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my take...
by teejay in... on the watchtower society.
i am not one who will ever bother to waste my time heaping praise on the jw religion as though it were some kind of improvement on society.
i have no qualms in saying that it was, is, and always will be a dangerous religion ?
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Who here still finds it hard to celebrate Christmas?
by dh ini was raised a jw and as i've probably said before, i left when i was around 18... i'll be 27 in a few days, and as i get older realise how i do not really know how to celebrate anything.
being raised a jw we never had xmas or birthdays (or any celebration), and since none of the friends i had when i left the jw's were christian either, i have to this day never celebrated it... i am not christian and will openly admit that i couldn't care less about the religious side of christmas, but what i see around me, everywhere in the world are people who aren't really christian either, celebrating christmas, either for kids or friends or whatever, but i've never done that or had anyone around me to do that with... people look forward to this time of year so much, they buzz and rush around like it's a real event, and to this day i've never been able to feel that way.
most of my christmas/birthdays since leaving jw's have been spent by myself, completely devoid of celebration, i want to get into that feel good spirit, but i don't know how, and if i try to fake it, i know it is fake.
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The JW's came to the door today and asked my son to go to meetings
by redhotchilipepper inmy son answered the door this morning.
the couple that my mr.horton and i had been studying with when we were considering going back to the truth finally got ahold of him.
the did the usual routine.
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New here, would like to say hello.
by puff candy ini just registered right now.
i would like to introduce myself.
i am a 30 year old female and not a jw but my mother is so thats how i came by this site.
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We walked out of my mom's memorial service
by tyydyy in.
my brother, my sister, myself, xena and those with us walked out when we were called aside and asked not to attend the reception after the memorial.. more details to follow....... timb
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Out of Curiosity...Does Anyone Believe Anything They WereTaught??
by confuzzed ini think the question speaks for itself?
while there is much we don't believe, there are some things we can't ignore.
anyone agree???
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Depressed and about to lose it
by AloneinOh inonce i left i became about as "worldly" as a person could get.
world that once i left i went totally out of control.
when i left, .
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JW Shot Outside Blockbuster Refuses Transfusion and Dies!
by Voyager inhttp://news4colorado.com/topstories/local_story_324190649.html .
http://news4colorado.com/topstories/local_story_324190649.html .
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CHRISTMAS WOES
by emmamess22 inmost of you know i'm the one with all the religion woes..(ie....finding one...ha) anyways, i did all this research on christmas being that i was brought up not believing in it and found that it really does have pagan roots in a big way so i can't decide if it's ok to do it if i do it for jesus' birthday even tho now i know that it wasn't started that way and all this bad air is around it and i get scared i am deliberately doing something against god and that's detestable to him.....ahhhhhh.. i know he wasn't born in winter, i know we don't know when he was born....so is it ok for me to get presents on a day that used to be used to worship some pagan sun god when they would hang pine boughs all over their house.
doesn't that make it bad?!
ugh
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Just pass me a cigarette and hold on
by Eyebrow2 inbeen a while since i have had a chance to visit the board.
a lot of things have happened...dealing with some business crap....ending one and starting a new one with a partner this time...dealing with child custody issues...my husband was laid off....just general stress....arghhhh!!!!.
everything is going to work out i am sure...but i bought my first pack of cigarettes in 10 years on sunday.