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  The True Nature of Shunning

  by done4good in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  although i have been out for 8+ years, my recent experiences with this have taught me quite a bit.

  i believe most here would claim this is what mind controlled people do when they are in contact with a known "former" believer, so i think some deeper understnding of what is really going on is in order.. i always asked why is the "mind control" so effective and how do the organizations that intiate it, learn how to?

  i never really could find a satisfactory answer.

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  Music you never noticed was ...

  by nibbled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have friends in very cool jobs.

  my world interacts quite often with music stars, and i have interesting conversations.

  for instance, i was talking with the members of animal kingdom, and asked the lead singer about the lyrics i picked up while listening them perform for the group a few minutes earlier... i felt stupid because i hadn't realized the name of the song, and only had caught a few lyrics... he wrote of mephistopheles.

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  ? Curious: How many Jehovah's Witnesses leave to join "non-christian" religions, ie; Wicca, Pagan, Satanists, Buddists, Hindu, etc. ?

  by Balaamsass in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it may seem a strange question, but when i served as an elder i personally knew of about a dozen elders and servants children who joined various wicca groups or became buddists rather than leave to become agnostic or another "christian" denomination.. the ones who became involved with witchcraft did so in groups of jw children intregued by all the talk of satan's and the demon's power etc.

  in the org.. the future buddists seemed turned off by the politics, and mean spiritness in halls.. i just thought of this after seeing the new dismal yearbook numbers and looking at facebook pages of some of the ex jws i know.. was this simply a california thing or is it worldwide?.

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  I'm An Adult... Who's Always Wanted to Do Halloween.

  by DarioKehl in

  1. social
  2. physical

  i really wanna play catch-up!

  i have a great group of "heathen worldlings," faded and exjws and i'm gonna try and arrange something for this year.

  there are tons of clubs in my city that throw fantastic parties.

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  Moment of silence for Oompa

  by andys in

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  2. friends

  i can be very emotional about certain things and when i heard about oompa, even though i don't know him i was sometimes in tears about it, i will miss his posts, what i want to do for oompa is to have a moment of silence for him, i know i don't post on here much am more of a lurker but also i want everyone else to have a moment of silence also for our friend and also for all the others who have committed suicide because of the watchtowers policys..

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  SAD news about OOMPA......

  by redredrose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  our friend, oompa, has passed away.

  just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.

  it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.

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  demon posession?

  by perfect1 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my gradmother used to tell me about a catholic icon at her aunt's house which was demon possesed and once blinked at her.

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  any other good stories of possession from people you know?.

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  Question? Do you know of any “statutory rape”, or “Child Molestation” cases handled as “Consensual sex “(fornication) by Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Judicial Committees?

  by Balaamsass in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was talking about this with the mrs., and we can recount at least half dozen cases in the last 20 years of adult j.w.

  men having sex with teenage boys or girls.

  not only were the police not informed, but also the victim was treated as a guilty party in fornication.

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  Merry Christmas (The Ghost of Christmas Past)

  by sacolton in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure if many remember me, but i wanted to drop in to wish everyone a very merry christmas and happy new year.

  you might recall i disassociated in 2008 after ten long years as a jw.

  it destroyed my marriage, but my ex-wife soon left on her own and we remain as good friends.

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  Putting up my "midwinter pagan festival blinken light tree" - I got's questions

  by darthfader in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was little (before jwism) we celebrated christmas.

  my parents got the "truth" then we no longer celebrated it.

  we used to get together with family and friends and it was great!

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