I'd like to read this book too but amazon uk have got it at £33, more than I can afford at the mo. Anyone recommend a cheaper outlet?
boyzone
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How key was "Releasing the Bonds" in your letting go?
by lurk3r ini finally ordered "releasing the bonds".
being a notorius procrastinator, i finally put it off long enough.ha.
cognitive dissonance.
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What Are Underrated Movies That Should've Been Bigger Hits?
by minimus ini've recently got a comcast movie package that gives all encore, hbo, cinemax, stars, showtime and ifc and other indie movies.
there are so many good movies that have been made that just didn't garner enough attention.. what movies do you think are good that weren't huge successes?.
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loved the latest eastwood movie "Gran Torino" but it kinda disappeared off the radar quick, not sure why.
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JW District Convention Cyprus
by Joe Grundy inthis article was in the cyprus mail today (sat 27 june):.
jehovahs witness convention in limassol next weekend.
jehovahs witnesses will discuss their beliefs on the end of the world during their three-day district convention in limassol next month.. .
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boyzone
Hi Joe
I emailed too. The more this Org is exposed, the less effective their PR machine is. This is what I wrote.
Dear Sir,
I understand a Jehovahs Witness convention is soon to grace your city. I would like to point out that Jehovahs Witnesses, far from being a benevolent organization as they like to portray, are actually an extremely divisive cult. I was one of Jehovahs Witnesses for 21 years and was very active in all its requirements and directives. Since investigating the origins of this group 2 years ago and concluding that much of what they teach is contrary to scripture, I have been openly and consistantly shunned by all my previous JW friends and family in line with Watchtower policy. The hurt and heartache this has caused has been immeasurable. My young son aged 8 was also shunned at his primary school when he was with me. This caused him such deep stress that he exibited many behavioural problems. The effects of this stress was so bad that child psycologists misdiagnosed him as autistic. In reality, he was a deeply unhappy little boy who was being ignored and shunned by adults that had known and loved him since he was a baby.
This religion is an iron fist in a velvet glove. If any of your readers receive an invitation to this convention, then I would urge them to thoroughly investigate this group before accepting. Much of what is required of new converts isn't made clear in the early stages and many are lulled into complacency by the smiling faces and love-bombing practiced by Jehovahs Witnesses.
For more information on this group please visit
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Posted on behalf - ladies, please share your thoughts and comments
by passwordprotected ini am a lifelong jw, a born-in true believer for most of my life.
eventually i had the awakening and have been pulling away from the religion, even though we still attend meetings.
i am willing to keep up appearances if it means saving my relationship with my wife and our close family.
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I totally agree with wavvy and vikesgirl on this one. It IS a right of passage that can't be hurried. I know through my own personal experience that the light does get brighter, (to coin a phrase) and the jigsaw pieces of life fall into place. Perhaps someday she'll wonder why other christians aren't preaching a paradise earth message, then maybe she'll start to connect the dots and think the disciples weren't preaching a paradise earth message either. But that takes time and certain thought processes. Its only then she might be ready to find out what hope they were preaching, and in whose name. But a month after I left, if someone had asked me what i believed my hope for the future would be, I'dve said living forever on a paradise earth too.
It took me a while to figure this out but once the penny dropped........
I like Ray Franz'z take on this, he said
"Corollary to this emphasis on "government" the Watchtower Society, at least from 1935, has developed what one French writer described as a gospel of "spiritual materialism" that is, an appeal to materialistic desires wrapped in spiritual terms. This is done by constant stress on the prospect of soon being able to enjoy endless material and physical benefits". ISOCF pg 537
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Michael Jackson DEAD at 50!!!
by sinis inlooks like suicide.
i wonder what the jw's will do??????????????????
good ridance - no room for child pedo's....
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My thoughts go out to his children they were too young to lose a father and I hope michael has another chance as all the dead in Christ have with his grace.
Reniaa
Amen Reniaa, amen.
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Some help please- advice
by leftbelow ini have a problem.
i knew this would come up but what has me questioning myself is where some of my resistance is coming from.. my wife and i have a baby on the way in nov. (a little girl) anyway my mom immediately started applying pressure to me to go back to meeting and of course to attend the convention.
that is not the surprise.
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boyzone
Hi Leftbelow
Trust your instincts on this one. You ARE right. Don't go, Don't even hint at the possibility, don't hesitate when they ask you, don't um and ahh, don't be diverted by the "just come for the talk" compromise. Let your no mean no.
You're not being unreasonable by saying a firm no, you're letting them know exactly where you stand and where you'll always stand.
Remember this, give a Witness an inch and she'll take a mile, don't give that inch!
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Sad Saying goodbye! Thanks you all but I have to go...
by Witness 007 in...get some more dougnuts, just give me 5 minutes!
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mmmm do-nuts
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Why's everybody getting divorced????!
by homeschool inthis is insanity!
literally four couples that i know closely & personally have told me in the last two weeks that they are divorcing their spouses.
and there are a couple on here whom i've discovered are separating as well (these two i do not know personally, but i'm a little surprised & saddened regardless).
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I'm not getting divorced. We both got married at 18, got JW'd at 22, marriage under real strain for the next 21 years, divorce came close a few times, once or twice I left him. Finally left JWland together and he is my bestest buddy of all time now. Love that guy to bits. Married 27 years this year, 4 kids, mortgage, the works. Our secret? We got out. If we hadn't, it'd all be over by now.
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..."You Know It`s the Truth!!"...
by OUTLAW in...................."you know it`s the truth!!
"..........................how many times have you heard that?............jehovah`s witness you know..know you don`t go to meetings,assemblys or anything else wbt$ related......still they feel the need to tell you "you know it`s the truth!.........................you tell them,you don`t..they insist that you do!
!..you continue to tell them you don`t..............they get pissed and tell you:"deep inside you know it`s really the truth!!
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John 14 v 6
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ATJeff Answers Letters from JW Readers
by AllTimeJeff ini didn't want to hijack billy x's attempt at hijacking another thread directed to our apostate terrorist, reinna.
this is a parady that only ex jw's could possibly appreciate.
whether you appreciate my macabre sense of humor is entirely another matter.
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Dear Glubbering Booby
When is a birthday party not a birthday party bro's? I mean if its the anniversary of the day of your birth and you go out for a drink to celebrate, is this ok? Or if you have a cake on the anniversary of your birth, is THIS ok? Or if somone gives you a gift on the anniversary of your birth, is it ok to accept it?
But if its your BIRTHDAY, I guess none of this is ok. Have I got that right?
Thank you for your continued clear timely wisdom and guidance from above bro's.
Sister Mindf**k