Posts by FreeGirl2006

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The bridge burning has begun.

by sparrowdown in

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friends

i was feeling particularly hopeless about the whole jws being assholes thing and sick to death of pretending so ....

i rang my sister and told her that i no longer believe jws have the truth and the phone went silent, when i asked her to say something she just said if that was the case then she would have to hang up on me and then proceeded to indeed hang up..

so i texted her back immediately with fu..

FreeGirl2006

Happy to be a listening ear and if you live on the east coast (US) we can meet up. Always good to have a support group when the bridges are burned.

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Participate In The EX-JW Personality Test!

by C0ntr013r in

first of all; i must admit that i'm not a huge fan of putting people in boxes like this, it is not an exact science.

but i still think the data can be quite interesting and i intend to collect it and share it in a structured way with you guys.

so without future ado here are the details.. link to test: .

FreeGirl2006

ENFP-A

I have remained consistent before & after. Was not born-in, but might as well have been since I was around it from ages 2-35.

57% Extroverted

54% Intuitive

39% Feeling

31% Prospecting

25% Assertive

The assertive part got me on the bad side of eldubs many a time.

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What ARE the fruits that the JW tree produces?

by TTWSYF in

my brother [the elder] often refers to this line as to 'knowing a tree by it;s fruits'.

so,my question is what are the jw fruits?.

just asking....sincerely.

FreeGirl2006

Lies, deception, pedophilia, greed, lack of love, stupidity to name just a few.

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Trying to get John Olver's attention, re: Australian Royal Commission

by Captain Schmideo2 in

jw
friends

knowing that last week, tonight, is becoming the hottest topical show in the us, i thought i would try to point his show's attention toward the royal commision.the only way i could figure out how was to post to the hbo discussion board that is specific to the show.

here is the link to my comments:http://talk.hbo.com/t5/last-week-tonight-with-john/australian-royal-commission-on-child-abuse/td-p/499504.

FreeGirl2006

I totally agree--I was thinking of sending an email.

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Debating evolution, intelligent design and cosmology with a JW

by Thestumbler83 in

ive been having an email exchange with a jw family member and the discussion seem to have become a bit heated and im not quite sure why.

i dont think ive said anything obviously offensive and ive been very careful with my wording.

but i think im sometimes a bit tone deaf with these things.

FreeGirl2006

Good and rational thought process, but it appears you are talking to a wall who has no desire to explore anything that is different from his belief system.

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Why is my Uncle (JW PO-COBE) and Aunt Cruella suing my parents and grandparents?

by ReligionOfHatred in

i heard this is a website where you can ask fellow jehovah's witnesses questions that websites like jw friends will not allow you to post because they don't allow you to speak ill of any elder.

my aunt cruella de ville and uncle jaundice sent my grandpa (he's got dementia and grandma has cancer) a letter saying their going to force grandma and gramps in to selling the land my grandmother located back in the late 1970s, grandma is very smart and saw the potential for their land, she was very gifted seeing things others did not see.

in the 1980s my grandparents went to oregon to check on their daughter who was pregnant, they were appalled by the living conditions cruella was living and she was having to work even though she was heavy with child.. all of this started when my dad ran in to a elder at the grocery store and this elder told my dad that "the reason cruella and jaundice are shunning your inlaws is because their apostates and therefore have the right to shun them.

FreeGirl2006

Sounds like your family needs to get an attorney to help you determine what your rights are. I doubt Bethel will care one way or the other.

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Price for Child Abuse

by vinman in

how much money do you think the watchtower will have to dish out for this scandal in australia?

FreeGirl2006

Amen to that Blondie!

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Are There Good People Out There?

by LaurenM in

even though i'm no longer mentally a jw (i still technically am) i do recognize that there are some benefits to being raised one.

for example, the first (and only so far) wordly guy i was involved with had to smoke weed every day and got drunk all the time and that was his idea of fun.

i couldn't help but feel bad for him.

FreeGirl2006

I have many wonderful friends--some raised in some sort of religion and others with no religion--and very few of them have done drugs or go out partying. I know JWs I grew up with who had wilder double lives than my non-dub friends.

There are plenty of good men out there--you just have to look in the right place and you have to bring good things to the table for those good men to want to date you.

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Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!

by LostinJapan in

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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

FreeGirl2006

His "heartfelt" plea of love and concern toward the one victim almost made me puke. Actions speak louder than words.

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"And what happened next was simply unbelievable!"

by Terry in

jw
friends

i always sit in the same spot, just outside starbucks in a vestibule area with a table in the air-conditioned space.

i say "always," but not today.. somebody with two laptops and a table filled with business ledgers was in "my" favorite spot!.

so, i took a tiny wooden table inside the coffee shop on a long padded bench next to 3 other identical tables.. as the clickbait banner ads like to say: "and what happened next was simply unbelievable!".

FreeGirl2006

Well played! No guilt required.