Had tonnes of it.
I was advised by my doctor to see a counsellor when I was being treated for depression but knew that being a witless was the reason why i was depressed.
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Did you suffer from self hatred in the borg?
by highdose iniwill be the first to say that i did.
not surprising considering how they treated me all my life.
i had conseling for it ( wordly counselor) but between us neither one could work out where this issue came from.
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Finally Erased them OUT of my phone!
by babygirl30 init's been about going on 2yrs that i've been df'd and not even 1yr that i stopped going to the khall at all...but...i'm proud to say that as of last night i was going through my phone and decided that i needed to just cut out all those people that didn't matter anymore!
you know, the old jw 'friends' (use that term loosely) whose numbers i've held onto all this time and don't need anymore.
i mean, never going to bother with these people again.
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scotinsw
Well done. Its something that I did too. I also recently got rid of a stack of photographs from those days - made me feel so good!
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Kingdom Halls, Assemblies, District Conventions - NO POWER POINT
by Nephilim ini'm a good public speaker - when i have my power point.
this is because i am a very visual person.
when i had my notes everything seemed to get blurry.. it bothers me that there is this unwritten law that you are not allowed to give visual presentations in the kingdom hall... even assemblies equipped with multiple projectors (to view baptism) do not use power point or any type of visual stimulus.. hell even when they have 10,000 plus people they are still working a full day with just a man on stage talking.
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scotinsw
In my last congregation the PO gave the special talk with a Powerpoint presentation. I must admit that I found it a lot better than "normal" talks probably as the visuals helped keep my attention.
It was either in 2006 or 2007 in South Wales, UK.
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When You Were A Witness Did You Feel YOU Were Part Of The "Brotherhood"?
by minimus indid you personally feel like you actually belonged to the worldwide brotherhood?
did you feel special, as if you were part of something truly extraordainary?.
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scotinsw
When I was younger yes. As I got older I felt more alone at meetings and conventions than when I really was on my own.
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John Terry
by Married to the Mob insaw this on youtube and laughed.. .
enjoy!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kou5mgu7xm.
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scotinsw
best line has to be "go share sob stories with tiger woods!
PS - to all our non UK friends - John Terry is a famous footballer and captain of the England football team
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Anyone leave the org without the help of the net?
by Miss Chievous injust wondering if anyone here left the org without ever looking at anything on the net and if so how did it happen for you?.
miss c.
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scotinsw
I did at the end of 2008. Knew deep down I didn't believe any of it but never activley sought out information until about April 09. What I discovered after I started reading this forum made me know that I would never ever return.
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Who Would Have Joined The Facebook Group When They Were In?
by scotinsw ini know some of us are having fun reading and commenting on the watchtower facebook page and it got me wondering how many of us would have joined it when were in.. i know i would certainly not have.
i was never what you would call a spiritual witness.
i only stayed in as my friends were are witnesses and really went for the social aspect.
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scotinsw
I know some of us are having fun reading and commenting on the Watchtower Facebook page and it got me wondering how many of us would have joined it when were in.
I know I would certainly not have. I was never what you would call a spiritual witness. I only stayed in as my friends were are witnesses and really went for the social aspect. I always deleted those chain sick-inducing emails and used to sit and roll my eyes when people used to go on about how wonderful it was being a JW.
What about the rest of you? Would you have joined in spite of the advice to not join these types of groups?
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WT study article Jan 17 2010
by Mickey mouse in"treasure your place in the congregation.".
dozy did this exercise previously but i thought paragraph 5 was worth looking at agan.. let's change the perspective to the first person:.
"the spirit that now operates in the sons of disobedience" is so widespread that it is like the air we breathe.
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scotinsw
I have never read anything that way before. It sounds so cultish and downright freaky!
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email fwd from my mom: utter BS..bet the sheeple eat this crap up and MY REACTION
by SnakesInTheTower ini received this crap from my jw mom today.
i hope it doesn't "encourage" you to go back .
you see, when i left, i immediately felt the relief of not being burned all the time by all of the gossip that occurs within the congregations, circuits, etc.
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scotinsw
An elder doing saying nothing! Sounds like the ones in my old cong!
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Watchtowers use of qualifying words
by donny inthe society loves the use of qualifying words, i.e.
"apparently", "logically", "evidently" and others.
here are some examples of scripture if the society had written them.. genesis 1:1- in the beginning god apparently created the heavens and the earth.. mark 15:34 - and at the ninth hour jesus cried out in a loud voice, "eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?
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scotinsw
"irrisistable conclusion" i saw this on the guide to all the different meaning to the generation over the years