Topics Started by hopelesslystained

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Does Obsession With Sexual Sin Ruin Governance?
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/jpmorgan-chase-bank-closes-accounts-of-porn-actors-140426?news=853008.

so a bank that freely violates the law, commits massive fraud, launders drug money and lies to investors is too moral to take money from porn stars.

one of the things i realized as an ex-jw is that masses of people are deceived and distracted by sexual mischief/sins while ignoring vastly more harmful wrongdoing in general society.
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Flash Backs
by hopelesslystained in
1. jw
2. experiences
how do you deal with them?

from experiencing falsely based family accusations.

commitee meetings (old term).
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"don't let people stumble you"
by stillin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
that's my wife's canned "encouragement" for me lately.

odd, i haven't named any people that have caused me any distress lately.

if anything, it's the organization itself, specifically the business end of it, that bothers me.. the legal posturing as concerns individual congregations actions in matters that could escalate into courtroom matters,.
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who believes in reincarnation ? my 7 year old told me " mummy did you know that we have all been here before but we just forget "!
by looloo in
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2. friends
i asked her who told her that as i knew the school would not have covered that subject , she replied " nobody told me , i just know it "!

i have heard that children have a better memory of that kind of thing but i was still amazed !.
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"after all the JWs pioneered bloodless surgery
by hopelesslystained in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this is what my elderete (sp?

) aunt, wife to presiding elder uncle, stated to all the family and medical staff present as my dad was being wheeled in for hip surgery.

i have been out for 30+ years.
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Landlord steals security deposit
by besty in
1. jw
2. friends
has anybody got any success stories about recovering this sort of debt?.

does anyone know of any companies that would buy the debt?.

i have already contacted an attorney so am familiar with the legal/court route - i'm interested in alternatives..
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Am i correct?
by angel eyes in
1. jw
2. friends
this is just an obsevation from me...ok i dont mean to annoy anyone but is it true or just me?.

i feel that ones raised in the truth are so much better of than us who came in from the world.

i say that because they have family who are witnesses too.
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Are you searching?
by wantstoleave in
1. jw
2. experiences
when i expressed my doubts about my beliefs to my parents the other day, my mom said that 'no matter what people do, they are always searching for something.

if it's not this religion, which one will you go to?'.

she gave the example that practically since time began, people have been clinging to hope in some form or another, namely religion.
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Comments from an elder judt returning from Elders' School
by Room 215 in
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2. friends
a good friend and long-time elder just back from patterson, asked me what i thought is he most prevalent problem elders are facing today....told him i had no idea.... he said "pornography" by far the most vexing problem for them... hard to believe, no?.
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Did you Leave the Room for Birthday Parties as a kid?
by saywhat29 in
1. jw
2. friends
in elementary school, the teachers would allow parents to bring in brownies/cake/cupcakes/ice cream to celebrate a studen'ts birthday.. and you were supposed to leave.

or tell the teacher that you would not be partaking of pagan desserts.. but.

did you actually leave?.