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  List Reasons Why You Are Glad That You Are Out Of The JW Religion

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  here's a few from me.. no more having to go to stupid boring meetings.. no more having to go knock on doors in field service and waste my time!.

  no more mind numbing elders meetings..

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  troubled mind

  1) I no longer live in a state of anxiety worrying whether or not I am living up to someone else's standards for my life .

  2) Glad I no longer have a gloom and doom outlook on life .

  3) I am excited to be able to investigate all sorts of movies ,books, knowledge about others lifestyles ,beliefs ect .

  4) The best is being free....just plain free....no longer a slave to a religion and it's fanatical belief system

  5) Taking the time to really think about who I am and what I believe .

  6) Now having a truly open and honest relationship with my family instead of worrying what I say or do may stumble someone .

  7) Showing true unconditional love to my family .

  8) No longer feeling I am wasting my life driving around knocking on people's doors that are NOT at home !

  9) No more tedious meetings going over the same old material ,over ,and over ,and over again.

  10) Spending my weekends doing what I want .

  Off of the top of my head those are my top ten
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  I want to send a follow-up question to my sister who has recently cut me off

  by Faithful Witness in

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  2. experiences

  recently, i received this email from my jw sister: .

  while i appreciate the thought, please do not send us gifts.. our kids are not missing out on anything other than things we try to protect them from.. at this time, based on prior encounters and their affect on me emotionally, i think it would be best if we didn't communicate.. i hope you can understand my decision and the fact that it is not meant to offend anyone.. .

  i sent her a loving and forgiving message, and know she has no intention of answering me.

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  I like what you wrote and I wouldn't change a thing . You know her best ,and hopefully she will see she is not being authentic . Maybe it will open her eyes .
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  Laughter is a good medicine—here are some!

  by abiather in

  1. jw
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  there were 3 good arguments that jesus was black:.

  1. he called everyone brother.

  2. he liked gospel.

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  VERY GOOD !
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  Three Comments & An Ass-Chewing

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so, normally if i go to a meeting i sit and don't say a word through the entire ordeal.

  however today i just could not keep my big mouth shut.. it was funny that i even got called on....three times none-the-less.

  of course 99% of the sheeple just sat with blank looks on their mugs this morning.

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  I would have loved to have seen that conversation .
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  Did your congregation have a "Pioneer Appreciation Day"?

  by Coffee House Girl in

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  2. friends

  my mom (who is now a regular pioneer) has been laid up after having major surgery, and i assert my "biblical" rights as a daughter to do what i can to take care of her, so i have been trying to go to her house on my day off to vaccum and run errands for her since she is not supposed to drive.. she called me last saturday to tell me that i couldn't come by because she was driving to her pioneer appreciation day get-together, wtf .

  i'm just curious if this only happens in my area (michigan, us)????.

  chg. .

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  Yes they did that around here every year . A special dinner for the pioneers usually at an Elders home .
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  How Many Remember the Mass Skating Rink Parties of the Late 70's ?

  by Perry in

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  they were a hoot weren't they?.

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  Every Wednesday night was carload night ! Skating is how my husband and I met and dated ....couples only skate !!! Oh Yay ! 1978 baby
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  I need help in dealing with a toxic family member!!!!

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a close family member who is a pro in using shame to try to make me feel bad.

  they are coming to stay at my place soon and the issue of me and mrs hoser not attending/ doing field service will come up no doubt.. i need some advice on how to deal with this because whenever i deal with these relatives they make me feel worthless.

  it is probably part because they are jw's and jw's motivate by fear and guilt.. .

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  Ding and Hortensia have golden advice . It just takes showing them you are no longer affected by the emotional manipulation anymore .Now that they are visiting your home it is "your roof your rules " ,and it is okay to set boundaries with them .
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  How Cold is it Where You Are?

  by PYRAMIDSCHEME in

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  2. friends

  with the polar vortex swirling further and further south and breaking records how cold is it where you are?.

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  here in gettysburg pa last night night we hit a low of -4 degrees but we were blessed with some wind that dropped the wind chill down to -22..

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  Yesterday was BAD ...-18 F with winds of 20 -30 mph ,at times the windchill was -50 . Today the winds have calmed down a bit temps are still below zero though . The road my husband had to take to work was drifted over @5am ,white out in spots ,but somehow he plowed his way through and made it to work .

  My work has been cancelled for two days so I have not left the house .

  My little dog went out to do his business yesterday evening and within two minutes he could not walk back to the house ! I had to go out ,and carry him .He acted like he was in slow motion trying to move his legs . Once inside he warmed back up and was fine .
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  New Year Resolution: A new recipe every week

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we decided we don't cook enough and are pretty bored of what we usually eat (whether home-made or eating out).. so .... our new years resolution for 2014 is to try a new recipe every week.. so far we've done some jamie olivers roasted vegetables and right now we're making cornish-like pasties.

  apparently, people are very militant about exactly what a cornish pastie is so our's are cornish-like because dammit, we wanted peas and carrots and whatever seasoning we wanted to stick in there too!.

  smells delicious and can't wait to eat them.. i also invented a new dish using a leftover half-tin of garden peas and a slice of bread.

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  troubled mind

  We visited the Upper Peninsula of Michigan a few yrs ago ,and became acquainted with Welsh Pasties . As soon as we got back home we had to make them ourselves ,turned out pretty well .( i like to add in things of my own too )
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  Elders and spying eyes

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it normal for the elders in your congregation to spy on you through your wife?

  texting her to see whats up with you and what your doing or saying etc.

  using her as the in house spy???

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  troubled mind

  BTW ....it use to be said texting someone of the opposite sex that is not your own wife is paramount to dating ! Do you remember that from counsel to teenagers ? They absolutely should not be texting your wife !!