Topics Started by troubledfiancee

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My spiritual goal...reaching out
by 2tone in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm so tired of hearing people setting goals for themselves.

i know people who are in there early twenties with the goal of being a c.o.

do people just wake up one day and say "i think ill become a c.o" well i know some girls that want to marry a c.o.
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Church Signs Gone Wrong
by unshackled in
1. social
2. humour
post any church signs that are funny, or with unintentional meanings, or just plain bad.... .

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How can the WTS be short of money ?
by the max in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
so the society have a hedge fund, some(50%) shares in a usa company who specsialise in weapons delivery systems , has a shares portfolio that includes cigerettes.it buys up real estate in one of the worlds most lucerative locations ny,uses free labour to refurbish these properties along with its tax free status and then sells them on at a profit.it further extends it real estate portfolio by lending money at intrest ,for the building of more kh, again built with free labour and tax breaks, which are never owned by the cong,s who built them, but belong wts.

i am not an economist,though i would be hard pressed to come up with a better economic model than this, also it purports to be politically nuetral, so hopes to operate globally without restrictions, infact the (workers) have to pay the society ,by way of mag sales and donations, in order to give their free labour, no trade union protection or minimum wage.

g--gle, p--si,ya-oo, micro---t, would kill to have these advantages in the market place..
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New to this forum and few thoughts.
by sweetrose74 in
1. jw
2. experiences
well i have not been a part of the jws for over 12 years.

i was born and raised one.

indoctrincated from birth you can say.
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Has anyone left still believing it was the truth?
by FollowedMyHeart in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it seems that most xjws have left because at one point in their jw life something happened that made them start to think something wasn't right with the religion.

when i left, i still believed the jws had "the truth".

i was dying inside, trapped and unhappy (another poster's words, but describes exactly how i felt).
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Steve Hassan Professional Fees
by troubledfiancee in
1. jw
2. friends
steve hassan is still practicing his exit counseling/ strategic interaction approach, intervention style.

still 3-5 days with family and friends after days/ weeks of prework.

meetings (other than interventions) that take place in my office on weekdays are $250 per hour.
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Sitting on the fence
by INDYpendent in
1. jw
2. friends
new here; this is my first post.

i signed up with the hope of getting some of your thoughts regarding how to proceed with an ongoing situation.

a little background: i have been baptized for about twenty years, or is it twenty-one, i can't recall.
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Any Ex-JW's in The Dallas, TX DFW area?
by troubledfiancee in
1. jw
2. friends
hi guys, i'm new to the forum.

i'm looking for anyone in the dallas area that has left jw's for any reason and has since learned the real truth about the watchtower and jw doctrine.

i've never been involved with jw myself, but my fiancee grew up as a jw and is having thoughts of going back.
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Is everyone on here disassociated??
by happi2b in
1. jw
2. friends
so i don't understand it seems to me from the posts that i have read just about everyone is disassociated.. just wondering if that's true or if i am not the only one on here still within the organization..
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You Can Overcome WT Phobias!
by leavingwt in
1. jw
2. friends
early in the exit process, it's very important to begin overcoming irrational fears.

fear of the devil.

fear of god.