Posts by AWAKE&WATCHING

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I want to start a new FB app "kingdom hallville"

by avishai in

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virtual jw world, where you study, go out in service, avoid holidays, gossip, pioneer, get to a certain level, be an elder, form committee mtg.s, df other members.

any other ideas?.

LOST SEASON FINALE

by Terry in

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the 6th and final season of lost has been jam-packed with "reveals"!.

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what is the secret of the island?.

LOL....my best friend and I actually took our children out of a Care Bear movie because we thought it had a demonic part in it. I look back on that now and can not believe the things I gave up for a whacked out religion.

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LOST SEASON FINALE

by Terry in

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friends

the 6th and final season of lost has been jam-packed with "reveals"!.

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what is the secret of the island?.

AWAKE&WATCHING

Lenny had watched the first few seasons but I had not because the previews led me to believe that demons were involved and I was still in the cult. Watching "Heroes" was all the guilt I could handle. Last year we went to the beach and when it rained for a few days we spent the time watching the first season of "Lost". We came home and got caught up.

The only bad thing about going to New Zealand last month was not being able to watch that show, well that and the sandflies, lol. It was fun catching up again. We are SO excited about Sunday that we are planning to make it a little feast day, a real celebration. We have watched every episode together and will have a little happy smoke while we watch the smoke monster for the last time. The ending will really be bittersweet.

Then maybe I'll try to get Lenny hooked on "Heroes" by starting with the first episode.

ENJOY!!! I sure will, I'm so glad to be out of the cult and able to truly enjoy this without guilt.

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Is there any way to fight for my bipolar daughter?

by angryrat in

i am new to this forum and was hoping to have some place to vent.

i am absulutely hurt and beside myself as i write this.. i raised my kids to follow the witness teachings.

one of my daughters has a very severe bipolar disorder and is currently in a mental institution after trying to kill herself.

AWAKE&WATCHING

You poor dear. I am so sorry for the stress and pain you are experiencing. Lots of good advice here, I do hope it helps.

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Crazy Woman!

by snowbird in

AWAKE&WATCHING

Thank you sweetie!

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Crazy Woman!

by snowbird in

AWAKE&WATCHING

Oh...I thought this was for me... LOL

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I received an email from Ray Franz

by Out at Last! in

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i have read on this site that if you write to ray, he will reply.

i was skeptical about this, so i wrote him about how much i appreciated reading the book crisis of conscience and thanked him for his time and effort in writing and documenting his experiences in bethel.

after a few weeks with no reply, i thought that i would never get one.

AWAKE&WATCHING

((((((((((((((((((((((((((RAY)))))))))))))))))))))))))))

I don't know if Ray lets himself even begin to feel how enormously he has helped so many of us.

He is truly a gift in men.

:0) A&W

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is this about right? some art by me!

by xbro in

i did this on the microsoft paint program!.

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AWAKE&WATCHING

good job! lol

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So where do you do the research?

by ConnieD29 in

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friends

ok so i'm really trying to figure out what i believe about the bible, god, religion, etc... where do you research or find something to study that isn't tainted with someone else's beliefs or opinions?

this might be a dumb question, but i seriously don't even know where to start.. .

thanks,.

AWAKE&WATCHING

You guys ROCK!

Reading this has brought tears to my eyes. I was so lost and confused when I came here. You guys really helped me learn to think for myself.

I don't post nearly as much as I did in the early days but I still luv ya!

Connie - I definitely steered you wrong the first time with the JW's, but not this time. Aren't these folks awesome?

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did anyone ever catch a jw kid doing something he shouldnt ?

by looloo in

i was walking down my street one day while being a"study " and heard some kids on bikes coming up behind me using every swear word there is aiming it at eachother , but not in anger , i turned round and was really shocked to see it wasthe two sons of an elder who lived near me ,and one of these boys was considered a "fine example " to other young ones .

because i felt "trapped " by the jws (my kids would die if i didnt stay with them !

) i moaned to my pioneer friend about not seeing the point of being a jw if the kids are just the same as "worldly" kids who they are not supposed to mix with and look down on.

AWAKE&WATCHING

Just a few years ago there was a ten year old boy who would continually pinch me...HARD, I'm a grandma for Pete's sake, not another kid. I knew he liked me so I tried at first to talk to him about it. He would laugh and run off.

I knew his parents well, the kind that piously love to be offended so I was hesitant to talk to them. finally I told them as nicely as I could while showing them a few bruises on my arm. They said they would take care of it and never spoke to me again.