Topics Started by ibme

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Who are you?
by Brother Apostate in
1. social
2. current
who are you?.

they're the people who walk by obliviously, having trained themselves to not pay attention to details.. they're the people who read books but never read between the lines to see the big picture.. they're the people who watch movies, only paying attention to the obvious, missing the powerful story within the story.. they're the people who merely see the surface, never the 30,00 foot view.. they're the people who can't see the forest for the trees.. they're the people who never correlate history to what unfolds before our eyes in modern times.. they're the people who are forever controlled by group pressure and their wallet or pocketbook, who won't open their eyes to understand that the masses are easily led to their own downfall, that temporary discomfort for the right cause can produce great freedom from oppression and a new lease on life.. they're the people who never put it together to understand the big picture, and scoff at those who do.. they're the majority.. ba- and that's the way the wealthy elite want to keep it.. ps- who are you?.
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I am loosing interest in most things JW or XJW!
by AK - Jeff in
1. jw
2. experiences
i think that simon's announcement that this venue was closing was the catalyst.

i looked around the other forums and realized i just don't need them anymore.

i have logged in here probably 10% of my former time since the announcement, first to do the 'admin' stuff that was happening immediately following - but now usually only once a day, maybe 10 minutes, and can't even find much of interest while i do that.
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The evidence that fluoride lowers IQ is stronger than what was thought
by What-A-Coincidence in
1. watchtower
2. medical
fluoride action network.

http://www.fluoridealert.org.

fan bulletin 997: new video: vyvyan howard's toronto presentation.
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Pioneer hours change
by JWFreak in
1. jw
2. friends
it's just a label who cares
135
My theory about the behavior and obsession of some ex-JWs
by Simon in
1. jw
2. friends
i've had this theory for some time and alluded to it occassionally but have never explored it in detail.. it is of course a huge generalisation so no, not everyone will fit into the boxes and i'd like people's opinion.

i don't know everyone's circumstances so it's based on a small sample of some of those i do know something about.

it could be completely wrong, it's just an idea.. basically, i have seen a difference between some of those ex-jws who walked out vs those who were kicked out.. the most bitter and obsessive seem to be the kicked out and, i must add, those who were legitimately kicked out.
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3,000,000 reasons JWD kicked ass
by Simon in
1. forum
2. announcements
well, we made it past the 3 million post mark ... what a huge milestone - it makes it one of the largest discussion forums on the internet!.

a big thank you to everyone who posted on this site, shared a little bit of themselves with us or just said 'hi' along the way.. thank you for making this place rock and kick ass!.

.
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Huge Explosion in Toronto
by Nosferatu in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet: .

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=8ef01ab5-9b21-4027-868b-efa6ea63fdc4 .

picture here: .
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An attempt at reconciliation.
by AK - Jeff in
1. jw
2. experiences
my cousin - who was also my best friend for 35 years have been involved in an email exchange in recent weeks.

previous to that he was mostly shunning me.

without getting into details, he had given me room to explain things, especially as to how i have 'changed' as a result of leaving.
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If you want to leave the truth, just walk away!
by moomanchu in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a close relative recently called me verbatim, "a bad, bad, bad apostate and a sinner against the holy spirit" .. the apostate remark didn't bother me, actually it's a compliment when you think about it.. saying i was a "sinner against the holy spirit" that did bother me.

this got me to wondering about all the names, accusations and labels given to people who don't want to be a jw anymore.. doing a quick search in the insight books i came up with a list.. apostates pg.126, antichrist pg.116, man of lawlessnes pg.

310, resurrection - sinning against the holy spirit pg.
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How to find new friends?
by socialdistortion in
1. jw
2. friends
hi... my name is chrissy & i have been away from the "truth" for 8 years now.

i married a "brother" when i was 20. i was humiliated by the "elders" in the backroom for oral sex & publicly humiliated but never disfellowshipped.

my husband & i left the truth together after moving away from the area where we lived when we were witnesses.