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  Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?

  by gumby in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

  for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

  for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.

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  thecarpenter

  love you mouthy, it's good having a grandma looking over things...
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  Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?

  by gumby in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

  for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

  for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.

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  thecarpenter

  I am reaching a breaking point here with this type of selfish insanity. How much more precious is YOUR family compared to your fellow brothers family gumby, and others [LURKERS IN PARTICULAR]? Or that of the unsuspecting potential "householder with children" that very well will take the "golden carrot of everlasting life"? DO YOU CARE ABOUT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES BROTHER?

  How in the HELL could you condon this organizations death records of young life due to the mangled blood policy by re-ALIGNING YOUR-SELF with Them, again?

  wow, I won't have believed it if I didn't read it myself... someone is seriously misdirected...
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  Guess what... someone hit my parked Mini Cooper AGAIN. :S

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  back in july of 2006 someone hit my parked mini cooper in a parking lot and then tried to say it was my fault... even though i wasn't even in the car.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/116712/1.ashx.

  after laughing at the other driver, their insurance paid for my repairs.

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  thecarpenter

  Sorry to hear that buddy, I had a similar problem with a honda civic hatchback I owned about 12 years ago. Small cars in NYC just seem to get hit a lot or maybe it's that they sustain more damage when they are hit...
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  Are kids getting stupider?

  by roflcopter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now i am just a young guy myself, but do you feel that kids these days are getting stupider?

  i personally feel that kids are getting stupider.. take for instance my exprience today.

  i went to pickup stix and ordered the kung pao chicken.

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  thecarpenter

  well, anony-mouse says it all...
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  My sons went back, one because he believes, one because he's using the org

  by rose petal in

  1. social
  2. family

  hi, bit of a newbie.

  found this site a couple of months ago, wonderful.

  my ex used the borg as a means of control.

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  thecarpenter

  as newboy would say, Ahhh the love...
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  My Journey-1975

  by truthsetsonefree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well, after a hiatus i pick up my story.

  btw-i have been enjoying others who have been writing like "new boy" and "junction guy.

  " between the lurkers who read these stories and our sorting out our thoughts, a lot of good is and will come out of it.

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  thecarpenter

  interesting reading the watchtower 2 step..
  
  it coming...... it's coming a little later
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  I have some very good news...

  by Abandoned in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...but i can't say anything more right now.

  still, it's amazingly, wonderfully, ain't the sky a gorgeous shade of blue today kind of news.

  wish me luck... .

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  Can I cut the little pinky toe? I want to be a doctor and this will be good practice for me.
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  I have some very good news...

  by Abandoned in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...but i can't say anything more right now.

  still, it's amazingly, wonderfully, ain't the sky a gorgeous shade of blue today kind of news.

  wish me luck... .

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  thecarpenter

  please don't tell me you discovered Jesus and are born again....
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  Who on the forum would you like to meet face to face?

  by avidbiblereader in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you had your chance who would you want to meet face to face, talk to them, spend some time picking their brain, have a dinner with, get to know better?.

  i have many but want to hold off for now!!!.

  abr.

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  thecarpenter

  hmmm, if I had to narrow it down to three it would be dogpatch, alan F and any sexy chick....
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  Bobbleheads

  by StillGroggy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone ever been in a meeting and notice the constant head-nodding in zombified agreement that witnesses do.

  it drives me crazy!

  especially since it seems to increase and be accompanied by little "hmmms" whenever someone says something that is complete bullshit.

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  thecarpenter

  I have to admit I did this occasionally to appear a little more righteous.... I was brainwashed, what do you expect....