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What world events would cause you to run back to the JW,s
by jam ina year or two after leaving the borg.
i was on shaky ground.. any major catastrophe in the world that took place, i thought.
today i can not think of one single event.
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I feel like I found me again
by gubberningbody ini'm sure others have had the same experience, but it's a bit odd to me now as i see how all the business of jw-land and the constant social proddings can keep a person from leaving for quite some time.. if it hadn't been for the inquisition i might not have left.. .
i'm glad they felt my wife and i were important enough to hound, because that helped immensely.. now for the past two years now i've finally gotten back to being the book-consuming, thinking-machine i was in the past.. .
i feel like i woke up, came home and found myself sitting in a chair reading some odd sort of esoterica and the me that was there said:.
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Classic, Drug Smugglers built a catapult, to toss drug packages across the border into the Arizona desert.
by miseryloveselders inhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41282726/ns/world_news-americas/.
naco, ariz. drug smugglers used a catapult to fire contraband over the border between mexico and arizona, authorities said wednesday.. national guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system on friday evening saw several people using the device beside a border fence near the town of naco, and border patrol agents contacted mexican authorities, nbc station kvoa of tucson reported, citing u.s. customs and border protection.. "i have not seen anything like that in my time before as a border patrol agent ... although we are trained to handle any kind of a threat that comes over that border," tucson sector border patrol spokesman david jimarez told reuters.. the mexican government declared war against drug smugglers in 2006, and the resulting conflict has left more than 30,000 people dead.. the crackdown has pushed smugglers into ever-more daring and ingenious attempts to move drugs into the united states.
one technique involves the use of specially designed trucks with ramps built in the back and front.
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A Concerned Elder Speaks
by Franklin Massey ina lot of talk has centered around information dispensed at the recent km schools.
many brothers feel there is a "tightening up" taking place.
i had a recent experience that you may find interesting.. after the meeting i was working with our cobe on some congregation tasks when out of nowhere he said, "have you looked up any extra information about higher education since the km school?
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A Beloved and Compassionate Elder Trapped in a Cult Just Died , What should I do?
by TastingFreedom ini just heard the sad news that a very loving and kind elder for the congregation that i belonged to for 15 years just died from a heart attack.
he was someone that i had great admiration and deep respect for, even now that i'm out from the jws.
he was my mentor and an inspiration to me as an elder, and in many ways he showed me the contradictions of the wts, he was a breath of fresh air within a cult.
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Do You Hate The Jehovah's Witness Religion?
by minimus ini see some here who seem to despise the religion.
others seem to feel that witnesses are wacky but they don't hate them.. do you hate this religion?.
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DO WE NEED TO BELONG TO A RELIGION TO BE A "SPIRITUAL PERSON"?
by foodalls ini have been noticing people posting on this site have a "deep" spiritual desire, but don't quite know how to find it, or where it is at.. this beg the question...do we need to be involved with a "religion" to find "spirituality"...especially an "organized religion"???.
anyone that has there eyes open can see that all religion is loosing their influence over people around the world...i spent 47 years thinking i was in the "truth" being one of jw's!
and now that i am out...and looking back from the "outside"...all i see is that its just another religion...filled with all the "control-grid" stuff found in any other group.. worse yet...they are worse than other religions...so it begs an answer..is there such thing as a "true religion"???.
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Rejected by Immediate Family
by LoriJis inas most of you know, my husband and i da's ourselves almost 8 months ago.
the communication with my family stayed pretty normal.
they would call once in a while and text me.
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What Was Your Attitude When A Householder Slammed The Door In Your Face?
by minimus indid you get angry?
feel pity?
not care?.