frigginconfused
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What now....
by broops100 inoctober 2009 .
this is the date when somebody, somewhere, somehow, switched the light on and i realised i'd been part of a cult.
21 years of my life wasted.... since then i have gone through what i can only compare to losing someone i loved in death.
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Are You Eccentric?
by snowbird inone of the words of today was concentric - sharing a common center.. which set me to thinking about eccentric - out of center.. i've been told that i'm eccentric.. have you ever been told that?.
thanks.. syl.
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Governing Body 2.0
by drew sagan ini borrow the phrase gb 2.0 from alltimejeff, who used it yesterday in the post about theodore jaracz's death.. i was interested in starting a thread that addresses the new leadership regime that has emerged within the wts, especially in light of changes (albeit mundane) the organization has undertaken over the past 15 years or so.
while few of us have had close contact with the men in charge, changes they have made in recent years surly reflect a definable leadership style.
it also reveals a little bit about how they view the organization and its future.. from what i can put together, it seems that there a few obvious things to note.. - 1999 seems to be the sea change year in terms of gb appointment and might be seen sybolically as a turning point in terms of leadership for the group.
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Standing up for myself, a lonely stand
by troubled mind ini have learned in my life that i am the only one i can trust to stand up for myself .. many times i wished others would have 'had my back', like when i was seven and my favorite teacher committed wrongful contact with my class....we didn't know the term pedofile back then , and children were not taken serious when they made complaints about teachers .
i wished my mom had been more protective and saved me from some ugly situations .
i knew at 10 yrs of age that wasn't going to be the case .
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A detailed prophesy
by EndofMysteries ina very (but not only) prophesy i see in the scriptures, far diff then what we been shown.
a few diff outcomes, still sorting out.
the beginning of this though, the first paragraph, seems to happen in any scenario, but the remainder not so clear at this point.. world leaders behind the scenes unite themselves, feeling and seeing through the scriptures that they must being in god's new government.
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I didn't know what a JW was, until I fell for one
by headoverheels inwhen i fell for him i was completely unaware of his upbringing as a jw and only became aware once he decided to leave a few months back.
being raised without much of a religious basis, besides the typical western christian exposure, i have researched, read, attended groups, read in this forum, to try to better understand him, and jws, but i am feeling at a loss here.
he just recently left the jws and now i am experiencing this struggle with him; i am wondering how much of our problems can be contributed to this transition.
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A Question About Paradise Earth?
by sacolton inwe've all seen illustrations of jehovah's happy people living in a utopia lifestyle sharing baskets of fruit, wearing preppy clothing and everyone has a pet grizzly bear or shark, but what about natural disasters?
earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, flash floods, hail, lightning, blizzards, etc are just going to cease to exist?
everyday will be a beautiful 76 degrees with a calm cool breeze from the north?
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For JW'S and anyone else: Questions to Ask Yourself.
by Mall Cop inis it not likely had you been born in cairo you would be a muslim and, as hundreds of millions of people do, would believe that "there is no god but god and muhammed is his prophet?.
if you had been born in calcutta would you not in all probability be a hindu and, as hundreds of millions of people do, accept the vedas and the upanishads as sacred scriptures and hope sometime in the future to dwell in nirvana?.
is it not probable that, had you been born in jerusalem, you would be a jew and, as millions of people do, believe that yahweh is god and that the torah is god's word?.
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My story and help needed.
by frigginconfused ini have been posting here and there for a few weeks but never introduced myself.
i will do that now because i really am in bad shape and in need of someone to listen.. i was raised in new york in the projects during the crack boom in the 80's.
my dad was an abusive drunk non believer and my mom dragged us to meetings.