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  Was Being A Witness, All THAT Bad???

  by minimus in

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  i mean, you could've been made to be an islamic fundamentalist or something, right?

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  jaguarbass

  Yes, overall being a Jw was all that bad.
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  Murder with Amish children, great opportunity to convert Christians, right?

  by free2beme in

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  last night, i had this misfortune of listening to people in other christian faiths use the amish event to promote recruitment of their own church in faith.

  i saw ministers on television saying how these amish people showed the love of christ, and how these people showed how much people in christ church were so loving and forgiving.

  making a point to mention that the amish people were forgiving the man who did this.

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  Why do people not loss faith, thinking "Why would their god allow this?" Why do they not ask logical questions like, "If god was real, why would he need to take the innocent children to show how great and loving his faith is?" If he did allow it, what a sick God.

  Because they believe in the gospel =godspell. Trying to make sense out of 56 contradictory books combined into one puts people into a trance.
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  Issuing a Statement to the Discussion Board

  by The wanderer in

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  <!-- .style1 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #ff9900; } .style2 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;} .style4 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #ff9900; font-size: 18px; } --> issuing a statement to the discussion board since becoming a member of this discussion board it.

  is important for me to come clean as it were.

  the topics that are written by me are varied, from contro-.

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  jaguarbass

  Hello Wanderer, I enjoy your post, keep at it.
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  How can I be free ?

  by youcanhaveago in

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  can anyone tell me how i find peace of mind ?

  how i feel my life is not pointless ?.

  i truly feel lost .

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  Can anyone tell me how I find peace of mind ? How I feel my life is not pointless ?

  When I left the organization. I was trying to find peace of mind and trying to determine the point of life. Heres the cold hard truth as I see it, after 23 years away from the wt and 53 years on this planet. Their is no point to life. Google it find out for yourself. Life is what you make it. Thats your point. If you dont know what you stand for youll fall for anything. Theres a sucker born every minute. When you look for the point to life you will encounter many con men with their hands out for you to come join their cause. If joining an army and supporting a cause makes you happy, that could be your point. No matter what cause you support down the road if you become introspective enough you will always find it is like the wizard of oz with some feeble, falible man behind it dashing your illusion.Solomon said in Ecclesiates its all vanity. Except for one thing and that one thing . So even though their is no point, dont think of checking out. Enjoy yourself or learn how to. This might be the only life you get. And your children need you and look up to you.

  If this reality is to harsh, or its like going from 0-500mph. I would recommend calling your doctor and getting some antidepressants.They do work. I wish you well. Maybe in your reality you will tell me Im all wrong. Thats cool too.

  Many people need religion to have a purpose in their life. Then some people have philosophy, some psychiatry, some alcohol, drugs, and sex. Everybody it seems has to have a reason to get up in the morning. Im just saying everything has a price. You might even need religion so you can be around people to keep your spirits up. But then again it was religion that got you to your knees here. Many former Jws take religion seriously wereas many people in the worlds religions dont take it that serious. You probably need to re wire your whole thought process which ever way you decide to go. Like the baptist say, be born again. You got to be tough to survive in this world.

  If none of that works for you. When I first left the organization. I started running 7 miles a day 5 days a week. When you run or exercise hard it releases endorphins in your brain, and it acts like a natural anti-depressant. Then I would find positive affirmations and reprogram myself with them. After 28 years around the "friends" my thinking was garbage. I used to self hypnotize myself with a tape recorder then read the positive affirmations on the tape and then bring myself out of the hypnosis. It worked wonders for me back in the day.

  Some books that I read in my heeling process were "your erroneous zones" by Dr. Wayne Dyer. "The road less traveled by M.Scot Peak. "Questions and answers with God" Neal Donald Walsh.
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  Middle East through history!

  by zagor in

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  a very good overview of who ruled that region and what that means for future (if anything).

  http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html.

  allow time to load .... .

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  jaguarbass

  Thats a cool map.
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  Grand and Lesser Apostate Delusions

  by slimboyfat in

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  what is it makes some of those wacky apostates appear from time to time claiming russell and the witnesses were/are all part of some great freemason/illuminati plot?

  i'll tell you what it is, and it may explain a few other things for you too!

  people who come up with these theories demonstrate a basic psychological insecurity stemming from their involvement and subsequent disentanglement from the witnesses.

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  I welcome your perspective and accept that it is valid to you. On the other hand you are only 24, I doubt your experience with the witnesses and my experience are very similar.
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  My Mini Van was stolen last night!! (long)

  by ButtLight in

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  my son takes my van to school everyday.

  so yesterday, after school, he decides to leave the van there, ride with his buddy to work, and pick it up later!

  he comes home about 8:00 pm wild!

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  jaguarbass

  Ian, I wouldnt sue either, I got better things to do with my time besides ramming my head against a brick wall. In the end it will be a he said she said and the judge will say get out of here your wating my time. The keys were in the vehicle. That puts the plaintiff on thin ice.
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  WELCOME MY AWESOME FRIEND BODHISATTVA!!!!!

  by Good Girl or Bad Girl? in

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/member/24752.ashx.

  this is one cool (and hot) chick, y'all.

  give her a warm welcome.. luv ya, boddhi, xxoo, gg/bg.

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  Hello,Bodhi
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  Goodbye all.

  by peacefulpete in

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  i'm moving on.

  i want to express my gratitude to members here who have steered me right when my own compass was stuck.

  i know i didn't put much effort into becoming friends with many of you and i'm sure that i'm the loser for it.

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  jaguarbass

  Adios.
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  Your Time Spent in Therapy, while you were a Jehovah's Witness and After

  by The wanderer in

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  may not wish to discuss, but nevertheless it does not lessen its.

  importance.. recalling my time spent with a therapistthe watchtower tended to look down on individuals.

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  jaguarbass

  After I left in 83, I read many self help books, and listened to many positve thinking tapes. I reprogrammed myself.