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  my story

  by bigdreaux in

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  2. friends

  well, i guess it's time for me to write the story of how i ended up here.. i was born in 1976 in new orleans.

  i was raised in the organazation.

  i never knew any different.

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  when did you get the idea to mix flying with cocaine. That's the real crossroads in this stoy!
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  A bitter experience with my JW sister

  by dawn48 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi, this is very long, sorry, but i need to talk to someone about how i feel.. i'm not a jw although for a short time i studied with them back in 1984 along with my younger sister.

  my sister became a jw in 1984 and about that very same time i accepted jesus christ as my savior, but did not become a jw as i disagreed with some of their teachings.

  i did and still do attend the church of god.she has four children.

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  Sounds like you've been unofficially disfellowshipped, along with your son. I say, disfellowship them right back. Serves them right.
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  Anyone going to the Burning man fest this year?

  by avishai in

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  Got my ticket... Going!
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  I think I owe the board an apology

  by LaniB in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes it's past midnight and i'm getting melancholy and starting to rehash my life of late.

  melancholy yes, but i haven't hit the bottle yet so its not alcoholly.

  seriously though, i thought i'd offer an apology.

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  Do what you want! There is no correct way to post. Here's to being self-involved!!!!! It's the only way to be! It's the borg talking when you feel like you are being selfish and that that is a bad thing.
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  We are we almost all black now? Especially CO's.

  by coaster in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for the past couple of years at my district conventions, i have been unable to actually listen to most of it, so my mind is in many places.

  one such place was to count people in several of the other sections as to blacks and whites.

  section 132..42 white and 137 black, section 133..36 white and 144 black, and so on.

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  Cults with snappy answers are particularly appealing to low socio economic classes. So, it makes sense that there would be growth in the amount of blacks in the borg. Unfortunately for them, they are traditionally less educated and therefore more suceptible? than those of other more educated classes. If you have the opportuinity to talk to many black witnesses like I do living in Long Beach, you will find that they are typically especially blinded and taken in by WT rhetoric. They just don't have the critical thinking skills to combat the rhetoric. This is why there is more growth in Spanish congregations as well. the blacks that I have talked to have little knowledge about the borg and its history and seem to be acting on emotion more than intelectual ability. They speak of the WT in the same manner that so many gospel church members speak of their churches. Lots of "Amen, bro, this is the truth!" not so much any ability to analyze?. I actually met a black brother who came to my door who had a masters degree but still exhibited the same low socio economic ignorance and lack of critical thinking skills. This person apparently left his heart in the ghetto when he went to school so when he got out he fell right back into a ghetto religion. Sad. That's my two cents.
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  my mothers conversation with elders

  by DaCheech in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my mom learned the truth 40+ years ago from my uncles and some people in europe.

  she has been going regularly since 1978 or so.. lately she's been going to some meetings only due to health.. yesterday at noon she got a visit from the p.o.

  and he made a "pastoral visit".

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  I'm curious to know if she bought it.
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  Looking for Someone in Califorina

  by AshleyBryant82 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hi, my name is ashley, i'm 24, and currently live in downey, ca.

  i lived in ky my entire life and now live in ca.

  i left the truth when i was 20 and am now going back to the meetings.

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  great post IP whatever. No one can make you happy but you. Well said.
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  jw's bought a restaurant here

  by orbison11 in

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  2. friends

  a jw's couple bought a restaurant , relatively nice one too, here in town.

  so i am doing my part in spreading the good news about how my son, a member of their church, had his assembly here in my town 3 weekends ago and was not allowed to talk to me due to my no longer beign a jw (and my shop is 2 blocks from the arena they had their assembly in).

  i have not spoken with him in 8 years.

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  How about naming the restaurant and its location.
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  BETHELITES - Whatever Became of?

  by Black Man in

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  2. friends

  i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.

  while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).

  a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.

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  OK time to pull out my Bethel names. I'm not recognizing any of the names you all are putting out there, so here's my list:
  
  Joe Neiderhieser
  Matt Oleman
  Chris Doro
  Phillip Hernandez
  Joe and Xiomara Hernandez
  Butch and Sheri Brainard
  Andrew Arthurs
  geez... the names are forgotten... six years there and I can hardly remember anybody!
  Andrew Sciascia
  Philipe Hernandez
  Todd Peckham
  Doug Beane
  Jim Peters
  Jessica Menschel
  Steve Borocco
  Ken Johnson
  I gotta whip out my old phone book, I'm drawing a blank
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  Proof of God's existence

  by Blackboo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from a logical point....i notice that in these threads that there are few here who dont believe in god..but i hate to tell you your dead wrong for having such an ignorant belief like that..instead ya,ll are blaming religion, people, and your personal problems for your lack of faith in god..thats dead wrong.

  the non-believers are not looking at the whole picture..just the present..the things that go on in the world happen for a reason and it doesnt mean god doesnt exist.

  the bible says "the fool has said in his heart god doesnt exist".

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  nvrgnbk! I love it! Perfect! Great honorable mention of Friedman's great work "Who wrote the Bible/" Yeah, this guy reaffirms my non-belief in God. Why don't religious people feel embarrassed at their truly ignorant arguments. Seriously, I've read so many arguments for and against God, and those for God never cease to commit the logical fallacy of "begging the question." I recommend a great book called "Logic and contemporary rhetoric" by Kahane for anyone that's interested. This book is the touchstone of critical thinking - priceless. Consider the possibility that everyone who has ever lived has gotten everything completely wrong. Evolution or not, it doesn't prove that God exists just because evolution is wrong. There's still an infinity of exlanations for our origins aside from evolution and creationism. The great spaghetti monster is one of my favorite explanations.