Topics Started by Oceanblue

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How can you test whether you have broken free of the mind control
by cantleave in
1. jw
2. friends
it's been less than a year but i think i am nearly there.. i can read through a mag or sit through a meeting and instantly see through the bs.. i can watch the news without thinking is this a part of the composite sign.. i see people for what they are without trying to pigoen hole them.. i'm not worried what the elders think.. however,.

i still show too much interest if i see something about a jw in the media.. i notice kingdom hall if driving through a new place.. i still want to stop and say hello if i see a group of witnesses on the street.. how do you guys and gals measure the progress of your exit from the cult?.

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To Ex-JWs: Do You Regret Learning it Was a Lie?
by leavingwt in
1. jw
2. friends
this question was inspired by a question on another thread.

to the ex-jw community here,.

do any of you regret learning that wt is not god's organization?
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Why Would Someone Like me Leave the "Truth"? Part 3 Continued
by cantleave in
1. jw
2. friends
mike and i decided that we would find out where he lived and visit him.

he had moved to completely different area but we were new elders and determined to get our man.

we confronted bro smith on his doorstep after establishing where his house was and waiting outside long enough to ensure that he was in.
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Who's the best JWN liar? I'll start -- "we shun you cuz we love you"
by Fatfreek in
1. jw
2. friends
a wisconsin man won top prize in the "world's best liar" contest.. the burlington liars club gave its top award to 58-year-old public health inspector jerry legro of sun prairie.

his lie: ""i just realized how bad the economy really is.

i recently bought a new toaster oven and as a complimentary gift, i was given a bank.".
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Remember the clean rooms at the KH
by greenhornet in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i am not sure if this topic is in the right place but.......... back when i was "in" i remember some kingdom halls had clean rooms that were for poeple that were alergect to every thing.. do they still have them.

(also they had them at the conventions also).
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Was there one single thing that told you non-JWs were not that bad after all?
by dgp in
1. jw
2. friends
when you people were witnesses, was there one thing (or many) that really told you non-jw's were not that bad people after all?

was there anything other people did to you that got you thinking or, better yet, feeling that you hadn't been told the truth about us?.

thank you for your answers..
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For those who researched 607...
by AwSnap in
1. jw
2. friends
did you use wt dates as well as things found from a secular perspective?

if a witness was researching the 607 dates strictly from watchtower info, would it still become clear they are wrong?

or does the wtbs *make* the dates add up...?
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Alleged Sexual Predator Frederick McLean Still Running From Justice
by Bangalore in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
alleged sexual predator frederick mclean still running from justice.. .

http://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2009/122909.htm.

bangalore.
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JW membership turnover - a real-life study
by besty in
1. jw
2. friends
much has been commented here on how jw's rely on an ever-changing membership for keeping their 'the sky is falling, the world is ending' doctrine fresh.. recently it was posted that fully 2/3 of born-in jw's leave at some point, and i thought you might like to see how this works in practice.. so lets take sam and i and our extended families - we were both born and brought up jw's.

start with me.

mum and dad were converted in the 1950's.
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STOP Talking to Your Family OR ELSE!
by UnDisfellowshipped in
1. jw
2. friends
" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 411).

" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 413).

" (the watchtower july 15th 1963 issue, page 446).