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  The amusing 'last hurdle' I had to overcome before I finally left the JW's....

  by Unlearn in

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  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

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  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

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  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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  you know that JW song that goes, 'Hey there all you thirsty ones...'?

  by Unlearn in

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  2. beliefs

  when we were kids, and part bored/part excited that the meeting was finally over, we used to change the lyrics and sing, 'hey there all you hershey barrrs!'....

  i got in real trouble one time for that.

  my old man confiscated all of my shogun warriors and comic books (the ones he could find)....

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  Im SOOOO tired...

  by Unlearn in

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  of all of these different gods...and the idea that i've got to 'respect' your beliefs just because you 'feel' them.. i wish all of these gods would all go to some mysterious island in the bermuda triange, and fight it out...tournament style...until just one of them is standing.. then, he/she/it can bring it's ass back here and i can just ignore that one..

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  The Jackson Family Circus -or- WE know whats really going on with Katherine Jackson vs her kids...

  by Unlearn in

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  so, i dont know if this has been posted/addressed here...but watching this whole jackson family thing play out in the public eye is surreal.. the press assume that the only reason mj's brothers and janet are contesting his will and want control of the kids, is money.. seriously...mj's bros and sisters dont need his money: his bros get paid everytime you hear a jackson 5 song.

  they're all millionaires.. janet is loaded.

  but, the media doesnt know what we know...so they assume that the only reason they'd want mj's kids is for the $$$$ that come along with them as part of the deal.. we know better.. i believe a big amount of respect is due to janet and jermaine and the rest of the gang...theyre trying to rescue those kids from a jw brainwashing fate.. i'd bet money on it.. they say janet was trying to convince paris to willingly leave her grandmothers home and come with them.. im telling you...they're trying to save those kids.. and as any of you who have close family still in the cult can attest to, we apostates are some of the most loving, long-suffering people on the planet...as many of us publicly hold our tongues repeatedly when it comes to that cult, because we dont want to hurt mom, or dad, or kids, or siblings.

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  Watchtower, Wolverine, and the LIE that every 13-year-old saw RIGHT AWAY...

  by Unlearn in

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  i'll always remember this issue of the awake warning jw parents about comic books and why they were so dangerous.. the cover had a kid on the front sitting indian-style reading a comic book, wide-eyed and smiling.

  came out in the early 1980's.. i'll always remember it because it screwed up one of my favorite past-times: i was around 13 years old and a hardcore collector.. after this article, it was a continual tug-o-war with my dad over comics....and it lasted until i was 18 and moved out.. .

  here's what was telling about that article:.

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  The true, unsung hero of the Bible....

  by Unlearn in

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  2. bible

  my undisputed hero of the bible is known by several names, depending on who you talk to...devil, satan, lucifer, etc.. read it, and you'll find that he was the only one who really stood up for you.. he asserted that you could make decisions for yourself...and told you the very real truth that, just because the piece of meat in your chest stops thumping, you positively do not 'die'.. he was your hero.

  he stood up to a daddy-maniac and said, 'just because you made us doesnt mean you have the right to tell us what to do.

  i thought we were free?'.

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  ex Bethelites: Chuck Lebensperger?

  by Unlearn in

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  i may be misspelling this guys name, but while i was in patterson doing long-term temporary (before i got accepted longer and moved to brooklyn bethel), this guy was my table head.

  he seemed to be really arrogant.

  his attitude towards me was very condescending.

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  'If your body members you control...'

  by Unlearn in

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  'if your body members you control,.

  you make known that the truth is your own.'.

  this verse in particular from the jw song 'make the truth your own' has provided several instances of hysterical laughter between my wife and i.. just think about it.

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