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Goodbye friends
by Freeandclear in
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2. friends
i'm not killing myself lol i just wanted to say a short goodbye.

i'm not leaving forever, i'm sure i'll pop in here and there but for the most part i haven't felt the need to check in here as often as i used to so i thought i'd say so long.

this journey we're all on (life) and trying to make sense of it all is a very personal one.
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Wow, read this. Really makes you think.
by Freeandclear in
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2. friends
http://www.damnlol.com/you-were-on-your-way-home-but-you-died-97237.html.
The Ramblings of the Stranded Man
by Freeandclear in
1. jw
2. friends
it's late.

so late.

yet early....... my mind races....my heart beats....i'm alive yet.
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Is the Bible God's word? Help please.....
by Freeandclear in
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2. friends
so real quick, i know this comes up now and then and i've looked over some of the posts from the past but here's the thing.. when i was a jw i drank all the cool aid, i was 100% and so i have all my own arguments (from the jw's) for why the bible is inspired.

i no longer believe this but i'd really like to read something that is pretty much 100% academic on this subject.

i want to read what scholars have to say about the authenticity of the bible and it's claim at being the inspired word of god.
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In a really good place right now.....
by Freeandclear in
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2. friends
i'm in a great place mentally and spiritually in my life right now.

i just wanted to share.

because i know many of you are new and have just left the borg and well there are some tough times ahead but i want to assure you you can get through this and come out the other side much happier and more at peace.. i'm 44. got baptized at 18. was a convert not a born in.
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UPDATE: My existential crisis comes to a close
by Freeandclear in
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2. friends
in case you read my other thread regarding my existential crisis and how it was making my life miserable and left me feeling hopeless, purposeless and joyless i though i'd share what's recently happened to me and my way of thinking and have i've for the time being resolved my existential crisis.

i write every day in a journal.

i've been doing this for years.
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Need some help: Existential crisis in full swing
by Freeandclear in
1. jw
2. friends
so is anyone else having an existential crisis after becoming fully awake?

let me explain.

about 2 years ago i read coc, still believed and tried to get back in da troof.
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The bigger picture
by Freeandclear in
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2. friends
i've been awake now for a good while.

about a year.

in that year i've done a lot of soul searching and thinking about god and religion etc.... as i'm sure most all of us have who've left this cult.
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Moment of awakening?
by Freeandclear in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just recalled something from my past that i've not thought about in a very long time, but it did have a significant impact on me whether i knew it or not at the time....... i have a sister who was born when i was 15. my family are not jw's thank the universe!

but me as an uberdub at the time convinced my young sister to have a study.

she was about 14 or 15 at the time i'd guess.
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GB says they are GOD, check this out.......
by Freeandclear in
1. jw
2. friends
so i have been watching the arc videos on youtube with geoffrey jackass, er i mean, jackson and a couple of very powerful things struck me.. forgive me if these have been covered before but...did anyone else notice he says several times that the gb are the "guardians of doctrine?

" haha g.o.d.

do we really have any further need for witnesses!?