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  What did you become after leaving Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Garrett in

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  hey guys,.

  so, since my leaving i have been doing so much research on so many topics that it's been extremely enlightening.

  not only have i learned a lot about the organization and what motivates it, but i have also learned a lot about the bible, god and most importantly, myself.. currently, i'm not quite sure where i stand, but i'm having some real issues with the bible and god.

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  "Religioned out." I like that, Bungi Bill. I think that best describes me while maintaining what I guess is a Christian foundation. I have a set of beliefs I believe are true (of course - why else would I hold them?), but now with the humility to swap them out in a heartbeat if they become unsustainable. I always lead with "In my opinion" when discussing the bible, but I have no desire to prove or debate.

  I don't feel like I have a home in Religion, Inc. By far it mostly has a "God hates fags" slant to it and even the ones that don't are all caught up in this sensationalistic... emotionalism "Ohhhh JeeeeZUSS, my LORRD" with rolling eyes and emphatic gestures....

  Oh Jesus, I just can't!

  I'm religioned out! Thanks BB.
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  Jw Business Cards??? Really???

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got one from my mother.

  when the hell did they start doing this???.

  i'm guessing this is the way they're going to do it eventually.

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  Zoos

  Simon... we would like JWN business cards now.
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  WALKING DEAD fans - Was that a JW at the very end of the latest episode?

  by Zoos in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  did you see the last episode?

  that nicely dressed, freshly-shaven young man that came out from behind the trees at the very end and said:.

  i didn't mean to interrupt.

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  Zoos

  "lifestyle choice"...

  choice....

  okay.
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  Do you feel bad throwing away literature?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so do you feel bad throwing away your old literature?.

  what about your old song book or bible from your early days in the org?.

  if so, is it because of sentimentality, monetary cost or because it might be 'sacred' ?.

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  Zoos

  I remember my own great purge and how empty and sad I felt inside while throwing it all out. I knew TTATT and I had no regrets for leaving, but somehow I was sad. That literature represented a feeling of security, albeit false.

  Discussing the experience with another former JW, I was counseled to view it as leaving a once cherished but now toxic relationship. You know you're doing the right thing but the human in you still hurts.

  It gets easier.
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  Jw's buy a fushkill apartment complex

  by lostinthought in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2015/02/16/jehovahs-witnesses-envisoin-fishkill-complex/23527469/

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  Well... the good news is that the town of Fishkill will not have to suffer the loss of tax revenue for long as Armageddon is just around the corner and all their concerns will be irrelevant.
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  Approached by a young JW on the street

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just a quick line, since this is the first time it happens to me and i could now see with my very own eyes.

  the scene went like this, on the outside of a large store.. truck stops and a young boy, about 16, no more than 18 years old walks out.

  comes up to me, pulls out a track and says.

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  There minds have been trained in a very precise way. You throw a monkey wrench into the matrix and....

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5CHjiuFehU
  
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  WALKING DEAD fans - Was that a JW at the very end of the latest episode?

  by Zoos in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  did you see the last episode?

  that nicely dressed, freshly-shaven young man that came out from behind the trees at the very end and said:.

  i didn't mean to interrupt.

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  No mic privileges... LOL

  They should have named him Andre.
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  Doh! wife is about to hear the trololol song

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. humour

  doh!

  here i sit on my laptop on this site, while the wife is watching dubtv over there, she is watching the feb one with trololololy song at the end... i am trying to hold back my laughter because i know it is coming soon!

  how will she react???

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  Zoos

  THE GOVERNING BODY will decide what is ridiculous, NOT the rank and file, and certainly not the apostates.
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  WALKING DEAD fans - Was that a JW at the very end of the latest episode?

  by Zoos in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  did you see the last episode?

  that nicely dressed, freshly-shaven young man that came out from behind the trees at the very end and said:.

  i didn't mean to interrupt.

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  Did you see the last episode? That nicely dressed, freshly-shaven young man that came out from behind the trees at the very end and said:

  "Hi! I didn't mean to interrupt. My name is Aaron... I have good news."
  
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  The Watchtower Society - a modern day Tower of Babel

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jw..org website now boasts that the jw message is translated into over 700 languages..

  a noble feat, you may think.

  and how wonderful that jehovahs message can reach the far ends of the world in so many languages!.

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  Zoos

  These days it's the Leaning Tower of Babble.