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This Forum. Has it changed? For the better or for the worse? Or not a at all?
by ThomasCovenant in
1. jw
2. friends
when i post i try to imagine that i am at a social gathering or sometimes in someone's house as a dinner guest.

that way it is easier to follow the community guidelines and posting rules set out on the site at the bottom of the page.

i wouldn't want to make a fool of myself in public.
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City of Houston Demands Pastors Turn Over Gay-Bashing Sermons
by cultBgone in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
has anyone else seen this, or did i just miss the posting?.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/10/14/city-houston-demands-pastors-turn-over-sermons/.

here's the opening paragraph:.
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Blown away-- where to go from here
by All for show in
1. jw
2. friends
i stumbled upon this website a few weeks ago due to the jw.org ridiculousness, since then i haven't been able to pull myself away.

the thoughts, feelings, and concerns i have had the past few years aren't just mine.

it's global.
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The amusing 'last hurdle' I had to overcome before I finally left the JW's....
by Unlearn in
1. jw
2. friends
let me add that it's amusing now...as so many things are in hindsight...but at the time it was really stressful.

almost terrifying.. see, i was in my mid 30's and an elder.

i was born-in, from one of those families with a long, decorated history in the thing.
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RELAX! Its Halloween!
by Unlearn in
1. jw
2. friends
happy halloween!.

i hope you enjoyed yourself tonite and just had a great time.

eat candy, dress up, hang with your kids...and try to forget that you were once so occupied with the origins of every tradition, activity, or experience you've tasted.
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LOU REED - r.i.p. (a special memory)
by Unlearn in
1. jw
2. friends
i've always loved lou's music.... hearing about his death this am makes me remember when my little family was on the run.

i was a 'visible' elder in my community, so when we got 'free' mentally, we took a choice available to us that, sadly, some don't have.

we disappeared...just relocated to another town.. listening to 'a perfect day' by lou reed reminds me of those first few months...walking through one of the big city parks on cold sundays...both of us beaten and bruised and still in shock.
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Did Cedars manipulate Lee into having a thread closed?
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i will happily answer this question if there can be some guarantees this thread won't be deleted..
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Do you Trust the writings of 2,000 years ago?
by braincleaned in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
do you trust the bible, and it's scientific accuracy on creation for example.. do you believe it still holds moral values, expressed in the perfect example of it's god?.

do you believe in it's prophesies?.

then let me invite you to doctor holymann's hospital.. you can trust him with your child's or your own surgery and medicine.. he has ignored all the nonsense of modern medical science, and still operates on the knowledge he has from 2,000 years ago.. .
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Former Long Time Elder: Why I am still in
by James Jackson in
1. jw
2. friends
a customer on my route with whom i have had some lively debates was his number 1 complaint is that "the witnesses have so many rules".

last month i agreed with on this issue.

he asked why the change, i told him that i have been doing some soul searching.
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at the DC right now,disgusting talk
by losingit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
tortured by this talk where they are attempting to legitimize the division/ separation of family.. "sadly friends some will refuse to have courage in this matter.is it not in our best interests to abide the arrangements of the christian congregation as set by jehovah?

accept the torture stake involved in confessing union with christ.

then they cite the example of a brother who is thankful to his wife for persisting in preaching to him.. now they are talking about disfellowshipping, lay serious guilt trip .the brother talking about his baby sister getting disfellowshipped, how his father cried for the first time.