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  June issue of Canadian Living

  by berrygerry in

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  did anyone read margaux's story?.

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  Berrygerry.... thanks for posting that article.

  Strange how 'the story' is so familiar.

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  There are hundreds of thousands of ex jw's

  but the same programming & the same

  mind control has been perpetrated on us all,

  which explains the carbon-copy, or sameness,

  over & over again!

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  Watchtower, June 1, 1953, p. 350 par. 24).

  24 In these closing days of wickedness Jehovah’s people must demonstrate holiness.

  They must not foul their minds with the filthy mental food on the propaganda tables

  of this old world, but must feed on the feast of fat things Jehovah provides. (Isa. 25:6;28:8)

  Minds must be cleansed and made over, mental circuits formed by old-world thinking

  and acting faded out and new ones put in according to new-world specifications.

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  WHY NOT fire Jehovah and hire a BETTER God?

  by Terry in

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  2. beliefs

  what kind of god are you looking for?.

  the one i want to hire has to fill these requirements:.

  1. kind to a fault without being a namby-pampy hippy.

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  I nominate Joe Pesci...

  "You know who I pray to? Joe Pesci. Joe Pesci. Two reasons; first of all, I think he's a good actor. Ok. To me, that counts. Second; he looks like a guy who can get things done. Joe Pesci doesn't fuck around. Doesn't fuck around. In fact, Joe Pesci came through on a couple of things that god was having trouble with. For years I asked god to do something about my noisy neighbor with the barking dog. Joe Pesci straightened that cock-sucker out with one visit. [George Carlin, from "You Are All Diseased".]

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  I am sick and tired, I am proud, I am leaving

  by never a jw in

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  2. friends

  for 2 years, soon after my daughter's baptism, i have been exchanging many emails with an elder of her congregation.

  good man, but he is a jw and he just drove me to the brink of madness recently; that was the drop the spill the water.

  it's a cult.

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  All the best Felipe.

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  Hi Everyone

  by DisArmed in

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  2. friends

  hi folks,.

  i've been reading posts here off and on for years.

  i decided to go ahead and join in with a post.

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  Hi and welcome DisArmed ... sounds like you will really

  be a help to all the newbies who are just waking up!

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  Awful experience: I threw my WT library out!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yes, i threw my wt library out: my recycle bin was full.

  even if i had imagined this experience to be similar to a prisoner getting rid of his chains, this was not so.. instead, it brought up all the memories i had shared with my family where we were excited about the release of the revelation book; the clear feeling of ultimate knowledge when we showed the live forever book, the questions i had practiced with my family in the organized book, my cousins who got baptized as well.

  somehow, all i could think of was only the good memories i had shared with my family and almost cried about it.. and then, i started to think of the division, the hatred and the pain that became prevalent in my family as some were disfellowshipped and thus, ostracized.

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  Ecan6 ... part of the healing process... acceptance.

  Our relationship with watchtower was compelling,

  always on the edge of our seats.... so to speak.

  Euphoria & jubilation at times and then dissapointment

  & failure........ up & down .... Our future all neatly laid out

  for us ....no need to think!

  Takes awhile to give up fantasy for reality.

  good for you!

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  Final post I can't come to this forum anymore!

  by hoser in

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  2. friends

  i have come to the conclusion that posting here and visiting this site is not healthy for me anymore.

  i just get angry and upset when i read all the stories of injustice and corruption that go on in the jehovahs witness religion.

  they are true no doubt, as i have personally experienced many injustices and abuses in my life from being a witness.

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  Goodbye hoser ... I'll miss you.
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  Most Damning Publication?

  by Wild_Thing in

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  2. scandals

  of all of the watchtower's many publications dating now to all the way back to russell, which one publication is the most damning in showing they are a complete crachpot of a religion?

  and i course, i mean which original publication before they changed a few words and reprinted!.

  personally, i think it is probably russell's the divine plan of the ages.

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  Rare recorded MARKING TALK on APOSTASY

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we have a version with our commentary: http://youtu.be/yn17rj_pyd4.

  we also have an un-cut, un-edited version of the audio: http://youtu.be/pihfucr38sw.

  asl version: http://youtu.be/dd635pqpdle.

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  Newly ... love this!
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  My Story

  by objectivetruth in

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  2. experiences

  i'm 30 years old, and i was raised in the organization, my parents and grandparents are witnesses.. i grew up in a small town, and due to boredom or adhd or rebellion, i never took 2 minutes to look into the religion.. i always went to meetings and field service.

  my parents were regular, but never "super-witnesses" so it was always the thing we did (meetings and service) not much more and nothing less.. the congregation, that i grew up in was for the most part friendly and enjoyable.. small towns, are very unique and they cannot be compared to larger city congregations.. i honk that they are a living and breathing organism, depending on the coordinators personality, so goes the personality of the congregation.

  thi king back, most of the people in the town that i grew up were good people, just simple hard working & honest people... i really long for the innocence, of the time when this was the truth, and there were no worries.. driving to the conventions at 3 am with my dad and another brother, them slicing meat, me sneaking around the halls of the college, getting into all kinds of things.. conventions were a really special time for me... when i was young me and my friends would run around, messing around, pulling pranks on people, getting into forbidden areas.. running in the hall ways.

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  Well thank you for that part of your story...glad

  that you did have a pretty good childhood!

  Nice writing Objectivetruth.
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  Today's wt study! Notice the faults?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  did we all notice the way in which this weeks wt study (how to maintain a positive viewpoint) was all about keeping the flock positive even if they feel they are not doing enough in 'service'?.

  the irony is that the very reason they feel stressed or worthless is because of the pressures the org puts on them to perform!!!.

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  Sheep and Goats

  Shepherds in ancient Israel likely worked with, among others, the broadtail Syrian variety of sheep, which have large fatty tails and a thick fleece. The rams of this breed are horned, and the ewes are not. These docile animals are easily led and completely at the mercy of their environment and predators.

  Shepherds also cared for goats. The goats were uniformly black or brown. Their long, flapping ears easily got torn on thorns and briar bushes as they clambered on rocky hillsides and grazed on shrubbery.

  The shepherd faced the ongoing challenge of teaching the sheep and goats to obey his commands. Even so, good shepherds took tender care of the animals in their charge, even giving them names to which they would respond.—John 10:14, 16.

  The Seasons of the Shepherd

  

  That is not a shearing sissors ...it is a skinning knife!

  Well, I finally got the pic on here hahah.. * When a sheep is sheared (hair cut) there is still short wool still on the skin! This shepard, depicting jehovahs kindly shepards, :-( is actually SKINNING the sheep! Watchtower is laughing at us! They put this pic right under our noses....knowing full well most jdubs are so programmed they will not even notice! Do we wonder why talks at meetings are so depressing! So much blasted double talk ...it is making them sick! clarity