Joliette

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  I think a lot of older (maybe younger ones) JW's are going to attempt/commit suicide....(READ)

  by Joliette in

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  i've been in lurkmode lately, but with the news that i heard about don cornelius dying, it had me thinking...as this world goes on, and people are coping with this world...i think a lot jw's are going to realize that the end of the world isnt coming...there gonna become more despert, the realities of having to work, pay off debts, etc.

  a lot of jw's are going to realize that no magical sky daddy is come and 'take away there problems' and i think the more that they start to realize this, they get older, and there gonna start hating the reality that they have to face.

  i had a good friend who's father-in- law (who was a ministrial servant) who had bipolar disorder, killed himself in his car back in 2007. it was sad.

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  Truthseeker, so right...I dont even want to think of the fact that someone close to me might kill themseleves but I think sadly that its going to start happening more often. Trust me, I dont want to think of it, but I got a little surprise when I turned on my computer and found out that Don Cornelius killed himself. You would have thought someone his age would have died of a heart attack, or cancer. Not suicide.
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  Don Cornelius Dead

  by doinmypart in

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  don cornelius, of soul train, was found dead this morning apparent suicide.

  sad.

  http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/02/soul-train-creator-don-cornelius-dead-in-apparent-suicide.html.

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  Joliette

  Really tragic, RIP Don.
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  I think a lot of older (maybe younger ones) JW's are going to attempt/commit suicide....(READ)

  by Joliette in

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  i've been in lurkmode lately, but with the news that i heard about don cornelius dying, it had me thinking...as this world goes on, and people are coping with this world...i think a lot jw's are going to realize that the end of the world isnt coming...there gonna become more despert, the realities of having to work, pay off debts, etc.

  a lot of jw's are going to realize that no magical sky daddy is come and 'take away there problems' and i think the more that they start to realize this, they get older, and there gonna start hating the reality that they have to face.

  i had a good friend who's father-in- law (who was a ministrial servant) who had bipolar disorder, killed himself in his car back in 2007. it was sad.

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  I dont know. Theres this hopelessness in people that I am seeing that I've never seen before. EVER!! I dont want to think about it but I think its gonna start happening more often now that time is going by so fast. But I do think that younger ones are going to leave, and this is gonna cause the older ones to feel more depressed, hopeless, etc.

  Oh and for the record I dont think life is hopeless if people would let there guards down and just love one another. But since people are people I dont believe thats ever gonna happen. (At least on a large scale) especially the division within current Jw's and Ex Jw's.
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  Child preachers - I find this very disturbing

  by freetosee in

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  i believe young children are often capable of much more then we imagine.

  these preacher children are surly very talented.

  as much as i find them ever so cute, i find it disturbing how their parents use them to further their own religious ambitions.. .

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  Joliette

  Terrible...mind control and child abuse.
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  I think a lot of older (maybe younger ones) JW's are going to attempt/commit suicide....(READ)

  by Joliette in

  1. jw
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  i've been in lurkmode lately, but with the news that i heard about don cornelius dying, it had me thinking...as this world goes on, and people are coping with this world...i think a lot jw's are going to realize that the end of the world isnt coming...there gonna become more despert, the realities of having to work, pay off debts, etc.

  a lot of jw's are going to realize that no magical sky daddy is come and 'take away there problems' and i think the more that they start to realize this, they get older, and there gonna start hating the reality that they have to face.

  i had a good friend who's father-in- law (who was a ministrial servant) who had bipolar disorder, killed himself in his car back in 2007. it was sad.

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  I've been in lurkmode lately, but with the news that I heard about Don Cornelius dying, it had me thinking...as this world goes on, and people are coping with this world...I think a lot JW's are going to realize that the end of the world isnt coming...there gonna become more despert, the realities of having to work, pay off debts, etc. A lot of JW's are going to realize that no magical sky daddy is come and 'take away there problems' and I think the more that they start to realize this, they get older, and there gonna start hating the reality that they have to face. I had a good friend who's father-in- law (who was a ministrial servant) who had bipolar disorder, killed himself in his car back in 2007. It was sad. What was even more sadder was the fact that the elders didnt want to direct the funeral because the sister of the deceased was going to have a pastor giving the eulogy at the funeral. It was sicken, and it caused her (my friend) exit from the religion. I also found out recently that I had a friend who was repeatedly molested growing up, attempted suicide. Didnt find this out until recently.

  What do you guys think? This is something that I dont like to think about, but I think its gonna happen more often, especially with the elderly witnesses. I mean, who would have thought we would have made it to to 2012?
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  Famous Singer Patti Smith was a JW

  by Iamallcool in

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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/patti_smith.

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  Joliette

  I read her bio while I was still deciding if JW's were really 'The truth.' I contribute reading her biography with helping me with my exit.
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  Another day, another apostate. Here's my story.

  by I Want to Believe in

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  2. experiences

  been lurking for a bit, and feel safe enough now to tell my story (condensed).. i'm a third-generation born-in, but my parents were inactive for most of my upbringing.

  this means i got the worst of both worlds--no worldly friends (home schooled all but grades 2-3), no witness friends (since we never went to the hall except for memorial), and a generally isolated upbringing in a tiny, tiny town.

  needless to say, my emotional, social, and personal growth were stunted.

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  Joliette

  Welcome I want to believe, glad to meet you. I too, grew up living a sheltered life. Glad to share in your experience.
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  My 18-yr old college freshman nephew has just been cut off for leaving the JWs...

  by Alfred in

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  i spoke about him in a previous thread... he's the nicest kid you'll ever meet... smart, humble, shows respect and is very kind to everyone around him... except for one minor thing... you guessed it... he no longer believes in the jw religion.

  also, he feels it is simply a place for hopeless people to gather and give each other moral support without actually doing anything productive to better their lives... i won't get into the details on how he arrived at this conclusion... suffice to say, he did not want to be a part of this crowd any longer.. incredibly, when he was a lot younger, he was able to convince his jw father (a po) and his jw mother (my sister) that they should let him go to college when he turns 18 (and help him pay for it!!!).

  so they started putting some money away and my nephew has been in college since september!.

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  Sorry about your nephew's situation.

  I've said before, and I will say it again-young people in this religion are GOING TO WAKE UP!!! This generation (people born after 1990) are NOT standing for what this religion stands for. I was born in 1983, so I can only hope that people that were born around the time I was born will wake up too. Not that I'm too much older then your nephew but I can only hope so. I've tried talking to my JW's cousins; I can only hope that they will listen.
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  I am now officially an Ex-JW!!!!

  by Momma-Tossed-Me in

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  i am now officially by being announced at congregation level that i am no longer one of jehovahs wihtnesses.

  that news spread like wild fire and i was dropped by all jw's on facebook, which shows the level of control the borg has in this area.

  what is interesting is there was no juducial committee.

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  Joliette

  Welcome to the conscience class.
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  Weird, F'd up dream...

  by undercover in

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  i don't usually get too personal here... but i had a fucked up dream last night and it put me in the most foul of moods today.... i gotta type it out while i remember it.

  maybe some comments will help as well.... .

  anyway... i was connected with the mob somehow.

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  Joliette

  I have weird Rubadub dreams too.