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  No one who leaves "the truth" is ever happy?

  by El_Guapo in

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  for years, i was told this..... " anyone who leaves the org is bitter, sad, and worse off, why do you think they come back???

  guess what guys i am the opposite, now i quit cold-turkey (looking back, i should have faded correctly) i am planning on going to the memorial this month just to hear all "the friends" tell me how much they missed me.

  since i have left the meetings, (jan. was my last meeting, i think).

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  dinah

  Fiddler, I jump for joy when I see someone figure it out whilst in their teens or 20's.
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  No one who leaves "the truth" is ever happy?

  by El_Guapo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for years, i was told this..... " anyone who leaves the org is bitter, sad, and worse off, why do you think they come back???

  guess what guys i am the opposite, now i quit cold-turkey (looking back, i should have faded correctly) i am planning on going to the memorial this month just to hear all "the friends" tell me how much they missed me.

  since i have left the meetings, (jan. was my last meeting, i think).

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  dinah

  I didn't read the whole thread, but I was MISERABLE, until I figured out I wasn't the one who was defective. There were no forums 25 years ago. If not for these people, I would probably still be kicking my own ass.

  If they drill it into your head that you will be miserable, you will----until you find out they were just bullshittin'
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  I Got disfellowshiped..wana die!

  by Chichi89 in

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  i jus got dissfellowshiped at th last week..i feel like dying..i attended th meetings yesterday and ita ws jus horrible..came back home in tears....... people i used to cal my friends nw cant look me in the eye..so heartbroken confused and giving up on life !.

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  ChiChi, I got df'd when I was 18. I felt like NO one on earth loved me. Looking back, it's the best thing that ever happened to me. I was born in to the religion. I spent 15 years feeling like I was bad. THEN, I found this place and had a re-think about the Witnesses. It helped me to see other people actually vocalizing the exact things that I was thinking what bothered me about the organization. The hardest part is losing your belief system. But even that part gets better.
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  Being an Orphan Hurts No Matter What Age

  by WhoLovesMagic in

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  what kind of parents forget the day you were born?

  jehovah's witness(es)!!!.

  yes today is my 3rd birthday (only started celebrating 3 years ago).

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  Happy Birthday!

  The best advice I've seen is to celebrate with your friends and make new memories.

  I'll be 45 next month..................I LOVE your statement about this one being your 3rd birthday! If we count then from the time we escaped the WT, I'm only in my early 20's.

  Woot!!!!
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  Will you attend the Memorial this year? Why? Why not?

  by Open mind in

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  No. Why get dressed and go somewhere to get those "poor pitiful lost soul" looks from people who are more lost than I am.
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  Should you pay the Obamacare penalty or buy health insurance in 2014?

  by moshe in

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  i am already reading that some plan to drop their medical insurance coverage on january 1st and just pay the penalty-.

  an individual with $30,000 annual income would pay a $300 penalty in 2014, $600 in 2015 and $750 in 2016.. an individual with $50,000 annual income would pay a $500 penalty in 2014, $1,000 in 2015 and $1,250 in 2016.. an individual earning $100,000 a year would pay a $1,000 penalty in 2014, $2,000 in 2015 and $2,500 in 2016.. here is your insurance subsidy calculator-.

  http://healthreform.kff.org/subsidycalculator.aspx#incomeagetables.

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  Cobra is a JOKE! We were going to pay $900 a month in case we got sick? We need single payer but we will never get that because Insurance rules the world in America. Talk about death panels.............they've had them for years.
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  Living Forever on a Paradise Earth?

  by return of parakeet in

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  think about the dub concept of living as a human being forever on this earth.

  it sounds inviting at first blush, but if you think about eternity, what would you do to fill the endless time?.

  eventually, you would learn everything, experience everything, understand everything, grow tired of everything.

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  Do I have to live forever with Witness rules? No thanks. An eternity with Jehovah's Witnesses would be HELL on earth.
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  Help with part on service meeting.

  by msconcerned in

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  hello all i have the part in the yearbook and cannot find anything on the "smear campaign" and "media attack" on the witnesses in norway.

  any ideas?

  i have googled all kinds of inquiries and came up with nothin..

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  Tell them about Malawi.
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  Talking cats

  by Satanus in

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  researchers have found that margay cats in south america mimic the sounds of their prey, in this case, baby monkeys, to attract monkeys.

  this indicates intelligence and learning ability.

  its far more advanced that how the wt portrays animals; ruled by divinely endowed animal instincts.

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  I've had several cats to say "Mama" to me.
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  Getting my first tattoo

  by akafreelife in

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  well on wednesday i am going to be getting my first tattoo.

  i have had this particular piece of art that i have wanted for years but was too afraid to put it to skin as it will require a great amount of detail.

  but i finally decided to go for it.

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  dinah

  I love A7X.