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Author Ann Rice says "she is no longer christian". I can relate.
by Cindi_67 in
1. jw
2. experiences
ann rice author of interview with a vampire quits church and says she is no longer a christian.

what stroke me as familiar was her comment as to how she felt everytime she went to church.

she said, "i really couldn't go anymore.
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Seed Planting Questions That Worked For Me Recently
by Confuzzled in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm a really big eckhart tolle follower, and recently i was rereading a new earth and i showed my dubby this proverb he mentioned, which kind of bothered him when i explained it.. "the hand pointing to the moon is not the moon.".

he didn't quite get it, so i explained that it basically means that just because a man, or religion, is pointing out god to you, it doesn't mean you worship the man or religion.

he didn't seem to want to debate it because he didn't have an answer or counter point.. also while explaining the path tolle shows (pragmatic explainations of age-old beliefs, from jesus to buddah, they all said the same things), he said he didn't think tolle believed in god.
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How about this?
by thraxer68 in
1. jw
2. experiences
so, this might be more for those of us who were strong in the jw faith and possibly anyone who was strong in any other faith lie lds for example.

so we were all told that we need to believe, and be strong in that belief, and love what we believe, even to the point of death.

so you work on that.
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i'm a murderer she says.
by maz in
1. jw
2. experiences
this morning at 8:30, my mother decides to come into my room.

i was lying on my bed reading a book.. mum: i need to tell you something.

mum: please don't commit immoral sin.. me: umm... what are you talking about?
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Anyone Else Ever Experience This?
by thraxer68 in
1. jw
2. experiences
so as you da'd, were df'd, faded, or just mentally let go of everything you believed for so long, did you experience this weird transition phase of an "identitylessness"?

i think this might only apply to people who were "strong" in the faith.

as a strong witness, im sure those of us who were really took to heart and mind the things that we learned and counsel that the society produced.
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Finally got CoC!!.....Not really what I had expected.
by JediMaster in
1. jw
2. experiences
ok, so i finally picked up coc from my local library last night.

and started reading it like crazy.

i think i read about 70 pages which brought me close to the end of the second chapter: "governing body".
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There's something I don't quite get
by dgp in
1. jw
2. experiences
let's say you're an active witness (well, you guys were, or are active witnesses) and you look around you.

practically every appliance, invention, whatever, most of the food, all the new discoveries, virtually everything was made by worldlies.

it's been that way for thousands of years.
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Newly Exiting JW's ( Last 5 years ) How are you Doing in Life? Let Us Know
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
considering the fact we've had so many newbies here i thought it would be good to just open it up to you folks to see how life is going for you since you exited the witnesses ?

it's hard many times to move on- however with lots of ex-witnesses on the board here who have been through similar experiences - perhaps those of us who have been out awhile can give you someideas on how to move on in your post jw life to make it a little easier .

so fire away newbies and recently exited jw 's.
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Do you know of anybody who...
by MrFreeze in
1. jw
2. experiences
... has gone to a district convention based on one of the invitations in the annual campaign?

my convention is held about 3 hours from where i live so i doubt it has gotten anybody to go to the convention.

i'm not even sure what the purpose of it is.