Posts by doublelife

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If Deprogramming Psychotherapy was Free, would you do it?

by skeeter1 in

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just wondering.. skeeter.

doublelife

Elsewhere asked, "I know there are therapist who specialize in working with exJWs but I do not know of any. Does anyone know of a therapist in the Dallas area?"

I've been wondering this myself. Anybody know?

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ex bethelite experiences

by escape-artist in

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hello i used to serve at wallkill bethel.

i lived in the c building, i remember doing my watchman asignments with the little divice that you use to scan the areas you are supposed to reach.

at this time the construction was not complete in the printery and areas next to the main lobby.

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some times they would wake up while being cut open and you saw an animal hanging by its legs screaming with blood pooring out of it till it choaked on its own blood

I hate the thought of an animal screaming, helpless, and choking on its own blood. The desire to be a vegetarian and believing in the bible always caused a lot of cognitive dissonance in me. I'm much more at peace now.

how are animals killed outside of bethel?

According to the videos I've seen it's the same.

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ex bethelite experiences

by escape-artist in

jw
friends

hello i used to serve at wallkill bethel.

i lived in the c building, i remember doing my watchman asignments with the little divice that you use to scan the areas you are supposed to reach.

at this time the construction was not complete in the printery and areas next to the main lobby.

doublelife

The slaughterhouse, huh? I always wondered how the bethel farm animals were treated. Are they abused the way other factory farms are known for doing? Are they killed humanely?

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Snow

by EmptyInside in

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is anyone else here snowed in?

i'm going crazy here.

i haven't been able to get to work all week.

doublelife

It's snowing pretty hard in Dallas. The snow is falling inside of the parking garage I'm parked in and turning to ice. I just hope I'm able to drive outside of the garage safely when I get off work. A few minutes ago a car was trying to drive up in the garage and started sliding down.

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New here

by Stimorol in

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i've been lurking this board the past few days and reading a lot.. i'm a 30 year old male from an unnamed european country, i was brought up "in the faith" by my jw-parents (my father is an elder and was even the "head elder" (i guess that's not the proper english term, english isn't my mother language) for a while, although i believe he stepped down when i faded away, but was reinstated as an elder later.

i never really had any interest in religion or god, not even as a child, even with my perfect jw upbringing.

it always felt like a chore and i did my jw duties, but just the bare minimum i could get away with, living at home with jw parents (attending the 3 meetings every week, and going to do field work 1 hours on saturdays).. at around age 15-16 i got baptized, i was not directly pressured to do it but some hints were made by parents/elders.