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  The Thief of Always

  by YinzerDad in

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  prologue... .

  a brief precursor about myself.

  i've been lurking around for almost 2 years.

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  What those terrible worldly people are doing

  by JeffT in

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  yesterday there was a horrific crash on a bridge here in seattle.

  a dukw (wwii amphibious truck) tourist cruise lost control and hit a charter bus full of exchange students head on.

  four dead and about a dozen seriously wounded, many more in less critical condition.yesterday, canlis restaurant, located near the scene and one of the most exclusive eateries in seattle, closed for the first time in its 65 year history and sent out its staff with food for the first responders.

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  What triggered your doubts / awakening?

  by Tornintwo in

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  i am sort of new here, used a different username for a while but things got 'difficult' at home so i've since been lurking.... what i would be really interested to know, if you don't mind sharing, is what it was that triggered your doubts and initial research which led to awakening, was it a bad experience, injustice, changed doctrine?

  for me, it was seeing mistreatment of young ones in the congregation, they're under so much pressure and as soon as they go even slightly astray they are shunned, either informally (as bad associations which pushes them further into the 'world') or formally - with elders dying to throw the book at them so they even lose their family.... ...then reading about child abuse issues in the press.... ...which led me to silentlambs.

  ...then jw facts, this forum and coc, wham!

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  College Quote - Help Needed

  by kp138 in

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  i don't post on here for often, but i read posts almost daily and i love our little community of ex-jw's.

  a little bit of a background i was raised in as jw but was never baptized but was a publisher and believe it wholehearedly.

  my father was very strict when it came to the religion and although i really quit going in my early 20s (which broke his heart) it held a power over me until i was close the to 30. at 30 i decided to enroll in community college while working full time and got my aa last year.

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  JW and Pro Wresting

  by kp138 in

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  i was just flipping through the tv channels and saw that wwe was on, so i thought what the heck i'll check it out.

  you see, back when i was a kid i loved wrestling (even though i usually had to sneak it because it was too violent), but i haven't really watched it since i was a kid.

  as i watched a couple minutes of this i had a flash of how, even as a young kid, i wondered how did i ever think this was real!?

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  If JW commits suicide can funeral be held at KH?

  by scooterspank in

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  The Most bizzare & Scariest thing happened to me last night

  by dm6 in

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  hello everybody.. i wanted to share something with you all about something that happened to me last night.. i usually get these things called sleep paralysis, which is where you are alseep and you wake up and you think, oh ill get up now or soemthing, so you go to get up and you cant.. your actually paralysed.

  but the strange thign is your awake....?

  its very very hard to explain.

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  Were you afraid of Armageddon?

  by cyberjesus in

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  i was dfd in 1995 however i still believed it was the truth until 2009. and until then i was fearful of armageddon's day.. i remember every time i'd see a dark sky with thunders and lighting i would question if that was it.

  the news of any major disaster, hurricanes earthquakes would ignite fear inside me and i would think that could be the beginning of the end.. when i was around 8 i remember going to visit my grandma and she was watching the news.

  a major conflict in the middle east had ended and some president said that the world was not in peace.

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  Are the numbers accurate?

  by Joshinaz in

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  they claim they are 7 million and growing.

  is this true?

  i haven't been to a meeting in 12 years but i know of at least 100 people i grew up with that have left the congregation.

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  My Story

  by kp138 in

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