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Titbit from April Awake
by konceptual99 in
1. jw
2. friends
the latest awake is online.

there is a story about a nun who became a communist and then got disillusioned with that.

here's a quote.... .
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This site has been going for 13 years. Did you ever at one point fear armageddon?
by ILoveTTATT in
1. jw
2. friends
i am just wondering about all of you who have been on this site for long.

in all of the events that have happened since 2000 (for example, september 11th), have you at any point, even you die-hard apostates, felt like "oooh sh!t... i should go back to the kh"... just to have the world survive the latest disaster?.

what was the worst event for you, in terms of saying... "did i mess up???
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This photo woke me up
by krejames in
1. jw
2. experiences
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i was already on my way to my second fade when i went to the wildlife photographer of the year 2012 exhibition, but this photo made me lose faith in the idea of a loving creator......(the gazelle has been injured by the mother cheetah so she can use it to train her cubs to hunt).
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Do You Give A Sh*t About "Duck Dynasty"?
by minimus in
1. social
2. entertainment
when i see them on chia pets, i'm thinking--- has the world gone mad?.
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Has anyone else gotten rid of their TV?
by NewYork44M in
1. social
2. entertainment
we have not had a tv for about 2 years.

and even befor this we did not have cable and spent very little time in front of the tv.

that does not mean that we are anti entertainment.
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What Have You Bought From TV Infomercials?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
have you ever bought anything?.

my favorite commercial is the guy that screams because he's trying to clean his ears!

ahhhhhhggghhhh!!!
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Hello, its good to be back, seriously!
by AllTimeJeff in
1. jw
2. friends
for the last year or so, the opening lyrics to gloria estefan's "always tomorrow" have been howling at me.. i've been alone inside myself, far too long.

never really wanted it that way, but i let it happen..... .

(btw, the message in that song is great for former jw's, if you want to think about the lyrics that way....).
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Interview with an Apostate: Rubadubdub
by rubadubdub in
1. jw
2. experiences
tell us a little about yourself and your family.

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married 35 years to a raised-in since five years old, now ex-jw.
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The Current State of the Watchtower & The Cynicism of Soviet Communism
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am reading a book by victor sebestyn called "revolution 1989 - the fall of the soviet empire".

if you lived through the astonishing collapse of communism in the late '80s i highly recommend it.. what has struck me is the description of life under communism in the six soviet satellite states of east germany, poland, czechoslovakia, hungary, romania and bulgaria.. here is a couple of paragraphs that really stood out to me as a possible parallel to the current climate in the regime of jw.org.. ---------------------------------------------------------.

once idealism or revolutionary fervour had disappeared - certainly by the soviet invasion of czechosloakia in 1968 - the system stagnated.
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Survival and Preparedness--What Are You Doing, Or Going To Do?
by CrimsonBleu in
1. social
2. current
it's been a long time since i posted here, but i lurk often, checking in on things in the jw world.

i have been out for 25 years, but have family still in.

none of them speak to me anymore, even though they used to quite often and quite regular, breaking all the shunning rules.