Wow, those are some good reflections on the typical goings on inside the life of a dub.
The poor sister who got raped and murdered...what a shame. She probably trusted in Jehovah to protect her. Look what happens when one does that.
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just some personal rambling:.
Wow, those are some good reflections on the typical goings on inside the life of a dub.
The poor sister who got raped and murdered...what a shame. She probably trusted in Jehovah to protect her. Look what happens when one does that.
humans, generally speaking, are immoral and corrupt.. death is not natural.
bad news is good news.. the present life is all for naught.. i cannot trust my own judgment.. the only possible good i can do for another person is to sell them on jwism.. they're out to get me.. humanity will not survive without divine intervention..
Yes, and if you leave the organization you will end up dying a horrible death from a STD, alcohol or drug overdose. It is scary out there in Satans world.
over the past couple years, i've confided my whole "apostate experience" to one of my coworkers, everything from 607 and 1914, to disfellowshipping and being raised with the constant fear my worldly family would die in armageddon.
so he knows the whole witness thing.. anyway, he tells me this experience he had on tuesday:.
you wouldn't believe this, boc.
Wow, great story. I hope the dubs all discuss amongst themselves. It could wake some others up.
meeting with an upbuilding young man from this site,.
drove up in a motor bike, made me laugh... great to meet ya!!!
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Cool, Mouthy. Glad you had a nice meeting.
there has been some speculation over the last weeks about this issue.. well it's up tonight, only large print so far though.. george.
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When I was in I was semi shunned. I was in a congregation that was 75% black. I am white, single and middle aged, dressed the way I wanted to (read cleavage) and was not over the top theocratic. I was left out of everything. No one invited me over and I was ignored at the meetings. Once I wasn't even put in a car group when I showed up for the service meeting on a Saturday morning. They left me totally out of the plans, like I was invisible. I was so hurt I went to the mall all by myself and spent a lot of money on myself.
i went to the drug store to pick up my pills,.
a beautiful black boy!
was cleaning the windows.a very old lady passed by him.
Poor young man, if he doesn't get out, he will be washing windows for the rest of his life. "A mind is a terrible thing to waste," as they say.
i made my first post yesterday on an earlier topic about celebrating holidays.
just lois invited me to introduce myself.....hi jl.
where to start?
Welcome to our cozy little group.
how many here are (a) ex-jw, (b) non-jw with jw relatives or spouses, (c) inactive jw, or (d) active jw who stay in for your own reasons?.
JW's consider me technically inactive as I quit cold turkey, they never asked me why. I am not df'd or da'd.
...which is just one of the interesting facts discussed in this essay on the history of singing in the jw religion.
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http://www.cesnur.org/2013/swe-chryssides.pdf.
I learn something new all the time from this site. Very interesting.
Thank you so much! I am about past my transition from devout JW and am ascending to an undoubting atheist. This may help me feel better about giving up my invisible sky daddy.