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I was required to have a CHAPARONE to do LAUNDRY
by WuzLovesDubs inwhat the hell.... i still own the house that my estranged husband lives in, into which he is moving his jw sister and her husband and five children.
they are not all moved in yet and are still working on the house.
my washing machine broke at my townhouse and i asked a week ago last friday if i could come over and do my laundry at the house.
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Did you forget how to make friends?
by AK - Jeff insimon raised an interesting point in my last thread about so many leaving the forum - his point was that the ideal situation would be to move on and leave forums like this one in the past at some point.
agreed.
seems as though cult victims in general - and witnesses in particular - have been taught to divest oneself of the social tangibles needed to make friends and move on.
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The Idea of God.
by Blueblades inthe idea of god is either a fact,like sand,or a fantasy,like santa.. the idea of god has guided or deluded more lives,changed more history,inspired more music and poetry and philosophy than anything else,real or imagined.it has made more of a difference to human life on this planet,both individually and collectively,than anything else ever has.. to see this clearly for yourself,just try this thought experiment:.
suppose no one in history had ever conceived the idea of god.now,rewrite history following that premise.the task daunts and staggers the imagination.
.from the earliest human remains----- religious funeral artifacts-----to the most recent wars in the mideast,religion----belief in a god or gods----has been the mainspring of the whole watch that is human history.. if the idea of god is a fantasy,a human invention,it is the greatest invention of all human history.. there are only two possibilities,"to be or not to be",that is the question.. blueblades
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This is why I'm Disappointed....
by Nickey init's a public board.
i was still a jw.
i came here looking for answers to my questions and doubts.
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Will You Do Me A Favor Oh Please. Please, PULEEEEEZEEE!!!!
by HadEnuf inoh my friends, my buddies...could you do this old lady a favor if you have a couple of minutes???
my son's band...tree of woe...was played on one of our local radio stations tonight...in a "music knock-out"...and if they win they will get played another night!
so i was just wondering...if anyone has the time to go to
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Most witness's don't even look at the pictures in their books.
by Singing Man inlike the one of the little girl falling into a big crack in the earth, a picture of amagedon from the paradise book.
few witness's stop and ponder just how sick that really is to show kids that at a young age.
if anyone has that post it to this thread for others to see just how hurtful that could be for children of a tender age.
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It's so simple!
by be wise ini've come through a lot since i left and now it just seems so petty and simple, almost childish.
the funny thing is i saw this behaviour in some young (late teens) jws i met at work recently.
in some way i just feet like shouting grow up.. i was wondering did any of you who left the jws and got your life sorted out without them ever wonder what it was that had such a hold on you for all the years in the first place?
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Social anxiety VS. Jw influence
by NEWWORLDSLACKER inmy question for tonight is this : after leaving the witnesses do you still feel disjointed from society in general ( and i mean the human race not the wt) ?
im realizing that i still have quite a hard time in social situations where there are more than say 4-5 people .....i tend to get into a dreamy feeling state , and just basically out of it feeling .
i tend to blame it on being raised a dub .
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Celebs you look like
by berylblue inokay, so i got annoyed yesterday when someone told me i looked like debra winger.
i find her most unfeminine and unattractive.
but it doesn't piss me off half as much as when i'm told i look like liza minelli.
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Fitting In
by Descender indid anyone else have a hard time fitting in with non-witnesses when you left the witnesses?
i never had a hard time fitting in with witnesses since i grew up as one, i was always popular in witness circles and could usually strike up an easy conversation with someone as long as i knew they were a witness.
but i just can't find any common points of interest with anyone anymore since i've been disfellowshipped twice and then finally faded away a year and a half ago.