Topics Started by Brad Wilson

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ANNOUNCING the Amazon.com KINDLE version of my BOOK
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.amazon.com/i-wept-rivers-babylon-ebook/dp/b00fmhq4gk/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=utf8&qid=1380884339&sr=1-1&keywords=i+wept+by+the+rivers+of+babylon+terry+walstrom.

i wept by the rivers of babylon is now instantly availabe at amazon.. i published the 6x9 trade paperback version last monday and the e-book book (non-kindle) versions.. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/m0rtslaw.

i hope the decent reviews are posted before the customary savage knee-jerk jehovah's witness crew jumps on and finds the juggular.. .
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Hello from Muddy Waters
by Muddy Waters in
1. jw
2. experiences
well, here's some of my story.

(am leaving out a lot of personal details.).

but i was prompted to look outside the wt because i'd been having doubts and questions for a long time.
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The music that moves you....
by FlyingHighNow in
1. social
2. entertainment
once when i was profoundly sad for too many days, my brother in law sent us a mix tape.

he named each song after a person in our family.

this is the one he named heather.
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Why I Left Jehovah's Witnesses--a 10-page essay by sd-7
by sd-7 in
1. jw
2. friends
why i left jehovahs witnesses.

they can be painful to bear, but sometimes that is part of life in a setting with many people and their various personalities.. it was my examination of evidence that did lead me to leave jehovahs witnesses.

they, of course, had failed to bear proper witness to his name.
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What was the last meeting you ever went to?
by lilbluekitty in
1. jw
2. experiences
i figured out it's been 4 months and 5 days since my last meeting ever.

july 10th, it was a sunday.

i hadn't been there in 2 months or so and decided to see if anyone noticed i'd been gone.
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Do You Miss Even A Little Bit Your "Friends" From The "Truth"?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i miss a few but honestly i could count them on one hand after being in the organization for almost 5 decades.

some jws are ok but most, i simply tolerated, due to being an elder..
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A secular website/podcast interviews an ex-elder
by JonathanH in
1. jw
2. friends
i just stumbled onto this by accident.

i was reading pz myer's blog, and just on a larf clicked on a link to another blog.

one of the first entries was "view from the watchtower" in which an ex-elder is interviewed about his past experiences as a jw.
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Are you sure leaving is a wise decision ?- Lurkers think twice- Part 2
by mankkeli in
1. jw
2. experiences
in the previous thread of this series, i called lurkers attention to the need of being discreet when contemplating an exit from the jw religion.

i mentioned that the thread was borne as a result of the general observations i made reading old posts here and discussing with many ex-jws and their lives have gradually turned out.

that thread alone was visited more than 2,980 times and graced with 204 contributions.
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Was it the doctrine or the control that woke you up?
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. experiences
even though i knew some of the doctrines were so convoluted they couldnt be genuine, every prophecy mentioned in the bible was simplistic and direct i still felt it was the best place to raise a family.

i felt like i could ignore the hypocrisy, manipulative and fake personalities and still have true friends and unbreakable family bonds.

even though my concience would bother me i would always try to forgive.
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why JWs doesn't celebrate birthday?
by vientotz in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm so curious, why they're not celebrating their birthdays?

is it just because jesus don't celebrate it and it's not written in the bible that they celebrated the birthday of jesus?

or is it written in the bible not to celebrate birthday?