Welcome and thanks for your story. So sorry you went through that experience. How terrible to disfellowship you in your absence just for expressing your concerns. Good to have you here.
Xanthippe
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Interview With an Apostate by Village Idiot
by Village Idiot intell us a little about yourself and your family.
got myself in at age 13. one day i saw a leaflet on my door about babylon the great condemned by god and thats all it took.
i mailed a letter to the congregation listed on the flyer requesting a book study.
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Gave blood today for the first time!
by Viviane inred cross had a blood drive near me, i decided to go give blood.
i hydrated well, ate some red meat for the iron last night and at lunch, we and gave a pint of blood.
i felt mildly embarrassed, i had no idea what my blood type was.
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Viviane what A Positive thing to do.
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First Time Post - Long time reader
by Samaritan At the Well intoday is my first post on jwd, i was one of jehovahs witness for almost 50 years of my life, i was born into the religion.
i was baptized at a young age and once i got married i was a very spiritual woman as they would call me.
my husband and i served as full time pioneers, we traveled abroad and went to international conventions, did some special pioneer service in other states in the us.
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Wonderful story thank you. So much in it I recognise, being a faithful pioneer wife alongside elder husband for years. Many of us all owe a debt of gratitude to Ray for that book, it saved my life. -
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Is this a discussion forum or a debating forum , which is it ?
by smiddy indo you get confused sometimes whether this site is a discussion forum or a debating forum ?.
just asking.
whats your thoughts.. smiddy.
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I thought this was interesting in Wiki
"Debating is also carried out for educational and recreational purposes, usually associated with educational establishments. The major goal of the study of debate as a method or art is to develop the ability to debate rationally from either position with equal ease"
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate
Sometimes part way through a debate on here I do find myself seeing the other person's point of view so clearly it is hard to continue with objections to their arguments. This doesn't always mean that I agree with them but I perceive that with their life experience, educational level and personality type I can see where they are coming from.
When I speak of educational level I don't necessarily mean lack of formal education. Some highly intelligent and well-read people swallow the party line of academia whole and refuse to see any agenda beyond the fact that they are wonderful people looking for truth.
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Happy birthday Hortensia and Elvis
by Hortensia inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=093gjycdg-4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrdqggl2mbm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkmvscr5yoo.
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Happy Birthday Hortensia
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Freedom Post # 1 - First Timer
by 7Starz insynchronicity - the simultaneous occurrence of events that appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.
today is the first day of the rest of my life.
freedom.
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"Next you wonder if you're deceiving yourself and you may start thinking you're the one with the problem.
Never wonder that! When others try to impose their will on you,do not give in."
So true, 7Starz and welcome. While it is a huge effort at first to hang on to what you know to be right, I now trust my own intellect and my instincts. A million people can be wrong.
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I cant seem to look at previous posts, the old system, refer to the previous page ! doesn't work here .
by smiddy ini know we have teething problems simon , but is it me ?
am i doing something wrong ?
or is it a bug that needs to be ironed out.. the old system i could navigate through and view any previous post i had , and also view the latest posts and go back on previous posts that i dont seem to be able to do today .. at the moment it just seems like pot luck with whatever page i`m on.. smiddy.
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Click on your name at top of page and you will get a page with how many posts you have made and how many topics you have started. Click on posts to see all your previous ones. -
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Ever tried "Dry January"? Join Ms. OM & me for a 30 day liver vacation!
by Open mind inthere are a few things i picked up from watchtowerism that i still find value in.
(although, i could have easily picked them up elsewhere.).
one of these is the 30-day test to abstain from all booze.. .
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I did this last January and also gave up chocolate at the same time. I was a bit surprised that a didn't lose a single pound but a good idea to give your liver a rest. -
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Good Netflix shows to watch
by Simon inin the long winter nights you need some good tv shows to watch while you wait for the eternity between seasons of game of thrones.. we've watched marco polo (pretty good) and have just started watching orange is the new black which is not at all what i imagined (didn't know it was funny!).
house of cards is on the list too as we've heard good things about that.. anyone have any others that are worth seeing?.
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My daughter and I have been watching House all over again but OMG Terry thanks for telling me about The West Wing.
I've been meaning to check if that is on Netflix, brilliant series, very fast pace.
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10 reasons you should never have a religion
by darth frosty in10 reasons you should never have a religion.
by steven bancarzjanuary 4, 2015self discovery, spirituality.
written by steve pavlina on his site www.stevepavlina.com |.
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Ah Jupiter and his virgos! As bad as that old rascal Zeus turning himself into a shower of gold in strangers' bedrooms. What about poor old Leda, thought she saw a beautiful, very friendly swan! Naughty Zeus, bad Jupiter.