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  WHAT MADE YOU LEAVE? Doctrine or people?

  by chuckyy in

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  hi.. just wondering what made you take the final leap out of the org?

  was it doctrinal in that certain things just didnt add up or was it because of the actions of people in the org.

  that made you leave?

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  Film "Worlds Apart," screened in NYC - GO SEE IT

  by NYCkid in

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  2. friends

  hello, just want to highly recommend the danish film, "worlds apart" now being screend at the tribeca film festival in new york.

  the acting is superb and the filmakers represent the witnesses accurately (to the "t") withoug making them appear fanatic.

  after all, these are people sincere in their beliefs no matter how absurd.

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  Do You Miss Your Sense of Belonging?

  by The wanderer in

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  2. friends

  <!-- .style1 { font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; color: #000000; } .style2 { font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; color: #000000; } .style5 { font-size: 12px; color: #003366; } .style6 {font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #003366; } .style7 { color: #000000; font-weight: bold; } --> do you miss your sense of belonging?what i miss is the sense of belonging and camaraderie that came with .

  being one of jehovahs witnesses.

  does this mean that i would return?

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  Challenging the Discussion Board with Unsettling Questions

  by The wanderer in

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  2. friends

  <!-- .style1 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #990066; } .style2 { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; } .style3 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; } .style6 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; } body { background-color: #ffffea; } --> does the watchtower live with you everyday?

  this post contains reasonable questions due to the fact.

  that individuals who no longer claim to be one of jehovah's.

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  Do you own a Juicer?

  by OUTLAW in

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  2. friends

  reading the vigil thread for our friends made me think of this.....juicers are a good way to get antioxidents(cancer fighters) into your body..i own a breville 2speed,850w 13,000rpm motor..this sucker could juice chalk..lol!

  !..anyone else here own a juicer,and have you noticed the health benifits from it?...outlaw

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  How deep did you search to finally quit being a JW?

  by JH in

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  2. friends

  in my case, i never did much research or read alot of apostate literature to get out of the jw religion.

  all i looked at was their heart and how they treated me.

  that alone spoke for itself..

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  How do you say good-bye?

  by hambeak in

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  2. relationships

  my doctor called me today and told me i have a very aggressive case of colon cancer.

  i go back on monday for more tests and maybe surgery and chemo i don't know.

  my partner is a total mess over this and he is all i have.

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  Rejecting God or rejecting religion?

  by kojo in

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  i have read many posts on here and on other websites from people who were brought up or became immersed in a particular religion or belief system, who later ,often because of bad experiences with their religion, went to the opposite extreme of not believing in god at all.

  this often puzzles me because i wonder if people who reject a belief in god because of the hypocrisies they experienced in their former belief really are rejecting god or just a man-made organization which claims to be god's spokesman and has shown to be anything but.. i was raised in a presbyterian church which is about as traditional and conservative as you can get and my image of god was molded by that belief.

  i saw the services and people there as dead basically.

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  Demographics Poll - Age of JWD members - Anonymous Voting

  by Mysterious in

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  2. friends

  this started in another thread actually and i decided to put one up.

  hopefully you don't bury the thread before those that were interested get to see the trends.

  voting is totally anonymous and it is hosted totally anonymously.

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  Remember when KH's had a piano and real singing?

  by WingCommander in

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  2. friends

  the thread about got me thinking about my very early childhood, back when witnesses were allowed to be social and have get togethers.

  they also had a piano in every congregation i ever attended, and an older sister would always play the kingdom melody.

  there was actual singing - not mindless droning and humming.

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