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  Help Please - Finding It Hard Adjusting To The Real World

  by pale.emperor in

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  im asking for you guys help in a phase im going through right now.

  im sure it’ll pass but id appreciate your advice..

  born in, my family consists of mum, dad, two brothers and two sisters.

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  never a jw

  Never been in your shoes, but I think it's too early to expect the levels of happiness and comfort you had before. your world was gradually, but totally shattered. It's going to take time to make new friends and create new healthy bonds with other people who have never been in a cult. Perhaps some here will suggest Steve Hassan's books to reinforce that you are doing the right thing, but also to get rid of the guilt induced by the cult mentality.

  Stay strong for your own and your daughter's sake.
  
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  Why A Divine Being is Possible

  by looter in

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  now we all have heard how the universe is composed of matter and space.

  and we always here of how it had a beginning.

  but really what could have begun it?

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  never a jw

  I believe he has always been in existence since the dawn of time. But I do have a propose. Maybe he created himself overtime from a weaker version? That's just a speculation and we won't know until we all die.

  Looter,

  You are brilliant!! I really underestimated you. I kept thinking that you were a believer using irrational arguments to convert ex-believers. But now that I got the divine spark in my brain I realized that what you really are is a non-believer posing as a believer trying to show how silly, irrational and...well, giving our current knowledge of the universe, how ridiculous the argumentation of believers is. What you really want is current believers to feel embarrassed so they can research the subject a little deeper and inevitably become non-believers. Absolutely brilliant brother!!!
  
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  Donald Henderson - The man who helped rid the world of smallpox has died

  by cantleave in

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  http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleno/46860/title/epidemiologist-who-helped-eradicate-smallpox-dies/&utm_campaign=newsletter_ts_the-scientist-daily_2016&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=33275284&_hsenc=p2anqtz-9bwx8_kneyimjlvwzcorr4qyim6ujqm0ya14vzgfitt58quom9ptxwoenygpqnsw-xb6osphaq7xuvdqgbf1vvjf5xoq&_hsmi=33275284.

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  never a jw

  A contributor dies, 7 parasites still alive.
  
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  Are the Elders harder on Women

  by Steel in

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  i was having a discussion with an old friend last night.

  her parents are divorced and his mother never became “one of jehovah witnesses “ .

  long story short she claims elders are generally hardier on women than men.

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  never a jw

  Yes I have heard of elders who get hard-on women, who are not their wives. They rarely or never get hard-on their wives.
  
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  Dressed up five days ahead of special assembly in Puerto Rico!!

  by never a jw in

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  an hour ago i went to bid good bye my two brothers in law and their wives (all elders/elderettes).

  they were invited to the special assembly in puerto rico this coming weekend.

  they are boarding the plane in about three hours (leaves at 1:00 am pacific.

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  never a jw

  Sliding,

  That's funny, but very, very close to reality
  

  Joe1234

  I believe they arranged their own flight (quite cheap, about $450 round trip from Calif.). But I don't know the rest.

  James J.

  I was told that it was not international because only 4 or 5 countries were invited, Brazil, Cuba, U.S, and Guyana.

  3 hours ago

  http://pr.jw2016.org
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  Dressed up five days ahead of special assembly in Puerto Rico!!

  by never a jw in

  1. jw
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  an hour ago i went to bid good bye my two brothers in law and their wives (all elders/elderettes).

  they were invited to the special assembly in puerto rico this coming weekend.

  they are boarding the plane in about three hours (leaves at 1:00 am pacific.

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  never a jw

  An hour ago I went to bid good bye my two brothers in law and their wives (all elders/elderettes). They were invited to the special assembly in Puerto Rico this coming weekend. They are boarding the plane in about three hours (leaves at 1:00 am Pacific. time). It's the red eye that makes a short stop in Atlanta, then goes to Puerto Rico and arrives at 3:00 pm.

  What's the big deal you may say. Well, everyone was already dressing up for a meeting: women in Amish dresses and men with suit and tie. The assembly starts next Friday for God's sake. This is the summer and they are going to a country with tropical weather. Oh I forgot, one of my SIL had already the assembly ID pinned to her dress. I was told that they were asked to dress up even in the plane.

  They are going to ridiculous lengths to save a badly damaged image.
  
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  Our secretly recorded disfellowshipping and 2 year anniversary since leaving on Watchtower Victims Memorial Day!!!

  by Christian Gutierrez in

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  hey guys it's been 2 years since leaving and this is how life has gone for us since then.

  hope you guys have had a positive experience too!

  cheers 😃.

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  never a jw

  Always glad to see you making videos. But I am specially happy for you because you represent the very people who absolutely don't belong to this organization. The young and the bright have endless possibilities to make their lives better and the lives of other people. As we get older, especially when we are poor an uneducated, those possibilities start disappearing. So it's sad to admit, but cults sometimes do some good to these type of people.

  Have a happy life. Don't forget that you need to grow the population. Young workers have to contribute to my Social Security when I start withdrawing, 20 years from now.
  
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  jwfacts or jwinterpretations?

  by slimboyfat in

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  jwfacts is a great website, but in view of the fact that "there are no facts, only interpretations", as nietzsche said, should the website be renamed jwinterpretations instead?

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  never a jw

  Since he requested it, let's revisit Slim's views on non-existent facts.
  
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  Elders and Attendants sing, clap and turn backs on Street Preacher after Duluth RC.

  by ToesUp in

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  very strange behavior by the attendants and elders after the duluth, ga, rc.

  on the first link the attendants start to exit the arena, then line up and turn their backs on the street preachers.

  (around the 6:00 mark).. elders and attendants after duluth rc.

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  never a jw

  Crazy. Maybe the leadership really fears antagonistic messages more than ever. And for a good reason, the best JW's are being lost to the "apostate" message: pedophiles, O.N.U., false prophecy, overlapping generations, etc. This may be a reflection of the state of insanity, disarray and paranoia that they are falling under.
  
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  what a wonderful site!

  by scruffmcbuff in

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  ive been reading through this forum for a while and thought i should contribute!.

  so im df, i was very involved regular pioneer for several years and i slowly started to wake up.. my exprience of leaving is horendous and contains alot of shocking (but apparently not that rare in the orgs) judicials and various encounters with the elders.. ive been out 10 years now and at 27 loving life!

  running a succesful business and dont all thay materialistic stuff thata frowned apon, like providing my wife and kids with a nice car and house!

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  never a jw

  Welcome to the club of materialists. Very happy to have you here!