Maryjane
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Were YOU An Arrogant JW?
by minimus inyou know the type: a goody 2 shoes.
one that wouldn't associate with other witnesses because they weren't mature enough?
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In NYC on business April 2 - 5....
by rwagoner in.
staying in midtown manhattan.... know any good pubs/coffee houses/cigar bars/aposto hang-outs ?.
randyw
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What food do you enjoy?
by greendawn intell us what you enjoy eating and what are some of the specialities or interesting recipes in your country or region.
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Where were you when the realization hit, that the WTS was not in the truth?
by whyizit ini was listening to a testimonial by valerie acuff and she said that she was sitting in an assembly, looking around at the crowd and thinking to herself, "this is your family, these are your people.".
she said at that moment she heard a voice inside say, "these are not your people, this is not your family, get up and leave now, and don't ever go back.
" so she took her two children at that very moment and left, and she never went back.
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Told one of my Return Visits that I wont be coming around anymore
by XBEHERE inwe were out with a group on saturday and circumstances came up that i had a chance, for a change, to do one of my rv's alone.
i knocked on the door and she came out asking if i was dropping off the new magazines.
since i had them i said yes and then proceeded to tell her that i can't drop them off anymore.
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Did your reading skills suffer from your JW experience?
by Maryjane ini was a staunch jw and rarely read anything other than the wt/awake and newspapers (reading level - 6th grade maybe?
) prior to becoming a jw i could easily read a book a week...now it takes me forever just to get through one novel.
has anyone else lost their reading attention span?
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Abusers and Abusees love the org...
by tall penguin inin my experience, those who become jw's as adults (not born in) could be described as abusers or abusees.
more often than not, they have unresolved issues of abuse from their past and gravitate to the structure of the org to re-experience the controlling, abusive environment of their past as the victim or the perpetrator.
from what i've seen, the more these past abuse issues are dealt with, the less of a hold the org has on a person.
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THIS COULD GET INTERESTING
by onesong ini got up the courage to send this paper i've been working on to every witness i have an e-mail address for (including my family and a former co).. listen to this!!!
within 20 minutes i already got a reply from a jw sister who expressed how "dumb she now feels" after reading it.. obviously not that i want her to feel dumb but her eyes are opening!
for the first time i think i see some progress.. based on the book "combatting cult mind control" by steve hassan .
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"Deliverance at Hand" District Convention Invitation
by Elsewhere intruthsetsonefree has provided spiritual food at the proper time by emailing me these scans.... this is the little hand-bill invitation for the next district convention that we've been hearing about.
considering the fact that most jws never actually read such things before handing them out, i suspect that many people will be given these things but never actually told when and where the convention will be held!
on the back it says: "the local congregation of jehovahs witnesses invites you to attend the convention that will be held at the time and location shown here.
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Did the Universe create God?
by nicolaou inhowever you believe we got here the fact is - here we are!
intelligent life exists in the universe in the form of humankind.
we are often cruel, sometimes brutal, commonly mediocre but occasionally brilliant and capable of incredible love and kindness.