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  Are JWs the most gossiping people on earth?

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all gossip.

  it is only human.

  watchtower actually tries to instruct adherents not to gossip and it can land a jw in front of a judicial committee—some do try to follow this admonition.

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  new boy

  Why do you think they keep the congregations small? So that everyone can "keep tabs" on everyone else easier. In these small groups everyone knows far way to much about everyone else and and their business.
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  I'm Going to Break Up with My Boyfriend Today

  by LaurenM in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  so like the title suggests, i'm going to break up with my boyfriend today.

  it's for several reasons, but mostly because i'm not prepared for a relationship.

  i need to grow and learn what it's like to be me now that i'm not a jw and learn how to love myself so i don't make the person i am with miserable.

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  new boy

  It's never easy starting a new life but it will be easier now then years later. There could be some discomfort but nothing like the hell you would be going through trying leave after you're married or with children. So get out there and meet new friends "the world' is not as bad a place that they have made it out to be.
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  After 52 years a Watchtower slave 9/11 gave me the push I needed to get out.

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i turned in my letter of disassociation on september 18, 2001 but it was 9/11 that showed me what the witnesses really feel about human lives and the future wished for.. i was in limbo after my wife of 27 years left me on july 30, 2001. she knew i wasn't buying the jw program anymore.

  she told me she come back to me when "i got my head straighten out about god and the church".. so for 40 days i was in limbo.

  i stopped going to meetings.

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  new boy

  Thank you all for your wonder comments and insights.

  To "flyinghighnow" After my DA letter, my JW life was over....including my 27 years marriage.

  I was in that thought system for over 50 years. "Where there is life their is hope." So please don't give up on the people you know. Hopefully they too can get rid of the insanity that has consumed their lives.

  They are in my thoughts and prayers.....
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  After 52 years a Watchtower slave 9/11 gave me the push I needed to get out.

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i turned in my letter of disassociation on september 18, 2001 but it was 9/11 that showed me what the witnesses really feel about human lives and the future wished for.. i was in limbo after my wife of 27 years left me on july 30, 2001. she knew i wasn't buying the jw program anymore.

  she told me she come back to me when "i got my head straighten out about god and the church".. so for 40 days i was in limbo.

  i stopped going to meetings.

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  new boy

  I Turned in my letter of Disassociation on September 18, 2001 but it was 9/11 that showed me what the witnesses really feel about human lives and the future wished for.

  I was in limbo after my wife of 27 years left me on July 30, 2001. She knew I wasn't buying the JW program anymore. She told me she come back to me when "I got my head straighten out about god and the church".

  So for 40 days I was in Limbo. I stopped going to meetings. I didn't have the balls to leave her and the church and I didn't have the balls to march out into "The world" and the great unknown.

  At that time both were very scary places.

  Then the phone call came early in the morning on September 11th. It was my JW friend Mike, calling from Washington.

  "Turn on your TV! Go turn it on right now." After turning on the set I saw the scenes we all have seen, people jumping out of buildings, people running down the street with blood running down their faces and terror in their eyes.

  Mike is telling me "This is it! This is just the beginning, the end is at hand!"

  It's crazy there was almost a happiness in his voice.

  At that moment I realized, that Mike and me for many years, plus all of the other Witnesses were waiting for the end to come. They were waiting for millions of people to die (not just the 3000 on 9/11) so they could be happy and finally have peace.

  Yes, their salvation was at hand. God just needed to kill a few more million off.

  I knew then that this blood thirst Jehovah was no longer the god I wanted "serve."

  I had my first clue about him when I was only 9 years old, way back in 1958. There was a picture of Armageddon in the new book "Paradise lost to paradise regained." In the picture there was a little girl holding on to her doll as she and her dog were falling into this great abyss, sent there by you know who.

  Yep, on the that day 15 years ago I was finally done with Jehovah the pissed off and angry god. So, for me 9/11 saved my life!
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  Our Bunker video spoof!!! 😃

  by Christian Gutierrez in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey everybody, here is our latest video on the jw summer conventions as well as our bunker skit!!!

