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  Were you ever DF'd? For what and how long?

  by QuestioningEverything in

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  i was df'd when i was 20 or so for fornication.

  i got reinstated when i was 24. i had a son during that time and i was worried about us if we didn't get back to the fold and 'protection' of the organization.

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  Today my husband surprised me...

  by mrsjones5 in

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  2. friends

  yesterday we were getting our van repaired and while that was going on we decided to window shop at a really cool furniture consignment shop.

  i saw a baker's rack that was really nice and that i would love to have.

  hubby looked at it too and thought it was a nice piece but we had to leave the shop to pick our van.

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  Every study article is an exercise in the BITE method

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  10-20 years ago you would get a mix of different types of wt study articles.

  they generally fell into one of a number of categories: prophecy, bible characters, facets of the fruitages of the holy spirit, aspects of jehovah's personality, creation, the new system etc.. now it goes like this:.

  obey the faithful slave, stay of the internet, do more, obey the faithful slave, stay of the internet, do more.....rinse and repeat.. it's no wonder the dubs have all become brain dead.

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  except it isnt a life

  more likely a stupor
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  Wasting one's life on an ancient fantasy

  by Nickolas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i could not help but think of my devout witness wife when i saw this in yesterday's funny pages:.

  it is reminiscent of something she said awhile back about being restored to all the glories of youth when the new system comes.

  from my non-theist perspective this is a sad example of escapism.

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  i am so with you on this one

  i keep telling my kids this IS the one sure life they have
  and it is best to aspire to a line of thought lincoln espoused...
  to leave the world better for having been in it
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  This past weekend I lost my mom

  by lola28 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the cancer finally got to her and now my sisters and i are left without our mother.

  we take comfort only in knowing that she is no longer in pain.

  how do people move on from such a massive loss?.

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  the death of a mother is the first sorrow wept without her
  -unknown

  very sorry to hear of your loss...
  i hope you finds means to comfort
  and be comforted... sincere condolences
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  So What's the Point?

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am back after several months to tell you all that i am cured!

  that's right, i am no longer an ex jw.

  i can go around and pretend that i was never knocking on doors.

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  chickpea

  it has to be the best revenge to get on with a normal life
  and get caught smiling every time a JW crosses your path!

  the b0rg truly is a figment of its own imagination in actual
  numbers, and a blip, if that, on the radar of those without
  some genuine affiliation, like a quirky relative in the background
  who no one can remember if they are JWs or Christian Scientists
  or who the hell cares anyway.....

  i am so busy living i can hardly remember what the drudgery of
  assimilation was like... i seriously come here to read the updates
  on "policy" the b0rg is churning out so i can be useful to anyone
  trying to make a run for it.... that and offer a measure of support
  for the ones who are still reeling from the shock after discovering
  they were in a CULT... that is some serious sh!t that needs time
  to recover from!
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  LET'S PREDICT THE FUTURE.....

  by Mary in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after reading the thread about remote viewing, let's make some predictions for the next 5 - 10 years and see how many we get right.

  i'll start it off by predicting things that are no-brainers.

  i predict that within the next 10 years:.

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  I have just left my parents home and the JW's about six months ago and have found it hard to get over.

  by StephanieH in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i finally desided to leave the witnesses therefore my family and basicly everyone and everything i had ever known.

  i was 19 about to be 20 and i had just finished my first semester at a community college.

  i was shocked at the respons of my father and others about me attending college at first they were ok but behind my back they were pretty much betting on my failier.

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  To the Household of FSM, IPU, and Those Who Have Gone With ....

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  2. friends

  i say to those ones, "congratulations.

  " you have figured it out.. .

  the above is a fusion between the void (empty set zero with a slash through it) symbol and a drawing of a unicorn.

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  small talk with daughter...still planting seeds

  by Aussie Oz in

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  2. beliefs

  had a little chat to her the other day about a couple of things.... she had the friday off school i found out so she could go witnessing with the co's wife and have lunch with them.

  anyway, got to talking about the door to door work and whether she thought it was an effective method of preaching, which she does/did.

  i asked her if she was aware that after 130 years of preaching that most people could not tell you what the jws believed but rather could only say what they didn't believe, and even then still get some of that wrong.

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  chickpea

  your approach is so lovingly pragmatic

  lucky kids to have your devotion to their well-being

  keeping it real, oz.... you do it so well