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  Maybe I didn't love you... Quite as often as I should have...

  by cognac in

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  and maybe i didn't treat you.

  quite as good as i should have.

  if i made you feel second best.

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  *summer*

  At some point, feelings must come out...the good, the bad, and the ugly:-)
  
  There will always be people who don't understand or simply don't care one way or the other.
  
  But there will always be a few caring and supportive ones. And those make a difference~
  
  Nice to read you are feeling better:-)
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  Can you think of a positive thing the JW's gave you?

  by Greensleeves in

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  this is something that will possibly piss off a lot of people.

  i left the jw family i was raised in when i was 16. i had a lot of angst and just wanted freedom.

  i spent some time in my early 20's reconsidering that decision to leave jwdom and came back to the decision i made at 16, but was more logical and informed that time around.

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  *summer*

  No, this thread was not a bad idea at all.
  
  You must only keep in mind that some on this forum have been very damaged and are still dealing with their anger and frustration...in their own way...at their own pace.
  
  You have been very fortunate. And I certainly admire your balanced perspective.
  
  I was never a JW and escaped baptism by a fine thread. Just like you, I also have a solid and loving environment. I will always be polite and respectful of all JWs who will show up at my door in the future {and they show up often in my area} They are only "misguided" regular people. I will not even try to make them understand my perspective. We all have our own path to travel. And I wish you the very best on yours:-)
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  Can you think of a positive thing the JW's gave you?

  by Greensleeves in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is something that will possibly piss off a lot of people.

  i left the jw family i was raised in when i was 16. i had a lot of angst and just wanted freedom.

  i spent some time in my early 20's reconsidering that decision to leave jwdom and came back to the decision i made at 16, but was more logical and informed that time around.

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  *summer*

  I learned to be more careful with my trust.
  
  I learned that not every nice and smiling face loves me for the right reasons.
  
  You may say this can be learned from life in general. But it just happens that JWs are the ones who really opened my eyes to real smooth and syrupy hypocrisy.
  
  I refuse to put all JWs in the same basket. It would be very unfair. But it happens to be my own experience.
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  2 Pictures, 2 Kinds of Goodbye

  by [email protected] in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i know this is quite old but i expect most people on this forum haven't seen it.. i think the photos capture the moment perfectly and portrays the damage war creates.. .

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  *summer*

  Heartbreaking pics that bring John Lennon's words to mind...
  
  "Imagine there's no countries
  It isn't hard to do
  Nothing to kill or die for
  And no religion too
  Imagine all the people
  Living life in peace
  
  You may say I'm a dreamer
  But I'm not the only one
  I hope someday you'll join us
  And the world will be as one"
  
  :-(
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  Yet Another Reason Why I Worship The God Of The Bible

  by snowbird in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just wanted to stir the pot a little more.. have a terrific weekend, everybody.. i love, respect, and appreciate all of you.. sylvia.

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  *summer*

  Now...that was funny!!!:-)
  
  Have a great weekend, snowbird!
  
  And a great weekend to all!
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  You will never overcome your Witness past...

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ... unless you read apostate views.. you may become inactive, like i did, and find a way to assimilate yourself into the normal world.. but you will always have at your core a view of the world that the witnesses gave you.

  their basic teachings will still be your world view.. you will never realize you were indoctrinated by a cult.. for those poisoned by jehovah's witnesses there is only one antidote.. there is only one way to understand your life and progress from there.. the only true cure for jehovah's witnesses is apostasy..

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  This thread reminds me of watching documentaries on holocaust survivors.
  
  For some of them, the pain is still raw. Even after all those years, memories of concentration camps and memories of family and friends who did not make it still make them cry. While others have allowed time to heal their wounds, but not without leaving a permanent scar that will always serve as a reminder.
  
  Perhaps coming out of a cult shares many similarities with being a holocaust survivor...:-(
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  Why I walk and jog.

  by donny in

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  the first pic is me in march of 2006. i am the third from the left (with the sweatshirt) @ 276 lbs.

  the second pic is me in march of 2007 @ 193 lbs.i have lost 80 lbs since then and gained a neck.

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  Wow!!! You must be SO proud of yourself, not to mention feeling SO much better!!!
  
  Congratulations! Keep up the good work!:-)
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  Dropped from my Bible Study like a hot potato

  by navytownroger in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had a bible study with a jehovah's witness for the past year and a half.

  i was also attending meetings, but never went out in field service.

  during a recent study, i told the conductor that i didn't believe in the 'annointed' & didn't believe the fds had a 'hotline' to jehovah.

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  *summer*

  "Has anyone else had a similar experience or heard of a similar occurance?"
  
  
  Yes. The exact same thing happened to me.
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  YOUR DAILY JOURNAL

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dear friends,.

  much of what we do on a daily basis is routine and of no particular, earth-shaking importance.

  however, after reviewing letters of family going back to wwii, it is fascinating to read what dad was doing on board the aircraft carrier in the pacific on any old day, what mom was cooking on her ever-steaming range, how i was dealing with the roller coaster of emotion at bethel [mom saved all my letters], how nana wrote that she would not study with the witnesses [per my request] but 'here are some mittens i knitted for you when you canvass new york with your magazines.

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  *summer*

  Dear Diary...

  Woke up to a foggy morning after a rainy night. Sitting at the computer with my morning coffee, the best of the day:-)

  Following JWD has been interesting in the past few days, to say the least. Lots of heated discussions. Posters were deleted. Posters chose to leave. Then out of the blue, Purplesofa left on a jet plane. And SPAZnik made me smile as he/she wrote "Gone crazy...back in a bit" and never returned. Wherever you are SPAZnik, hope all is well with you my fellow Canadian:-)

  Heard an oldie yesterday...love the oldies station. For whatever reason, this song is etched on my brain and keeps repeating itself..."Goodbye cruel world, I'm off to join the circus"
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  What Do You Worry About?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  your health?

  job?

  family?

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  *summer*

  Hillary

  I know that I have the power to end anything, at any moment.

  That is a lot of power!

  People I knew also thought they had that much power. But they had to leave unexpectedly. Death beat them at the game.