Topics Started by astro_girl

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"Brainwashing" does not exist
by logansrun in
1. jw
2. friends
the term "brainwashing" is sometimes thrown around this forum and i thought i'd briefly comment on it.

the idea that a group or person can actually make you think, act and feel in a certain way is highly dubious.

i'm not saying it's impossible, but i highly doubt that any ex-jws have ever experienced "brainwashing.
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What Are Things That Make You Feel Uncomfortable???
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
you know what i hate??

when you're talking to someone and instead of acknowledging you or whatever you're saying, they just stare.
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Why Do People Become/Stay As Jehovah's Witnesses???
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
what makes a person leave their religion and join the witnesses?

what makes a doubter or better yet a jw that knows this isn't really the truth, remain a witness?

i believe most stay on because being a witness is like being a member of a club.
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My sad news
by Fe2O3Girl in
1. jw
2. friends
as some of you on the board knew i was expecting a baby, i feel i should let you know that things have not worked out for us.. when i went for the 20 week ultrasound scan last thursday, severe problems were found with our baby's internal development.

only one kidney was detected, and it was very enlarged and polycystic.

there was no long term hope for the baby at all; if it survived to full term it could only live for hours at most.
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Merry Christmas from Blondie and Irreverent
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
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http://ww12.e-tractions.com/snowglobe/globe.htm

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"God Doesn't Want You To Have A Christmas Tree"
by astro_girl in
1. social
2. family
i'm fairly new here (more of a lurker than a poster) .

my mom-in-law (a jw for 50+ years) was just on the phone with an old childhood friend of hers (a baptist and perfectly content with her religion) that lives down south and she told her that "god doesn't want you to have a christmas tree...you should know that by now.

" grrrrrrrrrrr......i just wanted to slap her.. how dare she try and ruin someone else's holidays spewing her poison!
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Encouraged NOT to have kids
by JustTickledPink in
1. jw
2. friends
i was just thinking about the publisher stats and the birth rate, that was mentioned.. do you all remember in the 80's at the assemblies everyone was encouraged not to have children, to spend their time pioneering, because at armeggedon and in the time of the "tribulation" that it would be difficult with small kids.... to wait until the new system.. i remember a couple that pioneered and she really wanted kids, so her husband made her a deal that they had to pioneer for 5 more years and if the "end" hadn't come yet, they could have kids.

i think they were reaching 30. i do remember 5 years went by and they had a son, that was probably 15 years ago.

can you imagine the people that followed the advice and now are too old to have kids, but spent plenty of time pioneering?.
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What Do You Do When You Get The "Blues"???
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
every once in a while we all get the blues.

we start overthinking, overanalyzing----we dwell on negatives.

what do you do to get out of this frame of mind?
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What Are You All Reading?!
by Doubtfully Yours in
1. social
2. current
so, what's everybody reading these days?.

i used to read so passionately, but i've lost the hobby due to everyday life stress and distractions.

i want to get back into reading again.
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Red Sox, Yankees and my Comforter w/ special POWERS - a love story.
by confusedjw in
1. social
2. physical
the red sox are down 3 games to 0 on sunday.

as the hours get late i pull out a comforter from the closet, not realizing the special powers it holds.

the red sox win it in extra innings on a david ortiz home run and comforter on the couch.