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Out of Mythic into Rational consciousness, the EX-JW Journey
by jst2laws in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been absent much for almost a year, reading, learning and breaking out of boxes, figuratively.

i'm hoping that sharing some thoughts and asking some questions might be fun, and maybe helpful for a few.

have you wondered how two people can look at the same information, go through the same experience as you, perhaps even be party to the same conversation yet come away with an entirely different perception?
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Cathartic Finish to Painful Memories of Mark
by jst2laws in
1. jw
2. experiences
continued from http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/107302/1.ashx .

after 10 years in the "fultime work" my wife and i left bethel and moved back to missouri to serve where the "need was great".

mark had was about 17 and had put his foot down about going to the kh but his dad still pushed.
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Painful Memories of Mark
by jst2laws in
1. jw
2. experiences
the recent suicide of ary (puternut) has me going through some emotions that i should have finished decades ago but now they have come back with intensity.

if you are interested, i want to share with you the story of my brother, mark.

i was a teenager when my mother learned she was again pregnant.
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A Caterpillar's Diary
by jst2laws in
1. social
2. entertainment
if you are critical of spirituality you will find plenty of material at which to poke fun.

if you are in a mystical/spiritual mood you might enjoy it.

may i tell you about my caterpillar friends?
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Are Cats for True Christians?
by jst2laws in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it has been a while since we have heard from the circuit overseer, carlo.

i'm glad to see his website is still up although it is missing some great stuff.

please check the aritcle "are cats for true christian", for new light.
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My apology to Victims of Molestation within the Watchtower
by jst2laws in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
newbies and the wt molestation problem

stone hearted jw's who dismiss the child molestation problem within the watchtower, such as scholar, actually do us a favor.

once our blood pressure returns to normal we can reflect rationally not only on how badly victims of molestation have been treated inside the org but also upon how disgustingly insensitive the watchtower has been to public outcry.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Henry David Thoreau
by jst2laws in
1. jw
2. friends
desperation.

the evidence mounted that your faith which you mistakenly built upon men, your entire spirituality, your life, was standing precariously high upon the wobbling foundation of an artfully contrived fraud.

remember the quiet desperation?
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Toasting AuldSoul
by jst2laws in
1. jw
2. friends
about two minutes ago the announcement was made that auldsoul was "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses".

he and jst2laws one minute ago toasted to celebrate.

please join us.
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What does it mean to Love your neighbor as your self?
by jst2laws in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as one can tell by my screen name i am focused on love as a key ingredient of existence.

i was a jw elder when i first came here and worn out from wt rules and had become acutely focused on the 'two laws'.

matthew 22:39 is one of a few places that the 'two laws' are recorded where we are told to love god with our whole heart, soul and mind and to love your neighbor as yourself.
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God telling us something through coincidences?
by jst2laws in
1. jw
2. experiences
just a few minutes ago i happen to look down at my odometer and it was rolling up the last zero for 144,000.

at the same moment i looked to my right and i happen to be passing the kingdum hall.

is god sending me a message????