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  Are you TRAPPED by your believing mate into a hellish life of "pretend"?

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the scene is familiar.. a jehovah's witness family with one member who has awakened from the lie.. the split comes down to an interesting wrong terminology:.

  unbelieving mate vs believing mate.. .

  the context of the entire family is as a jehovah's witness family.. damage has already been done.

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  Awesome Terry! Love your thinking!
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  Young nonJW girl's insight into JWs

  by tornapart in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  found this very interesting.

  she hasn't met jws and made this video based on what she had seen from ex jws videos.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvw9otqqe_k&feature.

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  Found this very interesting. She hasn't met JWs and made this video based on what she had seen from ex JWs videos.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvw9OtQqe_k&feature
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  Avoid Testing God in Your Heart - transcript of talk from District Convention 2012

  by wannabefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for those who don't care to listen to the talk but would like to know what was said ... here ya go .... .

  avoid testing god in your heart.

  imagine the ancient israelites as they were slaves in egypt, under an oppressive pharaoh.. god brought nine plagues on egypt and then announced a tenth; the firstborn would be struck down.. can you imagine the cry that went out in egypt when the firstborn died, including pharaoh's own son?.

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  Got the DC this weekend. Thanks for all this guys. I will either sleep right through it or let it go right over my head.
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  I've been enlightened.

  by Emery in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ive been lurking for quite sometime and now feel the need to come and noob it up.

  it's taken a lot to bring me to read anything critical of the wts.

  i used to glance at these apostate sites and shutter in fear because of the obvious demonic venom that can be found :) i am still an active witness and have been in this struggle to stay both in and be removed mentally from this organization.

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  Welcome Emery. Yes be careful of give away 'apostatisms'.. LOL ie.. 'Borg'...'J dubs'.. cognitive dissonance.. the truth about the truth.. etc.. or talk about stuff you've learned on here before it becomes general knowledge. Otherwise you'll be asked 'where did you get that from?'

  There's another good website for JW strugglers.. www.jwstruggle.com very helpful for those who want out of the WTS but still believe in God. :)
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  For those of you who do not believe in corporal punishment...

  by Chemical Emotions in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that is, for those of you who actually think that hitting children is wrong, what types of discipline do you find more effective?

  i'm not a parent but when dealing with kids, i've seen that time-outs tend to make kids feel isolated and can really hurt them.

  if they're near others and are checked up on frequently, it seems ok. but when they're completely ignored, that is just bad.

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  For some unknown reason whenever I wanted my kids to do as they were told, counting 1-10 worked miracles. Not sure how or why but it did. LOL

  Sending them to their room until they apologised for bad behaviour worked too.

  A board with coloured stars on for good behaviour was effective, once they reached a certain number of gold stars they received a nice reward. A reward for being good is always better than a punishment for being bad.
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  My potential date biggest idol's is Michael Jackson

  by Iamallcool in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  she is a very pretty personal trainer and she likes my pics too.

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  Got to say I agree with Raz and Oz.. LOL

  seems like you're trying too hard to find the 'perfect woman'... I'm sorry to say it but she doesn't exist except in your mind..
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  DC Ramblings: A non-comprehensive review of some lowlights

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently attended the dc.

  there have been mny threads already on this, but here are some random thoughts giving my take on what i saw & heard.... .

  -- attendance was about the same as last year, averaging around 8000 per session.

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  Thanks for the lowdown sir82. I'll know when to drop off to sleep now....

  sf.. thanks for the kick in the teeth. Been getting a lot of that lately and I for one can do without it. Good for you that you've been out long enough to take the high ground.
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  At my breaking point

  by so confused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so it does not seem like im dealing very well.

  its been 6 month since we have stopped going to the meeting.

  embarssing in front of co-worker and my new supervisor.

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  It's such a hard place to be and I have often wondered how I would cope if I decided to leave for good. I think maybe I would feel the same as you. I can only think that really the choice to leave is yours and yours alone. How they choose to react is their choice. At the moment yoiu can't cope with the pressure they are putting on you. Maybe the best course is to tell them that you are depressed and you are finding it difficult to cope with everything and you need some space. Could you and your family get away for a short spell away from everyone and everything? Just to try and recharge your batteries.

  I wish you and your husband all the very best.
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  Sparlock worked his magic this weekend!

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yes it's true, i got to experience first hand the awesome magic powers of sparlock, the warrior wizard!tm.

  this last weekend a friend of mine asked me if i could take him to the mechanic's to pick up his car after being serviced.

  now this friend of mine (who is not and has never been a jw) is the the one and only friend that i've remained in constant contact with through the dark quarter century of my life when i was a witness.

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  ROFL!! Awesome!! 00DAD that's so funny!!
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  I have listed 10 facts I have learned coming on this site,please feel free to add yours

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i would like to list 10 facts i have learned since coming on this site ,facts i wasn`t aware of while in the movement and facts that have set me free from a religous movement that really is not interested in facts per se.. these are not listed in order of importance , and feel free to add your own list that applys to your circumstances.

  1.the wtb&ts involvement with the u.n.. 2.the wtb&ts investments/shares some of which are questionable.. 3.their real estate properties around the world, millions if not billions, of $$$, while being a not for profit organization.

  4.their pretense of obeying the law on" blood" while conveniently adjusting it to minimise their legal obligations in threat of a lawsuit.

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  and some talk wibble...