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  On Grief and Loss

  by jp1692 in

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  on grief and loss.

  each and every tear is a memory.

  and when you feel so intensely all that you have lost, you are also remembering everything that you have had.

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  JRK

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  On Grief and Loss

  by jp1692 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  on grief and loss.

  each and every tear is a memory.

  and when you feel so intensely all that you have lost, you are also remembering everything that you have had.

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  JRK

  jp,

  Yes, it is beautiful. I refer to it as "exquisite pain."

  Lou Reed has one of my favorite songs called Magic & Loss describing succinctly that juxtaposition:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zsofw80pj0
  

  JK
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  Talking Janet Jackson and Religious Freedom with the Wife

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my recent sidewalk discussion with a couple of jw's has gotten me in the mood to say more when appropriate.so the wife and i were riding in the car and cat stevens comes on.

  i mentioned to her that cat stevens left music when he was still popular and converted to islam back in the 1970's- how he was told that his music would have to be morally acceptable and he found it easier to just abandon making new music for at least 20 years.

  so i didn't really remember all the details and i figured the conversation would die.

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  OTWO, That was a great job of drawing her out on ideas before connecting the dots to her own religion. She did not shut down immediately this time, so hopefully it signifies progress.

  Well done!

  JK
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  Are you cooking with gas?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  only when i house sit.. we use propane (lp gas) since there are no natural gas lines in our gated community.. i love "my" bertazzoni italia range:.

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  Gas has instant heat which is nice. The new quartz burners on electrics are okay too.

  JK
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  Wave your phone lights and dance at the Assemblies!

  by days of future passed in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my sister sent me this youtube.

  in it are witnesses waving their phone lights and dancing in the aisles.

  sorry if this vid has been posted before.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k7iw-zisgw.

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  It has a beat, you can dance to it; I'll give it a 69.

  JK
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  Hi, all...I'm a faithful JW who is sick of lies about us

  by James Donalds in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was baptized 30 years ago and have been in the faith for over 35 years.. our organization isn't perfect.

  but i'm sick to death of seeing stereotypes about us.

  we are not mindless automatons.

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  OMG run way!

  JK
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  What Made You Decide To Finally Leave The Organization?

  by minimus in

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  was there one certain event or was it more a cumulative thing?.

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  The "CliffsNotes" version: I went to college and I Googled.

  I was at a Christian university, working on my first degree. It was my first theology class called "New Testament Studies." My first paper that I was to write was to debunk the Trinity. I wrote the paper, and the next week I was called into the Dean's office. I was accused of plagiarism; actually plagiarism by proxy. I cited my works from the Watchtower publications, but THEY did not correctly cite their sources!

  I wouldn't make that mistake again, for my next paper, I researched "Jehovah's Witnesses" on a fairly new search engine that had a weird name. On Google I found out about the organization joining the UN as an NGO, and I was done.

  JK
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  JW's on my front sidewalk

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so last weekend, the jw's ring the bell and my wife answers.

  we live in a heavily spanish neighborhood but don't really speak spanish.

  i thought my wife was quite clear that she is a "sister" to them, but maybe the one in charge of the group didn't get the message.

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  OTWO,

  You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You gave it a good shot, it is up to them now to do the research or not.

  Good work!

  JK
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  Is this life all there is?

  by Fisherman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what do you sincerely think?

  do you nurture any hope?.

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  JRK

  I think this life is all we have. Live it to the fullest!

  JK
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  Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.

  for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.

  the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.

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  JRK

  I know of a really good book written about how to fade from the religion. It was written by a friend of mine from Saint Louis. It is available free from Barbara Anderson's website. http://watchtowerdocuments.org/alan-miller-shares-his-story/

  JK