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  Watchtower, Wolverine, and the LIE that every 13-year-old saw RIGHT AWAY...

  by Unlearn in

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  i'll always remember this issue of the awake warning jw parents about comic books and why they were so dangerous.. the cover had a kid on the front sitting indian-style reading a comic book, wide-eyed and smiling.

  came out in the early 1980's.. i'll always remember it because it screwed up one of my favorite past-times: i was around 13 years old and a hardcore collector.. after this article, it was a continual tug-o-war with my dad over comics....and it lasted until i was 18 and moved out.. .

  here's what was telling about that article:.

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  This has happened with a lot of things that kids get into and enjoy. I can see their point with things like Harry Potter and it's outright use of magic and sorcery...that goes against their beliefs. But picking out something so frivilous and ridiculous like comics is just straining out the gnat, in my opinion. X-men isn't occult or demonic, though it can be argued that it involves evolution in some form.

  My biggest issue with this subject is simply that the Watchtower preaches that everyone has free will and has to make their own choices based on their conscience...but then they print things that basically FORCE your conscience to decide in favor of their stupid rules and doctrines. This in effect robs a person of that free will and serves to either 1) Make their conscience oversensitive to every little thing, or 2) Make their own conscience completely useless and force them to just follow along as drones no matter what they truly feel.

  Free will, indeed.
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  SPARLOCK coffee cups, steins, shots and drinking glasses available!

  by sacolton in

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  http://www.cafepress.com/xjwtees.

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  Must. Have. Drinking glass.
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  Do JWs treat women like second-class citizens, like their husbands' property?

  by matt2414 in

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  as an elder, i recall that the husband always had to be present on any judicial committee meeting involving his wife, but that the wife was not to be present on judicial committee meetings involving her husband.

  has this changed?

  if not, isn't that treating women as lesser persons than their husbands?.

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  The short answer is yes.

  I've had 3 JC's. One was a joint JC with my ex and I being "judged" for "sins" we commited with each other. A second was one that was only me, but the elders had him sit in on it, which sucked because I really couldn't say all that I needed or wanted to say about how he treated me. The third was after we separated, so he wasn't present for that one...although he did give his input to the elders and "bear testimony" against me that way.

  When my ex had his own JC, I was not present, I was not invited to be present...even though I witnessed what he had done. I have no idea what was said, why they came to the conclusion they did to just give a private reproof, or what crazy-ass story he told them in order to get that slap on the wrist. Chances are, he blamed me.

  As a JW wife, I had zero say in the goings on in my relationship, my family life, and my own personal life. The choices of entertainment and association were not mine to make. I had no say as to whether I would put in pioneer hours or not. No say in whether we would have the Book Study at our home or the meeting for Field Service. No say in where the money went... Sure, I was asked as a COURTESY, but my feelings were never taken into consideration for a second. He did what he wanted, no matter how it screwed us in the end. He sold and gave away vehicles that were mine without consulting me, he threw away my belongings, he controlled our sex life, he controlled what I talked about with friends and family by putting me through a gauntlet of questions every time I spent any amount of time talking to someone.

  So yeah, I was a second-class citizen in a sense, but in my own opinion I was treated more like a child than a wife.
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  Help! I'm having serious thoughts about going back

  by lola28 in

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  hello old friends, i've been thinking about going back and need you all to give me your thoughts on it.. the last year has been a horribe one for me, in the span of less than a year the following things have happened to me:.

  lost my mom to cancergot hit by a carhad a professional set back that will cost over 600k to resolveended a three and a half year relationshipit just feels like every time i think things are going to get better something else hits me and knocks me down, a small part of me wonders wether i brought all these things on myself because i left the organization (yes i know how silly that sounds) and i have given serious thought about going back.

  i need you guys to talk me out of it!.

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  I'm so sorry for all that's happened to you.

  I will say that, although it seems like you had a support group when you were a JW, it was under false pretenses. I hope you can see that. Their love and affection is conditional. You may be loved bombed when you first walk back into a Kingdom Hall, but how long does it last before it dies out completely?

