Topics Started by FreeGirl2006

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This may be a crazy question, but it popped in my head and won't leave. . So I gotta ask. . .
by Miss Worldly in
1. jw
2. friends
ok, this probably applies to most faith systems that believe in any sort of afterlife, but i would like to know what sort of explanation the jw's would come up with for this little problem, you know, after armageddon on earthly paradise.

sorry if i sound dumb, but it's been nagging at me for a few weeks and have to ask.. so, what if a young married jw couple are living their life, waiting for the big a, knowing they will be together in the earthly paradise, then very sadly one of them dies.

from what i know, if a jw dies, that's it.
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I think this is an important question...
by The Rebel in
1. jw
2. friends
when i first met my wife and on that so important first date i was 21 years old and sadly broke, she was an 18 year old au pair.

any way i treated her to mcdonald's but she had to pay for the meal.

now over 20 years later and still together, i realize how lucky i was she didn't say on that first date " if you can't afford to pay "our" mcdonald's meal f...off" .
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Exit therapist
by Beachlover in
1. jw
2. friends
i am having quite a bit of trouble leaving and fading.

does anyone have recommendations of an exit therapist?

it doesn't matter where they are located, i need to get out physically, mentally, and emotionally.
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Looking back on the past
by Tameria2001 in
1. jw
2. friends
i decided i wanted to try to find my original user name on this site, and for some reason my memory decided to start working for a bit.

i finally found it, and back then i went by the name of irish rose.

i had picked that name because of my irish family history, and roses are my favorite flower.
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The UN Files - Print Out And Keep For Your Next JW Visitor
by pale.emperor in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i've been researching the wt and the un involvement.

when i was still in and i first seen the un letter online, my cognitive dissonance kicked and i told myself it'll be a fake.

an apostate lie.. and seeing as no jw i've spoken to has ever heard of it, and flatly deny any involvement "no, they wouldn't do that", i decided to do a little "personal study" of my own.
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Hello Everyone
by Mozzie in
1. jw
2. friends
hoping this is the right section..... my story so far,,,.

hello everyone, i have been reading a lot on what most jws would say apostate websites, but i have been asking myself, how much of this s true and considering a lot of these are run by ex jw elders, bethalites and one who was with the gb at one stage, overseers and the like.

i was an unbaptized publisher many years ago but never got to the point of baptism as i fell into sin, that pretty much ended my attending meetings again.
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Why JW's Rave So Much About Conventions
by freemindfade in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"it was so beautiful, we are truly blessed!

now, they also plaster these affirmations all over social media, "this is the best life", “so blessed”, “best convention”.. why the gushing?

have you ever heard anyone say, “mmmm it was ok”?
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here i am
by notalone in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was a 4th gen born in.my adult children were the 5th.

my mother was one of the newly'anointed' we have all left.

i have been lurking since october.i was really too terrified someone would find out who i was and what would happen.well we are out now so here is a part of my story.
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Wt encouraging people to completely forgive but they dont
by poopie in
1. jw
2. friends
but they don't forgive because they still shun people.

who they feel are not worthy of forgivenes.
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The reward of being a nice guy!
by StephaneLaliberte in
1. jw
2. experiences
today, an old jw friend came to visit a member of my family who is still active.

i saw them leave together to run errands.

when they left, she didn't say hi and barely looked at me.. after taking care of my cores around the house, i noticed that the sister had forgot to turn off the head lights of her car.