Posts by Gypsy Sam

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Is JW.org overriding entry into JW.net?

by Hairtrigger in

tried to get into jw.net twice but a popup informed me that the official website of jw's is jw.org.

this was about 2 hours back.

anybody with a similar experience?.

Gypsy Sam

Welcome, I had an incredibly difficult time joining. I don't think this site and aol speak the same language. I had success with yahoo. :)

Enjoy your journey. Carpe Diem!

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First Post - Emotionally Torn

by scaredtospeak in

i haven't been on here long but i found this site a couple days ago and quickly realised it had a lot of posts by people going through similar experiences as me.

i read some of the answers and it helped relieve some inner anguish i've been carrying since everything i came clean to my parents about everything i've been reading about.. .

i just have been going through a rough patch right now; that might be an under or overstatement depending on your own personal experiences with this kind of stuff.

Gypsy Sam

Welcome, I'm glad you found jwfacts.com. I spent awhile trying to find something inaccurate on the site and finally ended up here :)

Carpe Diem!

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Hello- new here

by Kikura in

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friends

been lurking for a while on here and thought i'd jump in.

a great deal of many thoughtful posts on here but have to say am a bit turned off with the 'rabid apostate' ones!.

my history- was raised in a divided household, mum converted to jw when pregnant with me back in 1970, dad was never jw but was supportive of taking us to meetings, assemblies etc.

Gypsy Sam

Welcome, nice to have you here!

Carpe Diem :)

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Just ordered this

by dynamiterose77 in

i just ordered this book.

(ok... it's not linking, it's called "i'm perfect, you're doomed: tales from a jehovah's witness upbringing" by kyria abrahams).

i came across it when trying to explain to a coworker about the end of the world images that would be in watchtowers when i was growing up and why they gave me horrible nightmares.

Gypsy Sam

I read it after devouring the Truth book (Joy Castro) and Girls Guide to Homelessness (Brianna Karp) Immediately after learning TTATT.

There were many amusing anecdotes I could relate to as a born-in. (Hello, demonized Smurfs). While I think Kyria has talent, her writing wasn't quite asgut-wrenching or thought provoking, compared to the first two books I mentioned. Some of her escapades were frustrating to read through as she just made poor choices (not everything in life can or should be blamed on being raised JW). However, I get that all of us have different backgrounds despite being raised JW, and not everyone had a crazy, unstable upbringing in JW world. (I had a normal, safe, happy, delusional home ;)

I checked out her more recent posts it looks like she's come a long way and definitely has a flair for making people laugh. Enjoy her book.

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WT buys more property in NY

by Gypsy Sam in

i did a search and didn't see this news on here yet.. i like how the 2015 completion date for ny now says 2016, yet there has never been time for college.. .

http://t.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20140513/biz/405130321/-1/news&template=tabletart .

Gypsy Sam

I did a search and didn't see this news on here yet.

I like how the 2015 completion date for NY now says 2016, yet there has never been time for college.

http://t.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140513/BIZ/405130321/-1/NEWS&template=tabletart

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When we die...

by Finallyfree12 in

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friends

do you beleive our spirit lives on in other dimensions or are we really just dead?

?.

Gypsy Sam

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." - Mae West

Since learning TTATT, the quote above motivates me to do all the things I had put off when under the JW spell.

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New talk outline! UNITE WITH JEHOVAH'S HAPPY PEOPLE!!!!

by DATA-DOG in

yay!!!

seriously one of the most watchtarded talks ever.

maybe one of our elders can post the outline??

Gypsy Sam

Absurd, I never knew more depressed single people than when I was a jw. It was infuriating and exhausting as I didn't fit in with that group and was always trying to help them see how to be happy Solo.

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Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower SUICIDE . How many JW suicides can you recall?

by Anti-Cult in

how many jw suicides can you recall?.

is it more common than the rest of society?.

i personally know of 5.

Gypsy Sam

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=143238930

I grew up with his older brother.

The brother of a friend of mine, in Florida, committed suicide a couple years ago. Not putting names as I heard one of his surviving brothers potentially work up.

One of my girlfriends had her brother-in-law committ suicide, leaving a child and wife behind. Fortunately, the whole family, including my friend, woke up a couple years ago (after shunning their apostate parents for years). Talk about an interesting story.

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