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  mental health

  by martinwellborne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  sorry if i seem a bit outta sorts, but +#'* me i have had a bad time these past months.

  i honestly thought i was condemned to die (deep down i still think i am).

  i left the borg about a year ago with my wife and family all intact (or so i thought).

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  High IQ turns academics into atheists

  by darth frosty in

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  2. friends

  just something else to throw onto the atheist v theist debate.. .

  high iq turns academics into atheists .

  12 june 2008. by rebecca attwood.

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  Do you hate elders and ex-elders?

  by nvrgnbk in

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  2. friends

  do you think they all ended up being elders because they were ambitious and loved to exercise authority over others?.

  or do you realize that each elder has his own story and that some became elders under great pressure?.

  do you really think that all of the elders enjoyed participating in judicial committees?.

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  I'm leaving on a jet plane!

  by purplesofa in

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  2. friends

  in a few hours.. to a new life, a new adventure.. thanks to the board for helping me to get to the place i am now in life.. it feels great...it's taken alot of time, thinking, pain, overcoming fears, communication and a good dose of reality.. believe me, .

  it's been worth all of it.. hope everyone has a great life.. purps.

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  Donations - child abuse compensation pay-outs.

  by jambon1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  do you think any active jw's realise that their money has been used to compensate abuse victims and not for the world wide work?

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  Suicide story - How many times does this happen.

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a pioneer couple were obviously poor so they shoplifted some meat from the supermarket...they were caught and charged and being a small town everyone would know about it, so they killed themselves before the elders could organise a linch mob.

  sad story.. another brother just drove off a cliff....brothers would later say how he must have felt guilty over something...idiots!

  not nice....he may have been mentally ill or had other issues.. does this happen alot around the world with witnesses under so much pressure to be perfect?.

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  Book studies

  by martinwellborne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does this mean there are no more groups?

  how many times these groups were re-shuffled and we were told this is the last time before armageddon.

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  "Congregation Bible Study" - Name Change probably money motivated

  by Meeting Junkie No More in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, just to beat this topic to death, i think the real reason for the book study amalgamation is actually the name change to congregation bible study.. there's got to be a gazillion catholic, protestant, presbyterian, anglican, methodist, united etc.

  churches that have alpha courses and bible study nights.

  and some light bulb has gone off in brooklyn so that the so-called governing body has finally caught on that they are the only religion without an actual 'bible' study meeting.

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  Announcement: They Clapped!

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  weird.

  after the letter was read, many clapped.

  i don't know how to interpret that.. .

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  The truth, the whole truth and nothing like the truth

  by martinwellborne in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anybody know the truth man?

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