| 1. | Unitarian Universalism(100%) |
| 2. | Theravada Buddhism(88%) |
| 3. | Neo-Pagan(82%) |
| 4. | Liberal Quakers(81%) |
| 5. | Mahayana Buddhism(79%) |
| 6. | New Age(78%) |
| 7. | Secular Humanism(75%) |
| 8. | Orthodox Quaker(71%) |
| 9. | Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants(69%) |
| 10. | New Thought(62%) |
| 11. | Baha'i Faith(61%) |
| 12. | Reform Judaism(57%) |
| 13. | Scientology(55%) |
| 14. | Taoism(54%) |
| 15. | Jainism(54%) |
| 16. | Nontheist(52%) |
| 17. | Sikhism(51%) |
| 18. | Hinduism(50%) |
| 19. | Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist)(48%) |
| 20. | Orthodox Judaism(48%) |
| 21. | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)(42%) |
| 22. | Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant(41%) |
| 23. | Islam(38%) |
| 24. | Eastern Orthodox(37%) |
| 25. | Roman Catholic(37%) |
| 26. | Seventh Day Adventist(36%) |
| 27. | Jehovah's Witness(28%) I'm pretty pleased with the outcome :) |
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Unitarian Universalism
by changeling inhas anyone here gone that route?
i've been reading up on them and they sound interesting.
they even accept atheists!
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Unitarian Universalism
by changeling inhas anyone here gone that route?
i've been reading up on them and they sound interesting.
they even accept atheists!
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Oh, I see, so you take like a quiz or something and that pops up..
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What good comes from joining a community like this for support/therapy?
by dances with smurfs inokay so if anyone can give some imput on this, i would really appreciate hearing different opinions!.
(its downright impossible to make decisions, big or small, these days....sigh).
ive been thinking alot about the possible consequences and outcome of joining in on a community like this and using it as a form of therapy or a support group type setting when struggling over the witnesses.
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Its nice to talk with people who get it! Some of our spouses and friends may try to support us but they really have no clue what it's like. It reminds me of whats normal and whats not. When I've had a bad experience with witness family members that makes me feel worthless, I like to be reminded that I'm normal, they are brainwashed. I can tell myself this all I want but having others agree with me makes a world of difference.
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Unitarian Universalism
by changeling inhas anyone here gone that route?
i've been reading up on them and they sound interesting.
they even accept atheists!
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what does the percentage stand for?
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WT comment 'people who leave the org who seem happy are fooled by satan?!?'
by darth frosty inthis was a comment made at the past wt study (6/27).
from what i know the wt from sunday had something to do with christ (just read title of blondies comments.
so what was the purpose of such a comment?
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Great.. I was just telling my Mother how Happy I was. Now she just has more reason to believe Im an apostate satanist.
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Saying goodby on a board is a little weird if you ask me. It's not like you're going to another planet that doesn't have internet access.
by gubberningbody inthat would suck.. in fact, the first thing i do in an alien abduction before i give in to the implants and anal probes is to make sure they're wired to the max.
any "superior" civilization that doesn't have hd plasma and bluetooth can bite me..
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deep thoughts.. ;) I'll try reading this again after a glass of Vino
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Things in the past that show you that your doubts started earlier than you thought
by sabastious ini was just talking to my wife this morning about underlining or highlighting the wt paragraphs.. when i was 13 years old i would fight with my dad because i refused to highlight the answers.. the reason was because i wanted my comment to be genuine.
i felt that highlighting the "answer" made me lean on just using that as a crutch and not truly putting it in my own words.. i still hold that argument now, and i am 26. the only reason you would ever have to highlight something in a study book would be if you needed to remember it, maybe it is fairly complicated or subtle information that could be easily forgotten.. so many times in the wt the "question" has the same phrase that's in the paragraph!
it's literally like playing connect the dots.. so what i would do is not highlight during the family study.
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EmergedAsMe, I have some similar memories. I told my biological father that he would die if he didn't become a witness. I also told some kids in 1st grade that Santa and SAtan have the same letters in their name. My friend and I used to eat grass at recess to "prepare for the great tribulation."
It's all so F'd to think of little kids doing, saying, thinking the things we did as children!
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Things in the past that show you that your doubts started earlier than you thought
by sabastious ini was just talking to my wife this morning about underlining or highlighting the wt paragraphs.. when i was 13 years old i would fight with my dad because i refused to highlight the answers.. the reason was because i wanted my comment to be genuine.
i felt that highlighting the "answer" made me lean on just using that as a crutch and not truly putting it in my own words.. i still hold that argument now, and i am 26. the only reason you would ever have to highlight something in a study book would be if you needed to remember it, maybe it is fairly complicated or subtle information that could be easily forgotten.. so many times in the wt the "question" has the same phrase that's in the paragraph!
it's literally like playing connect the dots.. so what i would do is not highlight during the family study.
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I remember my parents always telling me not to repeat the paragraph word for word but to "put it in your own words". I had a heck of a time doing that because, like you mentioned, the answer had the same phrase as the question.... it used to REALLY frustrate me :0)
When I spent time with my 6 year old brother recently I could tell that his little brain was already so confused. He told me while I was babysitting that I do Halloween and worship Satan. First off, My Mother has no way of knowing whether I celebrate Halloween or not and I have no clue where he got this. But he knew somehow that I did "bad things". I tried to reason with him that His teachers and friends at school where still good people and that people that are not Jehovahs witnesses do not all worship Satan. It broke my heart to see him so confused. He loves his sissy, but why do people act like shes bad..?
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Saying goodby on a board is a little weird if you ask me. It's not like you're going to another planet that doesn't have internet access.
by gubberningbody inthat would suck.. in fact, the first thing i do in an alien abduction before i give in to the implants and anal probes is to make sure they're wired to the max.
any "superior" civilization that doesn't have hd plasma and bluetooth can bite me..
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I don't think it's weird. Some people need cites like this only temporarily while they work through leaving or feelings from leaving.
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My mothers wedding
by finding my way indear jehovah's-witness.net,.
thanks for letting me vent.
it's been quite sometime... i've had a baby and been moving around for months because of my husbands job (14 flights since the baby was born) and now that i have time to breathe, i need you again.. my mother and i have been on the rocks for years!
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Thank you both. I think a few more weeks away from that wedding will ease it quite a bit. Just super mad right now.