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Good Signs from my wife? maybe? She wants to improve her thinking ability!
by thecrushed in
1. jw
2. friends
so after the memorial hell http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/249700/1/memorial-hell my wife totally missed the special talk and i only just realized from jwn that she has.

in fact last sunday i took her out to a park and we had nice time in the fresh air enjoying nature.

also she has taken up improving her congnitive skills on luminosity and today said she might actaully go and study some algebra on khan academy which i had suggested instead of spending money on luminosity.
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Memorial Hell
by thecrushed in
1. jw
2. friends
today has been one of the most aganizing days since i woke up.

my family has been pressuring me to show up at the memorial for the past week.

it became very intense today with my dad texting me constantly to get me to confirm and when i didn't answer he would call my wife and then she would constantly nag me to answer my dad and so on and so forth.
14
I saw dead people
by thecrushed in
1. jw
2. friends
it has been a year now since the big breakdown in which i lost my belief system and almost lost my marriage too.

i now look back and realize how close i came to completely losing my mind.

all the evidence proves to me beyond a shadow of any possible doubt that i have been raised in a cult and that every single decision or indecision has been directly influenced from this fanatical belief system.
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I got the dreaded call about the memorial
by thecrushed in
1. jw
2. friends
i haven't been to the meetings in just about a full year and i get a call this morning from my dad inviting me.

his words were full of guilt trip.

he said he would like us to go as a family like i'm breaking it up if i don't go.
8
Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong
by thecrushed in
1. jw
2. friends
i've never heard a more appropriate ted talk for jw's to take to heart than this one.

"most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong.

but what if we're wrong about that?
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My cat is a microcosmic allagoric example of the struggle of leaving the cults
by thecrushed in
1. jw
2. friends
here is a little story for you.

i have a cat that has always been a little feral and doesn't get along with the other cats socially.

one of my cats decided he was going to bully this poor guy and worry him sick.
12
Atheists and selfless potential
by thecrushed in
1. jw
2. friends
something has just occured to me this morning while taking a shower.

i think it might be pretty obvious to others but for some reason it just hit me today suddenly.

religion for many is just a donkey and a carrot.
1
why can't this happen to the Watchtower?
by thecrushed in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
http://www.skepticmoney.com/belgium-to-charge-scientology-with-fraud-and-extortion/ seriously i love the netherlands right now!

sock it to them europe!

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Company Christmas Party experience
by thecrushed in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i went to my employer's christmas party recently.

for the first time i felt completely at ease with normal people.

i'm blessed to have an employer who understands my situation and is also a sceptic like me raised in a very devoit rcc imigrant family.
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Reddit thread: I just turned 21, and Im close to committing suicide
by thecrushed in
1. jw
2. friends
i saw this thread this morning and i can't get it out of my head.

it reminds me so much of my own feelings of hopelessness at that age.

i did the stupid thing and turned to doing copious amounts of drugs and never dealt with the problem only to be sucked back into the cult later at my lowest point of drug addiction.