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  Bethel Getting Paranoid, Tightening Screws

  by AlanF in

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  i have it from solid sources that brooklyn and patterson are now recording all incoming telephone calls.. a word to the wise if you have friends there you talk to.. alanf

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  Advice requested on response to mom's letter

  by paulvarjak in

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  i received this recently from my mother.

  the only contact i've had with any of my family since october has been an occasional email.

  you are 28 years old and you made the choice to put yourself, and us, in this position.

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  Mind Control Cults

  by paulvarjak in

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  just re-reading steve hassan's book "combatting cult mind control" and the following struck me.

  relating how he recruited persons in conjunction with their personality types while a part of the moonies, he states the following:.

  "we saw believers as people searching for god, or looking for spiritual meaning in their lives...it was always amazing to me to realize how many people in this category told us they had just been praying to god to show them what he wanted them to do with thier lives.

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  ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLOGY

  by d0rkyd00d in

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  i personally love greek and roman mythology.

  it is extremely interesting to find what they believed.

  however, how could people in today's world be so uninformed and stupid.

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  Fraud?

  by NICKITA in

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  it seems that many who post on this board hold that the jw organization is a fraud, schemed mainly bu the g.b.

  members.

  but so far i have never read something as to the reasons behind the fraud.

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  Where do I stand?

  by Bubba99 in

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  this is my first post on this site... i will post more details of my story later.. my spouse has obtained an unscriptural divorce.

  does anyone know where that leaves me as to my being free to remarry?.

  i noticed the following in the elders manual, the wording seems to contradict itself.

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  HELLO? HELLO? "ALL" SIGN IN???????

  by waiting in

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  simon did away with the sex forum - so i must take the tradional route and post under "make new friends.

  " how mundane!.

  fyi ---- for all of us, please take the time to write a sentence or two about yourselves, and encourage new ones to do the same.

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  Leaving without losing

  by somebody in

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  good afternoon all,.

  after reading so many stories about people separating from their husbands/wives once the one of them stops attending meetings, i was wondering how someone could tell their spouse when they first starting learning the truth about the truth.

  i know there are couples who got out together on this board.

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  So What Tipped You Out, Then?

  by Englishman in

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  can you remember that distinct moment in your life when you suddenly knew that your time as a jw was truly over?.

  for me, that moment came several years after the removal of my privileges in the congregation when i admitted to having known my then fiance in a way that was not fitting for a ministerial servant.. i was quickly stripped of my 2 servants jobs, group study conducting, pioneer status, public talk giving and praying in the kh.

  i was also forbidden to ever be alone with the lady concerned.. about 15 months later i was assigned a public talk, after 30 minutes i dried up.

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  Feels good to be free

  by MoodyBlue in

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  it feels great to be free.

  it feels great to go out with old girlfriends for beer and wings.

  it feels great to walk down the street and smile at people i don't know.

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