Posts by Jourles

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Do You Ever Wonder Where Certain Posters Are?

by minimus in

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do people simply leave because the site has given them what they wanted?

are they now infrequent lurkers?.

did they go back to the watchtower?.

Jourles

This site took off right around the time that the old H2O forum gave up the ghost. For me personally, it was a nice enclave to hang out on when I was still PIMO. Met a LOT of folks from here through apostafests and during the course of my work travels (and yes, even met you, Minimus).

This site was therapy in a way. It certainly helped having fellow ex-cult members know what I was going through, and I hope I was able to help others in a positive way during those earlier years. I'm still kicking it in the Michigan area, and would love to come to another apostafest if one materializes in the future. Hell, I'd even fly to another state if a BIG one was thrown together.

I don't really post here much anymore simply because I don't feel I have much to contribute. I gave it my best effort in the early years, but now I'm just enjoying life. My folks are still in, so I do have that one last tie to the org. My mom probably doesn't have much more time to live as she has stage IV cancer. Crazy story behind that. (I may just post about it because, what the hell, why not?)

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One Partaker

by Jourles in

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the memorial last night was nothing new.

the routine never changes.

two congregations joined together for the night in one building.

Jourles

>The sermon has become an incoherent mess that no outsider could possibly understand

Wasn't that always the case?

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What Is The Most Ridiculous Thing You Have Heard From A Witness?

by minimus in

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i remember an elder questioning a woman who had admitted to giving and receiving oral sex from her unbelieving mate.

he asked her the most intimate questions which clearly flustered her.

interestingly, she “confessed “ to the elders because her conscience bothered her.

Jourles

"The decision is to disfellowship you."

My mind was already made up and I pissed on the ashes of that bridge I just burned down. Nothing they said would have no affect on me. But in hearing that phrase, they are the ones who set me free.

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Society's claim of Matt. 24:14 being fulfilled - What it could really mean

by Jourles in

i've had this thought for quite a while and wonder if fits with the recent talk about the wts claiming that matt.

24:14 has been fulfilled.

my thought was this --- in the wake of the recent cutbacks at bethel, scaling back of literature, and other cost cutting measures, could the wts be preparing the r&f for the complete or massive reduction of literature that would normally be placed with "householders?

Jourles

Sorry to drag this one up, but I was out of the loop during the whole transition phase to JW.org, their tv station, electronic materials, etc. I wanted to see if the OP was close or not. Or, is it still unfolding, waiting to be seen?

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One Partaker

by Jourles in

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the memorial last night was nothing new.

the routine never changes.

two congregations joined together for the night in one building.

Jourles

While trying to reconcile my past life with where I'm at today, I came across this old post and was wondering if the memorial is still pretty much the same? Has the format changed at all?

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B.O.E.!

by Atlantis in

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boe file: (massive)language-englishzipped with separate file folders1910--2018downloadhttps://we.tl/v4e9zbinxpatlantis!.

Jourles

Awesome! I'm glad to see someone is still carrying the torch with these letters. I guess the WT claiming copyright on them is futile these days.

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Still alive and kicking

by Jourles in

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howdy everyone!

just wanted to pop in and say hi to all the old timers and the new.

i can't believe i've been a member of this site for 18 years now.

Jourles

Wow, it's so cool to see so many old timers still causing trouble here! I had to take a long break to gather my sanity. Mentally, I'm doing awesome. Parents are still jdubs, haven't talked to them since I was df'd back in '05. I got remarried to an awesome woman who is almost just as fiery as me concerning cults. I'm still living in MI. If y'all put on an apostafest within a couple hundred miles from MI, I could probably get the wife to come.

I'm feeling the need to become a little more active again. We were just talking yesterday that there seems to be many more tv shows, documentaries, news, etc, on cults lately. It's nice to see this great awakening among the general population. Hopefully, when I'm able, I'll try to contribute more on here. I kind of miss the gang.

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Still alive and kicking

by Jourles in

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howdy everyone!

just wanted to pop in and say hi to all the old timers and the new.

i can't believe i've been a member of this site for 18 years now.

Jourles

Original cast - lol!

Minimus! Still asking all those questions? ;-)

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Still alive and kicking

by Jourles in

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howdy everyone!

just wanted to pop in and say hi to all the old timers and the new.

i can't believe i've been a member of this site for 18 years now.

Jourles

http://cafepress.com/cultlife

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Prince is dead.

by DATA-DOG in

has anyone heard about this?

that really sucks.

lots of dubs are talking.

Jourles

I actually came here to see if he was still a jdub. I had noticed that he was messing around with a lot of 'third eye' imagery and those glasses. Plus, we all know how the WTS feels about communicating with "spirits." And this. Something tells me that if he got into psychedelics, he wasn't mentally 'in' any longer. There's absolutely no way you can use psychedelics and remain fully committed to Western religion, let alone being a jdub.