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  hi...

  by HalfWayThere in

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  i was looking at jw sites on the net and i found this site, its pretty cool i must admit and you all seem to be so positive about life after "the truth".

  but its also comforting to hear how scared some of you were when you first left.. at the moment i'm contemplating leaving the organization.

  i haven't been attending the meetings much lately, nor done any witnessing, and to be honest i don't miss it.

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  Thanks Halfway for your explanation! I recall in 1953 when we drove across the US to the convention in Yankee Stadium we put a Watchtower in each back side window of the car. We would stop and inquire each evening of who was a JW in town and show up on their door step and ask to camp in their yard. Almost always we would be greeted well and would have a great time visiting. We were indoctrinated to believe that this was unique and that no other group of people enjoyed such fellowship. I can only tell you that it is a bucket load of crap. I've sence had equal or better treatment from a variety of different groups of people. The fact that you share something in common is usually enough for people to trust you and give you the benefit of the doubt.

  I can go any place in the world and have members of my faith welcome me like I was a long lost family member. Unity in diversity is far from a unique feature of the JWs. What is unique is their claim to exclusivity and how conditional that fellowship is. In fact, I think the real uniqueness is their hypocracy!

  Come to my country and I'll show you genuine hospitality regardless of your belief system.

  cheers,

  carmel
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  Time again!

  by Bruce144 in

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  time again for me to face the ridicule and you to face the facts that the 144,000 are replacing the fallen angels.

  just 21 reasons, not much reading but a lot of facts.. .

  1. the fallen angels left their abodes and cohabited with the daughters of men.

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  is that the Labreah(SP?) TARTAR pit?>??

  carmel who thinks bruz loves the attention
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  Hi-I'm new here

  by had_enough in

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  im new to this (or any) board and id like to introduce myself.

  ive been visiting this and h2o for about a month now, and it has been so therapeutic for me.

  ive been inactive for about 2 years except for memorial and assemblies and those have only been for my siblings sake to help care for an aging parent.. i decided to join in and introduce myself because yesterday i read ozzies great post on restrictions on march 23 pm and got so worked up by past memories of my experience with dfing and going through the humiliation of qualifying for reinstatement.

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  Hadenough,

  Two thumbs up for ya! (((((((nuf))))))

  Great expression of what many of us have experianced!

  carmel
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  How much of our brain do we use ?

  by Simon in

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  i'm sure most of us will have heard talks where they quote that "we only use 5-10% of our brains" and this is somehow proof that we were really meant to live for ever, having unused brain capacity etc... or is because we are imperfect.. now, instead of it being an observation about humankind, what if it is actually just an admission about jws in general or the gb in particular?.

  now i can believe that they only use 5-10%!

  (although some may put that figure lower...

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  that must mean that if I fart a lot I can't be an "air head"....
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  I need Help.............

  by rollercoaster in

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  okay hi.

  i'm new here and i kinda like it but i do have some question have any of you grown up in the truth and then some were along the line stop going to meeting well i did i found out about some stuff the organization was doing and it really disapointed me and also the congregations i have been in haven't been very confornting so if any of you have some you want to talk about or you have been through the same i would really like to hear from you .

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  Hey DBobGirl,

  Dam, that's a long handle to spell!!! It seems that things haven't changed much! I'm an old timer here but left and was df'd before I was 15, but all the comments fit me to a Tee! Boring meetings, control freaks, crappy assignments to give talks, oh and if you want to not get remanded, brown nose the cong, serv. only I hated his kid so things got sticky real soon!

  Hope you stay around. Sounds like you have a lot going for you between the ears.

  carmel
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  Meeting in Sydney

  by buscar in

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  some of us who have left the watchtower enslavement are having a get-together in sydney soon to talk about the old times and encourage each other.. if you have left the watchtower or are thinking about leaving.

  if you just need someone to talk to who isn't going to run to the elders and dob you in because you have some disallowed questions, why not come along and enjoy a day out with mother nature and some friends.. byo everything.. e-mail me [email protected] for details, do it soon.. oldertom

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  Hey Tom,

  I'm planning a trip to Sydney in August. Commin down to see Uncle Bruce and maybe some of the other super-apostates! Looking at Aug 2-7 providing the agent can match that up with my flight to Seattle. How bout a winter barby?? I can bring the matches!

  carmel
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  hi...

  by HalfWayThere in

  1. jw
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  i was looking at jw sites on the net and i found this site, its pretty cool i must admit and you all seem to be so positive about life after "the truth".

  but its also comforting to hear how scared some of you were when you first left.. at the moment i'm contemplating leaving the organization.

  i haven't been attending the meetings much lately, nor done any witnessing, and to be honest i don't miss it.

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  Hi HWT,

  Just to assure you that it's okay to consider a different life, I walked over 40 years ago and I was scared shitless for a year or so! At 15 I was not what you would say ready to take on the big bad world. Lo and behold, I found out the big old world weren't at all what the Borg had brainwashed me into thinking. Went back after I was married to show my wife what it was like. That cured her and we have never thought of JWland as an option ever again.

  BTW, what is it on an international level that makes you think the WBTS is so perfect? I'd really like to know and I admit it is a loaded question cause I don't see it!

  best to ya and looking forward to yer answer.

  carmel
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  Jesus Christ1

  by laazlo in

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  unclebruce are you out there?

  i would like to ask you some questions...

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  I'm Unc's alter ego! Can I help?

  carmel
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  How to post your picture?

  by OlderTom in

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  how do you put the little picture in there.

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  zev,

  what if you ain't gotta web site?

  carmel
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  I am materialistic

  by expatbrit in

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  last week i had a phone conversation with my family back in england.

  my parents had figured out that something wasn't usual about my attitude to the "truth", so they started grilling me: have i been to meetings?

  going in field service?

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  Ain't it funny that people that so want to live forever as material humans on a material earth have the gol to point the finger at someone who rejects their "materialism"? What a hoot! Of course though it's understandable that if you reject that which identifies them and their reality, then they psychologically resort to a defensive mechanism of percieved projection (name calling). Not suprising, we all have our ways of protecting our psychie!

  carmel