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  What jobs have you done as. . .

  by Lady Lee in

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  ok we all have stories of "window-cleaners" but some of us had other kinds of work - that you got payed for (slave labor excepted).

  so what kinds of things have you done?

  what did you enjoy?

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  grocery store clerk- high school

  office depot night stocker- beginning when i went to college, hated this job, it was nothing but pioneer elders and me, sheer hell

  seaplane mechanic- was a great job until i punched the owner out, this was the beginning of the end of my being a witness

  bouncer at house of blues- totally gave up meetings. quit when i was working one night and realised i actually got tired of looking at topless women. had to quit, that's just wrong.

  auto mechanic- kinda went back to meetings, was dating a witness girl, so, i felt obligated. stopped after we got married.

  fast forward 5 years later,

  went back to meetings, was working as a mechanic- did this until katrina hit.

  still a mechanic, will never go back to meetings.
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  are Jehovah's Witnesses a cult? You decide...

  by under_believer in

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  there are no new thoughts in this post, but i felt like this topic was timely, what with it being convention time again, and with the anti-education rhetoric they've been spouting lately.. .

  there are many definitions and lists of criteria for the concept of "cult.

  " this is only one of them, so your mileage may vary.

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  cult cult cult cult cult cult ...........................
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  When will the JW's annual publisher growth rate finally hit zero?

  by yaddayadda in

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  about 10 years ago i did a simple projection for when the organisation's annual publisher growth rate would hit zero.

  the date i arrived at was 2009. my rough projection was based on the preceding 20 worldwide annual reports.

  obviously my projection was wrong.

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  i hope your right, and i hope it's soon. in crisis of conscience, mr. franz shows that in industrialized nations, even though alot get baptized, their publisher numbers are going down. i attribute that to things like this site showing the dark side. i predict most of their future growth will come from areas where the people are poor, and looking for something to better their lives.
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  ok, your youtube moment is in...

  by stevenyc in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu8ddyz68km.

  spellbounding !.

  enjoy!.

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  INCREDIBLE!!!!!! thanks for sharing.
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  she's a JW, I'm not, she's married, so am I.....

  by simon4 in

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  first of all, my heart aches for her and i am totally in love with her.

  i helped her leave an abusive (15yr) marriage.

  i am married but there is no affection, compassion, love, understanding....etc.

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  she may seem so wonderful because you understand each other. this may fade if you decide to be together and you may regret your decision. i agree with everyone else. settle your present relationship, then decide where to go from here. good luck bro.
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  Inadvertent benefits of leaving the WTBTS

  by Grouper in

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  the thread would you ever return to the truth started by my friend the package, .

  nvrgnbk said:.

  music can save your "soul" as well.

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  i have almost completly stopped drinking since leaving. when i was in, i was drinking alot. now, if i drink more than 1 beer a month, i'm drinking alot.
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  How many happy JW marriages do you know of?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  just reading frequent flyer miles on the subject of feeling guilty for having a happy marriage with a non-jw.. in our congregation which i haven't attended for about a year, i can only think of two or three who seem to be happy.

  of course, i don't know what happens behind closed doors, but i know of several who admit they are unhappy.

  i wrote out a long list of couples who have divorced over the last 20 years--including three elders (one is on his second divorce).

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  i can honestly say, my parents are very loyal dubs, and have the best relationship i've ever seen. they've been married for almost 40 years and still don't like to be away from each other. my wife and i always listen to their marital advise and try to emulate them.
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  More fanatical?

  by Agnostic Front in

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  hi all, i came to this site a few months ago looking for some advice regarding my involvment with a jw girl, i was under the impression that love was the most important thing in a relationship and that we could get around the whole 'she's a witness and i'm not' thing, the responses i received soon cleared my head of those thoughts!

  i've since made the break with elizabeth and feel so much better, although it was a painful thing to do, i still bump into her every once in a while and receive an endless stream of jw literature and invitations to various gatherings in the post, the latest being a three day convention, i read the stuff and become more convinced with every one that i've done the right thing.

  i'm still trying to work out how otherwise intelligent people can be sucked in by this bs, i hope one day that she may see the light, not so we can get together but because she's a great person.

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  hey agnostic, welcome back. i agree you probably made the right choice, no matter how much it hurts.

  as for people getting sucked into this b.s. you may be surprised to learn, it's easier to trick rather intelligent people into believing things. i'm sure most will agree, most witnesses are rather intelligent, just misguided. smart people will believe things for not so smart reasons. if you are truly interested in learning about this, i can hook you up with websites that explain mind control. as you read about it, you can see the witnesses use almost every mind control tactic out there. it's not conspiracey theory, it's real science. i don't know how much you got involved with the witnesses, but, when you start reading about mind control tactics, it all makes sense.
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  Evolution of Richie: Post JW

  by RichieRich in

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  i have many hopes for this post.

  ideally, it will be an eloquent explanation of my actions, more for myself than anyone else.

  also, i hope that there are tons of others out there who have, or have had similar feelings and experiences who can contribute insight to the discussion.. as a witness, my mind was relatively closed.

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  i think i kind of know what your going through richie. as i look back on myself just a few years ago, i can't believe what an asshole i was. i still do and say stupid things i shouldn't, and have to fight to kep an open mind. sometimes, people will say something, and as the words are about to come out, i have to catch myself and really think about my phylosophies. i now have gay friends, and have to keep from saying something that's upsetting to them, even though by nature, i am confrontational, and closed minded. now, i fight to stay open minded, and am much happier. of course, when people mess you over, it makes it harder to trust. i have trust issues. i will be cool to people, but, can honestly say i only trust about 10 people. everyone else, i am careful with.
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  Great Books Thread

  by Open mind in

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  what are the top 5 books you would either recommend and/or have had the greatest influence on you?

  (if you only want to mention one or two that's fine as well.).

  if you feel like it, please briefly tell us why.

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  yeah freedom, it's not what most people think. the overall theme i can tell so far, is how to win wars without fighting. of course, if battle is unavoidable, it tells you how to kick butt. lol figuratively, not physically. it's not advocating violence.