Bruja-del-Sol

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  Prayers

  by Rattigan350 in

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  2. beliefs

  when i read online forums about when someone dies or something bad happens, people comment saying "sending prayers".. i wonder, why, what for?

  prayers have not brought anyone back from the dead.

  have they healed anyone?

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  The effect of prayer has been scientifically proved: http://blogs.christianpost.com/biblical-spirituality/scientific-studies-on-prayer-does-prayer-really-work-13400/ (just searched in Google for 'scientific proof on prayer')

  And yes, you might have bought the things you eat, but 'someone' or 'something' has provided the source for anything and everything you own: I call it the Universe and Mother Earth, others call it God or Jehovah, or Nature. Everything we have comes from a natural source, wether it's herbs, food, plastic, you name it...

  Gratitude and Love have been proved to be the most powerful energies on earth. So why not say 'thank you' to Nature (or whatever you want to name the source), won't do you any harm. I say 'thanks' a lot, whenever I see or experience something that makes me feel happy or grateful, when I feel love for people or animals etc. It has made me feel a lot happier than the 'prayers' in the cult, which felt more like an obligation than something heartfelt.
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  Hi

  by LucidChimp in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been lurking here for a year or two now (since i stumbled across ttatt and was stumbled by it), i even started an account some while back and asked a couple of questions.. but i never actually stood up and said hi... so hi, my name's jon and i'm a dubaholic.. .

  i was "born in" in the 80s - and grew up on a liquid diet of cheap suits and revelation book pictures (i mean really, group after group just staring at the pictures while not listening, i must have spent more time staring at those pictures than i have any work of art in my life, literally hours at each lurid picture).

  i "left" in my teens, but apparently lacking any kind of actual sense, returned to studying with a childhood friend from the congregation in my twenties (although i was never baptised, my entire small family were dubs, so i saw more witnesses than "worldly people" on a regular basis.. they love bombed my arse for years!)..

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  Hi LucidChimp, welcome aboard. I like your style
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  Celebrate my first post of many :)

  by Mellow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone, my name is mellow (some names have been changed) lol.

  as no doubt many of you were, i was born in.

  i am now in my mid 20s living in a jehovah's witness household.

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  Welcome Mellow, nice to have you here, this is a very comforting place with people who understand what you're dealing with.

  Sunny greetings from Southern Spain
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  How many have read 'Crisis of Conscience'?

  by tornapart in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for me it was the book!

  it opened my eyes.

  i started it thinking it would just enlighten me about how the organisation works.

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  Yep, read it too. At that time I was learning about TTATT, about a year after I was DF'd. This book was what took away the last doubts and set my mind free of all the guilt I always felt because of the JW-beliefs. At first I felt like I had wasted 33 years of my life, but soon I was grateful that I was young enough to start a new life.

  What I liked about his way of writing is that he sticked to the facts, no hatred, no judgement, just his experience. Wonderful man, so sad he's no longer amongst us...
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  Latest WT lesson typical example of why meetings are such downers

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's what i gathered from the most recent wt study: 1. all your problems are your own fault, or 2. the ones that aren't your fault are satan's fault.

  3. don't blame jehovah for anything, and 4. more importantly, never criticize the ones who claim to represent jehovah.. this is a typical meeting nowadays.

  there are all kinds of possibilities to emphasize positive qualities and experiences.

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  Haven't been to a meeting in 10 years, and I don't think I've missed out on anything. What a crap they're preaching...
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  Why I can never escape abuse...part 2

  by KariOtt in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  she came home for a long weekend.

  since i was working 2 jobs and going to school mom wanted to keep my son all weekend so my sister could spend as much time with my son as possiable.

  durring the weekend my 2 year threw a temper tantrum.

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  What a story... don't know what to say... except that you're an incredibly strong woman! Thanks for sharing your story
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  Proof of a Kingdom Hall being sold to a church!

  by Sittingstraight1212 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it cracks me up if you bring this subject up to a witness , they always try to convince themselves that i'm reading into this!!!.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpqwknq31ie&feature=youtube_gdata_player.

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  The building we used about 25 years ago in my last congregation was no longer safe to be used as a KH... so they said. So plans were made to build a new hall... and then they sold the old hall... to a Baptist Church!!!

  Up until today it's still used as a church, so the whole 'it's not safe anymore' was a scheme to get us to approve and pay for a new hall.
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  just when you think you've made friends with a "normal" person

  by Hortensia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  rode over to the farmer's market with a couple of neighbors, nice women, seem sensible.

  the driver stopped in the middle of a block and stared at the coca-cola truck that was parked there.

  she said, "do you see the round tower?

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  Just live and let live... luckily we're not all the same and we can decide for ourselves what we want to believe and what not.

  I soooo love my freedom of thought!
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  My granny died.

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last week friday i was delayed in going to work, for which i am glad.

  it was an opportunity for me to help my gran one last time.

  she thanked me, told me she loved me and that i would be very blessed.

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  So sorry for your loss Loubelle, but what a wonderful goodbye you gave to her. To me this sounds like the best way to leave life, surrounded by your loved ones... Enjoy that champagne and celebrate the life you had with your gran!
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  NEWBIES are leaving like crazy! Be very afraid WT

  by clarity in

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  2. friends

  # 3 newbie post.

  first of all, the newbies have set a record here!.

  have you ever seen a 4pg post where 21 new members reply!

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  Bruja-del-Sol

  Thank you Iown Mylife... it's nice to feel so welcome ♥