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Yea, Me too....
by flower ini'm grateful for the friends i've made here and hope to continue relationships with them however this board has reached the 'more harmful than good' stage for me as well so i'm going to have to move on.
i've recently began re-question my decision to leave the jw's and have been wondering if we arent all really screwed up as is believed to be the case by jw's.
i need to go back and re-read all the exjw literature to prove to myself all over again that we are normal and ok and victims of a fraudulent cult.
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What Separates Us?
by new boy inthis is my first 4th of july as a non jw.
so my question is what about patriotism?.
as much as i believe that most of what the jw believes is in error.
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new boy
This is my first 4th of July as a non JW
So my question is what about patriotism?
As much as I believe that most of what the JW believes is in error. I do believe they have it right on nationism.
Our world is divide by skin color, race, sex, religion, and flag waving. If you meet someone and say "I 'm of Irish decent, catholic, republican, American from Texas. You have just mention 5 things that separates me from you!
The planet is ready for something different.
Everone who says we are right and everyone else is wrong, is what is bringing this world down.
Think you live in a great country-------Fine, but that does not give you the right to kill someone because they live in a different country?
When I went to my 20th high school reunion, a kid I went school with said "I thought about you alot in Viet Nam" I said "why?" "When we were killing poeple over there, to make the world a save place for democracy, I thought about us back in 5th grade, as we were all saying the flag salute, you just stood there with your hands by your side, not saying a word------- MAN, I really respect you for that!"
No one in my class of "67" died in Viet Nam, but 5 guys came back home to the U.S. from my class and killed themselfs.-------Happy 4th of July.
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I'm With TR!
by LDH ini have really enjoyed getting to know so many of you.
don't consider this a permanent goodbye, as i'll most likely stop back every now and again to see how you are faring.
and to keep you updated with me and the family deal.. the reality is, this board was great for me while i was pregnant, i was so sick.
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new boy
Liza go have a wonderful life!
"Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are straving to death."------------Mame
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A NEW SIGN OUT FRONT AT BETHEL!
by Mary ini think it's time bethel got a new sign out front, one that really speaks volumes and is far more suitable to their "read god's word the bible daily.
i was thinking: .
oh what a web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!
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"FOR SALE, MAKE OFFER" '
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What JWS are e-mailing around.
by new boy in>subject: fw: recall notice!
important!
>date: mon, 18 mar 2002 22:05:16 -0800
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>Subject: Fw: RECALL NOTICE! IMPORTANT! >Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 22:05:16 -0800 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: >To: >Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 6:09 PM >Subject: Fwd: RECALL NOTICE! IMPORTANT! > > > > > > > > << RECALL NOTICE! IMPORTANT! > > > > The maker of all human beings is recalling all units manufactured, > > regardless of make or year, because of the serious defect in the primary > > and central > > component of the heart. This is because of a malfunction in the original > > prototype units code named Adam and Eve, resulting in the reproduction > > of the same defect in all subsequent units. > > > > This defect has been technically termed "Subsequential Internal > > Non-morality," or more commonly known as S-I-N, as it is primarily > > symptomized by loss of moral judgment. Some other symptoms include: > > > > (1) Loss of direction > > > > (2) Foul vocal emissions > > > > (3) Amnesia of origin > > > > (4) Lack of peace and joy > > > > (5) Selfish, or violent, behavior > > > > (6) Depression or confusion in the mental component > > > > (7) Fearfulness > > > > (8) Idolatry > > > > The manufacturer, who is neither liable nor at fault for this defect, is > > providing factory authorized repair and service, free of charge to > > correct this SIN defect. The number for the recall station in your area >is: > > P-R-A-Y-E-R. > > > > Once connected, please upload your burden of SIN by pressing > > R-E-P-E-N-T-A-N-C-E. Next, download J-E-H-O-V-A-H into the heart. No > > matter how big or small the SIN defect is, the JEHOVAH repair will >replace > > it > > with: > > > > (1) Love > > (2) Joy > > (3) Peace > > (4) Long-suffering > > (5) Kindness > > (6) Goodness > > (7) Faith > > (8) Mildness > > (9) Self-control > > > > > > > > Please see operating manual, HOLY BIBLE, for further details on the use > > of these fixes. > > > > WARNING: Continuing to operate the human unit without correction voids > > the manufacturer's warranty, exposing owner to dangers and problems too > > numerous to list and will result in the human unit being permanently > > impounded. > > For free emergency service, call on J-E-H-O-V-A-H > > > > DANGER: The human units not receiving this recall action will be > > permanently impaired. > > > > "Trust in Jehovah, you people, for all times, for in Jah Jehovah is the > > Rock of times indefinite." Isaiah 26:4 > > > > > > permanently impaired they mean "killed by God" "God loves you, and wants to help you, but you must ask for help or he will have to kill you" { thats what I like free will} I can't believe I use to believe that crap
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Do you feel like an idiot?Should you?
