing going on here, but given that our families have been stripped from us by policies of a multi-billion dollar corporation that operates under the guise of religion i don't think that is an unreasonable reaction.. kick back and enjoy the fresh air.

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  14 years later- still a wreck! What's up with me!

  by doffy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the listener said on an earlier postyou've been out for awhile, perhaps your insight will help some of us who are still in the exiting process.

  which was a lovely thing to say, and made me feel 'valued' (thanks listener!).

  but, you know, 14 years on, and there are times, when i feel like i just left.. i took the children to the pictures yesterday (to see 'wallace & grommit').

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  The story of my life (part 7- Bethel, the end)

  by onacruse in

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  2. friends

  ya know, it's odd how the "big" things just sometimes seem to bounce off your forehead, rather like seeing the trees instead of the forest.

  well, fwiw, that was the state of mind (if you can call it that) i was in, after less than a year at bethel.

  i was reassigned to the night-shift janitorial crew.

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  UK & IRELAND MAP

  by ballistic in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had an idea that i could build a uk map of everyones location which would show you instantly who is in your area from jwd.. (it might be an idea to do a seperate us one aswell but i'll wait and see if this one takes off first, or if anyone from the us wants to volunteer to do that one).

  (and australia but you are all in the same backyard anyway - literally!!!).

  anyway, all you have to do is post or email me your username and town and i will draw you on the map above which will change gradually to include everyone!.

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