Topics Started by Chimene

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How American are you Quiz
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
take the quiz

you are 66% americanmost times you are proud to be an american.. though sometimes the good ole us of a makes you cringe.

still, you know there's no place better suited to be your home.. you love your freedom and no one's going to take it away from you!
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WHY I Keep Kicking when down....
by Sparkplug in
1. jw
2. friends
you get a letter like this and it makes it all better:

(from my daughter)

its all too hard to explain, .
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How did you treat your worldly relatives when you were a JW
by TallTexan in
1. jw
2. friends
i had an interesting conversation the other day with a friend who is also an ex-jw.

this person is older than i am, and was a jw for a number of decades.

she was talking about worldly relatives that she basically ignored when she was a jw.
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Manhunt for alleged JW Abuser Continues USA
by Gordy in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
http://http://silentlambs.org/mcclean.htm

http://http://www.silentlambs.org/newsletter/newsletteritem.cfm?sendoutid=388

http://http://www.silentlambs.org/education/usapositiononabuse.cfm
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HOW MANY ARE REALLY TRUE TO ORGANIZATION TEACHINGS???
by chuckyy in
1. jw
2. experiences
my experience since leaving the jw's, knowing certain ones who still have contact, is that many jw's in good standing have done, or are doing things that could merit expulsion.

celebrating new year.

agreeing to blood transfusion.
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Leaving without the internet.
by unique1 in
1. jw
2. experiences
my husband mentioned to me this morning that he was glad i had this resource and some support to help me through this.

he also made the comment: can you imagine trying to leave without the internet?

that got me thinking, it is hard now, how much harder was it back then, before the internet.
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Do YOU Consider Yourself An Apostate?
by Golf in
1. jw
2. friends
i find this labeling insulting and misdirected.

i have been lied, deceived/tricked by a group of men posing as god's direct channel of communication.

when a group of men heightens the expectations of a world change to happen in 1975 (armageddon) to its' adherents and nothing occurs and then blame their adherents for thinking such thoughts, this is outright deception.
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JWs are also in the dark regarding the true meaning of Sheol/Hades.
by Schizm in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower society explains "hades" as being "the common grave of mankind".

christendom's understanding of "hades" is, for the most part, quite different than that of the watchtower society.

the one similarity between the two beliefs is that in both cases "hades" is considered to be a literal place.. the truth of the matter is that neither the watchtower society or christendom has a correct understanding of the terms "hades".
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Women, girls, ladies -- 5 biggest "turn on's" / "turn off's"
by logansrun in
1. social
2. relationships
ladies,.

in preperation for a class i'll be taking starting next month entitled "history of love, sex and marriage" i would like to probe your heart's desire to find out the 5 biggest turn on's and 5 biggest turn off's you find in men.

and well, hell, i also would just like to add to my general knowledge.
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Have you a POSITIVE JW experience??
by ScoobySnax in
1. jw
2. friends
ok sometimes i feel it's good to maybe not redress the balance, but at least can you say something positive that you gained from your jw experience.

so thats what i want you to do, if you so feel inclined.

can you say or mention something that had a positive effect on you when you were a witness?