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  "Apostates" Who Return To Their Own Vomit

  by minimus in

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  once you realize ttatt, how can anyone with half a brain, go back??.

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  Great post. I've tried to ban myself from here during study for exams, but I miss you all!

  I've heard quite a few ex-jdubs over the years say things like; 'I'll go back one day', with a kind of sad resignation. The last person who said this to me was a friend of my brother's. It was about a year ago, he was in his mid-thirties, born-in.

  I was horrified and said, 'Oh please don't do that! You're just worshiping the Governing Body, you do realize that, don't you?' This guy looked at me and said, 'The who?'

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  Cantleave and I are going to go and donate blood tomorrow

  by Amelia Ashton in

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  if you're generally healthy and aged 17 and over you can donate blood.. apparently 96% of us rely on the 4% who do.. it is another milestone for me after leaving the cult.

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  Amelia & cantleave,

  That's awesome news!

  gorgia
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  EVERYTHING you always wanted to know about shunning, excommunication and disfellowship practice

  by Terry in

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  the policy set by pastor russell concerning disfellowship procedure wasn't changed until 1944?.

  what was disfellowship policy?.

  russell had recommended in a 1904 publication that each separate congregation (remember there was no organization back then!

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  Terry,

  Thank you for this post. Every time I read your pieces I hope there are active JW lurkers reading them too.

  'I think it's more about acceptance of an uncomfortable truth than it is about belief. Acceptance is far harder, in my experience.'

  Vidiot - what a sentence! Thanks for sharing your experiences on here too.

  gorgia
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  100% pure unadulterated speculation - what changes would a "New New World Tranlsation" contain?

  by sir82 in

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  on this thread:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/257481/1/i-cant-find-any-bibles-seems-to-be-a-shortage.

  some (well, me, mostly) are speculating that the wts is planning to distribute a "new new world translation" some time soon.. if that is true, what changes do you think they would include?.

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  mP / hoser,

  nothing before 1970!!!

  gorgia
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  What's the weirdest health advice given by a JW?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  from radio biola to a sister who said you can treat autism and ptsd with scented oils, jws have had some weird some weird ideas about medicine.

  what gems have you heard?.

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  Get baptised for guaranteed age-limit of 30 years for eternity.

  gorgia
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  Man City v South China

  by gorgia2 in

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  anyone watching the match?.

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  Anyone watching the match?

  gorgia
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  So where else can we go?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  no, i'm not misquoting peter talking to jesus again, or relating a conversation i had with a jw.. i'm asking something a little different.. i began my fade in jan this year and completed it at the memorial on 26th march.

  since learning ttatt and becoming mentally free, my depression has improved, i see colours better, and my anxiety issues have dissolved.

  i returned to teaching high school after years away from it, and am a substitute teacher at some local schools.

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  Julia,

  What about one-on-one tutoring/teaching with children/adults?

  I suffer from anxiety/depression. Peaking and troughing seems par for the course, even on effective medication. Go extra easy on yourself during the down times.

  I wish you all the best & send you a cyber-hug.

  gorgia
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  Remarkably stupid point in this week's Jeremiah book study - Jehovah's loving kindness

  by sir82 in

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  the whole jeremiah book is an abomination, but a point in this week's study exceeded even its usual standards of inanity.. from page 144, paragraph 10:.

  in our day, god continues to show loving-kindness in ways that directly benefit his worshippers.

  consider the matter of prayer.

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  Priceless. Absolutely ridiculously priceless garbage. There are many r&f with real chronic problems including real chronic long-term physical pain problems. How demeaning & demoralizing.

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  100% pure unadulterated speculation - what changes would a "New New World Tranlsation" contain?

  by sir82 in

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  2. bible

  on this thread:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/257481/1/i-cant-find-any-bibles-seems-to-be-a-shortage.

  some (well, me, mostly) are speculating that the wts is planning to distribute a "new new world translation" some time soon.. if that is true, what changes do you think they would include?.

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  sir82

  I think its great speculation! Replacing words in the bible minus the slightest nod to scholarly exegesis (or manipulating a comma placement or two) has never been a JW disfellowshipping offence (atleast within the WTS Writing Department), so who knows what's next?

  gorgia
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  Do You Care About "The Royal Baby"?

  by minimus in

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  i don't get it.

  (and i don't care about america's "royalty" either)..

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  After the horror of soldier Lee Rigby's murder I think the royal baby (not to mention Wimbeldon & the Ashes!) has given the Brits something to smile about.

  gorgia