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  Mrs Punk left the family!

  by punkofnice in

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  it's nearly 2 months now but mrs punk finally left myself (mentally diseased apostate tm) with my 2 non kingdum hell attending boys.. she left when my jw daughter moved out and they moved in together.

  i don't think it'll be long before my daughter gets sick of her mum but there you go!!.

  i received a call from mrs punk to say: 'i didn't leave you because of the religion!'.

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  Have you looked into therapy for your boys? I hope that they can bounce back
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  Feeling uncomfortable...

  by NeverKnew in

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  i am going to be with a jw friend for the next few days.

  we planned this vacation some time ago.. i haven't spoken to her since she hung up on me.

  at the time, i was trying to explain my pain with eric's death.

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  good luck
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  Niave Realism

  by frankiespeakin in

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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/na%c3%afve_realism.

  naive realism, also known as direct realism or common sense realism, is a philosophy of mindrooted in a theory of perception that claims that the senses provide us with direct awareness of the external world.

  in contrast, some forms of idealism assert that no world exists apart from mind-dependent ideas and some forms of skepticism say we cannot trust our senses.

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  the thing that always occurred to me is that if a person could understand everything about any one thing, even just a single atom - then that person would be able to understand everything about everything
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  Ladies: A Purse Question

  by Lady Lee in

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  what makes a perfect purse for you?.

  color?

  size?interior or exterior pockets?zippered top or sections?long straps or short?material it is made from?

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  I had a tan leather shopping bag style purse that Just Ron bought me for Christmas one year. It had only one little zipper pocket inside, the leather was soft, not stiff, but it wasn't so soft that the bag would collapse. It lasted for years, I loved that bag and I've never been able to find another like it.
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  I was HAPPY as a JW! How did I end up here? Pt 2

  by MC RubberMallet in

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  continuation of... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/239292/5/i-was-happy-as-a-jw-how-did-i-get-here.

  me: so why is it we can make false predictions, but no one else can?.

  i see...... do you know my heart?.

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  Meadow36, Harold Camping was a preacher who went around telling people that world was going to end on some specific date last year. It didn't happen, and then he died (I think). So his claim to have special insight into the Bible and an ability to tell when the end would come were patently false.

  As for Google, it's a search engine. You type www.google.com in the address bar where it currently says www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/239394/2/I-was-HAPPY-as-a-JW-How-did-I-end-up-here-Pt-2. Then you get a screen that says "Google" over an empty box. You can type anything into that box and Google will search the internet to find sites that contain the words you typed.

  If you are pulling my chain, so be it. I won't hold a grudge.
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  What Made You Question "The Truth"?

  by minimus in

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  in the the early 1970's, i used to enjoy going to assemblies, conventions and hear special talks given by bethel heavies.. in those days, we were believers and we applied ourselves as "ministers" with pride.. once the "end" was obviously not within our "generation", many of us started losing interest.. we started to think more critically.

  it took a long time but once you start recognizing the bullsh*t, it's hard to stay in and truly believe at the same time.. .

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  I remember very clearly sitting in an assembly at Roberts Stadium in Evansville, IN and having a sudden, unbidden thought spring into my mind - "I don't want to be here". I don't remember what year it was, probably 2004 or 2005, but maybe as late as 08 or 09. I quickly stuffed that thought down and tried not to ever think of it again. In 2011, I was really burned out and just wanted to bury my head in the sand and not deal with any of it. But thanks to the elders' pushy behavior and unbelievable lack of good sense, I finally had enough courage to tell Just ROn the truth when he asked me if I still wanted to be a dub. At that time, I really didn't question the doctrines or beliefs. I just realized that I didn't want to subject myself to the hassles and pressures anymore. It wasn't until I found this place a few days later that I started learning TTATT.

  In the end, I guess you could say that it was the cognitive dissonance caused by the difference in how I felt (miserable, depressed, inadequate) and how I was told I should feel (happiest people on earth TM) .
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  Is your religion a cult?

  by anonread in

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  is your religion a cult?

  http://goodcultbadcult.com/ an ex-mormon friend of mine made this based on steve hassan's book, combating cult mind control.

  oh, and you can send it to your family, tell them it was made by an ex-mormon to show that mormons are a cult.

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  I got 90 - and I wasn't exagerrating
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  classic oompa - "food tastes the same"

  by BroMac in

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  i was looking at some older threads from oompa i didnt have to look to long before i came across this cracker of an op http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/144083/1/hindered-prayers-says-my-wife-so-i-stopped.

  ps could someone make it clickable please.

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/144083/1/hindered-prayers-says-my-wife-so-I-stopped
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  How did you feel when you first celebrated Halloween or Christmas

  by trujw in

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  with the holidays amongsts us how did you feel the first time you celebrated the holidays?

  the first time i felt like i was in north korea trying to slip pass the secret police.

  how weird a wonderful family holiday and i was acting like i just stole the mona lisa..

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  This year will be the first Halloween and first Christmas for my kids. I'm going all out and I hope they really enjoy it.
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  How did your kids react when you left the organization? How did you break it to them?

  by Christ Alone in

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  did your kids resist your leaving the organization?

  how did you get your kids to understand the need to leave?

  did they react well?.

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  We had a little discussion tonight at the dinner table about the history of the WTS opinion on organ transplants. It is relevant because we actually know someone from the local hall who had a kidney & pancreas transplant about 2 years ago. I really do worry that they don't know enough about the crazy stuff and the flip flops that they might get suckered back in someday.