Posts by rodnico

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Atlanta Support Group

by rodnico in

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everyone who lives in the atlanta georgia area we are thinking about starting a support group.

i have been searching for one, and have not been able to find anything in this area.

obed and i talked about starting one.

Everyone who lives in the Atlanta Georgia area we are thinking about starting a support group. I have been searching for one, and have not been able to find anything in this area. Obed and I talked about starting one. So we have set a date of May 11th 3pm. The first group meeting will be at my house I live in Downtown Atlanta Castleberry Hill. This weekend falls in between music midtown and the loft tour.

Please email me if you would be interested in coming and I will give you directions to my loft. I think it is important to note that this will not be any kind of pro-religious support group. I am an atheist and don't appreciate being preached to. This group is for us to share our experiences and maybe work through some of the mind control issues we deal with on a daily basis as a group. I respect anyone who has decided to join another church, but that will not be the focus of our discussions.

Nicole Rodriquez
[email protected]

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Future 'Watching the World' topic?

by dmouse in

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i'm now taking bets that this snippet, from today's msn news page, finds it's way into the awake!

internet 'breaks up marriages'.

by nick farrell [15-04-2002].

rodnico

I read the same thing on CNN's site this morning, and thought exactly the same thing....I bet they are going to use this for Watching The World.

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Do you Remember the Moment you Stopped Being a JW?

by Smoldering Wick in

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"it only takes a moment.

a moment of sanity.

clarity.

rodnico

Awesome Thread!

Sunday afternoon during the watchtower study in 1997, it hit me I don't want to live like this anymore. Why do I subject myself to this lifestyle? Is this how I want to spend the rest of my life? Or am I living this way out of some duty I felt to my overbearing mother? Do I really believe in God or just afraid of my mother? From this point on I am going to live my life the way that I want to, and make my own decisions not based on familial pressure or pressure from the congregation. I looked the study conductor in the eye, threw my watchtower on the floor and walked out.

I started to walk down the street to find a conveince store to buy a pack of cigarettes so I could throw the smoked buds at the elders and say I smoked a cigarette now disfellowship me. Decision made. My mother followed me out of the kingdom hall and begged me not to do that. I did go to a few more meetings, but that was it.

It was not a moment of this teaching is false or I have been lied to, it was a moment of clarity when I decided I will now think for myself and make my own decisions.

Nicole

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When You Were Devout, What Was The Most..

by Englishman in

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when you were a devout witness, what were the teachings that you couldnt accept, even though you believed most of the rest?.

heres mine:.

1. we know the bible is true, it proves itself true.

rodnico

That I had to "wait" on Jehovah for a mate.

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Get Out More / Questionaire.

by Englishman in

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is it true that americans are the least travelled people in the world?

if that is the case, its hardly surprising when you read all the dire warnings contained inside a us passport.

also, i am told that americans regard the rest of the world as a very dangerous place to be.

rodnico

Born in California Raised in Utah

Traveled To:
Mexico
Guam
Philippines
Germany
Austria
Italy
Sweden
Ukrane
Canada

Nicole

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MetalGear Solid 2

by KissAFish in

has anyone here enjoyed metal gear solid 2...?

:)

rodnico

snake is one hot dude. I haven't had time to get the game only played the demo...but I am in love..

Good topic to start sexiest video game character.

Solid Snake #1.

Nicole

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They died for their faith

by rodnico in

my cubicle neighbor asked me a question.

he wanted to know how to reply to people who tell him they believed the bible to be the true work of god because so many were killed trying to save it or translate it.. that was a chapter from what i remember in the orange book is the bible inspired by god.. how would you respond?

rodnico

My cubicle neighbor asked me a question. He wanted to know how to reply to people who tell him they believed the bible to be the true work of God because so many were killed trying to save it or translate it.

That was a chapter from what I remember in the orange book is the bible inspired by God.

How would you respond?

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Did "Bad Storms" == Armegeddon?

by LDH in

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we had quite a bit of wind here last night, and as i was up with the baby and couldn't sleep anyway, i was thinking back to when i was young.. living on the east coast, we got some of the mega storms that the southwest doesn't usually get, at least not with any regularity.. as a kid, everytime a vicious thunderstorm or violent electric storm started, i would wonder the unimaginable:.

is this armegeddon????.

lisa

rodnico

Hey Lisa-

My boyfriend (who never was or will be a witnesse) says everytime something bad happens...like the dog takes a crap inside or the cat knocks something over or there is a storm...CALL THE ELDERS and ask IS IT ARMAGEDDON? He jokes about a mental problem I think we all still deal with...that thought that comes through my mind...maybe they are right and it is Armageddon. But then sanity over conditioning takes over.

Nicole

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one of those mornings

by rodnico in

this morning i had a bizarre dream.

first off i was taking a road trip with my mother and some other witnesses (bad enough).

they really wanted to go to a meeting in the city that i grew up in, so i say fine, whatever.

rodnico

This morning I had a bizarre dream. First off I was taking a road trip with my mother and some other witnesses (bad enough). They really wanted to go to a meeting in the city that I grew up in, so I say fine, whatever. I’ll wait in the car.

So I am laying in the backseat of the car reading a book when my mother comes out and tells me the elders want to talk to me, Neil Mingo & Al Williams. Great. The scary authority figures from my youth. I tell her if they want to talk to me they can come out to the parking lot and talk.

So they come out to the car. They tell me that since I was in the JW parking lot they would have to disfellowship me. Wait a min. I thought JW dogma (I just saw the movie) was if I was a willful sinner and walked through the doors of the kingdom hall THEN I cold be disfellowshipped, when did this extend the parking lot?

I woke up after I asked the question. Still telling both elders off in my mind, and what I would tell them if I had the chance.

Just thought I would share.

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Maturity, Cults, and JWs

by Amazing in

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how cults trap us: the criteria to define cults is fairly well established.

i think "lifton" did the best job.

however, there is one feature that none of the cult expose' literature seems to deal with - maturity.

rodnico

This is a very interesting thread Amazing. I always wondered why my mother became a witness. What happened to her was exactly what you describe above. She could never make decisions for herself she was afraid to make them. Even the small things in life like what to wear or what to eat….she would pray to god things like “if I should eat this then make the phone ring” if it rang or did not ring she would decide. So it was a sensible fit an organization that capitalized on her severe weakness. She never really matured; there is no real need to. Now she says, “this is all I know”. Maybe I give her more credit that is deserved but sometimes I think I see deep down she knows it is crap but the thought of having to make all of her own decisions alone and no one to tell her what to do is to frightening for a 50+ year old woman.

It is always refreshing to read these types of posts.

Nicole