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  Do you beleive in ghosts??

  by quellycatface in

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  i was always told it was satan and his demons making people think they exist.

  not sure.

  i always thought the guy that excavated king tutenkahmun had a curse on him though.. .

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  RIF- Are sharing The Smiling Man story as if it was your own experience?

  Funny / creepy short film about it.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u6Tt3PqIfQ#t=0
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  Please don't take the mick....but I got disfellowshipped for kneeing an elder in the nads

  by outinthemeadows in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  an elder in my congregation got on my nerves because he kept putting his arm around me and i'd asked him to stop.

  a few weeks later he did the same thing again so i used my knee against his micro-penis.

  a judicial committee was formed even though i was being sexually harrassed by this octapus of an elder.

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  Take jgnat's advise and run with it. At least get a consultation.

  What a POS group of elders.
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  Do you frown upon tattoos?

  by confusedandalone in

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  i am very interested in hearing from people who really think that people with tattoos are somehow weird or cagey individuals.

  i would just like to get your outlook on this matter.

  today i was in a grocery store and i sawe this guy with his two kids and his wife shopping.

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  Adamah -

  I see a lot of the memorial here in Denver too. Everywhere. Not sure but I think its primarily the Hispanic culture that does it here, at least the ones I see regularly.
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  Do you frown upon tattoos?

  by confusedandalone in

  1. social
  2. physical

  i am very interested in hearing from people who really think that people with tattoos are somehow weird or cagey individuals.

  i would just like to get your outlook on this matter.

  today i was in a grocery store and i sawe this guy with his two kids and his wife shopping.

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  I got one when I left that has special meaning for me and my family. It’s on my forearm. It’s a constant reminder of the reasons I remain sober.

  I have thought about getting more, but I want one that has special meaning before I settle on another. I was 29 when I got my first. I can see people getting them younger having ragrets…
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  10 Years out of the JW Organization- What I've Learned ( For what it's Worth)

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  10 years ago i stopped attending jehovah's witness meetings for good.

  walked out of the kingdom hall cold turkey never to return based on injustices i observed among others and myself at the hands of elders giving out not god's counsel but personal opinions as counsel .

  some of them weren't even giving out wt society counsel- just personal opinions.

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  Thank you Flipper for writing your opening post. Your first point about how “special” JW’s are-NOT. I wish I realized this sooner. I truly believed all the spoon-fed crap I was forced to eat from birth until I woke up over 2 years ago at 28. This was the one thing that apparently my wife, also born in, could never buy. This is what made it easy for her to leave after I left. She told me how she always felt it was so “arrogant” to think WE are the only people the have the “whole truth”.

  It is so hard, but I try not to dwell on the past but try to look forward to the future. I am happy I got out safe with my wife but especially happy I got my 2 kids out long before they would remember any of it (son now 5 and daughter almost 2).

  I never had a dad in my life growing up, but I had a “father-like” figure close to me. Even though we’ve never me, when I read your posts, I am reminded of that father-like figure I always looked up to. Thank you for what you bring to the table here at JWN
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  WHAT JW TYPES DO YOU REMEMBER IN YOUR CONG???

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it seems in most congregations there is always the same personality types of brothers and sisters in each congregation.

  self righteous ones.

  holier than thou, exemplary, with dc/ca parts every year family.

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  The : Lets invite A B but not C. We are going to drink way too much for C. “We don’t wanna stumble anyone” while we get sh*t faced. This happened on several occasions.
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  Christmas - love it or leave it?

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am just watching my neighbours across the road putting up christmas lights while their children run around bursting with excitement.

  i am feeling all christmassy now.

  can't wait for my daughter to come home from uni next weekend so we can go and buy a tree from the garden centre.

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  Love it. This is the first year we are celebrating as a family. We got the tree after Thanksgiving. Decorated it and all. If it wasn’t for our 2 little ones, I doubt the misses and I would go through much effort. I also put up Christmas lights for the first time. I had an elder call and leave a voicemail asking me to call him back. I still haven’t. I think someone saw the lights and turned us in.lol.
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  When Organized Religion Becomes a Cult

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
  2. current

  i saw this mentioned in a post.

  i thought it deserved a thread of its own.

  i liked how this article reasoned with the reader how a religion can cross over into cult territory very quickly.. "the harm stems from a system that shuns and ostracizes adherents that don't accept their exclusive claims to truth.

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  Me too Clarity, me too.

  Yes yadda yadda, I know there are many JW’s = cult threads. I just liked this article.

  Oubliette – I wont give up. I will just have to be more creative trying to get them to think.
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  When Organized Religion Becomes a Cult

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
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  i saw this mentioned in a post.

  i thought it deserved a thread of its own.

  i liked how this article reasoned with the reader how a religion can cross over into cult territory very quickly.. "the harm stems from a system that shuns and ostracizes adherents that don't accept their exclusive claims to truth.

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  There is a 6 min chilling video at the end of the article.

  I want to share this article so badly with my mom and sister, but sadly, I think it will push them farther away from me.
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  When Organized Religion Becomes a Cult

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
  2. current

  i saw this mentioned in a post.

  i thought it deserved a thread of its own.

  i liked how this article reasoned with the reader how a religion can cross over into cult territory very quickly.. "the harm stems from a system that shuns and ostracizes adherents that don't accept their exclusive claims to truth.

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  dazed but not confused

  I saw this mentioned in a post. I thought it deserved a thread of its own. I liked how this article reasoned with the reader how a religion can cross over into cult territory very quickly.

  "The harm stems from a system that shuns and ostracizes adherents that don't accept their exclusive claims to truth. That is where conventional religion becomes a potentially harmful cult. Forcing people to conform by using the subtle threat of social alienation is a form of coercion."

  "Any religious community can become a cult. It's not about how faith is expressed in a community but more importantly how people are treated if they want to leave and disbelieve."

  Full article here:

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eliyahu-federman/when-organized-religion-become_b_3996139.html