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  Wow, the year is 2008, and still no Armageddon!

  by Nosferatu in

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  every time we enter a new year, i think about how i wasn't supposed to make it this long.

  i really believed we wouldn't live past the year 2000, and armageddon would change everything.

  it almost strikes me as living on borrowed time, but then i remember that armageddon is a story, not a reality.

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  ex-jw lesbians / gays which religions / spiritualities did you move on to?

  by Mizz.Eye in

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  i am in active but i still attend conventions.

  i love rode trips what can i say =].

  my life has been horrible.

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  Why won't South Park parody the Witnesses

  by joelbear69 in

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  is it because jehovah is protecting his people from this?

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  Are You Ever Afraid To Post Your Views On This Board?

  by minimus in

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  do you ever get nervous making a post, knowing that perhaps you''re going to get "picked on" in one way or another??

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  Feeling sorry for the old time witnesses...wishing it were the "truth".

  by integ in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it's really pretty sad.

  i think of my parents, my aunt, and a lot of the old timers that have been in this thing for so long, and i can't help but feel sorry for them.

  i mean, how devastating it would/will it be to find out they have been duped all along.

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  2nd AA meeting. Would value opinions

  by digderidoo in

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  i went to my 2nd aa meeting last night and came away with doubts as to whether this would work for me, so would value peoples opinion especially those who attend aa.. there were one or two there that were quite evangelical, which obviously works for them.

  also within the program there is alot of emphasis on god or a higher power.

  for many this higher power is the group itself, yet for some it is god.. i spoke to someone sitting by me about this who said that to make sobriety sometimes you have to fake it and go along with the god thing.. at the end of meetings there is a short prayer which i do not want to take part in.

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  Molesting, Incredibly Sad

  by joelbear69 in

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  so many here have been affected by sexual molestation i know.

  i continue to be shocked by how widespread this horrible problem is.

  i found out yesterday that one of my grandnieces was molested by .

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  How Do You Deal With Stress & Depression?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know many people who are stressed and depressed.

  they feel burnt out and anxious.

  how have you dealt with such issues?

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  I'm a Pioneer Married To a Wonderful Brother Reaching Out to be an MS...

  by cognac in

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  2. experiences

  and petrified... i just recently became a pioneer and always had nagging questions in the back of my mind.

  so, i decided that when i have get a study i would research all the questions as i go along so as to prove everything in the truth... i got 4 studies in about 2 months.

  all was fine, until i reached i think chapter 6 in the bible teach book about the resurrection.

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  Things that are really bad.

  by joelbear69 in

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  2. friends

  as jw's we were taught that almost everything was bad for some reason or another.

  xmas, birthdays, lucky charms, watching r rated movies, not going to meetings, .

  going to college, liking sports, etc.

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