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  I now have a law degree!

  by digderidoo in

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  2. friends

  hi guys, i don't really post on here much anymore, having been on here since 2001. this site helped me out in the early days and has been a great support system for all of my past jw issues.

  like many others i was discouraged from an education so that i could window clean and pioneer in my youth during the 80's.

  having spent many years post my jw exit in alcoholism and periods of drugs, i decided to clean myself up 7 years ago by attending aa, i was still a window cleaner ... at the time i wrote extensively on here about my issues.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Awesome, congrats!
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  Last Reminder for TV Program Witness To Murder, Wed., Aug. 20th @ 9PM ET/8CT

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last notice for a new documentary produced for television on id discovery channel, based on jim kostelniuk's book, wolves among sheep: the true story of murder in a jehovahs witness community.. .

  deadly devotion season 2:.

  witness to murder.

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  Gypsy Sam

  I read this book when I was first waking up. It was heartbreaking and enhanced my empathy level. I don't normally watch a TV but I'll try to remember to watch.
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  Goodbye JW net

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  forgive me for indulging in a goodbye but it would feel wrong not to,.

  i hope the discussions and atmosphere here do not change for it is a bubbling brew of doubt, bravery and sincere hunger for answers.

  these are healthy ingrediants for humans and especially for a jehovah's witness.. this forum offers not just the ability to ask without consequence, but it also offers the means to be real.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Your posts have really made me think and I appreciate how much you've contributed to the board. Thank you and congrats on a wonderful achievement. I wish you all the best!
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  From Noah's Ark to Australia - Awake! Jan. 8, 1969 pp. 5-8

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, how did the kangaroos get from noah's ark to australia?

  i'd never found any references in watchtower litteratrash, until i stumbled upon this farticle "from noah's ark to australia" in the 1969 awake bound volume.

  most of it is wordy and rather pointless, so i only typed two middle subheadings for consideration:.

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  Kate Wild

  by quellycatface in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been given permission to post news of our friend.. kate hasn't been very well.

  not well at all.

  i think much of it has been a delayed reaction to her df'ing, the general fallout when leaving the wtbs and family issues.. i just wanted to give you guys the heads up and give you a chance to show how much we care about her.. thanks for listening..

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  Gypsy Sam

  "just keep swimming, just keep swimming" - Dory
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  Venus Williams ESPN Nude Religious Controversy

  by ChuckFire in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  venus williams espn nude religious controversy.

  by mike tuttle.

  june 24, 2014. article source: http://www.webpronews.com/venus-williams-espn-nude-religious-controversy-2014-06?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3a+webpronews%2fall+(webpronews%3a+index+feed).

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  I'm thinking this is a post worthy Facebook article, with just a WOW comment and leave it at that. I stiil have a few JW's on my page. Who knows? Maybe one will read it through and start wondering...
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  "Hello from Phats"

  by phats in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hay out there.. wife got back from her thursday meeting & now she's setteled down with the dog, a v large g&t (maid be me) & watching terminator 2 on the telly with her ipad on her lap looking up places to go for our holiday (& googling symptoms of to many antibiotics as my 16 year old is getting signs of ibs).

  so now is a good time to say hello.. well hello.

  my name is phats & i'm an ex jehovah's witness.. there, i've said it.. this must be like it is going to your first aa meeting.. i've already used up some of my posts for a newbe but i'm not in to the whole long story thing.. basically i've been out now for 8 years (mentally out for all but four or five of those years of my life when i made the commitment, got baptized & married.).

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  Welcome! How wonderful that your children are mentally free. They can be anything they want when they grow up!
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  When I decided to no longer turn in time...

  by SG098 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  being my 1st post i figured i should relate a personal experience.

  a few months ago i decided to stop reporting time.

  i'm mentally out of this cult now but still trapped because of family.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Welcome, interesting recording. Their lack of logic and fumbling saddens me, but there's always hope that different comments from awake JW's will get some to rethink their stance.
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  Simon, please update my profile picture!

  by will-be-apostate in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  i've read on another thread you need to delete the cached file of the profile picture so that it can be updated by the gravatar user.

  i created a gravatar account, added the email address i use on here and uploaded the an image, but nothing happens.

  this was 3 days ago.. could you please solve this problem?.

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  Gypsy Sam

  My gravatar worked elsewhere but not here :(
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  New Here and happy to have found you

  by flowerfreaks2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have been out officially for 5 1/2 years.

  i was the only one out of all my 4 other siblings that stayed with it.

  baptized at 16 and felt the need to carry on the heritage that my mom gave me to do.

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  Gypsy Sam

  Welcome!