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  My big fat fabulous life....

  by silentbuddha in

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  2. entertainment

  seriously, is this what society has come too?

  how can there be a problem in this country with morbid obesity and you promote it on a tv show?.

  maybe i just don't get it, but i was in a doctor's office and it was on the tv and i literally wanted to hit this woman in the face with a shoe.

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  Slowly killing them…

  by silentbuddha in

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  2. experiences

  so yesterday a family friend who was never age overs witness give me a phone call.

  he says that he is quite upset with me and wants to give me a chance to explain why i'm treating my father so portly.

  mind you i have not seen my father or mother in about 3 years and they refused to talk to me except for the occaisional crazy letter that my mother will send.. anyway my the family friend stated that he spoke to my mother and brother and they both told him that because i choose to leave the religion and in turn separate myself from the family it has caused my 80 something year old father a tremendous amount of stress and she is becoming sick and they're not sure how much longer he will be with us.. shoot felipe nothing they say really bothers me much anymore but the fact that i'm being accused of slowly killing my father because i've decided to make a decision that's better from my own family is actually quite frustrating to me.. give you hours after having of the conversation with our family friend i get a call from my older brother who then begins to be raped me and tells me that i should accept responsibility for the fact that i am the cause of our ejean father's poor health and that leaving jehovah causes problems not only for me but for those who love me.

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  1975... the year that keeps on giving.

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i recently moved back to my really really really small hometown in the south.

  it was the place that my parents moved to from a major city up north in the early 1970's.

  when we lived here times were very tough financially and i was always told that the reason we did not attend meetings was due to the fact that we had no car / no gas for the car / could not afford repairs for the years we were there.

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  My ex-bethelite buddy found TTATT through his prostitute friend.

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so yesterday evening i get an invite through facebook fro a name that was familiar, but i couldn’t place the face.

  after clicking on the page i saw a close-up pic to realize it was a friend of mine from 15 years ago at bethel.. when this guy arrived at bethel he was big time.

  he was in early 20’s and had given up a job as an engineer at what was one of the largest electronics companies in the world.

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  You are a Jehovah’s Witness or you are nothing at all…

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this morning i got a call from a friend of mine who i was actually roommates with at bethel in the 1990’s.

  he left that organization about 3 years ago.

  he was crushed because it was the 10 year anniversary (for lack of a better term) of the day that his brother took his life after being disfellowshipped many moons ago and not being reinstated.

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  "Secret Sins"... a catalyst for change both negative and positive

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been completely out for close to 5 years and i have spent alot of time with individuals who either left or are in the process of leaving.

  whenever we get to talking about what made you leave or what was it that made the flip switch, the initial answer is some doctrinal teaching.

  in other instances it was just sorrow or a variety of other things.. however, as you get closer to many of these individuals it was generally a secret sin they committed at the root of it all.

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  Last Week's Watchtower had something that made people start questioning things?

  by silentbuddha in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just got a call from a friend who said that something in last weeks watchtower caused a number of people in various congregations to start questioning things, and several long time elders left.

  i am totally out of the loop but i do read things here and i heard of no such thing.. something to the effect that jw's and governing boobies are not inspired or something along those lines?.

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  White clean shaven man runs over muslims

  by silentbuddha in

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  2. current

  so in england they report a "white clean-shaven man" mowed down worshippers at a mosque.

  why do they never make such detailed descriptions when muslims do the same?.

  i hope this event isn't a bad turning point.

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  NPR: Lack Of Education Leads To Lost Dreams And Low Income For Many Jehovah's Witnesses

  by silentbuddha in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm just going to leave this here.. http://www.npr.org/2017/02/19/510585965/poor-education-leads-to-lost-dreams-and-low-income-for-many-jehovahs-witnesses?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170219.

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  Another Police Shooting

  by silentbuddha in

  1. social
  2. current

  another police shooting of an unarmed man.

  this time a health aid shot whike helping a patient.

  these guys need some training.. http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/07/21/3800558/police-shoot-therapist-helping-autistic-patient/.

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