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  Hi all....wow

  by -Tank in

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  hello folks.

  i posted one topic in the "relationships" section of this board, but just wanted to say a few words, and introduce myself, i am tank.

  i was just curious, this is a jw board, i was expecting to find 80% of the members, or posts, to be of diehard, hardcore jw's, trying to preach there beliefs or there views, but yet, almost every thread i read has to do with someone leaving, already left, or a story of when they left, nonetheless, all the stories lead away from the jw religion.

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  What about your JW past are you thankful for?

  by nvrgnbk in

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  in the interest of self-healing and finding the peace that comes from being grateful, can you think of anything at all that was positive about having been one of jehovah's witnesses?.

  not to be misunderstood with missing something about it, is there something about the experience that has enriched you?.

  to answer the question myself, being forced to face the fallacies of the teachings of jwism, i was also prompted to look past those teachings and reevaluate everything i believed in.. that experience was frightening and unsettling, but i'm thankful for it.. i now have a greater appreciation for life in all its wonder than i did when i took it for granted as one of jehovah's witnesses.. i'm more determined now to find meaning in this life, after having lived for so long for a future that was never to arrive..

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  Alcohol and JW's

  by sweet pea in

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  it seems like alcohol is a very grey area when it comes to jw's.

  when i was a jw i knew many witnesses, particularly brothers, who seriously liked their drink and it appeared that when it came to elders and ministerial servants, the organisation seemed to turn a blind eye to alcohol abuse if those brothers were being faithful and especially if they were looked up to and liked in the congregation.

  it reminds me of the mormons and the fact that utah is the prozac capital of the world - when something is not perceived as quite as bad a sin as another (even though all sins are equally bad in the bible/book or mormon), it becomes the one form of escape for people who have nowhere else to turn.

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  poll for the ladies....

  by sweetstuff in

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  i noticed alot of polls of what the guys prefer..how about the ladies?

  do you prefer blonde, redhead or dark?

  how about height?

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  How did you measure how close the end was ?

  by JH in

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  i recall buying a new car and thinking, "this car will still be around when the end comes" .

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  then i recall when they were building the molson center in montreal where the montreal canadiens hockey team would be playing, and i was thinking to myself, "they will never play there.....cause the end will come first".. .

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  How Many Are...Or Have Been Going To Therapy?

  by new boy in

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  i only went twice right before i left in 2001.. my then jw wife.... thought in would be a good idea.

  she thought all "my angry issuses" were against my dead nazis jw mother.....they were really about me living a lie for over 10 years... so anyway...i went to this dr. and in just 2 visits, told him my whole life story,begining to end.

  he did't really say very much.. at the end of the whole thing i said "well doc...you can see that i'm pretty much screwed no matter what i do...if i stay in the cult i'm screwed...and if i leave i'm screwed!.

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  are we inactive or what?

  by inactive? in

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  i would like someone to discuss some issues i have.

  i understand all are welcome here, so i am sure some elders or former elders could help me.

  i was a pioneer for 7 years, before that i was a regular auxiliarry pioneer for 3 years, i have been a witness for 17 years.

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  JW I believe is an accult

  by shrlblnch in

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  they teach you eve spoke to a snake.. i failed to find that in my bible.!!!.

  i believe it was sex..a 3 somesome what ya think?

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  My first year at JWD!

  by kifoy in

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  wow!

  i've been here a year already!

  can you imagine?

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  fader's wife expresses 1st doubts....

  by sweet pea in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  talking to a friend (ex-elder) today whose wife was (is) a close friend of mine .

  she's still a jdub but won't talk to me now i'm df'd (apparently it hit her very hard when we left) and so she busied herself with ministry and meetings in search of comfort and affirmation of her faith.

  this didn't work for her and she came out with an unexpected question... .

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