Topics Started by Freethinking76

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Candace Conti
by zeb in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
what has become of this case please?.
"Sky daddy"
by Freethinking76 in
1. jw
2. friends
donny i though that was hilarious!

i am still laughing 2 days later!.
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Now that I am out, which bible should i read? Feeling free at last!
by Freethinking76 in
1. jw
2. friends
so, now that i am out for good, which bible should i read?

there is no way i will read the wt one..so i still want to have a relationship with god but don't know how to choose a bible.

it is very hard to dewired yourself and ,sometimes i feel that i don't have a relationship with him.the what ifs come and go still.last night i was up all night reading and researching , can't shake off the shock still to know ttatt.
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exJW Psychology 104--One Way to Play the Depression Card
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in
1. jw
2. friends
i had an interesting conversation with bobby (*some names have been changed) last weekend.

he's also a successful fader going back several years before me.

but i found we had something in common that i hadn't realized.. bobby had never been particularly happy growing up.
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"20,000/month being baptized into the organization"
by NeverKnew in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is something i heard an elder say... .

is this possible?.

how many were baptized in all of 2012?.
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First post venting
by Freethinking76 in
1. jw
2. friends
hello ,i am a jw,been in the "truth " for about 6 years.i have to be very careful because i know the witnesses monitors sites and report to the elders ,i know cause that is what my blood sister does,she spends hours trying to find apostates in the closet.i know stuped.. so this is my situation.i have known about jw almost all my life and heard that only them have the truth,lots of my family are in it.i was the one taking too long to baptize ,i knew it was expected from me.and i always had a need to make ppl like me .so i took the dip.i started to notice that there are lots of jws that belong to little groups.i wanted friendship so bad and at the time had a need o tell ppl about my horrible childhood traumas i guess i was not over it yet,and needed some to lisent since i had drove my spouse nuts already .what happend this ppl pretend to want to be close to me so they can know all my business and then tell everyone at the hall.then you realize uhhh,they never confided their personal stuff to me.is like a game " you can tell me your stuff,but do not expect me to keep it to myself and do not think i will tell you my dirty laundry.a lot of mind games.. so i was alone ,invisible ,i still can't believe i put up with so much !

i can't wright not even half of what i when through.i feel paranoic now.so i came across a youtube video by jwstruggle and blow my mind ,now i can't stop researching,my spouse is not a jw,and is very shock too.so i decided that i want to fade,i guess it won't be so hard since the sis and brothers did not had a close relationship with me.i have kids and i suffer from pts ,anxiety attacks,panick attacks and severe depression.i moved to the next town of my hall,so i have change hall too.i have not been to my new hall,and wanted to know,will the elders in my old hall contact the elders in my new hall just to see if i am attending?..

my spouse told me " i will tell them i am not letting you go" "and "i found out that your liars!
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31 things each and every Jehovah's Witness NEEDS TO KNOW right now!!
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
things for jehovah's witnesses to think hard about.. .

1.you cannot change what you refuse to confront.. look at how you are feeling most of the time.

that sense of going nowhere and feeling down is not because you aren't spritual enough.
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Most Awkward, Embarrassing, Comical things you Experienced as a Witness ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
many of us i'm sure experienced embarrassing or comical moments as a witness.

some things we'd rather just forget , i'm sure, but some things helped us think on our feet, quickly in helping others .

here are a few of mine.
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AHA! Moments. When you were a JW; what struck you the hardest counter?
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
sooner or later every jehovah's witness encounters an intelligent person with facts at their disposal who can unload something that causes a doubt.

naturally, you defend against it.

but, the wind has been knocked out of your belief-system however briefly.
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What's The STRANGEST Thing You've Seen At A Kingdom Hall?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i saw a fight break out on the platform between an elder and a unbelieving husband who accused the elder of f---ing his wife.

he then threw the lectern on the floor and pushed the elder.

it was cool.......