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  You might think that I need help that I have been brain washed.

  by garybuss in

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  this was in my e-mail this morning.

  ******the reason why you left the truth, the truth and not the "truth" like you people believe, is because you have no humility and no love.

  when people like you commit something wrong and get disfellowship you can't say to yourself "i was wrong, i messed up, me and only me," you can't say that because is much easier to go around blaming others for your own mistakes.

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  WOW! I recomend www.freeminds.org .

  Personally I never went through this stage. I left of my own accord only years later to discover the sites on the internet like freeminds so I can't really emphasize with it. All I can say is check out the facts and don't let these get mixed up with the genuine 'apostate' bullshit that you may find. There are many people that hate this organisation (many who have not even had the JW experience) which I can totally understand but there are people that have more knowledge about them. With this knowledge come responsability. Some people use it to bury this organisation but decide to close the truth to suit there agenda. Once you learn to use your own mind you will be able to differentiate between extreme viewpoints on both sides if you want to call them that.

  be wise.
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  Can witnesses now vote???

  by shamus in

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  they can vote in elections now?

  have i gone totally insane????.

  is this true???????????????.

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  Just another one in the never ending falsehood of the GB. Again real people suffer as a consequence of the GB's policy, that they change when they see fit and apply bible principles to prove they are right no matter what they decide to believe in the end.

  Exellent work, Undisfellowshiped.

  They really do dig their own hole with their own words, you don' really need anything else, the truth speaks for itself.

  be wise.
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  Are you superstitious?

  by JH in

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  so many silly superstitions exist and many people really believe in them.. for example, if you break a mirror, you will get 7 years of bad luck.

  some people are afraid of friday 13th, or seeing a black cat, and so many more superstitions.. are you superstitious, and about what?.

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  Not really, some people seem to get away with a lot.

  I know someone who's more supersticious than normal. It's bad luck to walk between signposts and walk over 3 pathway drain covers that are attached to each other.

  Me, it doesn't bother me. I walk under ladders and whatever but then again I'm not the luckiest person in the world at the best of times so maybe I should be?
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  Some dreams are too weird

  by Brummie in

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  worst dream i had (apart from armageddon ones) was when i stood up walked away from the sofa and when i looked back i could still see me sleeping on the sofa, that was shooooo weird.

  so then i go up to me and grab me by the arm to wake me up, i could feel my arm as a seperate being....i woke up in a real sweat, totally freaked out.

  whats your worst freakyish dream?.

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  Billygoat, I used to have those to. I used to daydream as well all the time; it was in all of my school reports - Needs to contibute more in class discussions and stop daydreaming. You can dream really cool stuff when you are a kid, my imagination has always been much more interesting to me than what's usually going on around me.

  One of my WTS induced reoccurring dreams was hearing the scariest weird scream I could ever imagine, it was a . I could here it going through the house looking for me, coming up the stairs and then opening my door attacking me and suffocating me, then I would wake up scared sh#*less. Got it once in a while or should I say - it got me.

  Sweet dreams.
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  99%

  by Jayson in

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  when a person makes the choice to believe that they have the only "truth" about the unknowable they dismiss all religions and faiths save one.

  they are 99% athiest.

  for those who decided to leave such a program which way have you gone?

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  Are you happier?

  Yep!
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  99%

  by Jayson in

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  when a person makes the choice to believe that they have the only "truth" about the unknowable they dismiss all religions and faiths save one.

  they are 99% athiest.

  for those who decided to leave such a program which way have you gone?

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  Jayson, this is a good question for me because it's where I came from.

  I did kinda go a bit atheist at first, I got into Eric Hoffer but to me he says more about religion as an organisation than being an atheist.

  I was thinking of visiting different churches and faiths [just sitting in] to get a picture of what other religions are like compared to the one I was brought up in. I think this would help me get a more balanced outlook on it all.

  I still believe in God but far from the one JW’s try to propagate, maybe I believe in another God. My main belief is following your instincts cos they tell you when something’s good for you and when it isn’t. (I mean, my instincts got me out of the borg). At the end of the day we all pay for our mistakes in some way or other even if it’s just the way we feel about ourselves. We all make mistakes and learn from them, if we have any sense, not get tortured for making them by God or by religion.
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  Time for me 2 say goodbye

  by Iron Eagle in

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  yeah i've decided to say goodbye folks.. i've had some interesting discussions on this forum, yet i will cease to operate as an active member as of now.

  i came to this conclusion via a number of reasons; .

  (a) many people on this board have had such a bad experience as a witness that they have decided to deviate so much from the bible and what it tells us.

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  Wow, Iron Eagle.

  I think you've still got big JW issues going on by reading that thread.

  If you want to go, just go.

  Bye.
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  Do you find your time flys on JWD!

  by be wise in

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  when i come on jwd, i usually comment on a number of threads, check out some research on previous posts on subjects that are on my mind and create a few of my own depending on if i have anything to say.

  i promised myself i would go to bed at 2:30am, it seems like half an hour or less has gone by and it's now 4am, gowd!!!

  does this happen to you?.

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  When I come on JWD, I usually comment on a number of threads, check out some research on previous posts on subjects that are on my mind and create a few of my own depending on if I have anything to say. I promised myself I would go to bed at 2:30am, it seems like half an hour or less has gone by and it's now 4am, Gowd!!!

  Does this happen to you?

  (Off to sleep!)
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  SPECIAL TALK - 'Man of Lawlessness'

  by be wise in

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  2. bible

  this is a quote from the special talk from 'undisfellowshiped'.

  "we, yes we are going to see the fulfillment of the destruction of the 'man of lawlessness'!

  " please, can anyone fill me in on the details surrounding and regarding this?

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  Doesn't this just get you excited.

  I mean, the WTS never make statements before they happen, that don't come true.
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  meetings

  by GirlOnFence in

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  how many of you, go to the occasional meeting?

  i no longer believe any of the things i was raised to believe... but for some reason i still go to the occasional meeting and i even went to the special assembly last weekend (even though i got there after lunch).

  i guess it will take a while to completely break away but i was wondering if anyone else is in this situation.

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  I'm not in this situation myself.

  All I can say is please STOP, you will never be able to MOVE ON with your life if you don't.