another problem as well as the obvious where people will say things they may not say face to face is that you may not realise the "tone" in which the post is meant. some hav a dry sense of humor or think they are humorously sarcastic which may just be read by you as "jerk" but they didnt mean it to be read that way.
Posts by mia_b
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33Why Is There a Seemingly Large Percentage of X JW Jerks?
by XJW4EVR inthis is something i posted on minimus' "looked down" thread, and thought i would split it off into another topic.. so why is there a seemingly large number of x-jw jerks in cyberspace?.
longhairedgal wrote this:.
i know ex-dubs can be pretty bad.
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Name 3 reasons for your exit or near exit from the WTS.....................
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmy main 3 reasons for my near exit from the wts are:.
1. armageddon is always around the corner.lies and false promises.
( i'm still waiting ).
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mia_b
1. being abused by father and finding he could be an elder again
2. lack of love and no support while my father received lots of support
3. being depressed and never able to do enough (when i said that no matter how i prayed i never felt close to god my sister said i obviously wasnt praying hard enough)
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Why didn't someone warn me?
by slimboyfat inmy god i thought i was going to have a heart attack!
why didn't someone warn me there was going to be a talk on "how to identify an apostate" tonight?.
well i am just lucky the brother didn't mention the tell tale signs of firstly, clutching your chest at the surprise when you hear title of the talk, then grabbing hold of the seat like you are on a nose-diving airplane for its duration.
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mia_b
lmao i can just imagine it even if i dont know what u look like! glad i dont go anymore!
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Things YOU eat, that other people think is weird.
by misanthropic inthis mornings events have got me thinking about things.
i love peanut butter, not the sweet kind but i like the old fashioned peanut butter, usually laura scudder's with no sugar or preservatives - it just tastes better imo.
i put it on everything including pancakes which are really good with peanut butter and maple syrup.
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mia_b
i like yoghurt on my toast. and raisin and banana sandwiches. and french fries and mc milkshake (thats the only mc s**te i eat everything else makes me hurl). i hav also been recently converted to custard and icecream.
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My Story, in verse
by dedpoet inthis is my 1000th post, (light sabre required now), and as i've never told my story on this forum i though i'd do it now.
as some of you may be aware, i write poetry, and some even think i'm talented, so i decided to write it down in verse.
it's very much a work in progress, i haven't finished it yet, but here's part one:.
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mia_b
thanks for your story - must have been hard to write i cant rhyme anything! gratz on getting to jedi!
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That feeling that it could al be false how did you experience it?
by GBSJG inwhen i started researching i was still convinced that jws had the truth.
so i read some critical articles by ex-jws about certain teaching and i started to do some more research.. at this time i have successfully faded and no longer believe anymore.
but i can remember the moment when i first allowed the thought in my mind that it could all be false and not the truth.
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mia_b
i felt guilty reading all the stuff and the guilt disappeared when i saw it was unreasonable to feel the guilt cos i wasnt doing anything wrong. thats when i realised it was all mind control.
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My Journey-A Fledgling Relationship Goes Up In Smoke
by truthsetsonefree ina fledging relationship goes up in smoke.
it was 1973 and the wt was in full cult mode.
they wanted to purify the organization in preparation for the coming "great day of jehovah.
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mia_b
Thats sad - I hope you can start a relationship with your father. I always wanted one and still do. I love him (but cant forgive him?!) but i dont think he loves me.
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Getting Old, Didn't think it would happen to me.
by Undecided inuntill the last year i stayed 50 years old.
now it has finally hit me, i'm getting old.
i never felt my age and could do about any thing without pain or feeling like my body couldn't take it.
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mia_b
You've done well to be feeling 50 up to now! if you dont already (and you probably do to have felt so young) take up some gentle exercise like swimming.
And keep posting and using your brain!!!
It made me sad seeing my nan lose her capabilities but she was ok right up to 83, it was only the last 3 years that her mental capability went down, and i think that was because she couldn't see to read.
Here i am giving advice and im only 30! lmao
Im sure you know it all, and im sorry you are feeling your age. my dad feels older than he is - bad back, and my hubby too (he used to play rugby and has sports injuries). i get scared when i think of getting old and i have years left (hopefully)
its so sad that the WTS give people false hopes.
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Divorced, treated like crap from local Hall. Looking for new faith.
by magdalenefan ini am looking for a new belief.
i was going through a divorce my hall treated me like doo doo.
i was broke and a nervous breakdown, and they shunned me.
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mia_b
welcome to the forum, you will find support here
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Ran into a JW and DFed, DAed, or faded?
by pierogi inokay, i'm interested in experiences where you are dfed, daed or faded and you ran into a jw somewhere.
if you are dfed or daed, most likely they'd just ignore you.
this is unless you ran into them at work (like a restaurant, bank, grocery store) where it is there job to talk to you.
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mia_b
i faded but fast so v shunned by family and friends except my mom. i rarely run into anyone thankfully. im in another congs territory, next to the one i was in but didn't know many. i ran into an elder when id just moved and he said it was nice that id talked to him - like he was expecting me to ignore him not the otherway round. but then again i think he knew what my father did to me so maybe thats y he was nice. it was odd - being thanked for not ignoring someone!