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GREAT SONG FOR EX-JW'S AND THOSE FADING
by ADJUSTMENTS in
1. jw
2. friends
this is a song by lauryn hill, i believe she herself or her immediate family was associated with the jw cult.

i like to share this song every once in a while, its very powerful and inspiring for those having difficulties with the jw cult.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0hdztvh8mvw.
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BEING SHUNNED
by JOHNROSS93 in
1. jw
2. experiences
after almost 40 years of being shunned by close family members, it never gets easier.

my own mother is under the spell of the "organization" and won't even write to me.

for a long time i sent her things - cards, news articles of interest, jokes, etc - i finally gave up.
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Is it okay for JW to take Medical Marijuana?
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. friends
just wondering.

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Generosity in the world
by DS211 in
1. jw
2. experiences
well tonight my family and i went out to dinner.

we ate, had a good time...then the time came for the check.. the waitress announced some old couple would pay our tab.

total strangers picked up our bill.
Info on a Pioneer Brother
by CaramelQueen in
1. jw
2. experiences
anyone know the whereabouts of a pioneer brother name of danny leggings and his wife terri?

last we heard they were somewhere in tennessee.. thanks all!.

lady leo.
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Christmas Field Service
by NeverKnew in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
on another thread, i read that a few adherents may be traveling (cough-cough) to other cities and wouldn't be able to make field service on christmas day.. what is the likelihood that going out on christmas will be encouraged at the weekend services at the khs?

...or do most halls stay neutral on this?

given what i've read on this forum, i have the impression that disrespecting a day of other's celebration wouldn't be discouraged which annoys the heck out of me..
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Thorough Scriptural Destruction of the Practice of Judicial Committees
by kneehighmiah in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm sure this has already been discussed.

but here are my thoughts on why jcs are unscriptural.. .

elders are instructed to look for works that befit repentance (acts 26:20).
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Is this CA experience mind control or worship of man?
by hoser in
1. jw
2. experiences
this goes back some time several years perhaps even 10 or so.. .

i was at the circuit assembly and during the announcements the chairman said you may sit if you wish this will take some time to read this.

i forget what it was about but everyone sat down except the district overseer and his wife.. then the people sitting close by the do started to get up to stand again and there was this group of about 100 who were standing around the do.
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Regrets for knowing the TATT? Strange feeling overcoming...
by BluePill2 in
1. jw
2. experiences
today is a strange day.. i have been out of the borg for a while now.

some years have passed and i thoroughly enjoy the freedom, not having to bend my mind and rape my soul to force myself to do and say things that i don't feel or believe.

i started my own business, got a wonderful girlfriend and made some friends (that are not monsters like the wt$ likes to portray others).. my parents, siblings, brothers-in-law, cousins, aunts, uncles, ex-wife, "friends" and my daughter, have cut their contact to me.
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The more time I spend with "worldly people" the more I realize...
by confusedandalone in
1. jw
2. friends
... that they actually have more of a desire to get to knoww you then jehovah's witnesses.

for years at the kingdom hall although i was an elder everyone "knew of me" but no one knew me.

i realized that i never really had a friend who knew anything about me as a person or my background.