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  Does this site only make you angrier?

  by homeschool in

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  hubby says this site is making me obsessed, in a way that's making me angrier and angrier about jw's.

  it's been almost every single day that i read a thread that seriously gets under my skin or makes me sick about them.

  he's right, there's a lot on here that will only fuel my fire and help me to go into an angry spiral instead of bettering my life and forgetting about all the stuff i hate about the witnesses.

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  I've been out for 20+ years and could really care less about the crazy JW's. But it never fails when I read a thread about someone being shunned, child abuse or someone who was really dedicated to this cult and is having a hard time dealing with life outside the cult it does piss me off.

  I think how lucky I am that I was strong enough at such a young age and with the responsibilities I had at the time to get out and be my own person. How lucky I was not to ever believe the JW BS and how lucky I am that even if my parents and JW family did shun me I wouldn't give a rats ass.

  You live and learn and move on. Go through the stages, if you are angry be angry get it over with and then settle into being happy. Life has it's up's and downs but all in all life is great!

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  Did people DONATE for the literature when you went out in service?

  by BonaFide in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think i got a donation maybe once or twice here in the states.

  most of the friends don't ask for a donation.

  in south america, more people donated, but i think it's because it was phrased differently, we used to say, "you can give whatever you want for this magazine.

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  Nah, we sold the rags back when I was forced to go in fs. I think .10c a piece or something like that "you can read this BS for nominal fee of .20cents to cover the cost of printing" I remember this one guy gave me a dollar (it was my moms door), he didn't take the rags, gave me a dollar and said "here kid go buy some candy". My mom put the dollar in the contribution box and I was pissed.

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  Religious Fundamentalist Terrorist Strike Again?

  by Justitia Themis in

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  it doesn't appear police know the motive for this shooting, but it seems there is a high chance it is religous terrorism.

  this doctor has repeatedly put his life on the line to fight fundamentalism.

  abortion provider dr. george tiller killed at church.

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  So Dr. Tiller was murdered by someone who is pro-life So much for pro-life.

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  What happens if you show up at the DC with no badge?

  by JeffT in

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  i'm thinking of going to one this summer to research an article i want to write.

  back in my time anybody could just walk in, but some recent threads sound like that might be hard to do.

  i'm also going to try to get a local paper to give me one time press credentials.

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  Don't waste you time or energy. Do something more productive like volunteering for big brothers/sisters, mentor a child, help out at a shelter or soup kitchen. So many productive things to do besides listen to them spout their doom and gloom your gonna die BS IMO.

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  Crazy JW chaperon Stories

  by superman in

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  the jw's must not trust their members or at least don't have too much faith in them when it comes to being alone around member of the opposite sex.

  i can remember one time in particular from when i was a teenager that still makes me laugh today.. when i was younger i used to go out in service on a regular basis during the week when i had summer break.

  one time when i met for service there were only two other people that showed up.

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  I only had one serious JW boyfriend. We very rarely had a chaperone but then again we didn't need it. He never kissed me and the only thing we'd do was hold hands and that was a quick grip and then let go type of move. He was such a geek and an uber dub at the time!

  When we were at his or my house we'd always have to sit in the living room while the rest of the family were close by keeping watch. I'm surprised we never had a chaperone

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  I hate the CO

  by superman in

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  so i was talking to my mother the other day, and she was distressed because she was saying that if my little sister isn't baptized or working toward it by the time she's 18 (which is coming up soon) she may have to move out (more then likely she'll move in with me and my girlfriend, or my older sister if that happens).

  my little sister is a great kid (high honor roll, no trouble, hard worker, etc), that many parents would be grateful to have.

  i asked my mom, why would they take parenting advice from a guy who doesn't (and hasn't) ever had kids?

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  My parents told me at age 13 that if I didn't get baptized I had to move out. I got dunked

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  All Are Invited to a Virtual Fish Fry

  by snowbird in

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  it's along the sandbar of the alabama river directly in view of gee's bend.. freshly caught fried yellow catfish, crappie, and perch served on white sandwich bread.. yum!.

  the beverage of choice is ice-cold grape kool-aid.. barefeet is a requirement.. come one, come all.. let's eat before the squall.. sylvia.

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  Damn, I wasn't cooking tonight! Now when I leave work I'm off the the fish mart to get some whiting, thanks Sylvia and I was doing so good not eating fried stuff

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  Hi I'm new here

  by BloominMarvellous in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  feeling guilty already about being on here, the familiar words are recalled in my mind "don't go on any jehovah's witness websites except 'watchtower.org'!

  so here i am, desperate for some help.

  i'm 21 and have been studying for 2 years, i was made an unbaptised publisher in february and it was all going great until i had a problem with getting a little tipsy, the elders had to come scrape me off the floor of my witness friends house and take me home.

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  Awe look who's back, hey reniia! It must be the end of the month, short a few hours huh?

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  Serious Question--Do JWs Lack Common Sense?

  by minimus in

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  why can't witnesses put 2+2 together?.

  do they have missing brain cells?.

  do they just choose ignorance?.

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  Well I can only speak for the ones I know personally - and I don't think they have common sense, none, nadda zilch! When you are talking everyday, real life things they just don't get it. Bible smart maybe, they can quote a scripture in a hot second. But to use common sense on everyday life experience they just don't have it.

  My SIL and mother are prime examples - or maybe she'd just and idiot Oh and they lie like crazy, whoever said JW's were honest?

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  Swearing - Do you?

  by Rosey in

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  one of the things you're not supposed to do as a witness is swear.......but sometimes the definition of what a swear word was went too far.

  for example in my family at one point my parents decided for a little while that we should stop saying the word "bum" after having used it forever.

  this did not last as a swear word for very long as.........well i mean .....come on!.

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  Yup like a sailor f*ck is one of my favs

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