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  Yeah Yeah I'm back

  by joelbear in

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  i couldn't stay away.

  i love you guys.. abaddon's and ldh's recent posts hit close enough to home that i decided to post again.. i think the selected memory and split personalities go hand in hand.. the selected memory helps keep the cult personality happy and gleaming no matter what damage the suppression does to the real human or the real human's family and friends.. a couple of years ago i was talking about my childhood with my parents and they both acted stunned when i said i was still angry with them because they didn't want me to go to college (i gave up several scholarship offers, etc.

  to become a pioneer and eventually go to bethel).

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  Time to move on

  by joelbear in

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  well most of its been fun guys and gals.. but i'm outta here.

  i am much happier thinking about other things.

  i just realized that as long as i keep coming here i am still a slave of the watchtower.. big farewell hugs.

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  My PT Cruiser is here

  by joelbear in

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  yay,.

  just when i'm having the week from hell, my pt cruiser comes in 4 weeks early.

  stay tuned for pictures on my web page.. yay yay.

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  Aching

  by joelbear in

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  this is a new thread on the same subjects as ldh's.

  i am having a hard time myself these days.

  my self esteem is zero.

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  Paragraph 23 question b

  by joelbear in

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  how many of you ever counted the number of each letter in a watchtower article to see which letter was used most?.

  hugs.

  joel the eccentric statistician.

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  Mystery of Christ

  by joelbear in

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  i am reading a fascinating book sent to me by a christian friend of mine from online.

  it is called the mystery of christ and why we don't get it.

  it is written by an episcopal priest.. i am finding it an extremely good read.

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  Memorial message

  by joelbear in

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  i am thinking of going to the memorial with a sign in the window of my car that says, happy as an exjw, visit www.jehovahs-witness.com.. any thoughts?.

  hugs.

  joel.

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  Where does responsibility lie?

  by joelbear in

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  i have a new line of thought that i am applying to myself.

  i emphasize that, because it may or may not be relevant to others.. i am making a strong attempt to stop blaming the wts for the things i missed out on.

  i am finding it much more empowering to say, "i decided not to go to college.

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  Jehovah's Happy People

  by joelbear in

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  my parents are witnesses and my brother who has been inactive most of his life still says it is the truth.

  they are all very unhappy people.

  i got to thinking about it and i can't recall ever knowing any witnesses who were very happy.

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  Dedicated

  by joelbear in

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  i have a question for the group.. i am wondering if anyone has ever had a dedication and baptism successfully anulled.. i clearly recall that i did not answer the 2 questions when asked with the baptismal group.

  i have an enormously strong aversion to lying and i knew that i was a homosexual and therefore didn't feel like i could answer the questions truthfully even though i was a virgin.. if i was never dedicated in jehovah's eyes how can i be disfellowshipped in his eyes.

  i never took the vow, so doesn't that basically just make my baptism meaningless.

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