Topics Started by Hobo

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Well this totally sucks...
by bluesbreaker59 in
1. jw
2. friends
my girlfriend that i brag to everyone about, and treat like a queen, is leaving me.

i actually got df'd over her, and have been with her for over 5 months.

we were so close, i just totally never, ever saw this coming.
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Do You Carry Anything Of Sentimental Value From Your Witness Days?
by The wanderer in
1. jw
2. friends
 do you carry anything of sentimental value from your witness days?

it is fair to say that many of us on this board rid ourselves of the watchtower societys.

propaganda publications.
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Did Being One Of Jehovahs Witnesses Kill Your Drive?
by The wanderer in
1. jw
2. friends
 did being one of jehovahs witnesses kill your drive?

it is understandable how someone who has been a jehovahs witness .

for a number of years could become complacent and except their lot in life.
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The women at JWD are a large army.
by ThomasCovenant in
1. jw
2. friends
because of the constraints on women in the watchtower society with regard to being in positions of visible authority (eldership and teaching, talks etc) i would say that most of us never got to see the potential input that the 'sisters' could have made to sharing knowledge and teaching.

sure some 'sisters' could give good no 3 and 4 talks but that was about it.. however since coming to this site i cannot help but have respect for the many women that post here.

their depth of intellect and knowledge is much appreciated.. (of course i am assuming that they are women from their avatars and names.).
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Are ex-JW still gullible or serpent-like?
by BEROEAN in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just wondering if ex-jws find it hard to trust others since their bad experience or are they still gullble souls?

just wondering because some of the stories i read about past experiences are off the charts!

some of you, your childhoods, your parents are seriously jacked up!
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Take the 'apostate' quiz
by AK - Jeff in
1. social
2. entertainment
occasionally at work they give us a required survey to fill out on the computer.

i was thinking that we need one of those here, in this format.. here is the first question.

answer if you like and add more questions in the same format;.
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Is the Society embarrassed to mention Disfellowshipping / Shunning Policy?
by Gill in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
is the watchtower society secretly a little embarrassed by its shunning / disfellowshipping policy.. i haven't seen much in the way of instructions on how to deal with the 'lliving dead' in the watchtower and awake magazines in the last few years.

they tend to talk about df'd persons as 'choosing a course of life that leads to df ing rather than that harsh nitty gritty of how to treat or rather mistreat such people.. is this mistreatment only discussed in the kingdom ministry pamphlets now and deliberately kept hush hush?.

i should imagine the high mortatlity rate due to df ing leading to suicides could be very embarrassing for the organization..
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Is it weird that I don't miss it?
by bluesbreaker59 in
1. jw
2. experiences
ok, other than my father, i don't miss anything about being a dub at all.

seriously, i love my life right now, its great, thinking for myself, doing what i want, etc., etc.. i've only been out 3 months, officially, and i find no "void" or anything.

i've got a bunch of great friends on the outside, that i had for years while being jw, and then i have my mother and all her family supporting me.
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June 11, 2007 Macleans article re. ex-JW support group in Toronto
by kwintestal in
1. social
2. current
just a one-page article on an ex-jw support group in toronto.

macleans is canada's version of "time" with a large circulation.

it's also the magazine that did the large article on the septuplets.
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Curious about what ExJW's Preach and Teach
by BEROEAN in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've noticed many of you that have your own ministry.

i'm curious as to what doctrines you teach.

is it "jesus is love.