Topics Started by gambit

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If only I had known !!!
by gambit in
1. jw
2. friends
i was going to post my personal story, but right now it feels good just to know that i'm truly not alone.... what an incredible bulletin board... using the search feature i just finished a week of reading up on alcholism, codependency, abuse, personal testimonies (and very empathetic replies), bpd, dysfunctional family systems, oh, jw's and their male-dominate, bride-selling, hypocritical policies brain-washing techniques.. 2 1/2 years ago, at the age of 39... a lady friend at work suggested i read up on codependency... i had no idea what she was talking about, and remember thinking "i don't have problems, look at you... your a mess".

anyway, i knew i didn't feel ok and decided to read a book.

i had just finished college and had some free time to fill.... denial is absolutely wonderful... kept me safe for quite a few years.
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Problems With This Discussion Board
by Undecided in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm having problems with the format of this board.

i have two computers connected via a wireless connection.

one has win98se and the home base with xp.
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Thank You all
by plmkrzy in
1. jw
2. friends
especially stinky and six

i am going back to the kh.

i've been here 2 years and posted over a year trying to be supportive of everyone but some things are even too obvious for even me to not see.
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http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/hepburn/prophecy.htm#I1975
by OICU8it2 in
1. jw
2. friends
pathetic.

an apologist for 1975. cult-induced behavior.

i remember being so immersed like this.
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What Made You Leave The "Truth"? Was It False Prophecy, People, Blood, etc.
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
jw's like to believe that people who leave the organization do it for selfish reasons or due to impatience and not "waiting on jehovah".

there's a variety of reasons for persons making the decision and saying, "that's it!

i'm not doing this anymore".
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Just when you think it's safe to go back in the water
by berylblue in
1. jw
2. friends
...you see northern girl is back "gracing" the boards, and you know it's time to go back into hiding.

the only thing worse than vitriol is specious (and, i might add, poorly phrased, punctuated and misspelled) vitriol, aimed at those least deserving.

i am not in a mood to take her lame, semi-literate attempts to upset everyone here.
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Most of you are just pitiful whiners. !!
by avengers in
1. jw
2. friends
but not according to me.. for the number of jws still going strong the ones here is but a handful, so mabye most of you are just pitiful whiners who should accept a little personal responsibility for your lives and quit trying so hard to blame someone or something.

northern girl.. .

and is the following reasonable?you have the right to do anything you want on this board ... it would be 'nice' if the name didn't say 'forum for jehovah's witnesses' though.
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Logic Lures Them in, Emotions Keep them In
by jgnat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the wtbts was able to get a foothold years ago because they offered a radical departure from traditional christianity.

they offered up an alternative view of god and the afterlife, some prophetic math, and a good kick in the pants to mainline churches.

the catholic (universal) church deserved that kick, caught asleep on the job.
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COURAGE
by oldcrowwoman in
1. jw
2. experiences
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for those who "grew up in the borg"
by zev in
1. jw
2. friends
at this late, middle stage of my life, i've started wondering, now that i know what i know, about the things in my life that i "lived" with.

having been raised all my life in the "borg" i have known nothing else.

when questions began forming years ago, it started me thinking.