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  WHAT DUB THINGS WILL YOU NEVER FORGET?

  by Mary in

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  now as much as no one wants to admit it, we all know that there are things we learned in the borg that we'll never forget even if we live to be a hundred.

  what is something that you know you'll always remember (despite your best efforts to forget!

  for me, it's matthew 24:14 and the names of the three hebrews thrown into the firey furnace (shadrach, meeee-shack and a-bed-we-go)

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  How many here were mistreated by their "elder" fathers?

  by hubert in

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  i am starting to notice some posts about ex-j.w.

  's being mistreated, abused, by their fathers who were elders.. i wonder if this is quite common?.

  hubert

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  WHAT ARE SOME TITLES YOU COULD SEE IN THE WT?

  by stillAwitness in

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  titles you could see in a wt/awake magazine:

  1. candy-can it detract us from true worship?

  2. rape victims-you are now allowed to scream again!

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  Fascinating chat with my neighbor

  by Lady Lee in

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  i had a little chat with a neighbor tonight and somehow we started talking about fanatical religious people.

  she started telling me about a priest she used to know that was fleecing members of the church and got away with a hefty sum of money.

  well isn't this down my alley???.

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  If raised JW - or in while young - how strict were your parents?

  by Jamelle in

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  i'm just curious to know where my parents register on the scale of strictness...

  growing up, i felt absolutely smothered by my parents (mostly my mother).

  the things i couldn't do were above and beyond the limitations put on the other young people in our hall.

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  Hello from Australia...

  by Riverview in

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  just wanted to say hi.... its my 1st time on here...it looks good.. are there many here from aus??.

  i am 37 - male - was a jw all my life until 2 years ago.

  used to pioneer regularly and was a ms. thankfully i questioned everything in the end and found out who god really is and the history of the jw's....my wife and i were shocked after reading coc and c/freedom.

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  Is Jehovah really gods name?

  by dezpbem in

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  in another thread i started someone askedi still believe in jehovah, but now, i'm having doubts about his name???

  is jehovah really god's name?

  if he wanted his name to be known, he's all-powerful, omnipotent... i know that he has the power to make sure that his name is used correctly.

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  What religions did you seek since leaving? Or not?

  by dezpbem in

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  i'm curious how many people on the board have looked into other religions or spirituality groups since they've left the jw.. what have you looked into?

  did you join anything else?

  read up on any others?

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  Embarrased that you were a JW?

  by Lady Lee in

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  2. beliefs

  i have finally started to read captive hearts, captive minds.. they say something that got me to thinking.. i used to feel embarassed to tell non-jws that i was a jw.

  it was one thing to tell people at the doors.

  it was totally another thing to tell other people.

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  A funny way to stop the door knockers!

  by caz in

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  my last 2 posts have been so sad that i thought i would tell you about something that i remembered once when the jw"s came a calling.

  i guess it would have been funny if it wasn't so darn embarassing!

  when i was younger i was trying to 'get fit' and had taken to doing aerobics in my loungeroom.

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