Posts by freemindfade

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Word spreading back home

by BeautifulMind in

you all know how much jws loooove to gossip.

so...i just finished a email conversation with one of my self-righteous, super jw relatives back home.

let me preface this conversation by saying this relative is someone i don't communicate with, at all.

Gossip spread so fast, across the whole country. I had a conversation with a few family members, and the whole rest of my large family quickly disappeared off all social media, and ceased speaking to me.

And when they dig and pry about who told you this and that. Or what you believe, or why you don't go to meetings anymore, just remember you are out of that shit now and its none of their business. You don't owe anyone any explanation. All I will say is its personal, I am happier and healthier than ever, the end. Don't play their games anymore.

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This thread is for proof that God exists

by juandefiero in

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friends

however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?

if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.

(1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.

freemindfade

quick question... do you also believe in faith healers and spirit mediums/fortune tellers??? Just curious for my own wonderment

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A list of top You tubers out there worth visiting, please add yours.

by pleaseresearch in

i'm an unbelieving but baptised jw.

i woke up to ttatt around 4 years ago.

i haven't been regular to meetings for nearly 10 years.

freemindfade

DarkMatter2525

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This Thursday they are going to announce my disfellowshipping and I don't give a $%^&

by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

hubby is on my team.

i know i'm going to be way happier.

i might even meet up with the apostafest in colorado with you guys.

freemindfade

Veuve clicquot, excellent choice!

congrats on your soon to be freedom from baggage!

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am i overreacting?

by freeandcontent in

hi, new here but have been lurking for a while.

some background first, i am from the uk, 3rd gen born in, dad, grandad elders etc.

17 years ago i left, no df or da just left, 18 years old and alone but i did it and have had no regrets.

freemindfade

Welcome

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Fleecing the Flock

by Coded Logic in

at the last assembly i attended in 2005 the cost was $11,000 per day in yuba city (just over two hours away from our circuit).

this always seemed a bit high for a facility that was built on donated land and whose construction loan had been paid off for 20 years.. i just looked up the cost to rent the redding civic center, which is just as nice if not nicer and a whole lot closer for our circuit, and it only costs $2,500 a day plus $250 for consumables (parking included).

if it would save the brother's and sister's $8,250 a day and they could have the assembly locally why wouldn't they do it?.

freemindfade

Damn dude. I got baptized in yuba city assembly hall lol. I remember staying in that shithole town. It had like the highest crime rate (per capita) in America. Havent been there since the 90's. I remember when I was super young going going to the redding convention center, that was in the 80's.

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More proof the Bible is bunk.

by Crazyguy in

we all know about the story of the tower of babel where by god confused the languages to make men spread out and stop building the tower.

well when one studies the languages of the near east he will find that all the languages we're from one common language akkadian.

all semedic and even sanskrit can be traced back to akkadian.

freemindfade

And these are the things that woke me the hell up way back when

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Proof of any Dragons

by pleaseresearch in

does anybody have any proof of the existence of dragons?.

we read in revelation about satan being the dragon, but aren't dragons mythological creatures?.

freemindfade

None made it on to the ark... so... they aren't around anymore. Think about it, all that wood, last thing you want is some fire breathing, flying lizard on there...

plus this

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Only a few days ago I was entirely lost and without hope the rug was pulled out from under me

by elderess in

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friends

only a few days ago i was walking around the house in a mindless wander thinking if i needed to seek professional help.

then i got the courage to seek the comfort of complete strangers on the internet and found a world of support here on this website.

thank you simon and whoever else has made this website possible.

freemindfade

We stayed up the whole night talking about everything. Sleep was not necessary because our bodies are running on emotion and joy and hope and peace.

This is so awesome! I am very happy you two can face all this together and not divided.

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JWs Do Not Know How To Think

by xjwsrock in

i recall a conversation i had after an international convention.

it was recently in the united states.

the one where they played the jesus drama and all that.

freemindfade

Know one likes to feel embarrassed. JWs keep members working away because they are so embarrassed to feel weak or doubtful or like they are "bad". It can work the other way too though. I started to feel embarrassed by the things I niavely accepted as a jw. Believing in Noah's flood became too embarrassing to admit to believing when I know for a fact its about as real as star wars. So it's good to throw these things out there. Once people start to breakthrough the fear emotion and dig you can learn to think for yourself again.