Good JW- I totally agree. It's a wonderful thing actually having a couple days on the weekend to chill and relax when many of us didn't used to have that chance for years inside the Witnesses . Freedom of movement is sweet indeed ! Take care, Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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Anyone struggle to find meaning in life?
by Good JW injust wondering if this is a common thing for you guys and girls?
when i left the jws it was hard to make a connection with people, much of the time i felt that whatever they wanted to talk about just didn't seem relevant/deep/meaningful.
i find myself filtering my mind to get to a level with others (small talk mostly).
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Anyone struggle to find meaning in life?
by Good JW injust wondering if this is a common thing for you guys and girls?
when i left the jws it was hard to make a connection with people, much of the time i felt that whatever they wanted to talk about just didn't seem relevant/deep/meaningful.
i find myself filtering my mind to get to a level with others (small talk mostly).
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Hey Good JW, I understand your feelings as I was a born-in JW from birth ( exited 14 years ago at age 44 ) . In my years after escaping from Jehovah's Witnesses I've come to the conclusion that at least for myself- that the meaning of life is living each and every day to the full with love and spreading good vibes enjoying living in the ' here and now ' .
What I mean by that is as JW's we were always conditioned in our minds to think " this life is temporary " - or - " this is not the real life, the real life will be living forever in paradise ". Which is absolute BS in my opinion. This life we are living IS the real life ! There most probably never will be a " forever " so we have to make the best of each and every day we live in this life- it's the only life we have !
So I've enjoyed pursuing interests like playing music, writing songs, hiking in the mountains, photography, other exciting things to do in life on the side while of course still running my business as a self employed business owner. We have to take life by the reins and grab it in a positive way caressing and cherishing each and every day . My view of life at the end of my life someday will be much like the Beatles final words on their final Abbey Road album - " And in the end the love you take, is equal to the love you make. " We will only get out of life - what we put back into it regards to relationships in love of others, love of ourselves, respecting others rights, while pursuing our life interests all the while taking an interest in others as well as always learning something new until the day we die.
I feel I'll never get to a point where " I know it all " - I don't believe that's possible. But we can stay engaged in learning and experiencing new things in life along this magnificent journey until the end. Kind of how I see things
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Reveal- Trey Bundy: New documents about Jehovah’s Witnesses’ sex abuse begin to leak out
by AndersonsInfo innew jehovah's witnesses document dump provides a grim play-by-play of how the religion deals with sexual abuse.
https://www.revealnews.org/blog/new-documents-about-jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse-begin-to-leak-out/.
by trey bundy / january 10, 2018 .
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Thanks for bringing this out Barbara. I notice on another thread Newsweek has put forth this information as well. It's so important to get this exposure of the WT Society's criminal negligence out into mainstream media again so the public will be informed. It's high time for WT Society to pay for it's crimes against children that the leaders enable
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Newsweek picks up story on JW Sex Abuse
by ttdtt insecret documents reveal sex abuse scandal in jehovah's witnesses church.
http://www.newsweek.com/secret-documents-sex-scandal-jehovahs-witnesses-church-faith-leaks-776796.
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It's high time for the WT Society to be exposed in a huge way in mainstream media again for these crimes against minor children. The concealing from police authorities of sexual abuse crimes against minors from sex offenders within this JW organization is just disgusting , horrific, and inexcusable. It's high time for the FBI in America to investigate this cult and it's abuses against children. Of course the FBI has it's hands full pursuing another well known abuser of another kind right now who runs the country. But I'm glad mainstream media is picking this up - thanks for posting
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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !
by flipper inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.
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Great songs Finkelstein ! Thanks for posting. Take care, Peace out, Mr. Flipper
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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !
by flipper inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.
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Another great song written by Ray Thomas :
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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !
by flipper inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.
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And another good one he wrote with the Moodies :
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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !
by flipper inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.
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In memory of Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues dying I'll post a couple of his songs he wrote while with the Moody Blues . Here's a good one :
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Stealing From The Worldwide Work Fund.
by Charles Gillette inall the money paid out by the watchtower to the child abuse law suits comes from the worldwide work fund or the contributions from the monies given for the kingdom hall real estate.
so,when we were actively involved donating funds for this purpose,and the watchtower used those funds for purposes other than the worldwide work are they not guilty of stealing funds that were donated for jehovah's kingdom.
can anything legal be done about this?
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CHARLES - PIMO means " physically in , mentally out. "
Good thread by the way. Yeah, not only are WT leaders guilty of misusing JW's contributions to pay out child abuse lawsuits, but even in letters they sent out to congregations telling JW's NOT to send clothing, blankets, or marking money donated for Puerto Rico hurricane victims- they weren't allowed to put " for Puerto Rico victims " on their donations. ALL donations have to have as Jeff said " for the worldwide work " on the donation- thus it makes it really easy for the WT Society to hide where those funds are being used. There is NO transparency whatsoever. It's a criminal organization
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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !
by flipper inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.
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