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  rumspringa

  by mentalclearness in

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  2. friends

  did anyone catch the documentary on rumspringa among the amish????

  i thought it was pretty interesting stuff.

  rumspringa is a time for adolescent amish youth are allowed to pretty much "run around" and do anything they please, before deciding whether to join the church or to leave it.

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  mrs. robinson

  by mentalclearness in

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  2. relationships

  well i need some advice.

  i am 32 years old and involved with a guy who is 25 years old.

  he is is super smart and very responsable, treats me with loads of respect and we have a really good connection.

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  beliefs

  by mentalclearness in

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  2. family

  so last night i spoke with my boys (6 and 9 years of age) about why we believe things.

  i completely plagiarized richard dawkins (ha!).

  so i used as an illustration that people thought before that the earth was flat.

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  how many times were you disciplined???

  by mentalclearness in

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  2. experiences

  well i grew up in the organization..and i had several committee meetings..i was privately reproved at 17 (for pot) at 22 i was publicly reproved (for sex) and privately reproved again at 31 for sex again.... .

  so who holds the record for the most discipline while still in the organization????

  i know many cases (mostly friends) who were df'ed came back and then df'ed again...i even know someone who was df'ed three times......

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  another story

  by mentalclearness in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well learning to fly's story inspired me to write this one...it happened to my extended family...well here goes...our family is very deep rooted in the organization....like in the proclaimers book...part of history...anyways, this one famous "brother" had several children and was an active witness throughout his life..enjoying the type of notoriety that comes from being part of jw history and having a recognizable last name...one day we find out he has died...and apparently it wasn't an accident because he left a note....of course other family members try to say he mixed his medicine...but why the note???

  well soon after one of his daughters is super depressed and tries to commit suicide.

  she is also a witness...slowly after much therapy seems she gets her memory back and remembers that good old dad sexually abused her until she got her period...turns out he did this to all his children....of course all of them had blocked out the memories but all had problems with their husbands in the sexual department...they all began remembering incidences as well...so in the end, this brother that everyone looked up and thought was so wonderful was just another sick pedophile who raped all his kids and committed suicide.

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  banks

  by mentalclearness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was talking to a friend of mine and he pointed out the fact that banks seem to use the same strategy the organization does to attract "customers".

  they make it easy to open an account and so complicated to close it.

  so in the end people just continue loyal out of inertia.

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