AudeSapere

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  new member

  by chase in

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  2. friends

  so is everyone here a jaded ex or is it a mixed crowd?

  i am da.

  with an overzelous mom.

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  AudeSapere

  Chase wrote: so is everyone here a jaded ex or is it a mixed crowd?

  It's a very mixed crowd. Some disgruntled. Some Disfellowshipped. Some Disassociated. Some currently active (even elders~!) - but no longer believe the org is 'Jehovah's sole channel of communication'. Some are still pretty die-hard (apologetics). Some are dating a witness. Some are just here because they like us.

  Welcome to our little corner of cyber-space. It really is a good place to be. Most will identify with your JW 'issues'. Some will challenge you, but that's OK, too.

  Nice to have you join us.

  -Aude Sapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding)

  PS: For some reason, the 'ReplyBox' was not visible for me in IE. For other reading this who want to comment, there is a 'PostReply' button at the top of the screen (near where you can choose a NewTopic) and on the same line where it says 'ActiveTopics'.
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  What Would You Like To Ask Any Poster Here?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'd like to ask undercover why he has so many responses that are similar to what i think?.

  finally free, are you really as cranky as you seem?.

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  Mary wrote: Crumpet married another former poster, Coolhandluke, last year I think and made the move from Britian to the States. She's got pictures of them on her Facebook account.

  Seriously???

  That would have been BIG news~!! I've been thinking of her and hoping she is happy. Looks she very well may be~!!

  -Aude.
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  Has anyone WROTE A LETTER to the org?

  by frigginconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was wondering how many out there have written the society and got a responce.

  im thinking of writing but i dont wanna waste my time if they wont take me seriously.

  i intend to challenge many different things they say and do.

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  AudeSapere

  I personally have not but I think that often their response comes to you via the local elder body.

  -Aude.
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  Toxic Relationships

  by serenitynow! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have had it with my mother.

  i've spoken on the board before about her.

  she is fanatically religious, often keeps me on the phone for hours while she talks endlessly about the bible.

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  AudeSapere

  I told my mom not to call me if she was going to count the call as service time.

  Haven't heard from her in five years.

  -Aude.
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  Heeeers Johnny ! ...Johnny The mystery Bethelite returns and answers many questions. .

  by koolaid-man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  click link to original thread..... then click page 34 http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/204106/1/active-bethelite-calls-into-six-screens-conference-call-and-exposes-the-evils-of-the-watchtower.

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  AudeSapere

  Sounds like some of the multiple-alias personalities we've had here on JWD/JWN.
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  Is that podium thing unique to JW's? Do they build them?

  by InterestedOne in

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  i was wondering about that half-table/half-podium thing that jw's use on the platform.

  is that unique to jw's & do they build them, like shakers had their own furniture?.

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  AudeSapere

  Who is the witness-run podium company in the UK & in the US? Who is the witness-run sound company?

  And the carpet company.

  And the chair company.

  And the janitorial supply company.
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  PBS SUBJECT SETH THOMAS DIES AT 30

  by Gayle in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  at least with the wts changing their ridiculous doctrine of "no organ transplants" policy, seth thomas was given a chance for additional life, wife and child.

  there were at least 15 years with the wts ban on organ transplants.

  how many died or had long-term unnecessary sufferings?

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  AudeSapere

  Thanks for posting the update.

  I actually wondered how he was faring.

  -Aude.
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  Seeker4 Here - Anyone on Who Remembers Me From H20 & JWD?

  by Seeker4 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  seeker4 - robert smith from vermont.

  former jw, elder, pioneer, etc.

  i've got a few thousand posts on these sites, but haven't posted for a year or two.

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  AudeSapere

  I remember and noticed that you hadn't been around for a while.

  Nice to see you again.

  -Aude.
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  when you were in, could you imagine yourself in the new system?

  by breathing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never could, like some others described, i could never ever see myself there, i just couldnt imagine it at all,.

  i wonder if that was a sign that deep down i didnt believe it?.

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  AudeSapere

  I could imagine it, but any questions I had were answered with: "Just worry about getting there. We'll learn the specifics afterwards."

  Here are some old posts with fantasy (??) answers to "What would it *really* be like in the New System?":

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/58476/1/To-Live-1-000-Years-in-JW-Paradise

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/186527/1/The-Diary-of-an-Armageddon-Survivor

  Contrasted with what active JWs are likely to fantasize about:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/105335/1/The-Days-After-Armageddon-Future-Fantasy-written-by-JWs

  -Aude.
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  Hey,Its almost 10 am,on a Sunday!!!

  by aquagirl in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how come you all are not on the way to or at a meeting?lol.so what are you all doing instead?im lying in gthe sun on my couch,w/a cup of coffee,surrounded by cats and guitars and plants.the house is empty,and im listening to the icicles melt..bliss......

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  AudeSapere

  sitting on gym toilet

  tmi but thanks for sharing

  It's 10:40am. I've been up for about 2 hours. Had a cup of coffee and slice of banana bread on my patio and watched the golfers play. Classic 70's music playing in the background. 65 nice degrees and sunny. Should reach 72 today.

  Now about to get ready to meet some friends for Sushi lunch up the coast toward SantaBarbara to celebrate someone's birthday. Just a few of us long-term friends. One of whom is also an ex-jw from my former cong.

  Life is sweet. And I LOVE my Sundays now.

  -Aude.