  Bad things happen to good people, no matter their religion, belief system, or lack of belief. It's just a part of life. A support system can be formed from anywhere. This site itself is full of good people who have been to hell and back with this cult and are there for others as much as they possibly can. I see you've gotten a bunch of PM's, and no doubt these people have tried to be very encouraging to you. You will not find that kind of unconditional love and support from the JW's.

  As was mentioned, look at this as an opportunity to start over. No matter your age, it's never too late. You had a long relationship that just ended...so take that time to re-evaluate you and your life and what you might want from a prospective partner. Have a relationship with YOU first. Moving on can be a very positive thing if you look at it in the right light.

  I'm sorry you lost your mom. As was mentioned, that had nothing to do with you being in or out of the JW's. Illness and death happen, we lose people we love. It sucks, but it's the way life is. Being shackled to a cult doesn't change that.

  Accidents happen. I'm glad you're okay, but please don't feel like this was some sort of divine retribution for you leaving the JW's. And if it were, why would you want to serve such a jerk of a god anyway? One who gives free will and then when you exercise it, he punishes you for it because your free will led you to make a choice different than what he wanted you to... It makes no sense.

  You always have support here...from all of us. Even being far away, a kind word and a listening ear can help so very much.
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  Summer reading

  by mrsjones5 in

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  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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  Right now I'm reading Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton. It was a finished manuscript that was found after his death and published.

  I plan on reading the final two books of the Hunger Games trilogy as well. I've heard good things about 50 Shades of Grey, so I might look into that.
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  Sparlock review on Street Carnage

  by puffthedragon in

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  review:.

  http://www.streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/how-to-emotionally-screw-with-your-children-by-pretending-their-toys-are-satanic/.

  the author of this blog, kyria abrahams is an ex-dub who wrote a book, here is a link: .

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  I loved Kyria's book! It was one of the first I read during my exit (even before Crisis of Conscience).

  Off to read the blog post!
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  I've never seen JWD/JWN so obsessed re. Sparlock

  by UnConfused in

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  did the generation change or the child abuse revelation spawn this many threads?.

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  Morbidzbaby

  I am seriously considering getting a Sparlock tattoo.

  I'm thinking Sparlock and Smurfette in flagrante delicto...Smurfette in a black corset with hooker boots, garters, and thigh-highs...Sparlock with his, um, wand...
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  Why Did I Have to Be an Adopted Child? - Another HORRID ARTICLE From the Creators of Throw Sparlock in the bin

  by 3dogs1husband in

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  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20030422a/article_01.htm.

  omg they do not even have the current adoption pc lingo down.

  wrong on sooo many level i would have to be a shrink to count them, and just think it is just a first instalment.

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  I knew a couple who, after many many losses, started fostering through the state. Eventually, they adopted the children they fostered. However, they were not extremely active dubs (rarely made meetings or assemblies/conventions)...and with the situations their kids came from, honestly, they were better off being raised in a dub household than being placed back with their respective mothers. That's only ONE family I knew out of hundreds, though. It's very rare to see a JW couple approved for adoption.

  3dogs1husband~ Congrats on your children!! I'm so glad you're able to experience motherhood!
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  Head ship...

  by TimeBandit in

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  the jw idea of headship is getting a blowjob followed by a sandwich...uh, wait, they only believe in the sandwich...uh, wait, they just jerk off to the idea of getting head.

  uh, wait, they're not allowed to jerk off either.

  damn.

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  Morbidzbaby

  LOL @ this thread...

  Chris, regarding that clitoris thing... You should write a short manual and send it to all the JW men you knew. I swear not many of them would even know what the man in the boat looks like.
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  Did You Feel Truly Loved By The Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  were you feeling the love from the "brothers" and "sisters"?

  if you did, for how long?

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  Morbidzbaby

  Chris, I know just how that feels. The vast majority of the congregations I attended made me feel that way with the exception of 2. Especially this part:

  Trying to be part of a conversation in a small group of witnesses and have someone cut me off in the middle of what I'm trying to say and continue on like I never even said anything. That always made me feel good...

  Nothing says "You don't matter to us" like cutting someone off and continuing to talk like they're not there and are unimportant. I've experienced that more times than I can count! It gets to the point where you just say "You know what? Why do I fucking bother anymore?".

  I really feel for you with the crap you experienced, especially at the hands of your parents.