Topics Started by wavvy
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Did a householder ever "break your spirit" at the door?
by kitten whiskers inthe thread on creepiest things at the door got me to thinking about the field service.. when i was having my initial doubts, and keeping up with "theocratic" requirements was hard (we had a new born and a two year old diagnosed with asthma which had us in the hospital several times, and only one vehicle), i had mine broken.. i can't really remember what the man said.
he was angry and took out all of his frustrations on me.
i had never been so abused before.
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...I Don`t Believe That!!...
by OUTLAW in1975 was getting close......1975 was the topic of the day,for any jw during that time......our vancouver bc assembly was in full swing.......pretty jw girls wandered the area looking for cute guys like me!..lol!!
......my best friends annointed,apostate dad,was outside the assembly with a bullhorn..telling everyone about wbt$ lies..we all thought he was crazy,we were right!..lol!
!........................jw assemblys in those days,were huge events..nothing like today..local media always showed up.................it was the 2nd day of the assembly..the 2nd day had ended..we went home and turned the tv,to the new`s..............the local tv station was covering our assembly..the announcer said jw`s believed armageddon would be here by 1975......right at that moment,i knew i did`nt believe that.....i was supposed to believe it,but i did`nt..................have you ever had a similar experience,with any jehovah`s witness beliefs?.....................................outlaw.
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It's not fair
by Luo bou to incut off from my family rejected by my wife ( spiritual endangerment ) and there was and still is not a damn thing i can do about it.
pisses me off.... no justice.
hey i am not looking for sympathy my life is pretty good its just frustrating to have family that are not dead yet might as well be..
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Our Strengths...a list of attributes post-cult
by alamb infound this tonite while online.
i was comforted to know that we have all come out stronger...and why.. compassion & empathy: having survived cultic abuse, you may be readier to empathize with someone else's grief.
it's easy to see the difference between the care and concern our commenters show each other and the hurtful sarcasm so prevalent in the blogosphere.
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"Why God Won't Go Away"
by mindmelda ini've been reading a fascinating book, "why god won't go away" by andrew newberg m.d.
and eugene d'aquili, m.d.
ph.d. newberg is both a physician and an instructor of religious studies, dr. aquili (now deceased, he died before this book of his research was published) was a distinguished psychiatrist.. the book is about the biological and neurological basis for belief in god.
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COULD ANYONE SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION .??
by Mr. Majestic inbeing in the organisation for most of my life i have seen so many people suffering with depression.
but a friend of mine recently said that it was impossible for them to suffer from the condition, because of the mental strategies they have in place to cope with hard times, and a mental resilience that they attained from a balanced stable upbringing..... .
could it be true that some people have a natural immunity to such a debilitating mental condition....???.
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How do 7th-dayers compare
by wavvy ini'm just wondering if anyone know how seventh-day-adventists compare to the jws in terms of emotional manipulation etc.. my husband's ex-wife has become a 7th-dayer so the step-kids are being raised that way.
i notice a lot of behaviour in her that reminds me of the jws.
she adopts that 'holier than thou' stance most of the time and seems to believe that she is protecting the kids by not letting them see their father although he's just the most loving dad around.
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Battered Wife Sydrome : The Borg as abuser, the disaffected believer? The abused wife.
by gubberningbody insortof like this, only sleazier.
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try leaving and see if the local goon squad doesn't come on like this..
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some spiritually uplifiting reading
by wavvy inanyone ever read anything by geri larkin?
love her stuff!
she's buddhist, but you don't have to be buddhist to just get a real lift out of her it.