by sleepy ini was thinking today about all the time i spent on the ministry.. walking down the street with my suit and briefcase ready to defend the truth.. i recalled some of the conversations i had , had.some of the bible studies i conducted, the talks i had given the groups i had taken.. i remmebered the way i defended my faith and belief in jehovah and the jehovahs witness organisation.. how much i must have believed it was the truth.. i spent 3 years as an auxillary pioneer and called on many thousands of people.. yet all along i was wrong.. every time i defened my beliefs i was wrong.. every talk i studied and prepeared long and hard for, i was wrong.. all the things i gave up for the truth i was wrong.. what an idiot.
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After 52 years I think I got most of you beat for years on the J.W. path. I have come to peace with it and even bless it, because of that path I know who I am now. How can that be wrong? Every "right" and "wrong" choice I have ever made has taught me, I have learned more from the wrong ones. I have compassion now were has I was in judgment before. I have true love to all people now, not just the ones who think the way I do. To take that path away, that experience away would put me back in hell. I know that I'm just as wrong about something I think today. But now because of were I've been I can look at all of my ideas as a possiblity of being truth or untruth. The the ablity to look at all thoughts and decide what is true or false to me, is the greatest gift they could have given me, and to you sleepy. You are not sleepy, you are now awaken.
"Ignorance is 100% curable" Jessie Cahill
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What "hooked" you?
by roybatty inim not sure if this has been discussed before but id be interested to read some comments from those who became jws later in life.
what caught your attention and sucked you in?.
my parents became jws when i was 5 years old, so it was pretty much the only way of life that i knew.
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new boy
Born into it, but choose it ahead of time. This happen by way of reincarnation. I needed to experience a NAZIS religion, and stand up to it, in my last life I was a Nazis. That time I set back and said nothing. I later took my own life. Since the NAZIS were gone I choose the NAZIS religion to take its place. It worked out perfect. Now my contract is up. Everything is in divine order.
"Ingorance is 100% curable" Jessie Cathill
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Just Curious
by Yerusalyim indo co's and do's have actual residences?
my understanding is that constantly travel so they wouldn't really have need of one, would they?.
what do do's do between district conventions?
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Yerusalyim
"how this racket work?" I thought the catholic church, was the biggest racket on the planet.
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FIVE WEEKS FROM NOW
by Englishman ini predict that, 5 weeks from now, on sunday, june 30th., meeting attendances will plummet.. mind you, i seem to recall that in 1966 they actually held the wt study on a saturday.. englishman.
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Well I'm thinking just the opposite with a nuke happening here in the U.S. this weekend. Next weeks attendances will be through the roof, with all the fence sitters running for their lifes.
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My Experience Today with My Brother
by Reborn2002 inwell, my brother and his wife came over to my parent's house to visit today while i was home.. to make a long story short, while my brother and his wife were chatting with my mother in the living room, my 1 and a half year old nephew reilly walked into the kitchen where i was making a caesar salad.. he walked over towards me and was smiling, how can any normal adult resist the innocent smile of a child who is your relative?
i picked him up and gave him a huge hug, and told him i loved him.. as i was holding my nephew in my arms, my brother walked into the room.
he was smack dab in the middle of an in-depth conversation about jehovah with my mother and his wife, and i admit i was rolling my eyes listening to him spew about the "truth" and "the only means for salvation in the last days of this wicked system" even though when i confronted him with info on the un, blood, russell gravesite, rape changes, exclusivity, etc, he had no response for me because he was dumbfounded and lost for words.
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You did the right thing, a word of kindness is alot more powerful then a slap!
"what would love do now?"
"Igorance is 100% curable!" ---Jessie Cathill