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  That wasnt very loving

  by mouthy in

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  had a jw phone me last night ,( r.thompson) ??

  wanted to talk about the wicked things happening in the world.

  i asked "are you jehovahs witness ?

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  Mouthy,

  No that wasn't very loving at all. Maybe if you post his phone number here he'd be more willing to talk to others or maybe forced to change his number would be more like it.

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  baby killer

  by the dreamer dreaming in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  many have read 2 sam 12 and simply kept going without seeing that mythical jewish god has murdered a baby because he liked king david.

  it seems that believers can justify their fraud almighty no matter what crime he commits.

  can anyone serve a baby killer out of love and respect?

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  I have been reading the bible for the first time. I am just about finished with Genesis and discovered that at times it reads like a bad Harlequin Novel. Complete with murder, betrayal, lots of incest, wife swapping, bigomy, and I never realized it was OK for god's people to lie.

  But WTF it's god's inspired word, right? Boy, can't wait to get the good stuff!

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  Two witnesses just left my door!!!

  by TheCoolerKing in

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  well it took them four years to find me at my current address, but they did it.

  my bell rang today and guess who it was!

  i had some time and thought to myself, sure why not.

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  I hear that's their M.O. It hasn't happened to me, yet. I think they'll be calling on me soon since I signed up for a free bible study on-line. I will not let them off that easy though. I will pointedly ask them to answer any question I pose before allowing them to change the subject. And if they don't know, I'll ask them to just say, I don't know.

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  Nicotine Withdrawl - How long does it go on for?

  by Clam in

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  2. friends

  the last couple of weeks haven't been too good.

  my wife has given up smoking.

  initially it was out of necessity as she had had her tonsils removed, but as she got used to doing without her cigarettes she felt as though she might as well give up altogether.

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  My dad used to roll his own cigs too. Both types! lol

  I smoke Camel Lights and I smoke about 20 cigs a day. Do they really call them fags on your side of the pond?

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  Nicotine Withdrawl - How long does it go on for?

  by Clam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the last couple of weeks haven't been too good.

  my wife has given up smoking.

  initially it was out of necessity as she had had her tonsils removed, but as she got used to doing without her cigarettes she felt as though she might as well give up altogether.

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  Clam,

  I couldn't even live with myself last time I tried to quit smoking! One minute, happy as a clam (pardon the pun) the next minute a bitch on wheels. I had to go back to smoking to stay sane. One day, I hope to quit but I may have to lock myself up in a cabin far far into the woods.

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  JW email making the rounds - feeling guilt for not doing enough in service

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  this is making the rounds.... the third danger that also involves feelings of guilt, not for doing what's wrong, but for not doing enough in our service to jehovah god.

  do we have reason to feel guilty?

  why would we feel guilty?

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  Holy crap! I couldn't even read the whole thing. These men are shameless!

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  Finally starting to understand faders...

  by ex-nj-jw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven't been posting for about 2 weeks, just kinda lurking, reading other posts, but not participating because i started to feel like i had nothing interesting to add, my life experiences, personal issues were just not very interesting to others on the forum, i felt.. i also started reading coc as well as reading old posts and reviewing the links from "old timer" jwd members.

  see, i never got deep into this cult, 18 years from birth to end and i was outta there!!

  i never pioneered, never had the ms or elder husband, although i dated a ms, he was only 19 early 20's at best (i was only 16) but that didn't last.

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  Hi, ex-nj-jw,

  I always scratched my head when it came to understanding faders. But the more I read here the better understanding I got. I still don't know how people go back even when it's for family concerns. I could not imagine having to sit in a KH for all those meetings without screaming, or at least coughing- "bullshit" every now and then. Also, knowing the fact is that if the family knew the real reason the person went back the crap would hit the fan anyway. It's all conditional and I don't know how that could make anyone feel better. But, everyone is different, that's what makes life interesting.

  I think you're being hard on yourself. Everyone's life is interesting, you can't be as boring as you suggest in your post.

  Thanks for sharing this here.

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  What % of JW's think they will make it to the New System without dying?

  by JH in

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  2. friends

  when i joined some 20 years ago, i was 99% sure i'd make it alive and see the new system without dying, because they way they put it, the end was so close, and i was so young.. today, if i was still going to meetings, i would say that i would be 20% sure of seeing the new sytem without dying first.. if you were still a jw, or if you still are going to meetings, what % would you say is your odds of making it to the new system without dying?.

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  I am sure that my mom was roped in on the promise of seeing the new system in her life time. 1975 to be exact! She was 34 and beautiful in 1965 when she got roped in. I'm sure she never thought she would grow old and die. But, she will be 76 this year and I'm sure she is disappointed but she will continue to wait on the prize yet to be while shunning her family here and now. I don't know if I'd recognize her if I saw her. She must look so different now from the last time I saw her. I can't picture her as an old lady, but I guess she is.

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  WHY?????

  by jut1981 in

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  i was bought up as a jehovahs witness in a divided home, my dad being baptized but not having gone to meetings etc for years.

  my mum being driven on by the influence of my gran.

  i was forced into baptism at 15!

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  I don't know WHY either. But, welcome to the board it's a great place to learn and heal from all the emotional abuse dealt out by the WT$.

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  Damn letter from my lawyer

  by needproof in

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  i've not posted much lately because i have become bogged down with debt and stress.

  more gray hairs are beginning to show!

  i received a letter this morning from my lawyer.

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  Hi needproof,

  I know just what you mean. I just paid my mortgage and breathed a sigh of relief thinking, at least I made it through another month. It is hard to make ends meet these days but I certainly can't complain.

  I am not hungry, I have a roof over my head, I own a nice Jeep, the birds are singing, and the sun is shining (for the moment anyway).

  Walking is great therapy. I take my dogs to a park near my home and walk 2 miles almost every day. Last week my littlest one fell in the raging river! I thought I lost her but she's OK. Dumb dog!

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