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  What do you make of this? Got slapped with a shunning after...

  by Julia Orwell in

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  hi all, here's an interesting fb exchange i had yesterday.

  names have been changed.

  i'll give a brief dramatis personae and then see what you jwners think of this.

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  whathappened

  I do not think you said anything wrong, of course I am a rabid apostate. Let her go off and live happily ever after in her beloved cult.
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  I'm on the Stage Const. Crew - Here at the Arena right now!!!

  by tresdecu in

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  after lunch i will be the guy nail gunning the plywood letters to the top part of the stage.

  so when i get to the word truth, i am going to mutter "bullshit, bullshit, bullshit....etc" the whole time i'm nailing the letters, obviously very quietly to myself.

  ;-) that way when i am listening to the bs tomorrow, i can smile to myself knowing the letters have been properly christened!

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  whathappened

  Oh i remember the days I labored for free for the Watchtower Society. Those days are gone forever! Sorry you are still trapped in.
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  I have to take my daughter to the meeting...

  by iCeltic in

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  my daughter is visiting me from the uk and wants me to take her to the meeting, which i will do, but it's f'in killing me :( sat here crying for an hour, how pathetic is that.

  the last time i spoke to her about the j dub she nearly had a breakdown.

  what to do...

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  whathappened

  The daughter is probably being pressure d from the folks back home to attend the meetings while away. If she misses, she will have to face their scrutiny when she returns. You know there is absolutely no excuse for missing a meeting as long as there is still warmth in the body. My uncle was in a coma and his family hooked him up with headphones connected to the meeting up until the day he died. I am sure the congregation counted him as in attendance.
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  New member!!

  by Viva la Vida in

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  this is my first post even thou ive been lurking for some time.

  i was raised in as a jw, and im still in because of my family.

  since waking up i found meetings, assemblies and fs stressing and thought writing in here might be therapeutic.

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  whathappened

  Welcome Viva. I admire your desire to help others exit the cult, but be careful because it is the ones you love who will hurt you the most
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  Happy 4th of July

  by Think About It in

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  proud to be an american and x-jw..

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  whathappened

  Happy 4th of July everyone!
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  Billy asks for your prayers...

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

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  if any of you still believe in god(s), please pray to him/her/them and ask that she/he/they send(s) bad enough weather to my area to hinder travel, but not cut off power.. is that request too weird for this forum?.

  someday i'll share more details.

  peace, love, brotherhood..

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  whathappened

  Yes, tell us the reason for this request from five years ago.
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  What evidence is there for the miracles of the Bible OUTSIDE of the Bible?

  by punkofnice in

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  2. beliefs

  ok. this is something i've wondered about.. people of certain religions tend to use their own holy book as evidence for things in itself.

  this seems very circular to me.

  using the book to prove the book in my view is pointless.. i am not aware of any of the 'miracles' of the bible or the quran as having any substantial evidence outside of themselves to give credibility to the books themselves.. has anyone come across such evidence?.

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  whathappened

  Entirely possible, your comment sums it up.
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  Thomas Jefferson - July 4th

  by DNCall in

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  july 4th is not only the date americans celebrate independence, but it's the date of thomas jefferson's death.. i think it would be appropriate, not only for this day, but for this forum, to share a couple of thoughts contained in the virginia statute for religious freedom, drafted by thomas jefferson in 1777. this statute serves as a precurser to the first amendment of the u.s. constitution.

  first regarding the nature of truth: ".

  .truth is great, and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them:" (emphasis mine.).

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  whathappened

  Thanks for the dose of sanity today, I needed this.
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  Son is giving first talk, conflicted

  by marriedtoajw in

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  my son is still studying with the jw's and is giving his first talk this tuesday.

  he's 22 and still living in my home.

  my other two boys 12 and 15 are here as well but don't study cuz wifee knows how i feel.

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  whathappened

  If you go they will think they can get you in also. If you don't respond the way they want you to, they will just label you as a godless man who loves this wicked system that is controlled by Satan.
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  A Cry for Help

  by Thoughtless in

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  i have been lurking here for months now, and i just decided to post here and actually interact with this community.

  i have a very specific/unordinary life, so i will not divulge too much information to protect my privacy.

  i am a baptized publisher who is under the age of 25 who attends college, and i do have responsiblities within the congregation.

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  whathappened

  Welcome to JWN new friend. We can all appreciate the position you are in. Proceed carefully and to thyne own self be true.