esw1966
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Our first weekend as official ex-JWs
by exwitless intomorrow, my husband and i will be attending joy castro's book signing.
sunday, our 8 year old son gets to attend a birthday party for the first time (his cousin's).
i'm so glad we got out before our son got much older.
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I guess I finally have seen the light thanks to yall
by hambeak inwhen i found this forum i was skeptical, even a few of my topics may have been a bit biting, but i have learned a lot.
after 33 years in the org.
and swallowing everything hook line and sinker for absolute gospel and feeling dirty over nothing wrong.
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A Question about the Shunning Policy
by The wanderer inin either the early or middle 1990's, there was a watchtower article.
that spoke about not having association with any family members .
who were either disfellowshiped or disassociated living outside of.
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Illnesses in The Congregations
by Country Girl indid any of you ever notice that what seemed a larger percentage of people in the congregation seem to have serious illnesses than the same slice of people in the world with the same demographics?
it seems that our congregation had a large percentage of people with mental illnesses, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, etc.
these diseases (although some md's classify them as psychosomatic) have been known to be aggravated or even induced by stress.
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'Crocodile Hunter' Irwin killed
by Simon in.
very sad .
such an enthusiastic / passionate guy.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5311298.stm.
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Things you want to try now that you're not a dub...
by ringo5 ini tried this because i'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, but i am also a bit afraid if heights(or edges to be more precise)so i wanted to know if i could do it.
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i did it albeit with more swearing than others there, another perk of ex-dubdom....
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Great Scripture regarding the Society in the Message Bible!
by esw1966 ini was reading the message bible and i loved what it had to say!
as i read it i thought, "wow, that hits it right on the nail!".
galations 4: midway through (my copy doesn't show the verses) - 'those heretical teachers go to great lengths to flatter you, but their motives are rotten.
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What kind of personality does the organization attract?
by The wanderer inpersonality types
what kind of personality does the organization attract?
nice, gullible, under educated, naive?
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My first time ever going to a church service...
by troubled mind ini took a walk this morning and ended up going to the service at the church down the street .
i have always been curious as to what it would be like .
funny i was really scared someone from the hall would see me go in .
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Aposta-Mag!
by Kristofer inso i've pondered the idea of making a one-time publication like the awake!
magazine which educates the reader on jw doctrine, the brief history, false prophecy, biblical defense and an exposure of changing doctrines, cover-ups and lies.
it would include a list of website links to keep the mag brief and they could go to sites for more indepth research.