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  Dub attack!!

  by unclebruce in

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  this evening i went for a stroll around the headland, camera at the ready hoping one of the last of the migrating whales appeared.

  oh look, there's a fluffy dog.

  ain't he cute ... [ .

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  It's even better then that....

  It says, Kingdom Hell of Jehovah's Witlesses, ROFL!
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  A new experience

  by NanaR in

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  last wednesday evening i attended a catholic mass for the first time in my life.

  being raised as one of jehovah's witnesses, i rarely ever saw the inside of another church (maybe the occasional wedding or music recital), but catholic churches were particularly off limits.

  i am now exploring my spiritual horizons.

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  Good for you. Fear is not your friend and if you truly have anthing to fear from god than it probably doesn't matter what you do anyway. If god isn't a maniacal killer, and I'm starting to think that maybe he isn't, then I'm sure he must take joy in watching us enjoy his handiwork. Well, other than the fanatics and such.... ;-)
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  Did you ever think you'd stop being one of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by sandy in

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  i'm sure this question has been asked before .

  i've come a long way in my thinking.

  a very long way!

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  After all did any of us think we would ever be posting on an "apostate" forum!

  Of course not. I remember the pity I felt for those standing in front of the assemblies with their signs or recorders. I felt sad for how miserable it must be to have to live with satan pulling you this direction and then that. I tried to imagine the kind of person who would be so pathetic to do that. It's kind of funny. I was frustrated trying to expain to people why we would visit and preach to people who didn't want us to come, but I couldn't even consider that the people outside of our assemblies were just trying to help out with the knowledge they had - which ironically enough, turned out to be more knowledge than I had. I was sure I was the one showing love. Ha ha ha!

  When I first walked away, I said I would never even read the info from one of these sites. Oh yes, I was very well indoctrinated. Even four years later, I didn't come to these sites. A couple months ago I stumbled across Randy Watters's site. He has a news-dohickey that flashed different stories on the screen and the one about the new kingdom news caught my attention. I have to admit that part of me was wondering if I would get some "new light" about how close armageddon was.

  What I found though shocked the hell out of me. I found a site where normal, non-crazy sounding people talked about not only having the same plethora of dysfunctions that I've fought with and tried to hide for almost twenty years, but that these otherwise normal people had found a way to escape the madness, sanity intact. WOW! Now I'm hooked.
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  Have you been love bombed or practiced this technique?

  by truthsearcher in

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  what has been your experience with love bombing (that is the practice of showering attention upon newcomers until they are part of the org)?

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  Yes, I was, by the lovely friends of fayetteville, nc. I shouldn't have fallen for it then. The brother who studied with us convinced us that we had to take a stand and get out of the military. I only had a year and a half left, but "armageddon could come any day" and this was the year that the revelation climax book came out. So, I put in paperwork to become a conscientious objector on the suggestion of a man who waited until he retired from the military before taking "the truth" seriously. I had to get out immediately, but this pud needed to ensure he was optimizing his pension first. There is nobody blinder than one who doesn't want to see.
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  The Number 1 "hole" in the doctine of Jehovah's Witnesses...

  by gordon d in

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  after years of research, i think i've finally come across the biggest hole in the basic doctrine of jw's .

  they say that there is no hell...but that you can live for eternity in a world full of nothing but witnesses.... .

  ...i'm not sure, but i think this statement contradicts itself??????

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  The number one "hole" in...jehovah's witnesses?

  How about the a-hole who started it all?
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  Tortured

  by Xnived Shadow in

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  i just got back from iraq..... i was a jw before i left.

  i am readjusting to everything here in the real world and i gotta admit its kinda hard.

  my military and jw training make for alot of sleepless nights and painful days.

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  LMAO!

  That's two... :-D
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  What song would you like to hear entering the Kingdom Hall?

  by JH in

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  here i am, rocked you like a hurricane.

  here i am, rocked you like a hurricane.

  here i am, rocked you like a hurricane.

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  Ah, there are so many clever people here. :-)

  How about, Burning Down The House?
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  What Witnesses do better than anybody!

  by gordon d in

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  the one thing that i have to say about the wts is that they crank out some of the best apostates anywhere!.

  i've only been here a few weeks but i am already so addicted to this forum.... the people here are unbelievable!.

  probably a mix of the most knowledgeable, helpful, compassionate, and open-minded people anywhere on the net.. the way everyone jumps in to offer their support when someone else is feeling down or hurting, the resources of information that are there for the asking, and the non-judgemental attitudes that people convey, even when they dis-agree..... it boggles the mind... how, in the world, did any of you ever attend the kh?????.

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  LMAO!

  There is that better?

  Sheesh! I'm just getting over LMSA*** with the jw and now I have to LMAO?

  *** Note: LMSA=Lying My Soul Away
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  Hello.

  by mellisamouse in

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  hello.. .

  new here kinda................apparently i joined awhile back and never posted...............so here i am hello to all the ones i know, and how you doing?

  to all the ones i haven't met yet!.

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  Abandoned

  Welcome. :-)

  I'm quite new here too.
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  What would be something you'd like from secret santa?

  by megsmomma in

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  i am already thinking of ideas.

  my sister had an online relationship with a man from holland (they are now married in the us) anyhow, they would send eachother packages and the coolest things he would send was different foods from there... cookies the us doesn't have, chocolate spread for toast.... this is my first gift exchange since i was a kid, so anyone have some ideas?

  ( is this kosher to ask?

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  Abandoned

  I don't know if this is considered tacky or not, but here's my amazon.com wishlist. If posting this is inappropriate in some way, someone let me know and I'll edit it out.

  http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/ref=yourlists_pop_1/102-5736883-6264154