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  Facebook "friend" heard a rumor

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was surprised to get a message on facebook yesterday from a sister in a congregation i hadn't attended in 18 years.

  she said she heard a rumor totallyadd and i no longer want to be jws.. funny thing is the last time i messaged her on facebook was january 2011. yes, i had let all correspondence drop with jws as we were well into our fade at the time.. but two and a half years and she wants to know if we want to be jws?

  no how are you doing, miss you guys, or news of her family.

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  Hello from Totally ADD I can't get to my computer

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am using reopened mind site because we have company for the week and i can't get to my computer because it is connected to our tv.

  we get two mag.

  in the mail.

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  I Got My Invitation to the DC This Week

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i found it stuck in my door when i got home from work.

  since totallyadd and i moved 1000 miles away to fade we had no idea when or where this summer's dc would be held.

  the convention is next weekend in a city that is over 2 hours away.

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  Have Attended a Small community Church

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  totallyadd and i have been attending a small nondenominational community church.

  it happens to be the same church that i attended as a small child.

  as some of you may remember totallyadd was raised in the organization so this was his first experience going to church.

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  We Were Interviewed for Cult Free Radio

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last evening totallyadd and i were interviewed by mad sweeney for his cult free radio.

  i must admit i was nervous at first, wondering if i would make an identifying slip of the tongue.

  mad sweeney is a skilled interviewer who just talked to us and put our minds at ease.

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  Do You Want Unconditional Love?

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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  then allow a dog to share your life.

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  Questions from the Essay "Self-Identity and Growing Up in the Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the essay "self-identity and growing up in the jehovah's witnesses" by marcela sherwin was an interesting commentary on how being brought up as one of jehovah's witnesses affects one as an adult after they leave the cult.

  only a small sample of ten adult xjws participated in the survey.

  i thought it would be interesting to read the answers all of you would give to the same questions.

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  What Is Truth?

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was the one at the meetings who had a dictionary or at least a definition written in the margin.

  i thought it was important to understand the meaning of words to better comprehend the lesson.

  i liked that the writers would throw out words which were not commonly used to help us expand our vocabularies.

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  Assembly Day Points by a Member of the Governing Body

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a jw friend of mine sent me this email today:.

  assembly day points...... .

  brother morris, (member of the governing body).

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  WHY? WHY? WHY?

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thats the question i keep asking myself once i began learning the truth about the truth.

  one definition according to merriam-websters collegiate dictionary is the body of real things, events, and facts.

  another (often cap) is a transcendent, fundamental or spiritual reality.

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