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How Did You Finally "Get Out Of Her" (JWs)??
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
what situation(s) got you out of the organization, either mentally or physically or both?

what was your "last straw"?.
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no more lurking...hello eveyone
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. friends
about a year ago i went through a mild meltdown.

it hit me fast i had panic attacks and became angry with all the control in my life.

(being a jw) i had just found out i was being screwed on a real estate development project by another self righteous jw i have known for a long time but this was a big loss (about 4 months pay plus expenses).
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Do you smoke anything?
by asilentone in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was very disappointed in one of my friends near here.

he is df'd.

he started smoking cigs.
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How do you handle the wickedness going on today?
by stillin9 in
1. jw
2. experiences
we know in the jw realm, satan is believed to be the main cause of all the wickedness going on in our world today.

after taking a quick look at news headlines, and seeing the crap going on around us, i personally don't find that so hard to believe.

but i wanted to see how you guys handle the tragedies and wickedness going on around us?
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Did you ever know any JW's/Pioneers who frequented popular nightspots and got drunk?
by James_Slash in
1. jw
2. experiences
it used to make me sick at these hypocrites.. they would be at the meeting the next day or out in field service, obviously still intoxicated from the night before but putting a show on before the congregation.

i knew a couple of girls who would be regulary doing this over a weekend yet they would be pioneers all week, answering up at the meetings yet would be heading into popular nightspots and coming home at 4am drunk.

their dad was an elder (surprise, surprise).. i remember telling an elder about this once.
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Whats the weirdest thing a JW ever said to you?
by chukky 594 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i remember a 'sister' coming up to me and telling me off for being on the atkins diet, as it was satanic and designed by satan.. chukky.
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Unbelievable CO Talk, scientists lie to us about earthquakes
by maninthemiddle in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just when i thought this stupid belief that earthquakes went up in 1914, here it is again.

4/6/2010.

this was a co giving the talk, the same one that ended with overlapping generations.. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27642/earthquake.mp3.
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JW self-defense...WT says we are too slow to use a gun!!!.......
by oompa in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
you gotta read this to beleive it!.....lately my mind is teaching s we had that "went beyond what is written" and this subject on self defence has cracked me up!!

!.....you if gotta see this to believe it!....not just guns....but almost everthing is bashed...they did leave out the option of us carrying a sword o.j.

style....or a spear.....this will make my list....(and you can have no privileges if you carry a gun at work...cop or security guard).......... *** g91 7/8 p. 12 self-defensehow far can a christian go?
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In memory of Charles Taze Russell who died 92 years ago.
by AndersonsInfo in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
pastor charles taze russells wife, maria, divorced him in 1906. the writings of maria russell e-document contains an eleven-page enlightening introduction that outlines her fall from her husbands affection because he said she was endeavoring to take over the editorship of his religious journal, zions watch tower.

is that true?

also discussed is the question of mrs. russells acumen as a writer which her husband and followers called into question.
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Why Don't Witness Parents Get Angry?
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
there are a great many puzzlements in regard to the meek and servile compliance of witnesses but one area has long interested me.

specifically, why don't more witness parents get angry at the do-nothing watchtower society?

i can recall one somewhat deranged elder's wife who got away with demanding to speak to the assembled body of elders because she was worried that 'all of of our kids are falling out of the truth'.