Topics Started by Gill
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People turn back to the religion they know best, when in distress.
by free2beme inas a teenager, i was not real into the religion.
i went to meetings, lived by my mothers rules, and had a lot of witness friends.
on the flip side, i had dated nonwitness people in high school, was sexually active, drank and partied on the weekends and hide it well from my mom.
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Non Sexual Child abuse.
by vomit insexual child abuse is the flavor of the day.
but to me the whole jw religion is child abuse.
sometimes through the parents directaly, i.e.
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Repulsed by the thought
by serendipity inyesterday, i was cleaning out the dark recesses of my purse and found the blood card.
i was going to throw it away but stopped.
after doing some research on blood in the bible, i no longer believe in the jw blood doctrine.
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Great crowd in the first century ?
by ninja inare there any watchtower references to there being any members of the great crowd in the first century?...or were they all of the "144000" until 1935?
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Racial/Religious hatred laws
by KAYTEE inwith the interest in racial / religious hatred laws.
(im talking about the laws that exist or soon will do in the u.k) i wonder if some of the magazines that we have seen over many years could be viewed as breaking this law.. to name just a few of the points.
encouraging their members to shun ones, who may for various reasons, have stopped going to their place of worship.by inciting their members to view these ones as "apostates", and thereby doomed to die at armageddon.
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"Everyone Has Aids"
by ColdRedRain inwhen i first exited the troof, that was the first thing i was told by every jw was that worldly girls all carry aids and i should watch out for them.
it's caused a lot of exiting youth to literally piss their pants after having sex, even with condoms.
anyways, have you heard of the same mind tricks being played too?
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Shunned by an old friend
by fullofdoubtnow inin all the years i was a jw, although i had many acquaintances, i only had 3 really close friends.
two of them are no longer jws.
one is trev, who is obviously a lot more than a friend to me now, and my friend marion left the wts a few months ago, with a lot of encouragement from me.. my other friend is still very much a jw, and when i was announced as no longer a jw last year, she phoned me to tell me how very upset and disappointed she was.
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I watched "KNOCKING" DVD
by garybuss init was l o n g. loads to think about.. .
lots of extras.
i think i watched them all.
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CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE HERE?
by Mary inlast night i was at a friends house (ex-witnesses).
they faded several years ago, much to her parents and her children's annoyance.
her parents live out west but were coming to toronto for a visit.
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Dawkins on Jehovah's Witnesses' "Creation" book
by slimboyfat inhas anyone read dawkins new book the god delusion yet?
he discusses the creation book on pages 119-121. he says that he discusses this particular tract only because it has had such a wide circulation - no fewer than 6 of which have been sent to him personally.
well i think he has at least 7 copies by now because i personally know one witness who sent him one following his recent the roof of all evil?