Phaedra
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
by rebel8 inanyone here watching this on netflix?.
it's funny, kind of silly at times, but somewhat relatable.. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ellie-kemper-kimmy-schmidt-character-798166.
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Video Ads Now Playing on JWN?
by AudeSapere inis there a way to stop the advertisement videos that play when i am reading a thread?.
i don't remember this happening until this afternoon.
there is no 'pause' or 'stop' button to grab so i can silence the video and it slows down my system.. i don't mind static ads but the videos create stress on my computer system - and me!.
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So, Christimas....
by Phaedra inlove the music.color, season's greetings, etc.
even have a desktop tree.. neighbors on the block are all lit up (since thanksgiving = awesome!).
the colors are gorgeous!.
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Updated Publications on jw. org
by OwnAccord inupdated versions of the following publications are available on jw.
org.
good news from god - october 2013 printing.
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Has anyone watched Divergent yet??
by stuckinarut2 ini have watched the movie divergent.. wow what an amazing film that highlights the value of not just conforming or accepting what is put in front of us!.
the parallels to "the truth" are amazing!.
thoughts anyone?.
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Prince Protoge Vanity dies at 57
by dropoffyourkeylee ini had never heard of this woman, but given prince's jw connection and this person's identification as an evangelist, is there a jw connection that anyone knows about?.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/16/entertainment/vanity-denise-matthews-dead/index.html.
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My Big Church, Born-Again Experience
by Phaedra insorry to say that i was snapped up by born-agains post-jw.. gotta say they were much better than jws, but still had the same problems.. namely, no way to validate what they taught was real.
not to mention all the other problems with christianity.*.
just wanted to share that it's totally natural to keep looking for "truth" after you leave jws until you realize there's no way validate what *any* religion out there teaches.. learn from my cliff notes and save yourself some years of experimenting.. *see cofty's threads for all that.. phaedra.
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WOL Alumni? (Big Ray's Witnesses Online)
by Phaedra inyears ago i was a member of big ray's witnesses online discussion board, when i was a questioning jw, which seemed to have come at a time when many were leaving of obed fernandez's witnessesonline, which went off air.
i'm wondering if anyone who use to post there is here and out?.
obed posted a link to this site (simon's) when it closed, which helped facilitate my next step out of the jw organization.. no matter, my hats off to both obed and big ray for the space they each created for the processing i needed as a jw.
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International Cultic Association "Free books"
by OrphanCrow ina post recently made on the exjw reddit forum made reference to the international cultic association.. if you go to their webpage, http://www.icsahome.com/, and click on the "email signup", it will take you to a page where you fill out a short survey.. after you submit the survey, you are able to access free e-book downloads.. these books and resources are excellent for anyone interested in researching the psychological aspects of the tactics of high control groups and the resulting trauma that people experience from exposure to these groups.. i downloaded the following and have started reading the margaret singer collection.
bardin, livia - coping with cult involvement- a handbook for families and friends.
ford, wendy - recovery from abusive groups - healing from the trauma of authoritarian leaders.