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  So why

  by bushido8000 in

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  it has become very apparent to me very quickly that this forum is dominated by ex-jws.

  i have many questions and topics to present but i first want to know who i am presenting these questions and topics to so i have 2 questions that i would like as many of yall to answer as possible.. .

  question 1: did you leave the organization out of the blue or were you first disfellowshipped?.

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  What drove you? Love or Fear?

  by fade_away in

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  this has probably been discussed here before, but i'm new so sue me.. i think the religion of jehovah's witnesses has been an amazing but tragic social experiment proving that the mind is most vulnerable to brainwashing when it's in an unhealthy state.

  it seems to attract the bipolar, schizophrenic, depressive, and the paranoid.

  it preys on negative emotions like sorrow and fear.

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  I just got my memorial invite

  by twinkle toes in

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  well technically it is an anniversary invite/special talk invite.

  the car group was just here.

  i was home but hiding and my husband got the door.. i want to tell them exactly why i am not going , but i haven't got my head quite there yet.. i think i am gonna have to just decline!.

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  Old JW Movie

  by exwhyzee in

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  2. friends

  i thought this might be worth running again as there are new ones on here that may not have ever known about this.this movie was shown once a year at our hall during the 60's and into the 70's as well.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzfu_vcwqso.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odyuwezapme&feature=related.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlie8jiihd4&feature=related.

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  JW ADVANTAGES vs DISADVANTAGES

  by DesirousOfChange in

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  2. friends

  this earlier topic [why do it feel bad about my children leaving jw religion?

  ] is what causes me to ask this question:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/208031/1/why-do-i-feel-bad-about-my-children-leaving-the-jw-religion.

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  You are only Disfellowshipped when they don't want something . . .

  by JRK in

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  i had a few interesting experiences this past year that i haven't shared on the board.. experience #1: in the fervor leading up to our worst snowstorm of the year, an elder asked my mother to ask me (yes, he was too pussy to ask me himself) if "the brothers" could use my generator and other equipment if someone in the congregation needed it.

  i was put off by this for several reasons.

  one, what if one of my "current" friends were without power?

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  what was the worst meeting you ever attended ?

  by man in black in

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  here's mine :.

  back in the early 90's we went to the sunday talk and wt study.. lo and behold, a friend from the 70's who was df'ed ( he had just been reinstated) was there along with his parents.

  i had no idea that they would have been there.. one of my kids was getting sick, so my wife and i were up-down the entire meeting walking him around.

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  It is truly a "Dog & Pony" Show !

  by Pitchess Co-Gen in

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  my bother ( who i don't really talk too because of a different issue with him ) and i got disfellowshipped on the same day ( 2/28/09 ).

  ive been pretty inconstant when it comes to meeting attendance ( i haven't been in more than six months ), while ever sence my brother and his wife had a baby he's been super regular at the meeting ( nine months straight without missing one meeting !).

  when he turned in his reinstatement letter ( by the way he moved to a new congregation ).

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  "Who else are we to go away to?"

  by simon17 in

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  to the intellectually honest witness, it seems like it often comes down to this principle.

  "fine, if the witnesses aren't the truth, then show me the better answer and i'll consider it.

  " and how do you deal with that?

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  Open apology from former elder

  by im stuck in in

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  i just finished watching worlds apart and was very moved by it.

  i served as an elder for many years.

  i wanted to convey to all how sorry i am for all of the jc's i participated in.

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