Very valid point Amber Rose. I agree. It's so hard to sit back and watch friends & family toil for this "religion" though. Some days I just want to BLAST them with info to get them out, but I know they are likely to flat out reject it.
Michelle365
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If someone is benefitting from being in a cult, should we leave them there?
by Confuzzled inif scientology has narcanon, and it has gotten people off drugs (although that 85% sucess rate they say they have is suspect), and becoming a jw sorta forces you into line, would it make sense to leave someone in if they were helping them?
if you knew somebody was a drunk, sex addict, drug addict, what have you, and they were studying, and it appeared that they were actually being helped (albeit by twisted means) would you leave them be?
like, if uncle jim was a fall down drunk that ran around on his wife, then someone introduced him to the wts, and it all stopped, would you still try and expose the cult even if they were actually helping and it was working?.
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If still "in", how do you feel when praying in front of a group despite being in doubt of your beliefs?
by Crisis of Conscience init happened to me this weekend.
i'm curently "active" and had some long time friends from a different congregation over for dinner.. we went through the formality of praying before the meal.
normally or rather lately i've been passing it off to someone else.
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Michelle365
WTWizard this-- "Dear Satan, Prince of Darkness, please cause this work to come to a screeching halt and for everyone in the cancer to succumb to temptation and get disfellowshipped this coming Tuesday night". is the best prayer EVER. Maybe if you decide to DA you should give this prayer and go out in style. lol.
If you do, please let me know so that I can attend that meeting. hahahaha
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Attended our first "worldly" cookout last weekend
by Mad Sweeney injust thought i'd share that we attended our first "worldly" cookout last weekend.
everyone got drunk and it turned into a huge orgy.
at the end we sacrificed one of the partygoers to gozer the destroyer.. not!.
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Michelle365
Sounds lovely Mad! I'm sure you'll start to feel more at home soon. I've been trying to get closer to my family that I've been ingoring for most of my life. It's kinda awkward, but I'm hoping to forge some true & lasting relationships!
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My Son Responds to his JW Mom's Condescending " Guilt Inspiring" E-Mail
by flipper insome of you may have read my jw ex-wife's e-mail to my son last night after i posted it.
this is my son's e-mail response to his mothers initial e-mail.
i think i'll just let this speak for itself.
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Michelle365
Awesome, awesome letter! Do you mind me asking how old your son is? He sounds so very mature and insightful. Kudos to him for getting his point across and still showing love to his mother!
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New Freeminds Online Store
by besty inrandy and v and i have been cooking up a new store - take a look when you have a minute.
http://www.freeminds.org/shop.html.
feedback welcomed - or order something, that would be even better :-).
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Michelle365
Wow. Very awesome!
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Again debating Sipping The Kool-Aid, I'm just frustrated....
by Confuzzled insorry if this is rambling.
i just have some thoughts i need to get out.
i've mentioned before my thought about faking my way through the cult, or at least pretending to, would make my life easier.
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Michelle365
Confuzzled- I understand relationships are complicated and I understand you have feelings for this man. I really feel for you. However, I was born a JW, lived it until I was 26 and am now sharing my children with my JW ex husband. IT SUCKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to tell you to run away and do it quickly. It is not worth sacrificing your whole self for this man or this relationship. It may sound harsh but that is exactly what you will be doing. How long can you be happy like that? How many times have we seen friends changing things about themselves for lovers? How many times have we watched that trainwreck? Please, please start making a break. It's gonna be hard but you deserve someone that will love you for YOU.
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I asked a question.........
by iknowall558 in20so the one that had received five talents came forward and brought five additional talents, saying, master, you committed five talents to me; see, i gained five talents more.
i will appoint you over many things.
22next the one that had received the two talents came forward and said, master, you committed to me two talents; see, i gained two talents more.
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Michelle365
I'm shocked they allowed it to go on for so long and haven't yet deleted the comments. lol. Perhaps they are quite stumbled? Nice job of not setting of the "aspotate warning bells" and hopefully inciting some to think for themselves a little.
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Facebook
by elder-schmelder ini need to know how many here have fake facebook profiles.
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i can pm you and tell you who, my fake profile is.. .
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Michelle365
I see. Like they know it's you but an edited version? One of my girlfriends just has hers split up into lists of who can see what. Both plans seems a little tiring. I have less than 5 active JWs on my real FB profile and I don't censor SHIT. lol. Anyone who is offended can de-friend me at anytime. I understand though that wouldn't work for faders.
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Facebook
by elder-schmelder ini need to know how many here have fake facebook profiles.
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i can pm you and tell you who, my fake profile is.. .
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Michelle365
I only have my "real" FB profile. What do you use a "fake" one for? Just out of curiosity.
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The Beard Starts TODAY
by Mad Sweeney init was only this past weekend that i finally stated (both aloud and in print) that i would never attend another meeting again.
like many brothers before me, i have decided to symbolize this new dedication to freedom for myself and my family with a beard..
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Michelle365
Thanks. At some point I'm going to write about my fade-fail and hopefully show others what not to do.
Has your fade officially failed? I know on another thread you mentioned they might be on to you?? How is everything going?