happytobefree
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The Online "Outlet" For JW's
by alias insaw this quote in a magazine today from a mit professor on the beneifts of children having online lives.. parent's need to recognize that otherwise these kids would be alone.
online communities provide ample spaces to explore identity, be happy or sad, get mad, act out.
this is the work of adolescence.. .
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Are JW`s drinking blood at memorial?
by Englishman inthis article appeared in "the times" today.
(sat, feb 10, london):.
saturday february 10 2001 .
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What The Presiding Overseer Sees
by tfs inin my opinion, any one today, that takes the wts very seriously, their opinions, their thoughts, their recommendations, either in what they write, print or teach publicly from the platform, is usually a novice or a very new person, in his association with the organization itself.. if the wts were to cry "wolf," [the end is here, time is short] very few would listen.
this is because as abraham lincoln once said:.
"...you can't fool all of the people, all of the time.".
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Ex-JW T-shirts
by happytobefree inhere's a link to a site that is selling xjw t-shirts.
they are really cute and funny.
i don't know the person who is selling them, a friend told me about the site.. http://members.aol.com/jwsign/jwts.html.
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Cool Quote Of The Day
by eyes_opened inhey, just read this on my start up page and thought it was cool.
have never heard of this guy before, but found this quote very thought provoking.. "la vida es duda, y la fe sin la duda es solo muerte.
" (life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death.
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Out of the Mouth of Babes
by deludednomore inwe have not attended a meeting for several months.
besides one elder who keeps pounding on our door, we have been left pretty much alone.
one jw friend still talks to us regularly.
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Anyone live in the DC AREA?
by happytobefree ini'm kind of new to this board and was wondering if any of you meeting offline.
i would love to meet some inactive, disfellowshipped, disassociated, or anyone who have not been associated or associated with jw.
if there is anyone who live in the washington dc area and would like to meet offline, let me know.
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Blood Issue Discussed on Radio!!!!!
by normie67 inwas listening to the radio today on the internet, a station out of ther midwest.the subject came up about the infant who had surgery without blood.the talk show host raised the question about transplants and jws and the blood issue!
!a caller called in and it was a jw.he cited the scripture at acts, yada yada and mentioned that transplants were ok.but the host put the question to him about the transplant having blood in it.he fumbled around and said well they, like the meat we eat, probably drained all the blkood out first before transplanting the organ.the host replied they couldn't do that in order to have the transplant to be successful!!
)then he said maybe they put in formaldehyde before transplanting!!doh!!!!!!!!!
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Does this ring true for you?
by SixofNine ini was just thinking about, and contrasting, the thoughts i have now, with the general mental inclination, spiritually speaking, that i carried for all the years of my life till a few months ago.. thinking this about myself, and perhaps jw's in general, tell me if it rings true for you:.
i thought i knew where to turn for food that was spiritually satisfying.
turns out, i was getting a spiritual pacifier.. i thought that i was satisfied, spiritually.
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As a JW, were you easily lead ?
by Phizzy inthe reason i ask is that, in the wake of the brutal murder of a serving soldier in woolwich, the second murderer/accomplice michael adobowale, the son of jw's at one time, is described by ex-schoolfriends of his as, "easily lead".. when we were being brainwashed and controlled by the wt, we were told to suspend our critical thinking skills, but more pertinately, our consciences, which would be supplied by the wt.. if necessary, we would sacrifice the life of one of our babies because the wt/jw cult told us to.. does not such an upbringing leave a young man like michael/toby vulnerable to the influence of baleful people like the rabid, hate-preaching clerics of radical islam who have for too long influenced young men to carry out appalling acts ?.
he has no real personal moral compass, in his formative years it was drummed in to him at jw meetings what he should think and feel, he should ignore as from satan himself any dissenting thought or feeling within him,the same regime within radical islam has produced this young man willing to take part in a terrible crime against humanity.. there, but for the grace of god, go you or i..