Topics Started by DireStraitJacket

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Is There ANYTHING That You Still Believe In From The JWs?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
do you believe in hell again?

the trinity?

the "slave"?
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Woman: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION SHEET
by reboot in
1. jw
2. friends
hazardous materials information sheet.

element.

woman.
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Suicide Prevention
by ApagaLaLuz in
1. jw
2. friends
i just wanted to drop a quick note.

last thursday a good friend of mine jumped off of a freeway overpass and killed herself.

ironically it was the same overpass that just 5 years before i had stood atop and climbed the fence with similar thoughts in my head when my family had initially disowned me.
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In All Honesty, Are You A Happier Person Now Than when You Were A JW?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
jws say, "the apostates are miserable!!

".....do you feel miserable?

(i don't).
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In the aftermath of our shattered faith, for those who also wonder.....
by Frannie Banannie in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's been over 12 yrs since my df'ing.

yes, i forced 'em to do it for what i know now were pointless reasons....but mainly, at the time, i thought it was because the heirarchy of the wts doesn't measure up to scriptural standards....i wasn't wrong for they are very judgmental hate-mongers, manipulative and overbearing....but i've come to learn so much more..... .

after years of traumatic disillusionment, i've begun to wonder if there really is a god/goddess, etc....or is this a state of mind/belief system that mankind has created to explain the inexplicable, answer the unanswerable, to put a spiritual bandaid on the tortured in mind, body and/or spirit.....and yet, tho our bodies wear out eventually, we are wonderfully "made"....and so many things here on earth are sympatico with our human existence and temperament.....yet....at the same time, we have adverse reactions to many things, too, whether vegetable, animal, mineral or even spiritual.....is this all only a contrivance of our imaginings, the result of our teachings among ourselves?.
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"This Land" featuring John Kerry & George Bush
by Sirius Dogma in
1. social
2. humour
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liberal weiners & right wing nutjobs unite in laughing.

http://www.jibjab.com/thisland.html
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GUESS who came to dinner ?
by frenchbabyface in
1. jw
2. friends
.

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so ... what's your guess ?
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JW, WatchTower Society, Alcoholism, and Recovery
by BrendaCloutier in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i left the borg in about 1979 of my own accord after having my eyes opened (and experiencing) the hypocrisies around me.. in 1982 i sucessfully left my jw husband, who devloped alcoholism, and became a wife-beater when he could no longer control me.

the elders in the congregation (i married into) told me i was to subject myself to my husband, and his justice.. beginning in 1987, i realized my own drinking problem was alcoholism, and i successfully got clean and sober in 1990.. attending that first meeting, on a summer sunday evening in 1987 was shear hell for me.

it was in the basement of a baptist church!
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I QUIT!
by Yerusalyim in
1. jw
2. friends
i quit....smoking that is, my pack to 1 1/2 pack a day habit...i quit june 4th, not a single cigarette since then...though 5 to 7 pounds...are ya proud of me...huh huh huh....i had a few of ya hoping i was leaving the board....ha!
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Charles T Russell -a freemason and the connection to the illuminati...
by dolphman in
1. jw
2. friends
ok, i'm not one for conspiracy theories but lately i've uncovered some interesting facts that i think warrant some attention.. first of all, russell was a freemason.

all the early watchtower and books he authored have freemason symbology and art throughout them.

not a big deal i thought, until i read more about freemasons and the so-called "illuminati", a group of 13 families that supposedly control the world.. supposedly these 13 families, such as the duponts, mcdonalds, kennedys, .