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  I felt more love tonight than at memorial service...

  by jaffacake in

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  i was brought up a catholic, then learned as a baptised adventist in my teens that the pope was the anti-christ, and that only we were the one true remnant church etc.

  the adventists did have true christian love, even if they were somewhat misguided.

  when i drifted away from religion, i still refused to marry in my wife's catholic church.

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  Life was a game of make pretend!!!

  by Tez in

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  when did i discover this?

  i was brought up by an alcoholic mother and step father, life was miserable, told never to tell what was going on to other family members.

  my elder siblings left home as soon as they could to marry.

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  There were some good things about the organisation...

  by Do I Stand Alone? in

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  i have read a number of experiences in this discussion forum and quite frankly, i would have to agree that many, if not all, were pretty terrible experiences if not all together traumatic.

  i know that my personal 9-11 tragedy resulted in finding out that the watchtower society was involved with the united nations.

  that pretty much said it all as far as my "career" in the organisation was concerned.

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  I need some help. How do you deal with your JW family

  by Apostanator in

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  my whole family is in the troof.

  i am at a point were i want to present them a book on cults.

  i have nothing to lose as they have dis-owned me for years and have only recently came back into my life as a result of my moms illness ( alzeimers ) these people are driving me nuts!!!

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  We are NOT appostate

  by jimakazi in

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  not to rain on the collective parade but what makes people here think they are appostate?

  most of us have come to a rational conclusion that the jw / wtb is directed by a bunch of old men not directed by the holy spirit, is fallable, and cynically changes doctrine.

  so to be against that is not to be appostate.

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  feelings of hopelessness for wife and I. Any video or book recommendations

  by PaNiCAtTaCk in

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  ive read coc and isocf and they destroyed my faith in the society and faith in man.

  ive officially gone inactive in the last 2 months.

  ive had several email conversations with ray franz that have also made me more convinced that i could never be an active jw again.

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  I haven't been posting much lately

  by Dustin in

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  i haven't been posting much lately.

  i needed to take some time away, and figure out how i really felt about my feelings on life and religion in general.

  this website really heped me gain a little closure on my exit from the jehovah's witnesses at a time when i really needed it.

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  Do you know these folks?

  by RichieRich in

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  here's some people i know- and i wonder if you know them.... the kamery family of southern new york.... (they have like 7 beautiful daughters).

  the tracy family of new york?.

  the eulers and millards of new york?.

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  Up to our elbows in Newbs on JWD

  by IP_SEC in

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  wow, what's going on here?

  i look at all the new folk here that seem to have joined in the past 2 months and are posters who are under 100 posts and i gotta wonder why.. has something happened in dubland recently to cause a lot of folk to reach out?

  if you are new here at jwd, how did you find us?

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  My Dad

  by Crumpet in

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  just a wee update on my current tentative drawing out of my family.

  i sent a letter, which not coincidentally was timed to arrive on fathers day weekend just gone.

  its the first letter i've sent in 8 years to my family and whilst i was careful to avoid any mention of religion i did talk about how happy i was generally and mentioned how nice it is that i see so much of my inlaws who despite living 800 miles away make regular visit to us at least 3 or 4 times a year.

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