cyberdyne systems 101
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Life after the dubs
by cyberdyne systems 101 inover the weekend my journey to recover and find a life outside the wts continued rather well.
although my saturday started with me feeling a bit lonely and down, i saw the guy over the road from me was outside, whom i have recently befriended.
i walked over and saw him working on his car, as a mechanic myself i talked with him about what he was doing and he explained he'd had an accident which had damaged the suspension and was trying to sort it, in the end myself and another guy he and i know worked on it till dark.
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A year goes by
by cyberdyne systems 101 inwow i've just realised that its been just over a year that i've been here, how time flies.
well i've had many ups and downs in life over that time, found new friends, learned a few important lessons and so on.
i feel much further away from the jw mindset than i was a year ago.
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Watchtower logo on side of kingdom hall
by cyberdyne systems 101 inmy old kingdom hall has the watchtower logo built into the brick work on the side that faces the road - to me for a hall that is supposed to be dedicated to god, its a bit wrong to have a corporation logo on the side of it.
maybe its there to show they and not the congregation own it???
cs 101.
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Got my KN # 37 on Sunday
by cyberdyne systems 101 ini was doing some work on my car, when this dub turns up to give me the tract.
he makes his presentation in a way that doesnt promote discussion.
unfortunately i feel slightly frustrated that i didnt ask him a few questions, ok he wouldnt have listened or would have claimed to go away and research it, but still i felt i missed a golden opportunity to give a 'witness' back.
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My sister is getting married on Saturday (dub wedding)
by cyberdyne systems 101 inthe wedding has arrived, i've been maintaining a stance of not attending, but this last week had a slight change of heart and thought i might attend afterall.
i thought it would be a good chance to hold my head up and show i've got a life.
after some further thought and talking to my sister, i've decided to not attend.
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Saw some JW's 'witnessing' in my area - had some questions ready
by cyberdyne systems 101 ini saw some witnoids i know from my former congregation, recruiting across the road from me yesterday.
i was hoping they would call on me as i'd like to ask a few questions.
firstly i wanted to ask them why historians say the destruction of jerusalem was in 587/586, where as only the dubs say its 607?
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I finally did the right thing
by cyberdyne systems 101 ini had been friendly to a woman i met recently and wanted to take things further, but found out she was with someone when i asked if she wanted my number.
i bumped into her again two weeks later and she then asked for my number, so i asked her again was she with someone, she said yes but she could still text me.
my gut reaction through mistakes i have made in the past was to not get involved.
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Creation Magazine
by cyberdyne systems 101 inhi, i hope this hasnt been said before - i searched back a bit but didnt see anything - but anyway i was round at my ex's getting my children when i came across the creation awake, and read a bit in a box about are jw's creationists.
it stated that creationists believe that the earth and everything on it was created in literal days and yet this is not in the bible.
i then began to read how the wts claims there was some thick cloud (but no proof provided) that obscured the sun which acording to them was already in existance.
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All races came from Adam???
by cyberdyne systems 101 inwas it possible that we were taught that all races came from the same family?!
when i look back at that idea it seems very awkward and flawed.
i believe there was some mention of one of the early bible charactors as having darker skin - as though adam was a white man to begin with!
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Relationships and 'theocratic' career
by cyberdyne systems 101 indid you notice or experience the fact that to have an approved romantic relationship you had to be baptised, and for men often you would be expected to be a min servant or elder, or at the very least reaching out in the congregation.
i'm sure others had other rules such as being a pioneer or something.
its another area where you are pressured into conforming to a certain ideal - not a scriptural one but an organisational one.