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  Thought I'd introduce myself...

  by Vidiot in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm "vidiot", born-in but a three years-plus fader, a six-month-ish lurker (after i initially worked up the huevos to check this place out, i kept coming back for "booster shots"), and would probably be labelled an "apostate" by any jc who bothered to track me down and persuade me to run off at the mouth.

  i'm up on all the dramarama, i've read coc and and ad, and nobody here needs to fill me in on anything.

  i do have some "life story" stuff, but it's rather dull (compared to some).. * a quick shoutout to fellow canadians lady lee and outlaw (one of the funniest posters i've ever encountered).. anyways, the main reason i'm finally announcing myself is that lately there's a few questions/wonderings i've had, and i was hoping that the really deep thinkers here (metatron, wtwizard, mary, dogpatch et.

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  BabaYaga

  Hello and welcome! Great first post... I don't have any answers for you, I just wanted to say "hello!"

  Love,
  Baba.
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  New to Site

  by d in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am new here i have posted only a couple of times.i still an nervous though.

  i left the witness in 2008 and am still struggling with my belief syestem .although i am now reading richard dawkins the god delusion which by the way is a really good book i am already in chapter 2.so here i am new and unsure, if i should be on this site or not..

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  BabaYaga

  Hello and welcome, D! Keep reading... keep wondering. It would be a cruel and merciless god indeed, who punished a wondrous & curious mind.

  Love,
  Baba.
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  High Profile Case: Seeking Reinstatement

  by headisspinning in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  but our situation is very difficult and quite high profile.... i was raised as a jw and my mother was very strict and abusive.

  i got baptized at age 14.. my mother actually called on my (present) husband's mom in service.

  she was on the initial call resulting in his mom coming in the truth and him being raised in it from about age 8 or 9.. despite a very abusive step-father, he followed his mom's lead and came into the truth.

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  BabaYaga

  Great love and strength to you and your family, Head is Spinning! We will be thinking of you.

  I wish you nothing but the best on your journey (and we will leave the porch light on in case you change your mind.)

  Love,
  Baba.
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  Prayer & Good vibes needed for our Dear Rabbit JWD/N member

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he is undergoing very serious brain surgery today.

  pray for him and his beautiful mrs. rabbit.

  both them are seriously ill and it's not easy for them..

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  BabaYaga

  Rabbit is out of surgery and resting fine. So far... good news!
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  Prayer & Good vibes needed for our Dear Rabbit JWD/N member

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he is undergoing very serious brain surgery today.

  pray for him and his beautiful mrs. rabbit.

  both them are seriously ill and it's not easy for them..

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  BabaYaga

  Bump for our Precious Rabbit... his surgery was rescheduled to this morning.

  Love, strength, and healing to you and your Precious Mrs.!
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  Surely the most damning statement ever published by the WTS

  by S EIGHT in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  awake!, october 8, 1968 page 23, said:.

  .... there have been those in times past who predicted an "end to the world," even announcing a specific date.... yet, nothing happened.

  the "end" did not come.

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  BabaYaga

  Bookmarking this lovely tidbit.
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  Game: conversation with movie lines.

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  we'll see how long this can go: i'll start the thread/ conversation with a line from a movie.

  you answer me with a line from any movie.

  can be the same movie or a different movie.

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  BabaYaga

  Agreed! Love it, Time Bandit. I'll add to that one...

  "Dreyfus once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany, he realized they had only been sea gulls. For me, they will always be glorious birds."

  (Ruth Gordon as Maude, in "Harold and Maude".)
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  sorry

  by varian in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it s me again....and yes, i m still alive.. first of all: i am really sorry for causing some trouble lately.

  i had the intention of taking an overdose the other day.

  to be perfectly honest, i was drunk out of my mind when i wrote my last post, and someone i knew gave me all kind of pills to take.

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  I am so, so very happy to hear from you. I didn't post before because my heart was in my throat and I didn't know what to say.

  There are far, far too many on this site who were where you have been, and who now can tell you, "It gets better." Hang in there... and thank you so very much for checking in.

  Love,
  Baba.
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  High Profile Case: Seeking Reinstatement

  by headisspinning in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  but our situation is very difficult and quite high profile.... i was raised as a jw and my mother was very strict and abusive.

  i got baptized at age 14.. my mother actually called on my (present) husband's mom in service.

  she was on the initial call resulting in his mom coming in the truth and him being raised in it from about age 8 or 9.. despite a very abusive step-father, he followed his mom's lead and came into the truth.

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  BabaYaga

  Wonderful things that bear repeating:

  Little Bird said:

  the story of the prodigal son. I just have never read, where is father made him turn in a letter in the first place or his father saying he had to wait for years to be allowed back in the family. Just things to think about.

  Wanna Be Free said:

  Can you imagine Jesus saying to someone crushed in spirit ... "when you get help, be careful that nothing you say reflects poorly on God's organization" ?

  and more importantly, also said:

  Please know that the approval of men in the Organization isn't necessary for you to be right with Jehovah and Jesus. Nothing and nobody can take that relationship away from you or prevent you from having it.
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  You want THE TRUTH? You can't HANDLE THE TRUTH!!

  by Terry in

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  BabaYaga

  AllTimeJeff said:

  The ultimate hypocrisy is that Jehovah's Witnessees are taught that their main activity of preaching, which in actuality is a 100 year old + campaign designed to get people of other faiths to look at critical and unflattering aspects of their traditions with the explicit aim of getting them to leave and then convert to the JW point of view.....
  
  .... is exactly what JW's are not allowed to do.

  Jeff, this is profound, and so sadly true. Perhaps a question posed, "You go in the door to door work to get people to examine their religions, right? ~~~~~ Have you examined the Watchtower Organization lately?"