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  Did you beleive you were A intellectual when you were a JW

  by jam in

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  i am embarrass to say when i was a jw and a elder i. thought i could sit down and speak on any subject with.

  anyone intelligently.

  i felt the schooling of the wt had.

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  I thought I was smart. I mean I was only 1 of the 6,000,000 that knew the truth! I thought I knew everything about the Bible and why other religions were wrong... Ug
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  Wow! I am 3 years old on JWN today

  by Magwitch in

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  many thanks to all on jwn for all the inspirational readings, heartfelt love and support and most of all the good laughs.

  jwn has been such a healing place for me to come..

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  wow! happy 3rd I just realized today that I have my 2nd next week! cheers!
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  Today's WT Study Stupidity About Df'ing

  by metatron in

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  in today's watchtower study, towards the end, you had one of those typical comments by a former df'ed witness expressing appreciation for being shunned.

  these comments always remind me of a stalinist show trial in which the accused enthusiastically accepts being executed for the greater good (probably to save his family).. after this kind of nonsense is expressed, you will get a flurry of self righteous comments emphasizing how important it is to shun your disfellowshipped relatives, so that they can come back in the "truth".. oh, really?

  do any of these people raising their hand realize that, if the "success" of disfellowshipping depends on your shunning, then the "repentant" person is "coming back in the truth" for the sake of their relatives -and not because of fearing jehovah !!!???.

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  thinking back on how "wicked" they make Df ones look makes me sick. I can think of 20 off my head who were DF in my time as a JW and I have to say only one or two of them were "bad". I'm a better person now then when I was a JW.
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  Beware online filter bubbles TED

  by Mickey mouse in

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  http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html.

  i guess the governing body would be happy about this..

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  interesting
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  Introducing Myself

  by StandFirm in

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  hello to jwn!

  this is standfirm.

  i mainly post on the topix jehovah's witness forum, but i decided to give it a try over here also.

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  Found Sheep

  Welcome! I think ex-jw's are more open to different ideas. We don't clame to know it all like JW's are told they do. I hope the best for you and Hope something you read will open your eyes to the reality of the religion. The fact you are here gives some hope.
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  what a wonderful day

  by jean-luc picard in

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  mrs picard and i have both got the week off, so we have decided to spend the day on the hollodeck.. breakfast in bed, followed by a long walk in the countryside.. not a cloud in view.. salad lunch in the garden ( some of our firsthome grown produce of the year), along with a generous glass of red wine.. then a siesta in the hamack.

  its a double hamack, but mrs picard declined to join me, prefering reading her new novel.. i didnt sleep, but lazily watched the comings and goings of the birds nesting in the trees above my head, the insects, and the sunlight flickering through the leaves.. to top it all, mrs picard has offered to take me out to the restaurant this evening.. if there is a god, i'd like to publically thank him for this wonderful day, and present my excuses for not going out in field service for the last 15 years.. and, in the words of karen carpenter, in one of her songs:.

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  glad you had a wonderful day. many many more to you
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  ~~ A friendly Hello ~~

  by freeflyingfaerie in

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  it seems now it's longer and longer between times that i come to visit this site...but there is a deep feeling inside that calls me to connect with others whose lives have been ravaged in some way by the religion.

  this even a few years after leaving it all.. sometimes when it is quiet, i reflect on how it used to be..how i now live such a different life.

  walking away from the religion...there are no words to describe the sense of personal freedom and strength that has followed.

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  Thanks for your post. I'm still high from the rush of true freedom leaving the cult gives. I also hated leaving friends and family behind and at times it pains me how they now look at me. Big bad Apostate. I enjoy your writing style
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  Just finished reading I'm Perfect, Your Doomed

  by cawshun in

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  i was disappointed in this book, i kept reading it hoping it would get better.

  i guess i got spoiled by this forum.

  i have found better writings and stories here and a heck of a lot more humor.

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  I enjoyed the book it was the 1st EX-jw one I read. I think she was honest and funny. Some of her story was mine to a key and her honesty helped me forgive myself.
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  New ex-JW memoir coming out...

  by brizzzy in

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  i don't post a ton here because i'm kinda shy.

  http://www.amazon.com/dp/0373892357?tag=thegirsguitoh-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkcode=as1&creativeasin=0373892357&adid=038ez4bjpam7bcsze5mq&.

  that's the amazon link (which is currently the most affordable, i believe, but it's also available for preorder at b&n, borders, indiebound, and indigo-chapters if you're in canada, if you prefer one of those retailers).. .

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  1/2 way through! Great so far but I like happy endings! You have been through so much but NOW is life good? I always read the last page of any book I read but can't figure it out? Thanks for sharing your story. We have some events in common I think so many JWs Ex jw's do. Nice getting to know you through your book
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  Hi from Andy from state of Montana, introduce myself

  by andys in

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  hi wanted to introduce myself, i wanted to intoduce myself once all the dust cleared more and i am thinking more clearly, in feb. 2011 is when i decided to leave jw, my way out of the organization has actually been since july of 2010 gradually over time i started to question the jw religion, in july of 2010 i was still living at home with my parents, my dad at the time told me he was going to force me to go to meetings but i started to drift out the other way it got to the point where my dad told me i had to eventually leave, in november of 2010 alot of things happened, i was finally able to find my own place, just at the right time i found a very good deal on a duplex for $350 a month something that i can easily afford even on low income, usually alot of places even where i live are around $600 a month, in alot of ways i just about nearly was homeless.. in feb. of 2011 is when i decided to read the book crisis of conscience, the very first night getting through 80 pages is when my blindfolds came off, i immediatley accepted christ as my savior, also in the process i did alot of extensive research, i did research on alot of mainstream religons, also jwfacts.com helped me out alot on where to go, i decided to check out the baptist church, everything was beyond what i expected, i am not afraid to walk into a different church to me its helping me heal all the pain that the jw religon has caused, also recently i got baptized and now am a born again christian.. .

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  Welcome Andy! enjoy sweet freedom! Do you know the Mills?