Sail Away
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Activism ideas for our local communities
by stuckinarut2 ini have been thinking of dignified ways to raise awareness about the toxicity of the jw religion in my local community.. so, yesterday, i phoned my local council head office to query the carts that are set up in several places in our town.. i was very polite and professional, and asked the council clerk if they were aware that a religious cult sets up its propaganda stands on council property near families and children on a regular basis.. i said:.
"while i am sure they may be very nice people, the group they represent teaches things that appear to me to be in direct conflict with the values and ethics of our local community and council.".
"their initial message seems pleasant, but i know for example, they are a very misogynistic and homophobic group.
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Happy Mother’s Day!
by HiddenPimo into all the moms around the world.
thank you for being a mother.. http://time.com/4771354/mothers-day-history-origins/.
nothing pagan about it so it’s just like a wedding anniversary and should be celebrated!.
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married young--in the cult--divorced ?
by stan livedeath infollowing on from mrquik's thread.... who of us married at an early age to another j-dub ?
how long did the marriage last?.
how did it end ?.
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Unky Punky just wanted ...
by punkofnice in...to drop by and say, 'ayup, mates', to you all, my old friends.. i am so totally over the jobo thing i have surprised myself.. if anyone asks, 'what do you think of the jobos?
' my reply would be, 'i don't think of them.'.
all my rage, anger and sadness have dissipated over time.
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What woke you up?
by HappyBlessedFree ini’m fairly new so i don’t know everyone’s backstory.
how did you realize the organization was false?.
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Hope someone does a documentary on JWs the same way Leah Remini did on Scientology
by HappyBlessedFree ini will be eternally grateful to leah remini for her docuseries on scientology.
it is what helped me to start waking up and seeing the org for what it is.
i remember thinking huh “they call it disconnecting, we do the same thing.
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Just noticed something about my membership here
by JeffT ini've been a member of this board three years longer than i was a jehovah's witness (eighteen vs fifteen).
i'm sure i've put in more hours here than i did in field service, it was more fun as well.
anybody else with similar numbers?.
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Dating question from a bible student
by Biblestudent1 ini have done bible study for about four months now.
the married couple who do it with me are lovely.
i have attended meetings for about two months.
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I think I made up my mind
by paradiseseeker ina month ago i travelled alone to italy for three days and i had the opportunity to visit the beautiful florence and re-visit many parts of rome.. but most importantly, i had the opportunity to stay alone and think about my situation and to make up my mind.. i've had very clear for almost 5 years that i will eventually leave the religion, but i couldn't decide when.. but now i know : i will leave on april 20th, the day after the memorial.. that day i will talk to my parents (this is by far the hardest thing to do) and soon afterwards i will talk to my closest friends, then i will send my disassociation letter.
i know that i will let them down, i will hurt them, most probably some of them will cry... but i need to live coherently for the first time in my life.
i'm sure that living in this contradiction is affecting and will affect my mental health and it's time for me to help myself instead of others.
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This Forum. Has it changed? For the better or for the worse? Or not a at all?
by ThomasCovenant inwhen i post i try to imagine that i am at a social gathering or sometimes in someone's house as a dinner guest.
that way it is easier to follow the community guidelines and posting rules set out on the site at the bottom of the page.
i wouldn't want to make a fool of myself in public.