Confuzzled
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I just want to say how much I hate the f***ing cult
by Confuzzled ini posted here a few times some months back about my jw bf, and i'm glad i did because i was on the fence about the whole thing.
i had to stop because the nature of his profession might have brought him here, and the details i had given it wouldn't have taken much to figure out who i was talking about.
i still lurk though, daily.. i hate this.
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I didn't disappear
by Confuzzled ini was here a few weeks back and i do continue to lurk and read everyones posts, but i chose to quit posting myself because i read a lot of the archives and i was horrified to find out that people actually read and match up stories to turn into the elders at the hall, and cause havoc in members, and non members lives.
i felt i had given away to many distinctive details about the person in my life, so i decided to quit postiing for mine and their sakes.
someone in another thread mentioned me so i decided to pop my head up..
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A freshly minted Assembly Hall, as seen through the eyes of a free man
by sd-7 inthe program was day 2 of the circuit assembly, but we'd been planning to catch the special assembly day (commonly referred to as sad even by me before i woke up).
i always felt sad after the program every time.
the new assembly hall is gargantuan.
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"Escape", by Carollyn Jessop
by Confuzzled inabout a year ago i read "escape," by carollyn jessop.
it's the autobiography of a former polygamous marriage in the cult the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints, who managed to escape with her eight children.
this was the cult that they seized all the children from in texas for child abuse.
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a very weird elder
by asilentone ini remember an elder in my congregation gave the talk "godly view of sex and marriage" in the 90's.
he was talking about masturbation.
he said to the audience if you have any problems with masturbation, please let him know, he also said please do not be embarrassed.
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Aluminum Poisoning by Charles T. Betts - download link
by VM44 incharles truax betts was a dentist that wrote about the dangers of aluminum poisoning.. many of his articles were published in the golden age magazine during the 1920's and 1930's.. he wrote a book with the title "aluminum poisoning", the second edition being published in 1928.. it may be obtained at this webpage:.
file name: betts_aluminum_poisoning_2ed.pdf.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h8wuuz.
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Question About Tithing
by Confuzzled insome of you may have read my post about my lasped jw boyfriend, and his pressure on me to consider to convert eventually (i'm not going too!
) but i still would like to better understand the church and watch tower society better so i can understand this mindset he has.
he makes much to do about the lack of an offering plate, and "the 2 boxes, one for the church, the other for the needy, nobody is put on the spot to donate".
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According to bookstudy, it's ok to beat wife.....occassionally
by JWinprotest ini apologize if this has been mentioned, but i don't have the time to come on here as often.
yesterday's bookstudy on divorce got my shorts in a bit of a knot.
apparently, according to the god's love book, a wife could consider legal separation from her husband if she is physically abused, but (get this) only in the case of extreme physical abuse, and if the wife's life is in danger.
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I need answers to so MANY questions.....
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WHY DO ELDERS LABEL THOSE EXPOSING ERROR AS APOSTATES?
by Fernando infirst topic posted - sorry if it is a bit too long.. why do elders accept this absurd teaching of demons: "anyone rejecting what is not of god, is rejecting god"???.
evidence that these elders - not their victims - are apostates (wolves, weeds, the man of lawlessness, the antichrist, practicers of spiritism).
having gone through extreme adversity and consequently deep spiritual waters our family has come to understand apostasy to fundamentally mean the following:.
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