Topics Started by ChunkyMonkey

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Posting from 36000 feet
by EntirelyPossible in
1. jw
2. experiences
i would just like to point out that in-flight internet is awesome..
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Lining up to kiss the bride is not allowed. Watchtower Question from Readers.
by ThomasCovenant in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
many, if not all, of the witness weddings i attended in the last few years had the 'tradition' of the bride and groom and members of the wedding party lined up to greet the guests into the reception room.. it was also a faily common practice to kiss the bride.

congratulations and thanks were exchanged.

the usual pleasantries, thanks for coming etc.. well here is a quote i just found from the watchtower 15th may 1952 page 319-320, questions from readers.
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Who has NOT read Combatting Cult Mind Control or Crisis of Conscience?
by Mad Sweeney in
1. jw
2. experiences
a lot of people here have read and highly recommend ccmc by steven hassan and coc by ray franz, myself included.

i don't know how i would have handled leaving the borg without that knowledge.. so thinking that got me to wondering, who here has not read them (or has read one but not the other), and how are you coping with exiting the borg?

did you get counseling?
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What does REAL LOVE mean to YOU?
by nicolaou in
1. social
2. relationships
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i'm not after heavy debate, i just want to hear some nice stories for a change.

lift me up, make me feel better, tell me about the time you really felt love.. .
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A BIG Welcome to the Newbies :-)
by snowbird in
1. jw
2. friends
it's good that y'all are here.

please stay for a while.

syl.
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Rum or Whiskey?
by J. Hofer in
1. jw
2. friends
after a few beers and a bottle of french wine (2007 cote du rhone) i'm having myself some "ron zacapa centenario solera reserva".

but that's probably because i spent a lot of time in latin america.

i guess you gringos are more into whiskey?
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Your baby has been stolen by the angels......
by watersprout in
1. jw
2. friends
i just received this email...... please please stop by ......... boutique and have a go at our raffle??

some of the proceeds will be going to .......... for permature babies who are sadly stole away to be angels in the sky.. this angered me greatly!

babies stolen by angels???.
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After leaving Jw's did you go into another religion or serv. god ur own way?
by average joe in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i am just curious if you guys left jw's and now worship in some other relgion or worship in your own way?

have you sworn off organized religion ?

if you have not sworn off organized religion then i wonder what relgion seems to be the right one for you guys?
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How did you fill the void after leaving?
by gutted in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm curious about how people filled the void after leaving the jws.

i'm at a point, a bit over a year after leaving, where i am finding i have confronted the reality of my life and situation... and it's depressing.

i realize i have holes in my life (a significant other, social activities, something higher/beyond myself) which many worldly people naturally have filled but it feels unnatural for me, almost synthetic and it makes me more depressed the more i think about it.
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So where are you now?
by fade_away in
1. jw
2. experiences
are any of you on here not living the dreams you had as a kid because of the "no higher education" rule?.

i was a born in jw and remained one until the age of 25. by my late teens i knew what i wanted to do with my life.

i'm about to write a lengthy history explaining why i'm not currently in the carreer i wanted, so you can skip this boring story and just comment if you want to.. i was raised to be a loyal jw and since birth already had many goals chosen for me.