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  why cant you just leave???

  by kid-A in

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  2. friends

  what always strikes here on jwd is the number of posters who completely and entirely doubt the jw theology, reject the majority of the teachings and "rules", express their boredom and frustration at having to attend meetings and conventions and yet, still, continue to keep up the facade of attending the meetings, going out in service, essentially choosing to 'live a lie'...... now, i understand fully the complications around leaving such an organization especially concerning family, but, for gods sake people, it would take the most extreme, extraordinary circumstances to keep somebody inside a duplicitous, controlling cult when at any time, you do have the freedom to just walk away.......we are all free moral agents capable of escaping the wts so i humbly ask, .

  1) how and why do you keep up the facade?

  do your circumstances really justify lying to yourself and family?.

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  Why stay married to a JW?

  by kid-A in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  having read a recent thread on "mixed" marriages between active jws and non-jw (either faders or df'd) two things stood out for me.

  first, there was a profound underlying sadness on the part of the non-jw poster (as there may also be on the active jw mates part) on the reduced intimacy of the relationship, both mentally and physically.

  not being in this situation, but understanding what makes a marriage successful, i cant help but ask a rather harsh question....can anybody in this situation realistically envision how such a marriage can last in the long term?.

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  jehovahs roofing service....help ouselves...ignore everyone else!!

  by kid-A in

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  interesting story on msnbc about "jehovahs roofing service"....notice the emphasis on only helping "fellow" brothers!.

  http://risingfromruin.msnbc.com/2005/10/jehovahs_roofin.html.

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  KLEENEX RETENTION AND RESULTS

  by kid-A in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i have never heard of this before, but i think it is worth knowing.

  i have come across a rather strange story.

  yes it is legitimate and some details are left out to protect this persons identity.

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  Do JW meal-time prayers make you squirm???

  by kid-A in

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  2. friends

  i see my jw family all the time, of course, since i am not a jw, not religious at all, i am always a little uncomfortable when my dad begins the "thank jehovah" for the food routine before we start eating.

  of course, i just go along with it to make them happy and not rock the boat.. my question is, for all ex-dubs, whether you are atheist or still believe in god, does it make you uncomfortable when they "thank jehovah" for the meal (when you know what they really mean is we thank the watchtower corporation for the food before us!!

  do you just bow your head and say amen, even though the prayer is directed to the wts???

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  Fluff alert: Join the Brown Boy Apostles!!!

  by kid-A in

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  in case you have not noticed, we do have a resident prophet here on jwd.

  he goes by many names, elijah, brown boy, and estephan leuese!!

  here is a direct quote:my earthly name is estephan leuese.

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  genetics and neuroanatomy of religious belief

  by kid-A in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the first article links the expression of the dopamine d4 neurotransmitter receptor with ones likelihood of accepting religious beliefs.

  the d4 receptor is higly expressed in human prefrontal cortex, a region that is damaged in hyper-religious individuals......the pieces are all falling together to support the notion that there is a biological basis for "religious" or "magical" thinking.

  as a militant atheist, i guess i have low levels of d4 !!!

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  How long did you LURK before joining in the fun???

  by kid-A in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am curious, how many of you were lurkers on jwd before joining in the party?

  im not sure if there is anyway to know how many people at any given time are just reading the posts and not posting, versus active members.

  i am going to do a pseudo-scientific analysis based on responses to the following questions:.

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  astrology and compatibility with your mate....a grain of truth???

  by kid-A in

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  2. entertainment

  let me start off by saying i dont believe in astrology and most certainly not horoscopes.

  having said that, i have often considered the real possibility that the time and season of the year we are born in can dramatically influence our pre-natal development and the resulting personality, i dont think this has anything to do with "stars" or cosmology, but we do know that babies born in certain seasons or months are more prone to certain illnesses, temperaments etc.. i'm an aries and had a really lousy relationship with a "cancer" for many years.

  she always pointed out that all of the compatibility charts state that aries and cancers are fundamentally incompatible and it turned out....she was right!!

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  Describe the WILDEST JW party you ever attended!! no seriously......

  by kid-A in

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  2. friends

  i realize this is totally context and culturally dependent, but the old toronto jw youth scene was quite wild during the years 1984-1994. .

  one example, a group of about 40 jw kids would go up to a ski resort (usually mount st.louis/moonstone or blue mountain) over the x-mas week-end.

  one year we rented out a block of rooms in a resort close to the ski lodge.

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