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  Waking up - introduction

  by Dreamerdude in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am a male, born into the jw cult(ure), baptized as a teen, now mid fifties.

  most of my life i dreamed of hugging pandas and lions, punctuated at times by nightmares of armageddon or jw drama and politics.

  still going through the motions for still-in wife.

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  Dreamerdude-Welcome! I'm in my early 50's with my husband still in and deluded. Glad to have you here.
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  NYTimes: Sex Abuse and the Catholic Church: Why Is It Still a Story? Mentions JWs

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/insider/sex-abuse-and-the-catholic-church-why-is-it-still-a-story.html?mabreward=a3&moduledetail=recommendations-0&action=click&contentcollection=americas®ion=footer&module=whatsnext&version=whatsnext&contentid=whatsnext&src=recg&pgtype=article.

  by laurie goodstein april 20, 2016 .

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  I truly hope Mr. Rozzi's bill becomes law in Pennsylvania, in spite of the Catholics and insurance companies lobbying against it. Some many innocents robbed of so much.
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  FUNERAL OUTLINE

  by freeatlast36 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i knew it.

  march 28, 2014 at 9:57pm.

  nobody seemed to notice that i wasn't sitting with my immediate family.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Love the way it allows a well-rehearsed interview with a BROTHER who knew the deceased well. Sisters need not apply.
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  Any here who didn't rebel as a teenager and were a goody two shoes instead?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was a teenager in the borg i was a dyed in the wool, goody two shoes, squeaky clean,"spiritual " sister.

  alot of my peers around me were rebelling and going off the rails but not me.

  i was constantly praised for this and even felt a little smug about it ha!.

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  I was the goody-two-shoes in our hall, as there were 4 girls who got pregnant between the ages of 15-16. I was so glad that I wasn't one of them. Still glad that I wasn't a young teen mother.
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  Just wondering who on this board has a spouse that is fully in and your awake?

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am just curious who on this board is in the same situation has i am?

  a spouse that is fully brain doogled in and you are awake to ttatt.. without going into serious detail and no names are given.

  i would like to possible talk with one of you all, it's just so helpful to communicate with someone in the same situation as me.. i am located in the southwest united states..

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  PaintedToeNail

  I am out 5 years now. Hubby has become an uber dub like lied2nomore's wife. Annoying to say the least.
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  Australia Branch to end magazine printing

  by no-zombie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just one week from the zone overseer's visit is the announcement that the magazine production by the australia branch will end in a few months.

  the task being transferred to the japan branch.

  while i'm not 100% certain, i understand that this effectively ends all major printing bar perhaps tracts, handbills and other loose items.

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  Australia Branch to end magazine printing

  by no-zombie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just one week from the zone overseer's visit is the announcement that the magazine production by the australia branch will end in a few months.

  the task being transferred to the japan branch.

  while i'm not 100% certain, i understand that this effectively ends all major printing bar perhaps tracts, handbills and other loose items.

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  The postscript is amazing! Don't engage in negative talk about the ARC, just encourge them to donate more money. Typical.
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  Apocalyptic upbringing: how I recovered from my terrifying evangelical childhood

  by betterdaze in

  1. social
  2. family

  apocalyptic upbringing: how i recovered from my terrifying evangelical childhoodraised under the dark bubble of religious fundamentalism, josiah hesse recalls a childhood filled with gloom, doom and preparing for the end of the world.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/05/religion-evangelical-christian-apocalypse-josiah-hesse.

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  I felt like I was reading about my own personal torment when he was expressing his fears. As a child, I faced the same fears he did, only with Armageddon replacing the rapture prophecies.
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  "Special" has lost its' special meaning

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today is the day of the annual "special talk.

  " it took me all of two years to realize not to get my hopes up for anything special.. then came the special assembly day.

  sad.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I think it is called 'Special Talk' because of the Memorial/Easter Hype and the Borg is hoping to ride the coat tails of religious fervor of the season. The 'Speical Talk' seems to come a week after Easter.
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  2016-3-18-BOE-Discontinuing Feature Length DVD and Audio CD Production!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2016-3-18-boe.. re: discontinuing feature-length dvd and audio cd production.

  .. http://we.tl/cpevenkiz2.

  .. .. petra!.

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  Yay! Hubby won't be leaving his media in my son's car anymore!