Steve Lowry
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If you had a chance, what would you have done differrently (JW experience)?
by Steve Lowry inya know whatamean?
if you could go back in time, back to those days as a jw and react then as you would now knowing what you now know, what would you do differently?
it could be a particular day, or an event or something you went through.
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Insensitive talk assignments
by Steve Lowry ini once was assigned a talk on masturbation when i was about fifteen or so.
the theme of the talk was to discourage masturbating (actually to forbid the practice), as it was considered by the society a no no.
looking back on it, it offends me to this day that they would give a kid such a sensitive and embarrassing talk assignment like that.
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Fluff warning! Anyone got any cool smoothie recipes?
by Steve Lowry insorry for this silly thread if it offends, but i finally purchased a blender and i'm looking for some really cool smoothie recipes.
there's a bunch on the internet ,but i wanted to ask y'all if ya had any ideas?
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I am so ashamed...
by zeroday ingood men have shed their blood on the battlefield of freedom so i might be free.... stood up to tyrany that i and others would taste the sweet smell of freedom.... and yet for almost 30 years i distained these people as enemies of god.
distained their sacrafice as worthless.
i stand here today to ask forgiveness of those who laid down their lives that i may be free.
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About half the DF's go back? Really?
by AuldSoul inj.r. brown said about half the df's go back.
i know some who went back and promptly faded, some who went back and were "bt" jws (barely there), a few who went back and quickly got df'd again usually before they even got privileges back.. but the one that takes the cake (in my opinion) is the former po of my parent's congregation who had been giving dc parts for years getting disfellowshipped a couple of months after giving the rousing talk, "abhor what is wicked, cling to what is good.
" only after his reinstatement did i discover that was his third df.
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X - JW or Apostate?
by In Between ini thought this might be interesting.
if it's been talked about before, i apologize in advance.
what differences do you think exist between the two?
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The last tug of trained fear.
by Steve Lowry ini was wondering if anyone here could remember their last tug of fear in their stomach after they left the watchtower society, concerning armageddon coming where you may have had a moments regret or fear of not being a jw, and so you wouldnt be "saved".
you know, the stupid conditioning we as jw children received growing up as jw kids.
i realize this may seem like kind of a weird question, but i remember my moment, and going through that experience it was very a freeing feeling once i came through it on the other end.. i was visiting a church in about the 1984 time frame.
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A sense of an overall feeling of impending doom.
by Steve Lowry indo y'all (former jw's i'm referring to here), ever get a sense of an overall feeling of impending doom?
i have had this strange sensation come over me almost as long as i can remember.
i'm not sure if its watchtower conditioning or just something in my personal make-up that creates this feeling.
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Did you make life altering decisions because of 1975?
by restrangled ini had extended family members, both with families of 7, abandon good jobs and homes in the suburbs of chicago.
they moved to the wild outskirts of 2 separate states to protect their families from armageddon.
they both waited for 20 years, wound up financially destitute and finally had to move and depend on other family members to recover.. it would be interesting to read the stories from those of you who went through this time period as a jw.. r.
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When you talk to a total stranger, how do they react?
by JH inwhen you talk to a total stranger, how do they react?
are they friendly to you and happy that you talked to them, or do they kind of say, "i don't know you, go away !!!
i tried this often, just to see their reaction.