MeneMene

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  Do you still call it "the truth"?

  by True North in

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  do you find youself still calling it "the truth" even though you are an ex-jw?

  for instance, in one posting i just read, the poster wrote "when i was in the truth..." .

  not a big deal, perhaps, but really not such a good thing either as it's a habitual holdover from the program of mental conditioning we were subject to.

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  I feel my blood pressure spike when JWs refers to it as the truth. I usually try to bite my tongue but one time during a discussion with my mom, a non-JW sis and several nephews someone called it the truth and I blurted out "It's NOT the truth." I usually refer to it as the Religion or the Society (sounds more like something sinister). I call it a church to non-family non-JWs. Someone mentioned using Brother or Sister so and so. I have had difficulty with this - I don't want to use that but I'm hesitant to use Mr. or Ms. especially when talking to my parents. If I can remember first names I will use first & last names instead of Bro or Sis. I've noticed that here on JWD it doesn't bother me if someone calls it the truth because I know they know it's not.
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  Any locals to Phoenix and Boston here???

  by zagor in

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  just wondering what attractions are there and if you could recommend some must sees when you're there.. .

  thanks in advance!.

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  I hated to hijack the thread but wanted to tell you I'm interested in meeting some xJWs here. Maybe I did something wrong with the email. Will try again.
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  rare memorial attendance for 1928

  by cultswatter in

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  http://www.sektenausstieg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=310&itemid=29.

  the memorial attendance for 1928 is listed as 17,380. this shows that at least 75% percent of the watchtower members left after rutherford lied to them.. i was wondering where the above site gets it's source from ??

  i always thought the wts was embarrased to publish numbers when there was a decrease.. maybe someone of you know what wts publication these numbers came from?.

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  Do you think the drop from 1925 - 1928 may have been because the "End" didn't come in 1925 as promised by the WTS??? - - Kind of like what happened after the 1975 failed prophesy.
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  Any locals to Phoenix and Boston here???

  by zagor in

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  just wondering what attractions are there and if you could recommend some must sees when you're there.. .

  thanks in advance!.

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  MeneMene

  Confession - you have a PM. - - - Zagor - if you have time maybe some of us could get together in Phoenix. When will you be here? - - - Here's a couple websites for Boston: www.gobostoncard.com - - www.searchboston.com/bostoninfo.html
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  Pets - gotta share this pic

  by Uzzah in

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  i know everyone thinks their pet is adorable.

  thisis a pic of my family's cat (one of three).

  i was shocked that when i pulled out the camera, she actually sat up and posed.. .

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  MeneMene

  Uzzah - you found my cat!! : ) How did he get to Canada???? I still miss him sooo much. (Mine disappeared a few months ago.)
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  Why animals die?

  by EzroJP in

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  i know why human beings die, but why animals die?.

  did they commit anything wrong according to the laws of god, so they have to die?.

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  MeneMene

  I very vaguely recall my father explaining to me about 50 yrs ago they died so that Adam would understand what death was and what would happen to him if he ate the forbidden fruit.
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  Any locals to Phoenix and Boston here???

  by zagor in

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  just wondering what attractions are there and if you could recommend some must sees when you're there.. .

  thanks in advance!.

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  MeneMene

  I'm new to Phoenix and have done a little exploring but hardly touched the tip of the iceberg so to speak. I have been going on some ranger led hikes in some of the local parks. The Sonoran Desert is impressive. You may want to plan to come here anytime except summer. The monsoon season is from July through September and the thunderstorms & dust storms can get pretty wicked. We have lots of snow birds in town during the winter. If you like sports a lot of the baseball teams practice here in the Spring. The mountains in Sedona are impressive but they have turned the town part into a tourist trap. If you like all those little shops you would like it. (I'm not a shopper) The Grand Canyon is just a few hours drive north. Tucson is about 100 miles south. I hear the Desert Museum just outside Tucson is really nice.
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  Socially Stunted?...you betcha.

  by Lumptard in

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  my apologies if this has been done to death, but i was just curious how many of you feel that you have been socially crippled as a result of your association with the jws?

  granted, this probably affects people who were raised as jws more than those who chose for themselves, but i just wanted to see if anyone else has had the same experience...also, how did you work through it if you were able to?

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  Yes, very much so. I have always been timid in a way so being raised a JW and forced to go d2d, give talks, & comment at WT study was always torture. Although I was mentally independent, at the same time I was shy & timid. Not sure that makes sense but I have always just felt really screwed up. I could never allow myself to depend on anyone else - always had to be able to take care of myself. I always had a lack of trust of people and had a hard time letting anyone get really close. When I did, I was always disappointed. I subconsiously put up walls and keep people at a distance. Even now in my late 50s I feel like a loner. They have a singles group here in the new community I'm in but I haven't gotten up the nerve to go. I don't like to go somewhere new by myself so here I sit. - - - As far as family goes they only shunned me for about a year one time when I was living w/ a boyfriend. Once we broke up they spoke to me again. So now I pretty much avoid them cause I feel they don't really like me. I am the same person I was when he was around & they showed me what they really thought of me with the shunning. [They never shunned my sisters that did the same thing.] - - - I just don't know how much is genes and how much is WTS.
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  UPDATE!: THEY ALL ADMITTED EGGING US -Elders now know, heads are rolling!!

  by Lady Liberty in

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  oh.... how the saga goes on!!

  i swear we could write a novel about our life exiting the watchtower!!

  ok..many of you read what happened..our house was egged and so was my sisters car that was parked here, and "frosty" was attacked!!

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  MeneMene

  Sue? - NO, I don't think it would be worth the trouble. - - - Hate Crime? - YES. Prosecute the drunken adult perps celebrating NY Eve & make sure all relevant facts are presented in court about WTS. - - - At first I thought insisting you be allowed to speak to the congregation at the KH might be a good idea (in addition to prosecution). After further thought - they would probably announce to everyone to not come to the meeting that night - just like they told everyone to not watch Dateline the night they aired the pedofile story.
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  Have we wasted 6000 years????

  by avidbiblereader in

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  how many years did you waste in the organization?

  whoever is the last poster keep adding the your wasted years to the previous poster and show the total in your post.

  lets see is we wasted mankinds existence.

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  MeneMene

  318 + 30 = 348