recoveringjw
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How Well Educated Are You?
by minimus in.
12 years of schooling (and never stayed back, either) for me.....and you?
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"The understanding"
by seattleniceguy inwhen i first left the organization and started thinking things over, nothing represented the thought-control as succinctly as the oft-used phrase "the understanding," as in the sentence, "what is the understanding of the parable of the sheep and the goats?".
this must boggle the minds of outsiders.
it implies that there is a single understanding, which all witnesses have.
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When you read what else are you doing?
by Panda inok usually i'll be drinking iced tea when i read... sometime coffee if i read in the am.
i've tried reading while mr.panda is watching tv but that doesn't always work.
so what do you do while you read?
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Which dog breed do you like?
by Panda inwell , with so many posts about pets i thought i'd ask this question.
we have 3 great pyrenees dogs.
the oldest is 11yrs and the youngest is 4yrs old.
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Hi
by Logicandreason ini am not a former jw, but my mother has been one for years and as you all know, that affected me as well.
i was raised catholic in a nice part of queens ny, and for the most part i never had a problem with my faith.
when i turned ten or so, my mother became entrenched in the jehova witnesses, and has not looked back since.
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Mulan's Birthday
by Princess inhey everyone!
today is mulan's birthday.
my dad took her to vegas for the week so she won't be able to see this for a few days.
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How many on this board vote?
by Netty ini cant bring myself to get into voting.
i am registered, but when its time to vote, i just really never fell the urge to get there and get it done.
my husband is very political, and is always talking politics and about the importance of voting.
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Hi everybody! ^^
by Epsilon ini must say that i have been lurking around this place for a good long while.
to know that you are not alone in your quest to escape the watchtower is one of the best ways to actually do it.. right now i'm 18, but became an unbaptized publisher at 12. i blew those elders away with my skill at parroting back the wts doctrine, and for a while, i was faithful enough in service, which i didn't really enjoy, but i had to do it to live, right?
we went to meetings regularly, even thosugh i simply dreaded the boredom and the inevitable guilt i would feel.
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Head of the House or an Ayatollah?
by Englishman indo the jw's still have a belief in headship?
i'm talking about where the male is the head of the house.
his word is law, his wife is in subjection to him, his children are meant to sit and listen in awe to his every pronouncement.
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Do you like your name?
by Xena indesib77 started a thread about changing her name.
made me think about my name, i've always liked it.
i doubt i would ever want to change it....so would you ever want to change yours and if so, to what?.