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OMG!! TURN ON YOUR TV NOW!! Michael Jackson being chased by POLICE!!!!!
by SixofNine in.
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made ya look.
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having a hard time making friends
by happy camper ini was wondering if anyone else has had a hard time making friends since leaving the organization.
being raised as a jw, it seems difficult to me, as i was never allowed to have any friends who weren't other jw's.
as a result, i have isolated myself to only my immediate family.
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I'm getting mad....
by toladest ini have been dfed/daed for nearly 7 years now.
long story.
anyway my mom has shunned me ever since.
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Does you feel guilty for those you brought into the org?
by ddean3673 indon't really know how i feel about that one.
my brother is in the truth because of what i "taught" him as well as my "example" according to others and him (he doesn't know my official stand yet).
an earlier post opened my eyes a little...i know now i didn't do it alone, and that i was trained to bring in others (one thing that i must say the training really helped me in my career as a sales director, ironically enough).. i was just wondering how other people view this.
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congregational cliques
by chuckyy init was my experience during my 13 yrs as a jw that congregations usually had a social clique.
in other words, there would be a group of people in a congregation that would only associate (and sometimes only go out on field service too) with people within that social clique.
if you were in the clique, fine.
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Were You On The Same Wave Length As The Others In The Hall???
by minimus incan you get in trouble for playing chess, having a very large gathering, going to a pg13 movie, etc.??????
so many answers amounted to this----as the answer-----"you just know better, that's all".
"mature ones" just "knew" without asking whether something was right or wrong, doable or not.
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Looks like its started!
by bagpuss intoday while out shopping i met someone who used to be in the same congregation as me,but who hadn't been to a meeting for years.after chatting about families for a while he told me that he had just started going to meetings again.
confused when i didn't seem overjoyed he asked if i was still going.he seemed genuinely shocked when i said no,but even more so when in response to his question i told him no,i'm not going back.his next comment i thought was quite telling.
"what,not even with all the things happening in the world at the moment?".
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Lets get creative
by bagpuss inmy favourite childrens book is "we're going on a bear hunt" .
for those who don't know the book it begins,.
we're going on a bear hunt.. we're going to catch a big one.. what a beautiful day!.
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How Did YOU Leave The Organization??
by minimus indid you just decide one morning that that was it??
did you agonize over making the decision?
was it a very gradual process?
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Depression & Jehovah's Witnesses
by minimus inis it me or does it seem that nearly all jws go through depression in varying ways??
i'm not talking about what the average person could deal with because of a loss of a loved one or a job termination, etc.
i'm referring to being depressed because you're a jehovah's witness.