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  I don't like using Jehovahs' name anymore

  by LouBelle in

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  i must say the more and more i learn and find my way around my spirituallity the less i use the name jehovah.

  it just reminds me of everything i went through, reminds me of the ""bad"" and not the good of god.

  it reminds me of hypocracy and mind control.

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  along with what slip said,

  The letter "J" was not even used until the 14th century...
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  Wish me luck

  by Abandoned in

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  tomorrow is my first day at my new job.

  i'm looking forward to it but i'm a little nervous as well.

  other than my own computers and a couple of friend's computers, i haven't done a whole lot of this kind of work since 2004. of course before that, i did it exclusively for eleven years.

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  HEYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Congradulations!!! I'm sure you will love your new job!!!

  Be sure to let us know how it goes!!!
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  NEW article on Oral Sex?!

  by MominAustin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was watching the youtube video on the nbc piece about pedophiles and saw a comment about a new oral sex study article that was supposedly quite graphic.

  i was curious if anyone had this?!

  or knew what date it was...i might be able to sneak a peek the next time i visit my mother.

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  hey!!! i just noticed that was your first post, mominaustin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Welcome!!!!!!!

  If you'd like, tell us a little about yourself...
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  It's Possible! (A Conversation After Death)

  by journey-on in

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  (just some sunday morning reflections on my part.

  she left the truth?.

  about 25, i think.. after the disfellowship, did you continue to love your son?.

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  wow, this just makes me feel like crying...

  Sounds awfully familiar...
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  Who did you/do you want to be when you grew up?

  by Crumpet in

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  2. experiences

  when i was 9 i wanted to be daisy duke from the dukes of hazzard, but had to put aside the dream when i realised my legs weren't going to ever get any longer.. when i was 12 i wanted to be ghandi, but realised wars wouldnt stop because i missed breakfast.. when i was 16 i decided that by leaving the borg and living fast and hard enough being alice cooper was achievable.. now i'm 32 i think i'd quite like to have the sensuous, striking confidence and certainty of helen mirren when i grow up.. who did you want to be and why?.

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  I wanted to travel through time like in back to the future.

  that would be so cool!!!
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  NEW article on Oral Sex?!

  by MominAustin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was watching the youtube video on the nbc piece about pedophiles and saw a comment about a new oral sex study article that was supposedly quite graphic.

  i was curious if anyone had this?!

  or knew what date it was...i might be able to sneak a peek the next time i visit my mother.

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  if it's the one i think you are referring to, it was about a month and a half ago... basically the referred to the 83 wt on oral sex and stated that the elders wont pry into your lives about the matter, but if it becomes public knowledge that you are doing that, you can't be a pioneer, elder, etc...

  So, another words, if you are doing it and you are a pioneer, your just basically hiding your sin and that's why you can still pioneer, kinda like your leading a double life or something.

  I know someone who loves it in another hall and now can't do it... He's sooooooooooo mad... lol Hubby told him just don't tell anyone but he thinks he's leading a double life if he does that...

  but, yeah, it was so embarrissing to be at that meeting. you could tell the people who were really mad about it trying to give comments alluding to loopholes... that one paragraph went on for about 20 minutes with a bunch of people counteracting other peoples comments...
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  What do you think about Demons now?

  by tooktheredpill in

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  hi guys!.

  as many of you know, i'm still inside the borg, but my mind is completely disconnected.

  i had a chat with some friends during the week, and they started sharing experiences they had, dealing with demons in the past.. i heard some stories from brothers from cuba, that used to be mediums or "saints", and how the demons "immediately started to attack them when they started learning the truth(tm)".

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  wow, i still totally believe in them and I'm still scared of them...
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  My daughter is in the hospital .......... it's kind of weird not to pray

  by AWAKE&WATCHING in

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  my daughter shannon is 20 weeks pregnant.

  the placenta is pulling loose and she has some bleeding.

  the doc seems confidant that both she and the baby will be fine.she found out this week that it is a boy.

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  A&W~

  Our thoughts are with you and your daughter.

  Please keep us updated on how she is doing...
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  My Husband found out about this site...

  by cognac in

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  i told him that i have no intention of leaving.... he told me that i was like "a dog returning to its vomit"... .

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  First and foremost, I want to thank everyone for your support, it really means a lot to me...

  So, this is what happened...

  Friday = huge argument.

  Saturday, I took some advice from here and just listened. he didn't have to much to say. So, I asked him, "if I could show you a scripture about the society's teaching being wrong on fornication, would you want to read it?" He said yes. I showed him 1 cor. 7;36. So, a light bulb went off in his head.

  Then, he said, 'Oh, i have to show this scripture to so and so because this would relieve his conscious"

  So, I told him that if he shows that scripture to him, and that brother tells the elders you told him that, you could end up in a JC because of apostacy with according to the society, the definition of that is teaching any contrary to what they put out through there information. He was like, wow, thats really deep. I said, "see, that's one of the reasons I'm having such a difficult time with everything." and I just kinda ended the conversation there. he was a bit thrown off by that.

  So, he's not changing anything, but at least its better. At least his eyes are openned a bit more to what it is he's involved with.

  In the meantime, I'm giving it a break for a bit...

  One other shockingly funny thing that happened at the meeting today. i was talking with my husband and another brother, and I said to the brother, "oh did you see the new light on the annointed in the march mag?" And, without missing a beat, my husband chimes in, "Oh and did you also see the new light on the blood issue? Now, you can take blood as long as you take the DNA out first." Oh, good lord, I was rolling after that...
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  Newbies Exiting the Witnesses - How Do You Feel ? Steve Hassan Explains

  by flipper in

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  hello folks, how are you ?

  i am just about done reading the steve hassan book, " combatting cult mind control".

  thought i would share some of the points here for newbies and all others to see just what a person exiting a cult, or jehovah's witnesses might go through psychologically so they can better know how to deal with the various emotions of anger, guilt , and sadness that can accompany leaving the witnesses.

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  For me, I think I go through a different emotion just about every day. One that seems to be overwhelming is not having a positive outlook on the future. I mean, I have no idea where I am going anymore and I have no idea where I go when i die... I liked knowing these things. I had a definate plan, a definate hope. Now, I don't know what I'm doing... Or what to have hope in.