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  Got shunned by a disfellowshipped person today

  by Mickey mouse in

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  how ironic!

  i think she's trying to get reinstated so she blanked me.

  we used to be pretty good friends.. .

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  PURZA

  It's really a matter of identity

  GOD

  CHURCH

  AURA

  It's not all about AIR

  PEACE

  Your thoughts are your own

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  Got shunned by a disfellowshipped person today

  by Mickey mouse in

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  how ironic!

  i think she's trying to get reinstated so she blanked me.

  we used to be pretty good friends.. .

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  You've answered your own statement in an intelligent way HERE IT IS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE She blanked you as she is saving a moment of how she feels about you for later when it has subsided and she is in a postion to give it to you ALL IN ONE

  PEACE

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  Did you forget how to make friends?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  simon raised an interesting point in my last thread about so many leaving the forum - his point was that the ideal situation would be to move on and leave forums like this one in the past at some point.

  agreed.

  seems as though cult victims in general - and witnesses in particular - have been taught to divest oneself of the social tangibles needed to make friends and move on.

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  It's been a while since I was back here. It seems to have changed a lot for the better. That's not to say better people are posting - that there is a sense that people that are posting are more focused. It's kinda hard to process all that is said because it's more focused than previously, that is.

  When I stopped posting was when I felt I had "figured it out" that is I had been deprogramed and it was like starting from scratch. If that was deprograming then some people might think, what is programming?

  Is programming the "great stuff" that really matters and all that stuff

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  The Idea of God.

  by Blueblades in

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  the idea of god is either a fact,like sand,or a fantasy,like santa.. the idea of god has guided or deluded more lives,changed more history,inspired more music and poetry and philosophy than anything else,real or imagined.it has made more of a difference to human life on this planet,both individually and collectively,than anything else ever has.. to see this clearly for yourself,just try this thought experiment:.

  suppose no one in history had ever conceived the idea of god.now,rewrite history following that premise.the task daunts and staggers the imagination.

  .from the earliest human remains----- religious funeral artifacts-----to the most recent wars in the mideast,religion----belief in a god or gods----has been the mainspring of the whole watch that is human history.. if the idea of god is a fantasy,a human invention,it is the greatest invention of all human history.. there are only two possibilities,"to be or not to be",that is the question.. blueblades

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  After being away from the JW mindset for a while now I think God to be following your own instincts or your nature because that's what got me through a lot of the mess of being a JW. I think it's not what you put in your head but what you take out because the 'idea' of adam being perfect in the beginning is kind of a simple observation because he would have had no influences to affect him other than what was around him. I think the idea of God gets many people out of situations that may have been very damaging for them but when you start to try and control it yourself then your taking Gods place like JWs do.

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  Will You Do Me A Favor Oh Please. Please, PULEEEEEZEEE!!!!

  by HadEnuf in

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  oh my friends, my buddies...could you do this old lady a favor if you have a couple of minutes???

  my son's band...tree of woe...was played on one of our local radio stations tonight...in a "music knock-out"...and if they win they will get played another night!

  so i was just wondering...if anyone has the time to go to

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  Cathy L,

  Will you be my promoter
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  Most witness's don't even look at the pictures in their books.

  by Singing Man in

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  like the one of the little girl falling into a big crack in the earth, a picture of amagedon from the paradise book.

  few witness's stop and ponder just how sick that really is to show kids that at a young age.

  if anyone has that post it to this thread for others to see just how hurtful that could be for children of a tender age.

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  My brother who still follows the WTS used to think he was being attacked by demons as a child and woke up a lot due to it, it was very scarey cos I shared a room with him. Once he thought they were all over his body. We all had problems like this in our family but he got it the worst. I can't believe the pictures they especially put in books for children.
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  Most witness's don't even look at the pictures in their books.

  by Singing Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  like the one of the little girl falling into a big crack in the earth, a picture of amagedon from the paradise book.

  few witness's stop and ponder just how sick that really is to show kids that at a young age.

  if anyone has that post it to this thread for others to see just how hurtful that could be for children of a tender age.

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  Where would the Watchtower be if they couldn't scare people with the fear thing?

  I think this is one of the most stomach turning things about this organisation - how they prey on children and people who are depressed or in need of something and give them this.

  Most believing JW's hang on regardless of what they teach because they think God is 'using it' for better or for worse. I'm not 'relgious' anymore but I hope they don't lose there faith when the cracks really show and it all falls apart.
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  This is why I'm Disappointed....

  by Nickey in

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  it's a public board.

  i was still a jw.

  i came here looking for answers to my questions and doubts.

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  I haven't been on this board for quite a while but I owe a lot to many of the posters here.

  A few posters come to mind who posted here for totally unselfish reasons and probably still do because they have battled through a lot of the bull. I think it's a healthy mix even stuff that some may not like because there is a mix of any view anyone wishes to express - like the real world, totally opposite to the JW mind-set. That isn't to say you have to agree but who wants sensorship. We come from a background where everything was sensored. I would say freedom and truth have nothing in common but at least when you're free you can express your own opinion. I can understand how some newbies might react though but hopefully they would feel strong enough to dig that bit deeper.
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  It's so simple!

  by be wise in

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  i've come through a lot since i left and now it just seems so petty and simple, almost childish.

  the funny thing is i saw this behaviour in some young (late teens) jws i met at work recently.

  in some way i just feet like shouting grow up.. i was wondering did any of you who left the jws and got your life sorted out without them ever wonder what it was that had such a hold on you for all the years in the first place?

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  I've come through a lot since I left and now it just seems so petty and simple, almost childish. The funny thing is I saw this behaviour in some young (late teens) JWs I met at work recently. In some way I just feet like shouting GROW UP .

  I was wondering did any of you who left the JWs and got your life sorted out without them ever wonder what it was that had such a hold on you for all the years in the first place?
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  Social anxiety VS. Jw influence

  by NEWWORLDSLACKER in

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  my question for tonight is this : after leaving the witnesses do you still feel disjointed from society in general ( and i mean the human race not the wt) ?

  im realizing that i still have quite a hard time in social situations where there are more than say 4-5 people .....i tend to get into a dreamy feeling state , and just basically out of it feeling .

  i tend to blame it on being raised a dub .

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  I felt like this a lot when I first left. All your life you're told the world is from this geezer called satan who's out to get you in every situation and everyone and everything is being led by him. It's a natural part of leaving this 'society' but the good thing is it gets so much easier over time without you even realising it. Just keep an open mind and nature will take it's course. You will get there in the end. In the end you realise every willfull JW is just a person pleasing the needs of his own dispostion and personality - you've gotta do the same for yourself. They don't let you do that, that is why they are viewed as a cult.