Posts by doublelife

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What's your plans on the JW Memorial night?

by dissed in

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friends

for the last 13 years, we haven't attended and didn't even care about it.

but since we became card carrying members of jwn in september, we have an interest in what are friends here on jwn are doing.. for us?

we will be watching 'dancing with the stars'.

doublelife

That's interesting blondie.

I will be going with my husband this year to keep peace in the family. But we're going to the spanish memorial at his mom's congregation. I don't understand spanish so I'll be extra bored at this year's memorial.

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Sixscreensofthewatchtower

by Piercingtheveil81 in

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friends

i was just reading an email from rick fearon about the conference call this saturday.

i'm starting to think that some things they say are a bunch of crap.

they seem too stuck in the past and can;t seem to let go.

doublelife

I have to agree with the creepy factor. When I was first looking to see what information about jws was on the internet six screens was one of the first sites I found. At the time I was still a believing jw and this site scared me. Especially the page about occult teachings. The music is so scary. I immediately left the website because I thought demons would come into my home. I felt so ashamed and guilty that I went to an apostate website. It took me a few days to get over it and eventually my curiosity overtook and I found jwfacts.

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I hope I'm not the ONLY one...

by YoursChelbie in

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friends

is there anyone besides me who would like to get a group together for dinner, maybe at a local tgi fridays?.

there's some faces i would really like to meet again.. i don't think that here in the dallas/north texas area, we've had a gathering in a while.. so if you have any suggestions for a particular day?

we could see when it would be convenient for most people.

doublelife

I'm in Dallas! Let me know when everyone's wants to meet up.

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A question about love bombing

by doublelife in

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friends

most of us on here know that love bombing is a cult trait and many on here have said that they experienced it at the kingdom hall.

this might be a stupid question but maybe because i'm a born in the behavior seems normal to me and i don't notice it.

but how is it different than going to any other church where people introduce themselves to you?

doublelife

dissed, 'we love you until we know you well enough to gossip about you.' Lol. That's the perfect discription of what it's like being at the kingdom hall.

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A question about love bombing

by doublelife in

jw
friends

most of us on here know that love bombing is a cult trait and many on here have said that they experienced it at the kingdom hall.

this might be a stupid question but maybe because i'm a born in the behavior seems normal to me and i don't notice it.

but how is it different than going to any other church where people introduce themselves to you?

doublelife

BorgHater, your experience of being at the other church was interesting. I guess the reason I find the love bombing hard to see is because, from what you describe, I never participated in it. I've always been very quit by nature so when a new one came to the hall I usually didn't even meet them. When I did I just introduced myself and that was it. I always felt bad about that. Like I wasn't spiritual enough because I didn't go out of my way to welcome people. I only met them if someone else introduced me to them. Now that I know what it really was I don't feel bad.

SnakesInTheTower, what you describe I've definitely seen and experienced myself. I never realized it was love boming. I thought that was only something use on new people, not current members.

rockmehardplace, I have seen other people do that to bible studies.

Now that I look back, when I left my home cong and moved to my new cong after getting married, everyone was so happy to see me. Once my meeting attendence became irregular the attention slowed down. I didn't even realize that that's what was happening.

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A question about love bombing

by doublelife in

jw
friends

most of us on here know that love bombing is a cult trait and many on here have said that they experienced it at the kingdom hall.

this might be a stupid question but maybe because i'm a born in the behavior seems normal to me and i don't notice it.

but how is it different than going to any other church where people introduce themselves to you?

doublelife

Most of us on here know that love bombing is a cult trait and many on here have said that they experienced it at the kingdom hall. This might be a stupid question but maybe because I'm a born in the behavior seems normal to me and I don't notice it. But how is it different than going to any other church where people introduce themselves to you? Or do people at other churches not welcome new visitors? I don't know. I haven't visited a church yet.

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