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  I was shunned

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in the fareham shopping centre.. a "sister" saw me.

  pretended not to see me, dropped her her head and moved very quickly in the opposite direction.. i love being a dangerous apostate!!

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  chickpea

  for a while, when i was newly freed
  i did as much ducking and dodging
  when seeing a dr0ne in a public place....

  now, i am of a mind not to play their game...
  note THEIR GAME, not mine so i have no
  obligation to "respect" their practices
  when they are so obviously misaligned....

  so i am a smilin' fool in general, and esp
  in the event of a dr0ne sighting! smile
  and nod and show them what real joy
  looks like in everyday life not spent
  wishing for an end to the world....

  if they are so happified, why are so many depressed?

  
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  CO's putting the screws on elder bodies, and ministerial servants to auxilliary pioneer this April.

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have such a love/hate, 50/50 relationship with this organization any more, but a letter was read to the elders and ministerial servants that has pushed me to the 30/70 range in favor of hate, if even momentarily.

  most of you if not all are aware of the auxilliary pioneering initiative for this upcoming april.

  it's no secret that i'm not real fond of pioneering as its unscriptural for one thing.

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  chickpea

  hell's bells

  just tell them you have pioneer spirit
  and leave it at that....
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  Highdose in a bit of a mess... but in a good cause

  by highdose in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am once again trying really hard to come off the pills ( anti depressants) i've been off them for 3 days, am having the most awful withdrawal symtoms.

  inculding terrible vertigo!

  i just looked up the offical symtoms of coming off my brand of meds... this is the list.

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  chickpea

  that doctor thing!!!

  the nature of many of the pharmaceuticals for depression
  is to amend or alter brain chemistry, sometimes to the
  point where the brain will reduce or cease its own production
  of certain neurochemicals, becoming heavily dependent on the
  outside source....

  please dont do this without supervision!!
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  Hey,Its almost 10 am,on a Sunday!!!

  by aquagirl in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how come you all are not on the way to or at a meeting?lol.so what are you all doing instead?im lying in gthe sun on my couch,w/a cup of coffee,surrounded by cats and guitars and plants.the house is empty,and im listening to the icicles melt..bliss......

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  chickpea

  fed the dogs and rats, had a GREAT brekkie
  of greek yoghurt, walnuts and maple syrup,
  a brilliant cuppa coffee, loaded the dishwasher,
  listened to sunday morning talk shows in the
  background while i looked over assignments
  for the online business skills and chemistry
  courses i am taking, played a game of online
  cribbage, checked my email accounts....

  while still in my pajamas!!!

  getting dressed to head out with the dogs
  and stop in at the grocery store ....

  must remember coffee filters!
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  Attended The Watchtower Study Today (GAG ALERT)

  by im stuck in in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  went to the meeting today.

  what a ra ra to be zealous in preaching sales meeting.

  i was totally disgusted at the outright deception that they are spewing out.. .

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  chickpea

  it is a perfect tie-in with the reduced aux pio hours for memorial season....
  i remember being happified when i could aux pio, as rare as it was...

  one sure way to boost the yearly total is to have a nice bump from the
  "special provision".... the b0rg is filled with some clever manipulators,
  that is a dead certainty
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  IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

  by watersprout in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's my birthday todaaaaayyyyy!!!!.

  carrot is making me pancakes and taking me out for lunch!

  i love my birthday, cause it's all about meeeeee!!!!!!!!.

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  chickpea

  many happy returns!!

  go do something fun!
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  As an Ex-JW (or whatever you are) Tell Us Your Core Hope / Dream / Wish

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what i ask is for some specifics.

  it helps to say it, type it, get it off your chest.

  read mine and maybe you will have a good idea what i mean.. i hope that i get my wife out of the jw's by all of the positive reinforcement i have given her to be an independent thinker.

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  chickpea

  we were an in and out family of six

  what i would want for my kids, who spent variable developmental phases
  in the cult (2 were molested), is that they truly "get on with it" and stop
  letting any eccentric phases of their growing up hinder them or become
  a handy excuse for not going after the things that truly matter in life...
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  A timely 'booster shot' for JWs

  by Gregor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the present turmoil in the middle east is sure to have the jws creaming themselves.

  biblical locales and symbols - egypt, israel, the red sea.

  potential war among nations with nukes.

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  chickpea

  man oh man

  my deprogramming must be nearly complete

  never ONCE thought of the WTS spew watching
  BBC and the News Hour's coverage of the situation
  in egypt tonight

  bet millions now living are all atwitter that
  it is a sign that the end TM is just around
  that elusive corner!!!
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  My Grandmother's Funeral

  by mrsjones5 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today was my grandmother's funeral.

  she had a hard life (which i will not divulge here) and the circumstances of her death weren't much better.

  she was not a jw but because she was my mother's mother she got a jw eulogy (yeah the jw infomercial).

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  chickpea

  sorry josie

  hope you have cherished memories
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  Beards vs. Bow Ties: Which is more "immodest" or attention drawing?

  by Open mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you were on a hiring panel for a new chair of the federal reserve board, would either a neatly trimmed beard or a bow tie even register on your dress and grooming "radar"?.

  i'm talking ben bernanke, (current chairman of the fed).

  richard abrahamson, secretary/treasurer of the wtb&ts of pennsylvania since 2000. i looked all over and couldn't find a picture of him, but he's famous for his bow ties.

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  chickpea

  there was a bethel rep who dedicated the hall built here in 1990-ish...

  abrahms i think his name was, and he wore a bow tie

  also a substiture CO out of duluth mn.... ness
  always wore a bow tie, even on the platform
  at CA's