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  How About Some Old Time aRockan' Roll

  by slipnslidemaster in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i admit it.

  usually when i'm drunk and/or bored.. but.... this one thread just caught my eye and i would love for all of you jw wonks/historians to post more information regarding it.. it's called "everything you always wanted to know about shunning, excommunication and disfellowship practice".

  surely a wonderful thread all on it's own but there is a gem inside of the thread that got me to a'wondering:.

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  Going to Apostate Church

  by DilemmaGF in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how many of you had gone visiting any apostate church when you were still in?

  what was your feeling?

  my bf went to my church with me once, i wonder how he felt....

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  Annoying JW Stories

  by What Now? in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

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  so we had a conversation with my in-laws last night that thoroughly ticked me off and this is the only place that i can vent about it, so here goes!.

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  Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology

  by leavingwt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the latest issue of the new yorker, paul haggis opens up about his split with the church of scientology.

  it is a very lengthy article, and i've quoted some of it, below.

  click the link at the bottom for the entire article.

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  Ugly cars!

  by crapola in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have seen many ugly new cars.

  what is the ugliest new car you have seen?

  my pick would ne the nissan cube!

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  New name for those who have left?

  by dogisgod in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, havent been here for a while but have you heard that the society is now calling those who leave "the walking dead"?

  i just heard this acouple of days ago but since my mom died i don't have a direct conduit anymore.

  sorry if this has already been discussed.

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  The Watchtower Didn't Make Me An Atheist

  by B_Deserter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ive posted on this before, but i figured i should lay my thoughts out again on the subject.

  there are some in the ex-jw community who are saddened because the watchtower organization has turned me and others like me off to god.

  the watchtower attacks and debunks other religions on a regular basis, often giving us the sense that if the watchtower is wrong, then there cant be a god.

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  Could I get some advice, please?

  by vikesgirl101 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry to make such a self-centered post (again), but you guys are the only ones who can help me.

  so here is a rundown:.

  i am a 33 divorcee with two girls ages 13 and 8. i am not df'd or da'd; just shunned (also reproved).

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  To Fade or Not To Fade... An Opinion.....

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just a couple of set of ground rules i would like to set for this.

  frequently, one of two options for those who want to leave jw's are 1) a purposeful, public, resignation (or disassociation as jw's call it) vs 2) what is commonly called in the ex jw internet world, "the fade".

  i know that emotions run deep on this subject for good reason, because of what is at stake, and all that is perceived to be lost.

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  What Do You Guys Think?

  by jamiebowers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been df'd for 21 years, and other than the heartbreak of my mom shunning me and the sad stories i read here, i never thought the dirty rat bastard wb&ts could otherwise effect my life.

  well, i was wrong!

  my dear stepdaughter recently learned that her children's paternal grandfather has parents and siblings who are jws, some of whom were at my stepdaughter's baby shower this past saturday.

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