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  The Witnesses are freaking out

  by Sour Grapes in

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  i still go to a few meetings a month just to keep members of my family happy.. the witnesses seemed to be getting all worked up about how close the end.

  it sorta feels like the 1975 era only 35 years later.

  the brother who gave.

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  lisavegas420

  Don't buy green banana's..

  just incase.

  lisa
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  Moving On after being a JW

  by man in black in

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  after leaving this religion has there been anything that you have done that is completely separate, or negative from their belief/control system.

  yet from a worldy viewpoint you make a difference,,, a positive stamp in some aspect of everyday life ?.

  for an example to get things started, one thing that i have done is trained my dog to help people in the hospital.

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  None of my three grandchildren have ever been in a KH, or know anything about JW's, other than the fact that some family don't come around because they have strange beliefs.

  They do all normal kids stuff, birthday parties, school events, plays, drama, band, slumber parties, sports, dances. It's all so new and exciting. (for me, it's a regular life to them)

  lisa
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  Can any of you guys create a website designed for ex JW adults?

  by asilentone in

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  i mean adult-oriented forum.

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  I don't think I get what you are asking for. More T&A? Or more adult conversations like a 'how to" section because you've never done something before. Or something else entirely?

  lisa
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  So I saw 4-Corners piece on Scientology: Scary JW similarities!

  by WingCommander in

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  hello all, good to be back!

  i was in asia all last week, hong kong, china, and thailand specifically.

  it was a great, but long trip.

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  Is Scientology a religion? I was at the book store and I checking in the Religion section for whatever, then the next section was metaphysic, my husband was looking for a dream book. In the same section was R.L. Hubbard books. I wondered then why his books wasn't in the religions section.

  On a side note. At the same store they have some collectibles, comic books, first edition, there was a Complete set of Studies in the Scriptures Volume 1-6. Perfect condition. Volume one was copywriter date of 1908. I thumbed though several, there are maps and little folded inserts. I noticed three are from London and three are from New York. Volume one had this insert, still in perfect condition like it hadn't been opened for years. The complete set of 6 was $40.00 .

  

  So...um..back on topic. Did you ever see the Scientology South Park episode.

  lisa
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  Remember in 2004, Utopian Reformist lost his daughter to a fire?

  by hubert in

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  on projo.com there's an update on utopian reformists' (mario)'s ex-wife, who was declared mentally insane and committed to a mental facility as she was unfit to stand trial by reason of insanity.

  she had set fire to her home, and tried to kill her two daughters in that fire, succeeding in one being lost.. i will try to put the link or page in this post.

  if not, perhaps someone who is better at this than i am, could post the link for the older members to see, who knew of this story.

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  I remember this well. Very Very sad. I can't believe how much time has passed.

  lisa
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  Just a short observation on my Bible study.

  by outlander in

  1. jw
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  i thought it would be fun to say yes to a weekly bible study just to see how far i could go in undermining the j.w.

  beliefs, also to be honest i thought it would make a family member happy.

  so i slowly and methodically refuted and questioned all the nutty things that my study teacher, or whatever he's called, tried to throw at me over a period of about 4 months.

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  I've done this same thing twice. This first time, I waited for the Holy Spirit to show up or something. It didn't happen. So I asked all the questions I ever wanted to ask in a nice respectful way. (they never knew I was an xjw.) They come over week after week, If I had a hard question, they would say, you'll understand later, or we'll get to that point later in the study.

  Then..I showed them the UN stuff, printed off from the UN website, and they dropped it like it was hot. Never came back.

  Several years later, a second set of sister's came by. I asked about the other sister. They said that she no longer went to the meetings, but they didn't know why. I don't either, but I wonder.

  The second set of sisters came for a few months. Some one on here JWN posted an Awake magazine article and how it quoted an outside source indicating it said something that it did not say. I had that same Awake magazine and I looked up the quoted material and printed it out to show my study. She took both the printed material and the Awake back. Said she would look into it. She never came back.

  Since then, on only a couple occasions we've found stuff/mags stuck in the door. It's always weird that I'm usually here and I didn't hear a knock or the door bell. Maybe they're PDK. or my house has been marked.

  lisa
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  JW's forgetting names

  by highdose in

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  i encountered in my time as a jw, an alarming number of jw brothers who just couldn't remember people names.. alot of the these brothers were the watchtower conductors for their congs too!.

  is this a jw affliction?.

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  Sweet, something else I can blame on being raised as a JW.

  I use, "honey" and "sweetie" alot. It's almost like I remember their names.

  lisa
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  My dog, Alice, 12 yrs old...died last night.

  by lisavegas420 in

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  she was fine an hour earlier.

  we went to bed at 10pm.

  she was laying in her bed next to mine.

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  My daughter's husband came over this afternoon and helped my husband dig a hole.

  All three grandchildren were here, and wanted to see Alice one last time. We uncovered her, she looked like she was sleeping. Except for the blood around her head on the blanket. There wasn't any blood yesterday or this morning.

  Sky (7), the middle granddaughter read a poem, half way though it she had to stop reading because she and my daughter were crying so hard. I feel the huge hole in my chest, and it hurts, but no tears. I was closest to tears seeing how hard my daughter and granddaughter was taking Alice's death.

  As I walk though the house, it's like I still see her out of my peripheral vision.

  I do feel glad that she didn't suffer very long. And I know she was treated like a princess. She loved me and I loved her.

  Thank you all for being here to listen.

  lisa
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  My dog, Alice, 12 yrs old...died last night.

  by lisavegas420 in

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  she was fine an hour earlier.

  we went to bed at 10pm.

  she was laying in her bed next to mine.

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  Thank you all.

  I called my daughter, she is also in shock. She called back a few minutes later and is going to send her husband over this afternoon to help my husband dig a hole. She said so "she'll be ready to be laid to rest when you get home."

  Oh yea, I have to go on with my day, don't I. I have to go to work, I have to actually face people, and maybe talk to them, shit. why does this have to hurt.

  How could this happen..I bought her senior food for adult dogs the good kind that she liked. She had her own space in each room of the house, got regular exercise. We never fed her table scraps, because I wanted her to be healthy. She was the best dog ever. She only barked when she was happy to see me. Never barked at strangers or other dogs or other animals. Never barked when someone knocked at the door..she hid. She loved the cats and played with them.

  and just like that, she's gone.

  lisa
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  My dog, Alice, 12 yrs old...died last night.

  by lisavegas420 in

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  she was fine an hour earlier.

  we went to bed at 10pm.

  she was laying in her bed next to mine.

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  She was fine an hour earlier. We went to bed at 10pm. She was laying in her bed next to mine. At some point she must have walked into the living room. I heard a yelp, a cry. I jumped up and went to look for her. She was lying by the front door. Just like that, she was dead. I don't know what could have happened. It was 11pm.

  This morning. I'm numb. I haven't cried, because it doesn't yet seem real, I guess.

  I'm not even sure how to dispose of her. She is a big dog and weighs close to 80lbs.

  Maybe I'll wake up and it'll all be a dream.

  lisa