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  Hello from Scotland - it has been ages....

  by The Scotsman in

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  well how the devil is everyone?

  i have not been here for a long time........totally lost track of what is going on in jw land, apart from the little bits i hear from family members still in.

  (they say everything is swell and that armageddon is just round the corner).... :).was hearing that anniesland congregation in glasgow has been (or is about to be) disbanded.

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  scratchme1010

  Well how the devil is everyone?
  

  Not sure if I met you, but welcome back.
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  Anxiety, OCD, Hoarding, and the JWs

  by Spiral in

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  i'm noticing what seems to be a higher incidence of the above among the local jws than in the "general" (read: worldly) population.

  i don't say this lightly, my wanderings around the fringes of jw society locally is revealing an alarming trend here.

  the poverty doesn't help (there are good jobs, but you need a degree or qualifications to get one).. anyone else see this?

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  Anyone else see this?
  

  Yes, especially eating disorders. Remember, food is the one an only pleasurable thing that they don't attack.

  Also, seeing so many people with so many different mental health issues in the last congregation I went to was one of the most influential factors that made me decide to leave. It was heart breaking (in some instances) seeing and noticing people in pain waiting for their magic Jehovah to make their issues go away.
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  Silly Bible Stories we once believed

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  these bible stories are too silly to be true.

  take off your rose colored glasses and you will begin to see some great imagination, exaggeration and great story telling!.

  telling !.

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  The entire bible.
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  Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?

  by Issa in

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  i left the jw organization last year during summer.

  maybe some of you can relate.

  who of you are agnostic or an atheist?

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  Who of you are agnostic or an atheist? I am agnostic for a couple of months now.
  

  I'm neither. I guess I'm an I-can't-care-less-one-way-or-another-ist.
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  Calling Cofty and others regarding evolution

  by dubstepped in

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  so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.

  i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.

  i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.

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  Look at the National Geographic Library. They have quite a lot of information and references to reliable sources of information.
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  Child abuse

  by Jrjw in

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  i was talking to a jdub yesterday about child abuse in the organisation and this was his response:.

  "it has been known for kids to make stuff up.

  we have to trust the society on these things, also the legal process is there.

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  I'm disgusted at how lightly they take it.
  

  I would have questioned that person about (s)he being a pedophile. I'd would have said something along the lines that those are the words of people who have something to hide.

  If that person felt disgusted by my accusation, then I did my job.
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  Conspiracy theorys

  by atomant in

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  its great to see new subject matter being injected into the room of late and would be good to see others contribute by opening new threads on their favorite topics.heres a few examples.9/11.

  ufo's.

  atom bombs are they real?

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  l think sometimes people are afraid of being ridiculed posting these types of subjects but at the end of the day in one way or another they all affect us directly or indirectly.Not everyone is interested in these topics and that's fine simply ignore the posts.
  

  They should Those things exist and there's no need to prove otherwise. Anything against the existence of:

  9/11 - I was living in New Jersey that day. I saw the smoke from the other side of Staten Island. I used to hang out every weekend at the Borders bookstore in one of the towers (interestingly, that was the one and only part of the buildings that stood up after the attack).

  ufo's - By the very definition of what they are, yes. Are they what we see on TV and what some clowns that claim they are, no.

  atom bombs - yes, they are, yest they happened.

  The banking system - at least my bank account exists.

  Seems like lately some attention seekers are starting to post crap over the internet about the earth being flat and similar shit.

  People seem to have too much time in their hands.
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  COLD today

  by wasone in

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  it's a cold 13 degrees fahrenheit in tennessee this morning where i live.

  glad i'm retired and don't have to work outside today.

  what about where you live.

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  It's a cold 13 degrees Fahrenheit in Tennessee this morning where I live. Glad I'm retired and don't have to work outside today. What about where you live. How cold is it?
  

  New York is a warm 10 degrees.
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  Would you sacrifice yourself?

  by Half banana in

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  under roman rule, which covered a large part of the civilized world around the mediterranean, to be a trouble maker or a magician or an insurrectionist was a capital offence.. to live back then in a civilised society was a boon.

  naturally for the sake of law and order certain compliances had to be met to as part of the social bargain to be a roman citizen.

  among them were included the requirement to respect the “genius” or spirit of the emperor, not to be an atheist and to respect the roman gods.

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  Your post is interesting, but today there are way too many people analyzing and viewing practices and believes in history completely out of context and judging things based on how we live and think today.
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  Did You Go To Meetings in Very Inclement Weather?

  by minimus in

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  living in new england means having lots of snow and cold.

  elders were very reluctant to cancel or reschedule a meeting due to the weather.

  i lived 3 towns away from the kingdom hall and if it was icy and treacherous my vote would always be to cancel the meeting....and forget about rescheduling!.

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  Did you go to meetings even when it was dangerous to drive?
  

  I thought I did growing up in Puerto Rico, but absolutely not, now that I know a little better about horrible weather.