Posts by Hopscotch

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Introducing myself

by Aeiouy in

and a third continuation........meh.

however, breaking up with her had a very good affect on me.

an unexpected one.

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Welcome Aeiouy and thank you so much for sharing your journey so far with us.

How exciting for you to be finding your freedom to live your life your way while you are still so young. And what you said about loving your mother was so very true - what she does is up to her.

Wishing you all the best with the rest of your journey

Hopscotch

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I want to be a Super Villain like in the movies

by Elsewhere in

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how does one go about buying an isolated island, a super weapon and paying about 10,000 guys in jump suits who know how to use a super weapon?.

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I have come to kill your topic you you super villain.

Well it appears you did!

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Do you ever actually tell your family you're not coming back? What do I do?

by stillAwitness in

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i've been "inactive"for four years now.

i am quite proud of myself for making it this far since i moved out on my own at 22 for the first time.

i've remained in school, try to live a balanced and productive life and still drive home to visit my parents at least once a month (they live 45 minutes outside of the city) luckily, my parents and i still remain close (as much as a baptized inactive child and still fanatic jw parents are able to be) and besides my mom's constant pestering about me attending meetings again and coming back to the troof, i haven't had to much stress from them or the elders.

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stillawitness - my husband and I had been away from meetings for around 3 years when my father and sister and their families started pushing for us to go back. We raised a few issues that we had about JW teachings and the UN thing etc and they didn't like that.

When we told them we were not going back after my dad gave us an ultimatum (can you believe it I was 49 and my husband 56 and my father is giving us ultimatums) my family immediately cut us off. We have not heard from them or seen them since January this year after telling them we're finished being JWs.

By the way we are not df'd or da'd just faded.

So if you do outright say you are never going back you risk losing your family.

All the best

Hopscotch

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The Future of the Economy

by metatron in

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i've started this subject a few times and dumped out of it an equal number of times, hoping for better guidance.

at this point, i think it is better for everyone to face highly likely outcomes and get realistic.. first, let's say it plainly: this is a depression.

i define "depression" as a multiyear period of economic weakness, decline, and depressed economic opportunity.

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Thanks for this excellent post Metatron.

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The Scariest Thing You May Read This Year

by metatron in

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http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/government/fraud/us_government/news.php?q=1222996931.

the material is dated but that only makes it scarier.

graphs show the us will be forced to borrow perhaps 3.5 trillion in 2010 - more than all the spare capital on earth while other governments try to do the same.. result relative to this website?

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metatron you have a PM

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To you what was the Watchtower Socity's biggest lie ?

by The Almighty Homer in

yes, what was the biggest lie that you can think of, that persuaded you to realize that they were not who they said they were ?.

for myself it would have to be the year they picked as the destruction of ancient jerusalem 607 bc.. i have an assumption this was done purposely to coincide correctly with making 1914 an a important pivotal date.

in human history, which by all factual evidence it was not.. unassuming and deceiving manipulation for self marketing purposes.

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That they alone in all the world have a direct line to god and that he told them he going to destroy everyone on this planet, anyday now, except those who are members of his organisation the WTS. And only the really good members at that.

This kept me living with the Happiness Postponed Syndrome for over 40 years.

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Do you still read the bible?

by boyzone in

i can't.

i can't even bring myself to pick up the book anymore but i'm still a christian.. not sure why, just this feeling of guilt when i read it, and guilt if i don't.. anyone else have an aversion to the good book?.

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