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Pick one.....The lesser of two evils.
by Adam inif you had to be born into a religious family and stuck in it 'till you finally broke free, would you rather it be mormon or jw?
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Were you psychologically abused into going to meetings/service ???
by run dont walk inwe have all read and watched so many of the child abuse / sexual abuse scandals, and it makes us all sick to our stomachs, i want to touch on a different kind of abuse, i am not trying to draw a parellel between child abuse and being abused.
the abuse i am talking about is just as bad but so different.
i remember growing up a jw, basically having no choice, whether i wanted to go to the meetings or in service, and i always resented this in my parents.
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Question: What keeps the Watchtower Society going?
by Vitameatavegamin inhello folks, it's been awhile since i have posted, hope everyone is doing well!
i have a question, though, if the society is not paying the governing body, or other "big wigs" in ny large salaries, what would be the motivating factor for the society to continue to exist?
i am not saying that money is everything, but if none of the money is going into pockets, then the society must really feel that they are god's chosen channel, or something to that effect.
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Would You.....?
by Frannie Banannie in.
would you reveal info about what you consider to be the worst turnoffs re: people you've dated?
frannie b
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Tennis Fashion?
by simplesally in.
i saw this on msn and it had a bunch of pictures of tennis outfits gone wrong.......... here is one they said was inspired by either batman or a tick..
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How weird is this????
by worldly girl ini've been busy lately, so i've not been able to post... but i had to share this with you all and get your imput.....
ok so yesterday i was getting my nails done(yes i'm one of those girls!!
) and my cell phone rings, it's one of my ex jw friends lisa... she's calling to see if i'll go to a "chip n dales" show with her in a couple of weeks.
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Questions from a non JW
by shiloh ini have a couple of questions that have come to mind as a result of converstations with my jw girlfriend.
1. we were talking the other day and got on the subject of disfellowshipping and i asked her if she thought it was right.
i also asked her about people who had been df'd for something that the wt has since received "new light" on and thus, had been df'd for something that the wt is now teaching is okay.
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"Raised in the Truth" or What the Hell Was That Anyway?
by Perry inabout the only model that i've found that helps define the experience of being born in the truth (bitt), is one used in studies on addiction.
basically, that model says that people who are addicts form maladaptive relationships with things, experiences, and i'd argue ideologies as well, in a vain attempt to achieve "closeness".
of course real "closeness" or "psychic validation" as i prefer to think about it, is only truly achieved during and after the interactions between two mutually accepting and non-judging people who possess intimate knowledge of one another; starting with one's primary caregivers... or parents.
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Off for my surgery
by Lady Lee inwell i am just waiting for my ride and then i will be off.
hope the results are good of the biopsy although i might not find out today.
and yesterday i bought myself two canes - one sleek brass colored folding cane and the other a standard purple floral number weehoo.
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JW 'urban legends'
by Steve Lowry ini was thinking about some of the old jw urban legends that we grew up with and believed in as jws.
most of the ones i remember revolved around stories about demons, and jws being "attacked" when they would do something wrong.
some of these legends scared the crap outta me when i was little.