NewYork44M

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  Do You Still Use Facebook Like Before?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  many of my friends are turning to instagram.

  i’m not on there just yet.🦍.

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  NewYork44M

  I use Facebook as a repository for pictures. I never post any comments that might give an indication of my political interests.
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  Do you miss that initial "high" ??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  do you remember the first time you found out "the truth about the truth"?.

  yes, it was confronting, shocking and life altering.

  yes it was hard to deal with.. but, along with that, many have said that they experienced a sense of thrill, euphoria, or joy when realising the facts about the religion that held us captive mentally and physically for so long.. it was liberating to learn some of the controversial teachings etc.

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  NewYork44M

  I remember when I broke one of my molar teeth last year. I had an intense pain when I bit on food but was reluctant to go to a dentist. After weeks of intense pain, I finally agreed to go to a dental surgeon. In my visit, I was put under sedation, both with injections and gas. Even so, I could feel the surgeon break my tooth. I remember the sound (a muted thud) of him disengaging remnants of my tooth from my jaw bone.

  Was it thrilling, actually yes! I am not accustomed to drugs, and I was especially thrilled with the feeling of the gas. I was amazed that someone was pulling my tooth one fragment at a time and the only thing I felt was the thud of the nerve separating from my jaw.

  While thrilling and memorable, I never want to repeat this experience. I feel the same related to disengaging from this fucking religion. It is not an experience I want to repeat.
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  When You Die Would You Haunt The Governing Body? If It were Possible?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been reading a lot about reincarnation these days and i'm beginning to think that it quite possibly might be true, it seems to fit in nicely with the idea that we live in a computer simulation.. anyway according to the tibetan book of the dead when we die we seem to hang around on the earth waiting for rebirth.

  at which time we could be ghosts.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bardo_thodol.

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  Until this post, I never thought about haunting anyone after assuming room temperature. However, now that you asked the question, I have a whole list of people that I would like to haunt. My list includes far more fun haunts than the GB.
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  Smile! (We're still Stayin' alive)

  by Fay Dehr in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://youtu.be/lh5ax-xhd2k.

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  NewYork44M

  Thanks for a trip down memory lane. I was a child of the 60s and graduated high school at the fateful year of 1975. I hope everyone wishes me a 61st happy birthday next month with no Armageddon in sight.
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  Grace Gough ( RIP ) left the JW cult in her 70s and went on to help 1000s to escape the cult

  by Not_Culty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj7ilnoxvu4.

  she helped me.

  sent me my first copy of crisis of conscience (free) grace has been featured on many talk shows, including sally jesse raphael, raising awareness of support for cult abuse survivors.

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  NewYork44M

  Grace was a very active and positive influence in our community. I recommend anyone to review here posts.
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  JWs on campus

  by Sarabethy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's my first time on this site though i am no stranger in the ex-jw community.

  i come to you now asking for your assistance in what to present to the dean of students at my university.. why am i meeting with dean of students, you may ask?

  because today, while innocently finishing an assignment in the school library, i happened to look out the window and see the jws with their stupid little cart.

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  NewYork44M

  I teach at a state university. Never have I seen any cart witnessing. I would think it is a bit embarrassing given their anti-education stance.
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  2018-04-11-E-BOE--Speaker's Monitor!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2018-04-11-e-boespeaker's monitorhttps://we.tl/em7bxi5o4oatlantis!.

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  NewYork44M

  I remember giving a talk at a congregation where an elder monitor had an outline of my talk and made sure that I stuck to the outline.
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  Refusing to Report time in field ministry

  by Whynot in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what do you think would happen if i verbally refuse to report my time?

  it's been several months since i turned in my time and i think the elder got tired of asking me lol.

  frankly, i think it's stupid that jws are required to do this.

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  Report 1 hour every six months, that will FU their records when reporting irregular and inactive publishers.
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  49th Anniversary of my PAROLE from Federal prison

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today is the 49th anniversaryof my parole from federal prison.

  in french, "parole" means 'word of honor'.in effect, a prisoner promises the authorities they will be honorable.. in 1967, i violated the u.s. military training and service act.about 25,000 draft age americans simply ran away to canada.i did not run.

  i stayed and gave my 'witness.".

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  Happy anniversary. It is outrageous that you were not allowed to work in an alternative service role. Is this insane rule still in place? I seem to recall that they now accept alternative service.
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  Armageddon started...

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  just joking i really don't think so...but the situation in syria is pretty worrisome...just hearing the news that france and great britain are attacking with cruise missiles in 72 hours.

  i mean assad is not gonna gasify his adversaries when he almost won the civil war.

  trump too suspended a very important trip to the latinoamerican presidents summit in peru, just to 'oversee the american response to syria.

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  NewYork44M

  All of what is taking place could end up in a cataclysmic worldwide disaster. But these events have nothing to do with what JWs preach related to Armageddon. It is just a mess with no solution or conclusion.