  :).

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz1mio38jts.

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  new boy

  Good job guys. It seems the younger generation is getting it so much more quicker then the older generations did.I think kids are a lot smarter now a days. They seem to be able to spot bull shit much easier then us.
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  Believing Your Story is Real?

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my 200th topic after 14 years here on the board.

  i hope i can make it a good one.

  so my topic is stories.

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  new boy

  Xanthippe

  It means that I like wildlife as much as any man.

  By the way it's a great floor plan and it always looks good.
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  Do you play the lottery?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me, i have only purchased just one powerball ticket in my life, that was few years ago and i am thinking about buying some more in the near future.

  maybe i should push my luck even more this time.

  i am going to buy 10 tickets.

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  new boy

  I odds of winning anything without buying a ticket are even higher!
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  Believing Your Story is Real?

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my 200th topic after 14 years here on the board.

  i hope i can make it a good one.

  so my topic is stories.

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  new boy

  Hey Tenacious

  You missed the point buddy. The stories I have related here are true enough. The roles I've played are not who I really am. I played the role of Jehovah's Witnesses for over 50 years and yet that is not who I truly was. I believed in that role. In the end it was just a role. I have stepped off that stage.

  What roles are you currently playing that are not who you really are?
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  Believing Your Story is Real?

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is my 200th topic after 14 years here on the board.

  i hope i can make it a good one.

  so my topic is stories.

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  new boy

  This is my 200th topic after 14 years here on the board. I hope I can make it a good one.

  So my topic is stories. We all I like them... actually no I think we LOVE them, don't we? I know I do.

  And let's face it I've heard some great stories here and even had a few of my own to share.

  I drove a taxi in Portland Oregon for six months back in 2008. In was amazing! One of the most spiritual things I've ever done. I drove everyone, the rich business owner, the hooker, the bums and the woman dying from cancer. We laughed and we cried together. Just like we have done here on this board.

  Everyone had a story and everyone believed their story is true.

  We seem to as a species who want to identify with "form" or our story.

  We have created a story and believe it is true. 

  As soon as you met someone they start telling you their story.

  I'm married and a mother of two. Wife and mother.

  I'm a Jehovah's Witness and from England. Religion and nationality.

  I'm a student by day and a stripper at night. Vocation.

  But really, are any of these things REALLY you. Or are they simply a story or a role you have chosen (or others have chosen for you) to experience right now or in the past?

  Maybe you are bigger than these roles or stories. I believe we all are.

  Are you happy with your current story or role? If you are not, you really have just three options for happiness.

  1. Change it and leave it. Easy to say but tough to do. Change is rarely easy.

  2. If you can't change it or leave it for whatever reason, then make peace with it and accept it. This can be also tough to do but will be necessary for your happiness.

  3. If you can't do either of the first two. Then the third option is to piss and moan and complain about it. This does nothing to change the existing situation. It does makes you feel a little better about it, by telling other people how miserable you are.

  Just like the story about the dog and the nail.

  A man walks into an old general store that has a wooden floor. There is a big fat blood hound lying on the floor next to an old pot belly stove. The dog is in pain sounding bad. Whooooo.... Whooooo, the dog bellows. "What's wrong with your dog?" the man asks. "Oh he is lying on a sharp nail." The clerk says. "Well, why doesn't he move?" The man asks. The clerk smiles and says. "I guess it's not hurting him bad enough yet."

  Yes, the dog like many people like option three the best.

  Time to move yet?
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  What's your favourite feel good movie ?

  by jhine in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  maybe it's time for a less serious thread .

  i have just finished watching dirty dancing ( again ) .

  what is your feel good movie , the one that makes you smile and cry happy tears ?

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  new boy

  "Shawshank Redemption" after serving many years for impersonating a minister I can relate

  "Field of Dreams"