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  Sixteen years later and wow is life different

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  i have no idea if this is the right place to post this.

  if you're just leaving the witnesses or questioning and toying with the idea of leaving..... life goes by fast.

  and either you rip the band aid off and deal with it or let it fester and eat you alive.

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  Brighton, Mi apostates? Lenawee county?

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  justin curious if there's any here..

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  I really really hate this religion

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  getting back here, getting on to some fb groups and reading stories, meeting new people it's mind blowing the callous crap that these men are allowed to get away with.

  i mean i get that religion in general can be considered bad all around, but i have friends who are religious and no, none of them have seen this type of callous disregard for humanity come from religion.

  not on this level.

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  Are we sure that there aren't more 'compound'-ish structures?

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  wasn't sure where to put this but .... .

  so mr bsom and i got to talking and we got to wondering if there aren't other compound like buildings being structured, or if assembly halls have been built with greater living quarters?

  the entirety of this situation is really beginning to shape up like the davidians or jim jones.

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  2014..... 100 years and...?

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  is there any word on how the gb and congregations are dealing with the ebola virus and isis crisis?

  i suppose i can just hear it now:.

  it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo close.

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  House to House Board Game

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  http://www.ministryideaz.com/house-to-house-board-game-p/h2h.htm.

  i thought you guys would like it.

  required accessories (not included): new world translation of the holy scriptures, reasoning from the scriptures.

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  When did the JW adopt the "GB" practice?

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  im discussing things online with people and i keep forgetting that they havent' always had the gb and that there was a time that it was just a president or whatever.

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  when did that change?

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  To Brine or Not To Brine

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  that is the question.. the turkey that is.

  i've brined for 2 years now, but am not sure if i want to do that this year.

  anyone else brine their birds?.

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  Volunteering

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  when we were jw's we 'volunteered' our time to help others learn the 'truth'.. in what ways do you volunteer your time now that you are out and are free to help others as you see fit?.

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  No windows

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  a couple years back i read posts re the lack of windows in the kh.

  i think at the time i was still so close to the situation that i thought it was a bit extreme and surely it couldn't be anything like it was being made out to be: conspiracy on the part of the organization.. flash forward to recent days.

  i have been attending our local unitarian universalists church (or universalist unitarian?

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