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  I am considering suicide...

  by Nebeska Nada in

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  under the wheels of a train.... .

  i feel really bad.... i don't want to be in the cult anymore.... .

  i was thinking about that whole meeting today.... .

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  Hey Nebeska…so many great words on here, not sure what I can add other than I too am thinking of you. Hang in there, friend!

  Threads like this show the incredible people on this forum - all the great thoughts and concerned words reveal the big hearts on here. Reading thru all the comments these stood out to me and bear repeating...

  jean-luc: Dont let the WatchTower win. Come back fighting.

  Rocky Girl: A wise woman told me once, when I was teetering on the edge of suicide, that since I was not afraid to die I should think about what I AM afraid to do and then do it. Do something scarier than dying: LIVE.

  sizemik: His entire two posts…powerful stuff.
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  "Friend" me!

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  if we "know" each other here and we're not yet fb friends, please feel free to "friend" me.

  i think i'm the only mad sweeney on there.. if/when you send the friend request, let me know who you are here on jwn, because i don't generally accept requests from people i don't know from online.. thanks!.

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  In-famous, Sweeney? In-famous? Wow. Those gotta be the biggest apostates ever to come out of Mexico.
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  Why I didn’t left JW an don’t plan to do so

  by Lazarus in

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  in another thread i wrote: i didn't left the jw's and don't plan to do so.

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  Most that leave have strong character in which they are being true to themselves - no longer willing to live a life full of lies. The sacrifice of course is losing friends and family, but the reality is - they are ones making the choice to exclude you from their lives. IMO, leaving is honorable because you are doing what is right in the bigger picture.
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  "Friend" me!

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  if we "know" each other here and we're not yet fb friends, please feel free to "friend" me.

  i think i'm the only mad sweeney on there.. if/when you send the friend request, let me know who you are here on jwn, because i don't generally accept requests from people i don't know from online.. thanks!.

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  You have a PM Sweeney
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  It's soooo hot!

  by talesin in

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  it's 27 degrees celsius today = about 35 in my flat, which is about 95 degf for the americans.. .

  my friends in tx say it's been over 100 degf for about 2 months ... i don't have ac, but a fan on me .... .

  how do you deal with the heat?.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APAySMepRm8
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  Eve and Her Daughters — What’s wrong with this picture?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  eve and her daughters whats wrong with this picture?.

  today i loaded to my blog a new article that shows a set of illustrations from one publication by watchtower that lead to a question.

  my article is titled eve and her daughters whats wrong with this picture?

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  In this one, it sure looks like Adam has a belly button. No mother, no umbilical cord, no belly button.

  
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  Who's the most intolerant religious group?

  by Wonderment in

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  i would like to hear people's opinions on intolerant religious groups?

  who wins?.

  somehow, i have this notion that pentecostals would win 1st place, followed by baptists, followed by jw's.

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  Considering JWs have zero tolerance of ANY other religion, interesting Wonderment would put them behind Pentecostals and Baptists. Like Sweeney I'm not well-versed in the varieties of christian faith....but why would Pentecostals/Baptists be more intolerant than the Dubs.

  Also, wouldn't Islam be fairly high on that list? Or would that just be the radicals?
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  As of today, I will no longer be one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

  by Knowsnothing in

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  i spoke with my mother, told her everything, my doubts, my fears, my sins.

  it came rushing out.

  my mother is devastated.

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  Hang in there Knowsnothing. Those "what if this is the real deal?" thoughts fade away with time. It isn't logic speaking to you, it is the years of indoctrination and programming. My 2¢ is don't talk to the elders anymore. No matter how well you're prepared you're just not going to get anywhere with them. But you can still continue to try help your mom open her eyes.
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  Who has NOT read Combatting Cult Mind Control or Crisis of Conscience?

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  a lot of people here have read and highly recommend ccmc by steven hassan and coc by ray franz, myself included.

  i don't know how i would have handled leaving the borg without that knowledge.. so thinking that got me to wondering, who here has not read them (or has read one but not the other), and how are you coping with exiting the borg?

  did you get counseling?

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  No sadly I have yet to read either. Proscrastination in ordering them is the issue. Both are on my must -read list and when I finish posting here I should go do that.

  CCMC is particulary of interest as I think I've done a good job de-programming so far, but there are still some things that feel "hard-wired". Sounds like that book will help.
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  How many of these 'Gods' do you believe exist?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  aken.

  osiris.

  apis.

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  Joe Pesci....good one leavingwt...

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPOfurmrjxo