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  don't any of you get afraid??

  by nowisee in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  all of the stuff re wts.

  yet with all of this stuff happening in the mideast....with al gore's "an inconvenient truth" and scientists backing him up...with nkorea....with "christian" rhetoric....with pornography taking over the minds of our men.....bird flu....debt up to the eyeballs....complacency....pacs.....enron...corruption...serial killers in phoenix.....shrinking dollar....economy being sold to overseas.....etc.

  can anyone reassure me?

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  So why now after 18 years have I taken the step of joining you here?

  by PaulMarshall in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since finding this forum.

  i have so far lost two days work... i am soooooooooo behind.

  the shear volume of responses i have had from my initial posting as well as the emails, some of which made me shed tears, coupled with some incredibly stimulating conversation online i have had with dubs (i love my new found word) have left me with a back log of things to do.

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  Why now?

  by PaulMarshall in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since finding this forum.

  i have so far last two days work.

  the shear volume of responses i have had from my initial posting and the emails, some of which made me shed tears, coupled with some incredibly stimulating conversation on line i have had with dubs (i love that word) have left me with a back log of things to do.

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  LEAVING JW'S FOR GOOD

  by Lampshade Larry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi peolpe, .

  my name is yohann stromboli and i am leaving the jw orgonizatoin today.

  i have had enough of their lies.

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  People Like us

  by PaulMarshall in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been amazed at how many people have had similar experiences to myself.

  we are such creatures of conformity by very definition, so it is hard for anyone either going through what we have or for my friends out there who have been through the process of leaving all they know, in formative years to see or get any kind of closure.

  its good to hear of others that have / are finding a way forward with all the complications that tend to go with being raised in the organisation and then leaving it.

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  X - JW or Apostate?

  by In Between in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought this might be interesting.

  if it's been talked about before, i apologize in advance.

  what differences do you think exist between the two?

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  Are there any people on this site who are gay and grew up in the truth?

  by PaulMarshall in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have decided to join this site and hopefully connect with some people who will know what my story has been.

  i guess it is best to read my profile, but the upshot of this new found technology is that i am no longer alone in my isolation.

  i can hopefully reach out and connect with people who really understand what it is like in my head!

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  I'd love to hear from anyone who grew up in the truth and is gay

  by PaulMarshall in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi.. i have decided to join this site and hopefully connect with some people who will know what my story has been.

  i guess it is best to read my profile, but the upshot of this new found technology is that i am no longer alone in my isolation.

  i can hopefully reach out and connect with people who really understand what it is like in my head!

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  Recently Studied With JW's--need help breaking up

  by Silvia Plath in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i studied with the jw's for two years and some time this coming week i will be making the "phone call" to tell carol my friend, that i do not want to study any longer with the jw's.

  i don't know why i let them into my kitchen to begin with, except there was something about her and i don't make friends well with other women, most of my friends are guys, but carol could tell a irish yarn that made you laugh and feel good.

  she made me feel safe and she was fun to go shopping with and talk about problems too, she was like the mother i never had.

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  Name the good things that Jw's have or believe....

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we always seem to get focused on the bad - and there is plenty of it for sure - and anyone who follows my posts knows i am no wt apologist by any stretch.

  but focusing on the postive is a good thing in the 'moving on' process i think too.

  what do you think jw's had right?.

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