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  How Do You Feel Being Thought Of As An "Apostate"?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  does it bother you if witnesses regard you as an apostate?.

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  zoiks

  The first couple of times my mother spat the word at me, it hurt. There is so much venom behind it.

  Now, seeing it as a product of fear, I feel bad for those that are manipulated into assigning cheap labels to anyone.
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  Goodbye! .....Sort of

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been on here nearly a year and i believe it is time to move on.. i think i know what i want out of life.

  i have been spending less time on here and am now back in full time employment (not on a consultancy basis - but properly employed!)..

  i need to think about building a career and consider the future, build a retirement fund, reduce my debts and pay off my mortgage.

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  zoiks

  All the best! As Garrison Kiellor would say, "Be well, do good work, and keep in touch".
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  NEW LIGHT LEAFLET..........!

  by iknowall558 in

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  2. friends

  (1952) = (wt 9/1/52 pg 543).

  (1962) = (awake 9/22/62 pg 27).

  (1968) = (awake 10/8/68 pg 13).

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  zoiks

  Excellent
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  The Witnesses are freaking out

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i still go to a few meetings a month just to keep members of my family happy.. the witnesses seemed to be getting all worked up about how close the end.

  it sorta feels like the 1975 era only 35 years later.

  the brother who gave.

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  zoiks

  my jehovah witness brother just told my sister that he will be laughing at her when she dies at amagedon

  How nice, the ultimate "I told you so!"
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  A pleasant side effect of leaving the borg...... no longer afraid of criticism

  by cult classic in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i realized not too long ago that my hypersensitivity to criticism has vanished.

  i now take correction as it is meant to be given.

  i no longer have a pit in my stomach if i'm wrong about something.

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  zoiks

  That's nice to hear, CC. I know that "pit in the stomach" feeling, and getting rid of hyper-sensitivity has been good for me as well. I don't know if it is a direct result of leaving the borg, or if it is simply part of my continued development as an individual which happens to go hand in hand with leaving the borg. But it is nice
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  Are you really drawn to a God who wants to kill you?

  by hamsterbait in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the question a jw will ask at the doors is often.

  "have you ever wondered why the world is in such turmoil?".

  of course their "answer" is that a snake told a naked lady to eat some fruit 6 000 years ago, and as a result god views us all as unworthy of life.

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  zoiks

  Are you really drawn to a God who wants to kill you?

  No.

  Do you think I am being too extreme calling this "MIND RAPE"?

  No.

  The organization is abusive, just like its hero.
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  Alone?

  by chron82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just wanted to introduce myself.

  my name is chris and i'm on my way out of the only "society" i've known.. i was raised a witness and have been a ministerial servant for a while now.

  i recently notified the elder body that i will be stepping down and it will soon be official.

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  zoiks

  Welcome to the forum!

  You have a long, hard road ahead - especially when it comes to family. Don't expect it to be easy, but I promise you that it does get better...eventually. You are incredibly fortunate that your wife is on the same page, though.

  I look forward to hearing more.
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  Try again...DC 2010 Discourse 48

  by JWFreak in

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  2. friends

  http://www.mediafire.com/file/ghnjmmoymjw/dctalk48.pdf.

  just uploaded page 2...not 1 or 3 as they are of no interest.. this talk is only given by gb members or branch committee members.

  enjoy.

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  zoiks

  Thanks very much, JWFreak!

  The BS is getting really deep now, isn't it?
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  Sister in my Congregation claims Jehovah always answers her prayers....including her new skirt and shoes for $20 bucks???

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to show you how dumb and shallow my congregation is a one of our "deeper" sisters claimed in field services that "jehovah answers all my prayers...like last week i wanted a new skirt and shoes for field service but only had $20 dollars....and would you believe i found them!!!

  now i for one though well, why didn't you pray or the oil pipe in the mexican gulf to dry up...or food for the poor in haiti.

  other pioneers tell of vegetables falling off trucks just when they had nothing for dinner???

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  This is so common among the dubs that I know. Everything- EVERYTHING- is Jehovah's doing. Recently I heard, "We got a great deal on plane tickets to Costa Rica! Jehovah knows we really need a vacation."
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  What Are You Going To Do For Mother's Day?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  anything?

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  zoiks

  My mother doesn't speak to me, and is at her Circuit Assembly, so nothing there!

  Here at home, I helped the kids make breakfast for my wife; we also took her to lunch. Tonight I'll make sure she gets a nice relaxing bath and a massage