Man, I thought that was a joke! I needed that laugh....Anyhoo about the topic, my grandmother told me some story that a bethel tour group got delayed somewhere in NY on the morning of 9/11. Supposedly, they were on their way to a tour of the WTC. I just looked at her and rolled my eyes. I guess it's to be expected, though. She thinks that everything good that happens to me is a trick from the devil, to keep me in the 'world'.
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The sick mind of the JW
by JT inyou got to love these folks.
james.
>>interesting remarks at morning worship from tom & esther chin:.
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Not if, but when...
by teejay ini was raised in the truth.. it was about six weeks past my fifth birthday when my mother was contacted by "jehovah's people" and a few months short of my sixth when she got baptized a half year later.
that was the summer of 1962.. because of my experience with the truth from such an innocent age when thought patterns were first being formed, one of the tricks that was played on me one of the lies that was passed along is that some of those of my generation happened to be among the most fortunate of all of mankind since some of us would never die.
if i did my best; if i tried hard enough and did everything that was within my power to do; if i found favor with the most high god, i might well be one of those who'd never taste death at all but live right through this world's end into a global paradise.
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Me and my sister and brother used to talk about what we would do, where we would live, and where we would go when the 'new order' came. I think it was mostly a fantasy escape for us, because we were very poor. We would drive past beautiful homes and hope to live in them in the 'new order'. Oh, the delusion.
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Anyone here from Ohio?
by jesussaves ini know a lot of jws that seemed to disappear, and everybody just stopped talking about them.
i would love to be reunited with some of the people i grew up with in good old c-town (cleveland).
i'm 27, and if you lived on the east side of cleveland, i probably knew you.
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jesussaves
Larc, you partied with my grandma! She's a diehard JW btw.
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Anyone here from Ohio?
by jesussaves ini know a lot of jws that seemed to disappear, and everybody just stopped talking about them.
i would love to be reunited with some of the people i grew up with in good old c-town (cleveland).
i'm 27, and if you lived on the east side of cleveland, i probably knew you.
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larc,
we probably have been at some of the same parties. Some of the people that I'm looking for. Tracey & Phil (siblings), Martine, Nakeesha, Jacquetta. These are folks that I know left the Borg. Most of the Akron dubs used to come to the Cleveland parties, because we knew how to throw a good, unchaperoned 300 person party that the CO would talk about to the other congs! I hope to contact alot of exjws closeby and have a reunion. I like being online, but an in-person ally would be better.
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Anyone here from Ohio?
by jesussaves ini know a lot of jws that seemed to disappear, and everybody just stopped talking about them.
i would love to be reunited with some of the people i grew up with in good old c-town (cleveland).
i'm 27, and if you lived on the east side of cleveland, i probably knew you.
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jesussaves
I know a lot of JWs that seemed to disappear, and everybody just stopped talking about them. I would love to be reunited with some of the people I grew up with in good old C-Town (Cleveland). I'm 27, and if you lived on the East side of Cleveland, I probably knew you. I was a party girl, and went to every gathering and wedding reception for miles around!
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Average age of apostates survey.
by sleepy ini thought it might be a good idea to find out at what age or after how long we descided to leave the watchtower.. prehaps we my find a patern in it which we could use .. i think what we need to know are ,.
1.age you left the watchtower.
(or age you found out it was wrong).
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Mind Control & Urban Legends
by freeman inwitness urban legends.
you know what they are; we have all heard them before.
the stories that somehow show the witnesses or their teachings in a good light but always seem to contain elements that would seem preposterous to most people.
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jesussaves
Now Scully, that story is district convention worthy!
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BREASTFEEDING IS EATING BLOOD!
by metatron intell every witness sister!
warn every pregnant publisher!.
don't breastfeed your kids!
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jesussaves
What a coincidence! We were just chatting about breastfeeding. I can't wait to tell my grandmother about the blood cells! She would say something like 'I'm not going to go ahead of the great chariot of the organization. They'll come out with some new light on this.'
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cruel?
by qadreena ini remember going on field service with a pioneer sister then afterwards she asked me to accompany her to look in on one of her studies, i said yes and ended up in the house of a really nice indian lady.
my friend had offered to take this lady's daughter off her hands for a while and take her down the park so off we went - nice summer day, we sat while the little girl played on the swings and slides, we brought a bit of food and went back to the park to sit down and eat, as we were eating, the girl started talking about armageddon.
the conversation was getting along nicely - little girl slowly being succesfully brainwashed...... the poor little 8 year old girl ended up in tears - she was scared of the earthquakes and didnt want to die, she didnt want her mother to die, and even though she believed they would both be together in paradise earth, her dad would die and stay dead, nothing my friend could to cheer her up so i coaxed her into going back on the swings and all was well till it was time for her to go home and the tears started again when she told her mother of her concerns.
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jesussaves
Yes that was very cruel. When I was little my mom thought she was 'anointed'. My siblings and I used to cry and cry because we didn't want her to go to heaven, we wanted her to stay on earth with us.
We would go to gatherings and play a game called 'great trib'. It was for the kids. Whenever this one elder Bro. L screamed out 'great trib' we had to freeze and be perfectly silent until he gave the signal. It was supposed to be practice for the real thing, in case we had to go into hiding. They start that fear factor stuff from the crib.
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Hypocrites.....grrrrrrr
by Tatiana inwell, a couple of nights ago i was kind of ashamed of myself.
let me explain.. i have a new job.
as a model scout.
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April,
You have me at work cracking up about this thread! I remember one day I was real mad at the JWs. This elder had tried to preach to me one morning before I got on the bus to go home from work. I had worked all night and was tired, and he was trying to show me some Awake mag. He had a little boy with him, looking like a miniature elder, and that was really what set me off. I remembered being dragged out in the street witnessing and door to door work in the cold sub zero weather and scorching hot summer days. Well, I told him off big time. Then when I got home, some witnesses came to my door. I just opened the door, and said, "I was a witness for over 20 years and I just found out it is a cult. Goodbye." and closed the door.
My husband was angry with me for doing that. He reminded me how devout and deluded I was when I was a JW. When we first started dating he told me a story about a crazy man who liked to come to the door naked when the JWs came to the door. I did not think that it was funny back then.