Welcome AMAN! Whew! I'm very glad your son found Ray's book and that you read it and found out the truth. I guess this is like emailing strangers - that made me smile. I hadn't thought of it like that. I'm glad you did.
Good luck!
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by AMAN inhi everyone this is my first time to do any like send an email to strangers but from reading a lot of your comments i feel.
i can talk heres my history i joined the jws in the early 80s i was with them for about 4 yrs i was in centeral in dublin.
i left at about the time of john may and martin merryman and others although i couldnt fully accept thier rules when the split came it was easy for me to leave and now back to the present !
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Hi! I'm a new member here
by faqs7719 ini'm a new member here but i have read this forum from about 6 months ago.. i was born in jw, all my family is jw.. one day i decide to make a research about the prophecies because i thought that would help me strengthen my faith.
i always like the prophecies.
i have started my research with jerusalem 607. hit the google page, start to search and whats up?
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Hadit
Welcome to JWN! It's great to have you here. Good for you for doing all that research. It's nice to use our thinking faculties!
I wish you all the best.
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I didn't even know i WAS an apostate!
by GrandmaJones ini am currently just sick with grief.
i can't believe this is happening to me.
all the jokes i've made about me never "falling out of the truth" and self confidence about my spirituality.
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Hadit
Welcome to the forum GrandmaJones! I'm happy you've realized the truth about the WTS. We are here to help you and to listen. You've been given some great advice. Please sit back and let things settle. It is extremely traumatic and shocking to have your whole foundation ripped from under you. Be cautious as to who you talk to. Be kind to yourself as this takes time to sort through. This is a great place get support. Many lovely people here to help you through this journey.
I wish you all the best. You are in my thoughts.
Hugs being sent!
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"You can live a lie until you die"
by Liberty93 inreminds me of growing up in the borg.
thank god i was never assimilated!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7v0o8m5vkc&feature=related.
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Hadit
Welcome Liberty93! Please do share your story if you would like. We would love to hear it. So nice to have new ones coming out of the WTS.
I look forward to hearing more. I wish you all the best.
Hadit
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Help me...
by rafreuter ini wish this weren't the way i greeted the board.
i've been lurking here for about 2 years now, but was unable to really interact because of limitations of my ipod browser (you can't post from there) and the parental controls on my computer.. .
well 2 years later, i'm a big boy, turned 18 and moved out.
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Hadit
Welcome Rafreuter! I'm glad you joined the forum. Thank you for sharing your story. Please hang in there - you will have lots of support here. Things will get easier one day at a time. You are young and have a wonderful life ahead of you.
Take good care of yourself. I wish you all the best!
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Leolaia: Where is your story?
by pirata ini looked through your posts but couldn't find your life story.
have you written it?.
i would love to read your progression from/through jw to avid scholar :).
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Hadit
Thanks Leolaia! You are fascinating. I was actually talking to a friend of mine today about this board and I informed her that my brain actually gets tired reading through your posts - concentration time. You make me THINK and that's a good thing. Well . . . and feel really dumb - shhhh! LOL!
Thanks for sharing your story.
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I'm new today !!!! 43 years in and now out 15 months!!!!
by Hairyhegoat inwhat went on in my old congregation will shock you all !!!
as it's late i will post asap and leave nothing out!!!.
ps.
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Welcome Hairyhegoat! I'm happy that you woke up after 43 years. You know how to set up a story! You've got us all waiting . . . so hurry up and get that beauty sleep.
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FlyingHighNow's Nephew's shunning - tragic ending
by Incognito inflyinghighnow (heather) updated her thread last evening about her nephew's shunning treatment by his own mother.
this story has now taken a tragic turn and because heather had updated the original thread, it has been buried and has not gotten the recognition it deserves.. the third page of the original thread is here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/196991/3/my-lovely-jw-sister-just-said-this-to-her-oldest-son last evenings post is about half way down.. .
please provide heather some kindness and support that she needs at this time.. .
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Hadit
FHN: Thank you for sharing the photos of David. They are beautiful. Once again, I am so sorry for your loss. His poor fiancee - my love goes out to her and your family as well. I will make sure that his story is known here in my area. It needs to be heard.
My love and thoughts are with you.
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No Link Found Between Vaccine Mercury and Autism
by leavingwt insome red meat for the anti-science crowd.
no link found between vaccine mercury and autisma new government study adds to the evidence that thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative until recently found in many vaccines, does not increase children's risk of autism.. it shows kids who had been exposed as babies to high levels of the preservative -- through vaccines they received or their mothers received while pregnant -- were no more likely to develop autism, including two distinct subtypes of the condition.. .
"this study should reassure parents about following the recommended immunization schedule," said dr. frank destefano, director of the immunization safety office at the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) in atlanta, and the study's senior author.. .
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Bohm: Thank you for clarifying what you meant. I was referencing your words. Maybe next time I will point out who I was talking about! Despite what was assumed here - I too am very empathetic to autism. I have been researching it for many years and very actively for about the last three since there has been so much new research on neuroplasticity of the brain. All the research I have done when it comes to these topics has been inspired by my son. It's been a journey and it continues.
My whole point to my posts here was: Read, research and look around to get a complete picture from BOTH sides. I don't advocate one way or another - that is completely up to each individual parent.
On that note I don't need the stress of a highly controversial topic so I will gracefully bow out.
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No Link Found Between Vaccine Mercury and Autism
by leavingwt insome red meat for the anti-science crowd.
no link found between vaccine mercury and autisma new government study adds to the evidence that thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative until recently found in many vaccines, does not increase children's risk of autism.. it shows kids who had been exposed as babies to high levels of the preservative -- through vaccines they received or their mothers received while pregnant -- were no more likely to develop autism, including two distinct subtypes of the condition.. .
"this study should reassure parents about following the recommended immunization schedule," said dr. frank destefano, director of the immunization safety office at the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) in atlanta, and the study's senior author.. .
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Hadit
Wow! Now experiental knowledge means nothing! I'd better get back to the meetings ASAP - they TELL me I can't think for myself and truly see what is going on. It's okay - not everyone can see the big picture.