LeslieV

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  What is the average age of those who no longer believe?

  by crapola in

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  i have been reading many posts today and some of you have mentioned your age and how long you have been away from the org.made me start wondering what the average age is for most on this site who no longer go along with the org.

  it would be interesting to find out..

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  LeslieV

  I left when I was 40 years old.

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  I finally got it up!

  by purplesofa in

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  http://purpledoodles.com/index.html.

  here is the link to my art website.

  i have had it for awhile and not done anything with it.

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  LeslieV

  I think the website looks great Leslie...I love to look at your artwork.

  Leslie
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  Hey shorty!

  by Amha·’aret in

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  it's my birthday!

  we gonna party like its my birthday!.

  i got a tiny cake with 2 candles in it and a card and pressie from my hubby this morning.

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  This is why I don't want to be a JW

  by TooBad TooSad in

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  today at the meeting an elder said the following: "we don't want to focus on.

  the life that we have now, we have to focus on the life that we will have in the.

  new order.

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  LeslieV

  dismembered .....my thoughts exactly

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  Is it possible for a child to be exposed to JWism and not be damaged by it?

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what do you think?

  were you raised as a jw and feel you suffered no ill effects?

  or do you feel it had a negative impact on your life?.

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  LeslieV

  well stated sammieswife.

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  JWD 2008 ... 218 Countries Served

  by Simon in

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  wow, i just looked at the stats from last year and we had visits from 218 different countries!

  rankcountryvisits1united states1,199,9332united kingdom167,0173canada159,7444australia51,7955germany21,2056france16,3637ireland15,4438netherlands14,2769sweden11,74510brazil11,06311japan10,36512norway9,85213new zealand8,84514south africa8,27215italy7,67116belgium7,58417poland7,38618finland6,54519spain6,43320denmark5,97821puerto rico5,95722mexico5,65423philippines4,87224india4,53225portugal3,62826trinidad and tobago2,53827peru2,51528(not set)2,38929greece2,37030ukraine2,14231switzerland2,12632austria2,11533romania2,07734russia1,88835cyprus1,88036south korea1,79937singapore1,56038czech republic1,41639chile1,21440hungary1,17741china1,16142malaysia1,08243croatia1,06944argentina1,06945barbados1,05246colombia1,02647estonia1,02248indonesia94749nigeria94150turkey81051jamaica78952israel76853hong kong75454luxembourg75455venezuela74556united arab emirates69557ecuador68958saudi arabia55659ghana53460latvia53261slovakia51062taiwan46463dominican republic46264bahamas44165new caledonia43566egypt43567iceland42368thailand42069bermuda38870bulgaria34371pakistan33872kenya33073serbia and montenegro30074vietnam27975netherlands antilles27576costa rica26977iran26378el salvador26079lithuania25680serbia25481slovenia24882malta22083afghanistan21284ivory coast19685guatemala18486sri lanka18487lebanon17788nicaragua16789antigua and barbuda16790macedonia16191zambia15992moldova15793morocco15594ethiopia15595cameroon14096qatar13897panama13198mozambique12099kuwait120100fiji115101bolivia112102jersey111103u.s.

  virgin islands106104mauritius105105uruguay104106honduras96107zimbabwe94108madagascar92109jordan92110senegal87111bahrain86112martinique85113georgia79114guam79115albania77116uganda77117botswana74118guadeloupe70119tunisia70120bosnia and herzegovina69121grenada69122algeria69123bangladesh66124kazakhstan66125malawi62126aruba61127turks and caicos islands59128syria57129namibia56130tanzania55131belize53132iraq52133armenia51134guyana50135dominica50136angola49137cayman islands44138paraguay42139sudan41140french guiana41141belarus40142oman40143suriname40144gibraltar39145saint vincent and the grenadines36146benin33147saint lucia32148saint kitts and nevis31149palestinian territory30150haiti30151faroe islands30152reunion30153myanmar29154french polynesia28155yemen27156libya26157british virgin islands26158cape verde26159cambodia25160mali23161mongolia23162brunei22163togo22164macau sar china21165azerbaijan21166rwanda18167northern mariana islands17168nepal17169tonga16170congo - kinshasa16171montenegro16172lesotho15173liberia14174central african republic12175gabon12176guernsey12177seychelles12178eritrea12179maldives11180papua new guinea11181swaziland11182monaco11183anguilla10184burkina faso10185uzbekistan9186montserrat9187micronesia9188kyrgyzstan7189andorra7190cuba7191greenland7192solomon islands7193liechtenstein6194falkland islands6195laos6196samoa5197american samoa5198gambia4199vanuatu4200burundi4201sierra leone4202saint helena3203kiribati3204djibouti3205congo - brazzaville2206marshall islands2207turkmenistan1208east timor1209palau1210guinea1211cook islands1212niger1213tokelau1214guinea-bissau1215mauritania1216mayotte1217nauru1218norfolk island1 .

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  LeslieV

  It goes to show you how important this board is.

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  Is it possible for a child to be exposed to JWism and not be damaged by it?

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. jw
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  what do you think?

  were you raised as a jw and feel you suffered no ill effects?

  or do you feel it had a negative impact on your life?.

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  LeslieV

  For many of us that were raised with a cult mentality.....it is way more then the holliday's. I was taught to do well in school so that we would always put Jeh in the right light to others, but when I received a four year scholarship to college was told that it would be a waste to attend since the big A would be here before I graduated. So as you can see what a mind f**k it all is. Told to do well, not because your are a capable person or that your parents are proud of you, but because you can not bring reproach on Jeh's name. It is never ever about the child.

  Children need support for who they are, not what your religion defines you as. The JW religion as other fundemental religions teach and train by brainwashing into believing....the problem for kids is that this is done in the formative years of brain development. That is why many of us will always have that tape playing in our brain that makes us please others, isolate ourselves from the "worldly people" and never feel that we fit in anywhere. Unless you have been raised with this insanity I do not believe one can totally get it. JMO

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  Is it just me, or does this new site style seemed cluttered?

  by inkling in

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  i allready miss the style of the old jwd.. .

  it seems like there are way more ads here, and the thread lists .

  and trees seem cluttered and hard to scan.. .

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  LeslieV

  I also think it looks cluttered, but I love how easy it is to reply. It is awesome!!!

  Leslie
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  Is it possible for a child to be exposed to JWism and not be damaged by it?

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what do you think?

  were you raised as a jw and feel you suffered no ill effects?

  or do you feel it had a negative impact on your life?.

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  LeslieV

  Thanks Scarred for life I really believe the only way to purge the whole JW sickness is education. But I have to admit that even through education there is always a part of the brain that is still playing the tape. Obviously, for me it is so since I am typing on this board. Seems like I leave for awhile, but gravitate back to folks who understand that part of me.

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  Describe The Jehovah's Witness Community

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in your experience, are witnesses all about love?.

  is the brotherhood really what it is said to be?.

  did you feel the love from "the friends"?.

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  LeslieV

  Well it does not matter how long you have been a JW, if you get old and sick no longer out in service you are then forgotten. Disgusting!!!

  Leslie