7Starz ....... huge welcome .... hope we are a help to you!
So many jumping on this support site lately.
Congratulations for having the guts to leave a cult.... not an easy thing to do!
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Freedom Post # 1 - First Timer
by 7Starz insynchronicity - the simultaneous occurrence of events that appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.
today is the first day of the rest of my life.
freedom.
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No longer an MS! Hooray...finally!
by stuckinarut2 inwell, it's finally happened!.
im no longer an ms.. as many would know from our chats via this forum, i've seen it coming for a while....and while the way it was done stinks, i'm really happy to finally be free!.
(would love to share more details...i will do in time...or perhaps a pm would be best).
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To be let down by your so called "brothers" is a shock no doubt......you are human. Thinking they were standing beside you as you pushed yourself as an elder to show them & god how dedicated you were, is quite a let-down now.... take care of yourself Stuck, cry a few tears & go out and live a great life!
all the best
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Hi! Long time lurker finally signing up!
by LosingMyReligion inok, so the time has finally come to register an account on this site.
not that i think i have much to contribute to the discussions here, but more out of a desire to show that yet another person has learned ttatt.
i am a fader, not discussing ttatt with anyone as i know the inevitable outcome it would have.
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Great to have you on here LMR......... all the best to you!
Finally seeing what & who is behind this high control cult was an amazing discovery! I felt like a bit of a dope tho, that I didn't catch on sooner.
A clip from this experience........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZR64EF3OpA
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Lyrics by "Lord Byron," music by "Orpheus": Kingdom Song #136
by compound complex inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5agpjgzvoo.
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Just a quick note to say hi CoCo ...so glad you are better.
2 seconds into that "music" was enough!
Omg always some sort of dirge (sp), most depressing thing!
I think jw sounds are one reason why so many are depressed.
take care
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Is Watchtower's position on smoking consistent with its position on masturbation?
by Island Man inwatchtower considers masturbation to be a form of uncleanness but not a disfellowshipping offence because the bible says nothing about masturbation.
a jw who masturbates is likely to face no more than losing privileges in the congregation.. like masturbation, smoking is considered by jws to be a form of uncleannes and like masturbation, the bible says nothing about it.
but a jw who smokes faces disfellowshipping.. yes, smoking is known to be deleterious to a person's health whereas the jury is still out on the adverse health effects of masturbation.
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Finkelstein ............But a JW who smokes faces disfellowshipping.
Really ?
Back in the day I remember it to be DA or silent reprove. ??
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I know a man in his 40's who was df'd for having a smoke when he was only 16...............to this day he is shunned even tho he has not smoked since and is a wonderful husband & father of 4!
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Poster country flags and privacy
by Simon inthe new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).
before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.
first, the reason i think it should be shown:.
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It is 8:00am on the west coast of Canada.
1. The country flag may be exactly that ...... a flag, a spotlite!
(Suppose I was a snooping elder from Iceland. I go to Jwn. If I see someone with the Iceland flag, you bet I would go over his posting history with a comb.) (bohn)
2. The terrible fear of posting for the first time would have stopped me & probably a great many othershers if my flag would be posted by my name.
One purpose of this site is to offer a safe, supportive place to discover the truth about the deceptive jw cult. The huge fear of watchtower finding out that we are on an apostate site, was & is terrifying because it means losing our family & friends. There is no reasoning with this fear. It is real.is real.
3. To bring in the flag at this point after approx 14 years without any choice, is against the whole purpose of jwn. I do not believe we can even take a vote on it because .........what about our precious members who vote no .......and must leave.
I personally do not mind having a Canadian flag flying ......but some of our friends on here do! Therefore, in all fairness & respect, I think it should definately be a choice.
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JWpodcast with Irwin Zalkin
by Newly Enlightened inhttp://www.jwpodcast.org/2014/11/03/s01e01-irwin-zalkin/.
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I think it was Barbara Anderson (correct me if I am wrong) who reported on the secret files with over 23,000 known pedo's within the watchtower society .........imagine how large that number is now years later!
Interesting page from Silent Lambs ..................
http://www.silentlambs.org/answers/23720.cfm
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I am back ! Hi all !
by stuckinarut2 ini finally made it back here to our great forum community!.
after a few issues trying to get used to the new format, and after a few sign in issues, i'm back.... (sorry to simon for anything i may have done to complicate it.
i started a new username...which has since been deleted).
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Hi Stuck glad you made it in! Hard to convert the mind over to new stuff.
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Jehovah's witnesses are just standing there with egg on their faces once again! Makes you want to give those bobble-heads a shake.....
wake-up for dogs sake!
In 1960's the "doctrine of the heavenlies going down" was rampant!
Really ...this idea of the number going down until it was 0 ....was a very BIG DEAL! We were counting on it! But now, as with all the rest of their whims........ it too has backfired on them ........but ....oh well, they just make up something else to fill in the void!
AAhhhhhhh yes ......... jehobas happy deluded people!
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Feel Like I Have Been Crawling Thru Quick Sand!
by clarity inphheewwww.......omg am i finally on???????.
what an ordeal ......enough to kill an old lady off!.
wow where is everybody and how do i reply to a post?.
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Guess I shouldn't complain ... at least I got to keep my
yellow belly undercover costume! ha ha and with those eight legs
I can still run pretty fast!
Thanks for all your pats on the back and welcomes, nice to see
who survived Simon's shake-up! Kind of like an after Armaggdoom meet-up! Oh ...look ....how did SHE make it !!!!!! ha ha
clarity (Simon pulleeze put it back)