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  To the Household of God, Israel, and Those Who God With...

  by AGuest in

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  the greatest of love and peace to you all.

  on another thread i posted what i stated was my last post.

  that wasn't true; this is my last post on jwn.

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  hemp lover

  Still Thinking: " there are more believers out there that need her help converting to atheism"

  This is actually true in my case. AG is as equally responsible for opening my eyes through the years as people like cofty, qcmbr, "them," et al.
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  Truth behind Scientology revealed - KATIE HOLMES TELLS ALL !!!

  by talesin in

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  just kidding, but wouldn't it be cool if she divorced tommy, and revealed the truth about this cult?

  hehehe.

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  hemp lover

  Huh?
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  Truth behind Scientology revealed - KATIE HOLMES TELLS ALL !!!

  by talesin in

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  just kidding, but wouldn't it be cool if she divorced tommy, and revealed the truth about this cult?

  hehehe.

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  hemp lover

  Oh man - you made me click.
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  Thought Reform and the Psychology of the 'Safeguard Your Heart!' 2012 Convention

  by breakfast of champions in

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  to make attendance at my second district convention "mentally out" both a little more bearable and meaningful, i decided to take some notes of key points as if i were an outsider studying the thought reform methods of jehovah's witnesses.

  at first, i was only going to share these notes with my therapist, but inspired by the "parsing the watchtower double-speak" thread, i figured i would share my amateur analysis with everyone.

  here are some of the highlights:.

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  hemp lover

  Thank you, BOC. You brought back fond memories of the only DC I attended while mentally out, but I'm too lazy to look for that thread (it's been years).

  wasblind, I think this might be my favorite JWN sentence of all time: " MoFo's can't count."

  I usually go with "honky mofo's", but I can get away with that ;-)
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  Greetings from Candace Conti

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  candace asked me to tell you thank you for all your kind expressions of support.

  this really means a lot to her.

  she wants you to know that she is coping well with all the stress and excitement, even though she's had years of anger and frustration because of being abused for so long, first by the molester, and then by the wt.

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  hemp lover

  ((((Candace))) I admire your courage.
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  Are you up and down all night?

  by compound complex in

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  i am - every hour or so - but last night i slept for 5 hours uninterrupted, and this despite 4 cups of coffee late afternoon.

  still can't account for what was for me tantamount to a full-night's sleep .... .

  do you sleep well most nights?.

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  hemp lover

  Well, I'm not feeling so alone after reading this thread. It takes me a long time to fall asleep and then I wake up a lot all night long. I'll be having a dream that feels like it's been going on forever and wake up to see that it's only midnight and I've been asleep for 45 minutes. Wash, rinse, repeat, repeat, repeat. At 3 a.m., I usually have to get out of bed and check all the doors, because one of my dogs barked at a cat but I don't know it was just a cat. 4 a.m. to wake up alarm are awesome - lol. My best sleep comes on the weekends from 6 a.m. when the sun rises until I force myself out of bed, so I can have a life on my days off.

  I sleep so much better when there's a man staying over and if not, melatonin helps me go back to sleep faster after I wake up in the middle of the night. And of course, there's always weed
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  I have to brag about my kid

  by JeffT in

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  alex, our youngest graduated cum laude from the university of washington today with a bachelor's in environmental science and a minor in quantitative analysis.

  he has a job in his field.

  he and his fiance, who also graduated today (biology) are getting married july 1. she's starting a phd program at berkeley in august, so they're moving.

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  hemp lover

  That's awesome! Well done. What job did your son find? I don't know anything about environmental science or quantitative analysis.
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  Summer reading

  by mrsjones5 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok folks, it's that time of year.

  school's out, the kids are running around (well actually staring at the video screen), the days are longer and the night are cool.

  with the lazy hot days of summer ahead what's on your reading list?.

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  I love "what are you reading?" threads. There are always so many great suggestions or authors I've never heard of to try out for the first time. I still have a ten-deep stack on my nightstand, but now I want to go to Half Price Books tomorrow ;-)

  I'm reading "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter" and "The Best American Travel Stories of 2008". Borders was going out of business and it was only $1, which was a very good buy, because I learned there are centuries old foot trails throughout Provence, France, where you can literally walk through people's backyards/fields from small village to the next small village, making incredible restaurant/hotel discoveries and meeting interesting humans along the way. I want to go to there.
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  The real truth is that you know you've recovered when you stop caring about JW's

  by gubberningbody in

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  2. friends

  it's perhaps sad, but perhaps a bit of wisdom to come to realize how insignificant jws really are.. .

  you finally get to the point where you don't even care what happens to the borg one way or another.. .

  this said after almost four years..

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  @ NC

  GB: " You finally get to the point where you don't even care what happens to the Borg one way or another.

  This said after almost four years."

  I get what you're saying and it's not that I care what happens to the religion. For me, it's the people. I've found that just when you think you're truly out, something happens to make you care again. Like getting an email from your long-lost younger brother who hasn't spoken to you since your mom's funeral. Or receiving a self-righteous "come back to Jehovah" letter from your new "stepmom" (who happens to be the same age as you).

  Something always seems to happen to make you think about the things you were begrudgingly okay with never thinking about again.
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  I'm dating a minister

  by laverite in

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  i've been single for several years now.

  as a single dad, my focus has been on raising my children, work and keeping the house functional.

  there hasn't been time for dating.

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  La Verite: " I haven't dated before so the kids have never been introduced to anyone. This has been very much on purpose. I'm keenly aware of the kind of quality person who I would want to be with as my children always come first. I do have friends, of course, and my children come along to lunches with friends, etc. A couple of times now, we've all hung out together, and he's been introduced as a friend."

  That's exactly what I did as a single parent and I have no regrets. I love meeting people who enjoy discussing religion (without proselytizing or being judgemental). It's fascinating to hear other's perspectives and everyone I've met who was into religion as a conversation topic has been fascinated by the JW experience. So it's kind of a reverse seed planting thing. Good luck to you and your family!