John Locke
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Narratives of LeavingTheDream
by John Locke indear all,.
hope you remember a former member of this forum under the name leavingthedream.
his short stories about his experiences in bethel fascinated many of us.. i copied almost all of them but i'm missing the last one, i believe, 22-d. now i cannot find any traces of leavingthedream on this forum anymore.. could anybody, please, help me to find the last story which i haven't read yet?.
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Today's WT Study Stupidity About Df'ing
by metatron inin today's watchtower study, towards the end, you had one of those typical comments by a former df'ed witness expressing appreciation for being shunned.
these comments always remind me of a stalinist show trial in which the accused enthusiastically accepts being executed for the greater good (probably to save his family).. after this kind of nonsense is expressed, you will get a flurry of self righteous comments emphasizing how important it is to shun your disfellowshipped relatives, so that they can come back in the "truth".. oh, really?
do any of these people raising their hand realize that, if the "success" of disfellowshipping depends on your shunning, then the "repentant" person is "coming back in the truth" for the sake of their relatives -and not because of fearing jehovah !!!???.
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June 15th WT, Trap Your Kids in the Cult
by LostGeneration inthe new wt is up.
the worst article is the first one, a non-study article.
shows pictures of a kid, looks like he is 10 years old.
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May 15 2011 WT - study edition out
by just n from bethel ini don't really care to download it and review it and see how it's the same old same old - but i do like to read up on others doing it here.
:) i'm a lazy leach like that.. so - get to it guys.. www.jw.org.
edit: haha- i said 2001 in the title - meant 2011.
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New elders manual - other languages?
by Lady Viola ini was wondering if the elders manual is available yet in other languages?
i personaly (as well as my friends on the dutch apostate forum) would be very interested in the dutch version of the manual.
any news on this?.
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Richard Dawkins and Me,
by cyberjesus inlast night i went to caltech to listen to mr dawkins.
what a most pleasant man to listen.
intelligent, assertive, witty, funny.
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Top 10 reasons why JWs don't have the truth - please contribute
by oldlightnewshite ini thought it would be an interesting exercise to ask everybody on here what their 'top 10 reasons why jws don't have the truth' actually were.
maybe we can see some correlating views/patterns/ideas that may help us de-programme the newbies that come on this site.
if eventually most people have an outstanding gripe/concern it'll help everybody understand the ex-jw mindset a little better.
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My grandma called me child of Satan
by Newborn inmy grandma is 85 and still a jw (i don't think she's one of the best though).
i guess she's been hoping that i would come back but when we met this summer and she realised i'm together with a "worldly" man she understood i'm not planning to come back at all.
(btw she shouldn't see me at all in the first place since i've left but she's been "tolerant" abt that).
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Studying my faith away
by the-illuminator81 ini want to introduce myself.
i'm a 28 year old active, married jw from belgium.
in the preceding months (i'd say starting from about march) i've been slowly losing my faith.