Mine is a picture my son took while we were vacationing in Florida. It is very peaceful and that is how I feel now that I am out of the JW religion.
QuestioningEverything
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Tell me about your avatar(not the Gravatars)
by asilentone inmy avatar is a pic of a cool car, obviously.
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JW Tall Tales
by lancelink inrecently i was cleaning my bookcase and found an old book that i enjoyed as a child.
it had stories in it such as paul bunyan, pecos bill, and john henry.
while these stories are fictional, i enjoyed them because they were entertaining, and easy to understand.. fast forward to the late 70's when i was a teenager sitting at the ca hall in janesville wisconsin.. the speaker was explaining the great sacrifice god made in sending his son down to earth to die for all mankind.
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QuestioningEverything
When I was younger, I was told a story about how a KH wanted to build at a particular site. The proposed site had a very old, historical tree on it(what exactly is a historical tree?) and the city denied the request. Within a few days, a terrible thunderstorm came and lightning hit the tree and knocked it down. The JW's were able to build their hall in that spot afterall, it was a miracle!!!
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Does anybody else feel relieved that they won't be tortured during the great tribulation?
by doublelife ini grew up hearing about different ways people have been tortured in the past and was always scared of going through that during the gt.
it was always an unhealthy obsession of mine.
i always thought that i was more worried about it than other jws and that i would end up renouncing my faith to get out of it.
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QuestioningEverything
I was terrified as a child. When I became a parent, I was even more terrified of my children being tortured! It is a relief to not have that fear hanging over my head.
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Out of the mouths of babes
by CaptainSchmideo inwell, went to the circuit assembly on saturday.. there was was a family on stage, with two kids i will call "the stepford children".
(or would it be "the dunwich children"?
nah, they weren't that spooky or intelligent...).
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QuestioningEverything
Good for your son-maybe you can save him from the WTBS, too.
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Progressive Insurance Woman
by RubaDub incan't think of her name right now (she's a comedienne), but i think i have had about enough with the progressive insurance ads.
they seem to be everywhere, all the time.. i guess there is a ton of money to be made when every other commercial on tv seems to be an insurance company hawking its products (progressive, geico, etc, etc, etc).. rub a dub.
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QuestioningEverything
I completely agree. I'm sick of her and their commercials. It's time for a new ad.
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What Cong you from???
by fluke inhey guys.... .
just wondering what kh you guys attended and or congregation you are from?.
me, i'm from hayes cong london and golden ash northants... spent time in others too but mostly those... oh, also a short spat in kempston cong bedford... all in england... :).
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QuestioningEverything
East/Davison Congregation-Michigan
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SISTERS ON THE RAMPAGE!!
by highdose init was well commented on by the older ones in the borg that the sisters were on the rampage when it came to trying to get themselves married.. it was normal practice for sisters in the same click or age group to visvously stab eachother in the back, exlude them as much as possible from social events and gossip about them as much as possible.
by the time i had left this was such an established practice that it seemed normal.. all this in the hopes that they would be able to bag one of the rare single and sane brothers... at least this is what it was like in my part of the world... what about yours?.
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QuestioningEverything
My friend's husband cheated on her and she got divorced in 1993 . She is still single and really wants to be remarried so bad. I feel sorry for those 'sisters' who are single and trying to live according to that religion. It's ridiculous.
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What are the outrageous things did the elders do to you?
by asilentone inthis is a true story, more than 10 years ago, i went to the memorial and there was a very hot bible student female.
we met each other, she gave me her phone number.
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QuestioningEverything
Magwitch-I'm sorry that guy was such an a**hole!! How can they be so callous to the sufferings of others? It is certainly not what Jesus would have done. Shame on them. Sorry about the loss of your brother.
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What are the outrageous things did the elders do to you?
by asilentone inthis is a true story, more than 10 years ago, i went to the memorial and there was a very hot bible student female.
we met each other, she gave me her phone number.
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QuestioningEverything
My dad, who wasn't baptised, didn't really want much to do with the witnesses but went to the hall with my mom to make her happy. He hadn't been to the hall in a while 'cause he was working mandatory overtime at work(General Motors). With some of the extra money, he bought a new TV. When the elder and his wife who had been 'mentoring' our family came over, they were furious.
The elder said to my dad, "Tom, we haven't see you lately," My dad replied that he had been working mandatory overtime(this was the early 80's when GM had it going on.) The elder said, "Well, it's more important to go to the meetings than work OT-even if it's mandatory. I see you've bought a new televison. That was a stupid, wasteful purchase." His wife made the comment that they didn't even have a tv at their house. My dad went off on the elder-told him it was none of his business how he spent his money or what his work schedule was, was this elder going to pay his bills, etc, etc..!!! The elder and his wife were very quiet and left shortly after.
My dad never went regularly to the meetings after that. He would go to the Memorial but that's it. I wish he would have forbidden all of us to go.
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Who is Going to Cedar Point Apostafest this Summer?
by jamiebowers ini am soooooooo excited!
this is only 100 miles from my house, and i'm going!
it will be historic!!!!!!!!!!!.
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QuestioningEverything
Me and my husband are planning on attending. I'm looking forward to it.