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  Why I'm rejoining the JWs

  by Fred Franztone in

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  dear brothers and sisters.

  after many years outside of the truth, living as an atheist, i have come to realise that i have been on the wrong path.

  the fool has said in his heart that there is no god, and i have been a fool.

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  humbled

  hilarious! I was freaked at first too...but no. It ain’t happening
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  Healing

  by compound complex in

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  2. friends

  i feel an unfamiliar restlessness in my lower body.

  too long have i been confined to my sickbed; my mind and heart coax me arise and gaze upon the world outside.

  it is no longer a matter of fighting long-entrenched despair.

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  humbled

  Thank you thank you, Coco and Sylvia. Poetry is bare and beautiful. The healing counterpoint when explicit pose is just too clinical.

  My heart runs with poetry in a world that says: what gibberish!

  I love you too.
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  Healing

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i feel an unfamiliar restlessness in my lower body.

  too long have i been confined to my sickbed; my mind and heart coax me arise and gaze upon the world outside.

  it is no longer a matter of fighting long-entrenched despair.

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  humbled

  Coco-So beautifully a scene this night of quiet solitude on this board so filled with rancor and uncertainty and yet holding hands.
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  The "Faulty weights, scales and measurements" of the Governing Body!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while chatting with forum friends the other day, we recognised the way that the gb have so cleverly set a faulty benchmark.

  yes, a faulty set of scales or weights for all witnesses!.

  two scriptures can even apply:.

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  humbled

  @ wake up

  As Bart Thompson, former District Overseer once said, "If the Society told me that this book is black instead of green, I would say, 'Y'know, I could have sworn that it was green, but if the Society says it's black, then it's black!'"

  
  When I left the organization it was when I heard myself telling PO and a brother that I used to respect:

  “Listen when you guys came to my door you opened the Bible and asked me to read a scripture then asked me what it said (you remember how that went—it always was a scripture they used to divide you from the mainline) Then you asked me ‘do you need a minister to tell you what this means or can you understand it for yourself?’ But now you are not letting me think. YOU are telling me what to think.”

  l was gone a short while later
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  Solicitors Appontment Tomorrow - Advice Appreciated

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. experiences

  following up on this thread: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5012900121935872/am-overreacting-here?page=3#!#5179106934128640.

  im seeing my solicitor tomorrow to see about getting an order in place making sure any contact my daughter has with my jw family goes through me and not my ex-wife.. explained the situation briefly to the lawyer, she was asking more and more about why should i be concerned if a jw had access to my child.. i mentioned the blood issue, the shunning, the inappropriate pictures of armageddon in books/mags etc.

  do you think i should bring in watchtower literature to show them what i mean?

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  humbled

  The picture in my book of Bible stories that shows Abraham with his knife over Isaac.

  The words you read to a child – the words are horrific. God tells Abraham :

  ”kill and burn your son.”
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  The Joe McHale Show!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  i just watched the first episode of the joe mchale show and our old friend gary made the cut!

  he makes his big debut as the last joke of episode one!

  “pillow talk” has made its was to netflix!

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  humbled

  That was monstrously funny!

  lf l hadn’t left already that would have made me leave
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  Starting a X-Cult support group. Any suggestions?

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  mrs. add and i have seen a need in our area for this.

  it all started over month ago when she gave her yearly talk on what is a cult at our local uu congregation.

  their was several newcomers in the audience who have recently left the high control cults.

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  humbled

  Great thing to do.

  l used to imagine in the days following my departure that l returned to door-knocking to un-do my previous efforts.

  In my mind : l would begin by apologizing for my past visits. Then spell out the wrongs, the spiritual aggressions l had perpetrated when last at their door. And in addition l would express the harms that l realized personally my cult was part of. I would encourage them to evade capture.

  I am a survivor and l have found by being in fact open with myself and others l have become freer. I am sorry for the impact of my religious zeal on others but l was also captive.

  maybe if people actually play act st this they can get some relief?

  Just my 2cents worth. Good for you two.

  Spring is in the air!
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  Haven't been on for a long time

  by avishai in

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  i came to see if any of the old faces are here, thank you so much, you've helped me through so much.

  so many of you are responsible for helping me to learn to be kind.

  i love you guys, stay strong stay kind.

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  humbled

  Absolutely. Be strong and stay kind. Take care.
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  The Joe McHale Show!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just watched the first episode of the joe mchale show and our old friend gary made the cut!

  he makes his big debut as the last joke of episode one!

  “pillow talk” has made its was to netflix!

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  humbled

  Thanks, DataDog

  Laughter is incredibly effective against demagoguery - l will check it out
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  Another School Shooting: The Gun Violence/Mental Illness Debate Continues

  by jp1692 in

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  2. experiences

  in the aftermath of the valentine's day school shooting in florida, i have read quite a number of articles, blogs and posts about the event.

  it is disturbing--and i think inexcusable--that many people take the opportunity to use horrible tragedies such as this to push their own particular agenda.. in particularly insensitive and tone-deaf tweet, conservative political commentator tomi lahren wrote: "can the left let the families grieve for even 24 hours before they push their anti-gun and anti-gunowner agenda?

  my goodness.

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  humbled

  Fink-I think if you talk to a therapist or even read online from some authority you would find that most people deal with some kind of mental health problems in their life at some time. There are dome mental issues things “hardwired “ and other things not. Therapy alone helps some of it and sometimes drugs help others. Or not.But rage, depression other stressors can overwhelm a person.

  Ever hear of a “temporary insanity” plea?

  jwundubbed isn’t saying it is a simple equation.