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  Afraid of the end of the world?

  by LearningMore in

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  i am wondering how much of my anxiety about the end of the world is from the wt experience, and how much is just me.

  i just watched wall-e, and while a cute movie, it really made me anxious.

  scifi in general makes me nervous.

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  runningonfaith

  Fear of the end of the world is jw ' bread and butter.

  last time an elder visited me to encourage me to go back he told me ,and i quote :"what if Armageddon comes?"

  i think it depends as for myself,since i still believe in god and Jesus i think it will come when God decides.

  many here don't believe it anymore and it works for them.

  I'm personally trying to get to a point where i'm at peace with myself and the world to the best of my circumstances,that is all that i can control.

  after that it's in God's hands....

  peace out
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  Question......

  by runningonfaith in

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  i've had something on my mind for a while.. the local county paper, (30000 copies/week) goes in all mail boxes on thursdays for free.. in it, every week people anonymously petitions or thank st.jude or other saints, you know what i'm talking about (i hope).. just to mess with the local boe,i was thinking of sneaking a little ad in between those i was referring to.. something like: .

  "make sure of all things.. " 1 th 5:21. freeminds.org.

  would i need permission from randy or others?.

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  runningonfaith

  I've had something on my mind for a while.

  The local county paper, (30000 copies/week) goes in all mail boxes on Thursdays for free.

  In it, every week people anonymously petitions or thank st.Jude or other saints, you know what i'm talking about (i hope).

  Just to mess with the local boe,i was thinking of sneaking a little ad in between those i was referring to.

  something like:

  "Make sure of all things.. " 1 Th 5:21

  Freeminds.org

  Would i need permission from Randy or others?

  Would i risk a lawsuit?

  Is it a dumb idea?

  I'm sure some local jw will see it and get curious.
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  Just got my copy of "Crisis of Conscience"

  by JimmyPage in

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  after finishing "combatting cult mind control" i decided to move on to the next logical book.

  i've read the first 100 pages of "crisis of conscience" and it's gone by really fast.

  now i know why this book is so important.

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  runningonfaith

  I went to the library and got "CoC".Read it in no time.So far that's THE big one for me.

  I bought "in search of christian freedom" rigth away,thinking i would do the same but i have had a hard time reading it.

  I was (am) so emotionally sick, that only now ,after maybe a couple of months, i'm starting to look into it.

  CoC confirmed some things that i was already thinking and just got to me when it told what goes at the top of the wt.

  rock on JP
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  To Quit or Control it....Drinking that is....Who has succeeded and how?

  by oompa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thinking about just giving it up....i always revert back to a nightly habit.....and the occasasinal big escape into the bottle.

  but of course you can't live there, and it fixes nothing.. because i think i do have a problem, i went to some aa meetings and found them to be too much like wt.

  if alcholism is a true disease, then why is it the only one that needs god (or a higher power to cure (or cope with).

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  runningonfaith

  i'm in the same boat,oompa.

  i don't want to drink,but i have to ,to stop my mind.

  sometimes i just don't want to think,too much baggage......
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  all those books

  by runningonfaith in

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  my wt books are going in the recycle bin a little at the time.what did you do with yours?

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  My wt books are going in the recycle bin a little at the time.What did you do with yours?
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  all those books

  by runningonfaith in

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  my wt librery is going in the recycle bin a little at the time.what did you do with the wt books?

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  runningonfaith

  my wt librery is going in the recycle bin a little at the time.what did you do with the wt books?
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  REM show last night... my critique

  by dawg in

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  in art, there can be no wrong opinions, we like what we like and have to offer no explanation for what we like and/or do not like.

  that said... my take on last night's rem concert at lakewood amphitheater.

  ok, so i'm an athenian, that means i'm supposed to love all things athens, georgia is about; but i've never been a big rem fan... in fact, when i was offered front row tickets given by the band themselves, i really didn't want to go.

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  runningonfaith

  no rem fan here,i know that one song.i went to see eric clapton about a month ago.$125 per ticket.i think it's worth to pay for that kind of performer once in a lifetime.i would not go out to see rem even if it was for free.i don't mean it in a bad way ,just not my thing.on the other hand,i went to see some horrible shows just because my son wanted to go.(the things we do for our children..)i've seen some good stuff in the past,i don't go out to concerts anymore unless it's somebody i really, really like.by the way i've got even with my son and dragged him to the ec show.
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  Servant Step-dad strangles Pioneer mom Elders ask them to reconcile??

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  while living in perth my step-dad and mother were pioneering....he was also a servant.

  twice my mum left him due to violence...but, elder idiot encouragement sent her back to him.

  this last time they had an arguement about the price of potatoes.

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  runningonfaith

  Elders are just doing a job.they'll tell you whatever the society tells them to say.use your head,every case is different,yes going back together is the best thing but,under the right circumstances.
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  Being shunned by JW's who you know have done worse than you

  by milligal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  okay-here's one i was thinking about the other day-after reading some of your posts.

  have you ever been shunned by a jw who you know was doing (or had done) some really devious things?

  for instance when i was df'd the first person to give me the five minute long evil eye at the grocery store was a sister who had five children by two different fathers and a sixth child who was molotto (she was white) and she insisted that she had no idea why he came out so dark skinned.....she was never df'd.

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  runningonfaith

  I know it may be hard but don't let it get to you.it's just another proof of the hipocresy the wts teaches.
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  A Critique of GB Anthony Morris’s 2007 Convention Talk - Barb Anderson

  by Dogpatch in

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  a painstaking satire/critique of gb anthony morriss 2007 convention talk, .

  http://www.freeminds.org/women/morris2007.htm.

  they keep following the lamb no matter where he goes".

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  runningonfaith

  I take this opportunity to thank you Dogpach,for the time and effort you have dedicated so that others (like me) can get to know what the wt society is really all about.i'm on my way out of it.