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  I think my faith might be returning. Feeling very confused.

  by jambon1 in

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  i've been out the organisation for around 8 years.

  when i first left, im positive that i suffered from some sort of post traumatic stress.

  i was very angry at myself for accepting the really bad parts of the religion that i strongly disagreed with.

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  happy@last

  jgnet: "Reading the Bible Again For the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally by Marcus J. Borg"

  This is a great recommendation, it's a book that can be read in a very short period of time but make a lot of sense
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  Do you frown upon tattoos?

  by confusedandalone in

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  i am very interested in hearing from people who really think that people with tattoos are somehow weird or cagey individuals.

  i would just like to get your outlook on this matter.

  today i was in a grocery store and i sawe this guy with his two kids and his wife shopping.

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  happy@last

  I like them if they are simple, or a single piece of art, I am not keen to seeing loads where they all merge into one. I have one on my wrist, it has great meaning to me and no-one really notices it, I like it there and look at it regularly and makes me smile. I am in my 40's and only had it done recently.

  I've always had a fascination with them, but would not want to cover myself, though I could see how some people would get addicted to getting them.
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  welcome new poster Jen1 on my thread 'making connections'

  by losingit in

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  2. friends

  please welcome jen1 to the jwnforum.

  she posted for the first time on my thread 'making connections.

  ' let's all please encourage her!!!!.

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  happy@last

  Welcome here, it'sgood to have you.
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  New here

  by Brainfloss in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well,i have been lurking here for a couple of years.

  i was babtized at 16 for all of the wrong reasons and when i moved out after highschool i really never looked back, although i suppose i always thought it was the truth.

  at 36 i met the love of my life.

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  happy@last

  Welcome, glad you were never hassled by the JWs, and delighted to hear you have a happy family life with your wife and children. Don't worry about your brother, some people are just like that!

  I can understand the lack of love aspect, I was apparently the only elder tht did proper shepherding, everyone tells my wife how much they miss me, but no-one ever calls! I left over 2 years ago and apart from a few text messages from 1 older lady have heard nothing.
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  I Want Your Thoughts On This: A 80 Year Old Man Lost His Wife....

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and within a month, he has been seeing a 69 year old woman who lived upstairs from him.

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  the wife has been sick for a year and she passed away in october.. now, the 80 year old man is like a teenager with this woman, making out in public places with this woman and introducing her to family and friends as his new girlfriend that he "loves".. the father's family thinks this is weird and are concerned about it.. any thoughts?

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  It's his business, if both of them are happy I'd be happy for them. I'm sure at their age they know what they are doing.
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  My brother died yesterday

  by satinka in

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  "albert" was 55 years old, and the fifth-born of seven children.

  i am the second oldest and babysat him often while he was growing up --- and while i was still at home.. yesterday, albert was out taking his usual morning stroll around his small town, when he collapsed on the sidewalk.

  the doctors said it was a heart attack.

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  happy@last

  I feel sad for your loss, thinking of you
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  On the weekends, what time do you think I usually get up in the morning?

  by Iamallcool in

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  9:14 (no alarm) .

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  happy@last

  6:07 for me
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  Interview with an Apostate: Reopened Mind

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  were you a born in or a convert?.

  i loved science so naturally the conversation centered around the topic of evolution.

  they placed with me the book did man get here by evolution or by creation?

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  happy@last

  A great read, thank you for sharing.
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  I know TTATT... so why do JW apologists still scare me?

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  another of my rants.... .

  why am i still scared when i read something that the jw's have written?

  why does it still upset me to read jw literature?

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  happy@last

  It is cognitive dissonance. The mind is a powerful thing and it was under their control and may well still be at certain times. I my experience I know it's BS and therefore reinforce that belief and realise that any 'good bits' about the JWs have simply been rehashed from other religions or simply from humanity. To say they are the true religion and yet a little bit is tainted is unacceptable to me. Of course we know it's more than just a little bit that's wrong!
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  Have I really left?

  by KateWild in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was a meeting night last night.

  i didn't go nor did i stay on jwn instead.

  nugget gave me her time.

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  happy@last

  I'm an all or nothing person, it is hard as my eldest child still goes to keep her mother company, if it wasn't for her I wouldn't give it a second thought about what day it is. Enjoy the freedom