Posts by FadeToBlack

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What would you do if the Society Declares Bankruptcy

by Quarterback in

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special pioneers let go.

bethel workers laid off.

construction halts, what's next?

How was it when you were a JW as a kid?

by nevaagain in

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whats worse than being an adult jw?

when i was a kid i always had a bad concience all the time.

i believed i would not survive armageddon for the fact that i didn't like going to service and i didnt like going to the meetings.

My son has been out longer. He just kind of drifted away. When I woke up, we had a good conversation when I was last back in the states. I wanted to make sure he didn't hate me for taking away his childhood. He was a JW from birth until his early 20's.

Suprisingly, he was ok. I think his biggest regret was not being able to be involved with sports. He is not really anti-JW, just not part of it any more. Someone visits him with mags once in a while that he said he glances at. I encouraged him to be polite but firm when refusing their invitations to go to the meetings.

I think I am actually more upset by it (his lack of a normal childhood) than he is. When I visit my sisters and mother (never JW's) and see all the memories they have of real family outings and get togethers, it really hits me. I got nothing.

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IMAGE QUIZ -just for fun

by nicolaou in

first person to identify this building and its location gets to post the next image .

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and on we go!.

FadeToBlack

Great idea. Let the fun begin...

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Hypocritical

by poopie in

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wow october jw broadcast you can do good and love everyone eccept diasscited and df persons how sick and evil hypocrisy .

FadeToBlack

My wife is watching it now. She is in the living room with her iPad and I can tell by the tone and delivery what she is watching. What is really strange is that she just visited my office and offered to make me some dinner (I am working at home this weekend) and suggested some additional possibilities later. Confused.

She has been really active in service lately. I suspect she is getting some encouragement to pioneer.

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A new member

by Kurteousmaximus in

hi... i am new and after nearly 20 years after being disassociated at 15 i would like to make contact with others who have similar difficulties.

my mother was disfellowshipped shortly after my rebellion and had all ties with both her mother and brother cut and that remains the case.. just really hacked off with not being able to put things in the proper place in my life after all these years.

for the record i don't know if i believe in god but am searching for some peace as i seem to self destruct on a regular basis.. any ideas anyone?.

FadeToBlack

Welcome and congrats...

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Hello to everybody!

by John Free in

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i wanted to introduce myself.

like many of you i was born-in, am married with one child.

after 36 years of this cycle: doubts-thought stopping- suppression- indoctrination-cult mode i realised enough was enough.

FadeToBlack

John be Free. And keep going. Don't look back. Congrats and welcome.

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Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

by LaurenM in

do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

FadeToBlack

Wow. After reading all 33 pages of this thread I am convinced that Simon is a god or at least a genius. He has 'evidently' created sophisticated bot software to emulate all sorts of realistic theist-agnostic-atheist-apologist-touchyfeely characters all responding to each other. And I keep coming back for more. Brilliant.

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My Mom Is Dying

by minimus in

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i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.

she is on morphine and hanging on.

she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.

FadeToBlack

I'm going to second "under the radar's" idea. If nothing else, just be there to hold her hand.

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Why zombies?

by FadeToBlack in

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i just saw ww-v with brad pitt the other night (i know i am behind the times, still trying to catch up on movies i missed the last 30 years) and it struck me- why are we always fighting zombies?

is it just easier to justify the carnage?

it seems to me, that the most horrific carnage seems to be neighbor-vs-neighbor.

FadeToBlack

Thanks for all the tips/updates. I will check out Zombieland. I love Bill Murray. Great actor in either comedic or dramatic role (note: not sure if comedic is a real word). Probably will also get first season of Walking dead and give it a try.

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Why zombies?

by FadeToBlack in

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i just saw ww-v with brad pitt the other night (i know i am behind the times, still trying to catch up on movies i missed the last 30 years) and it struck me- why are we always fighting zombies?

is it just easier to justify the carnage?

it seems to me, that the most horrific carnage seems to be neighbor-vs-neighbor.

FadeToBlack

Is it typically some type of virus that kicks off the zombie-apocalypse? I saw Legend and seem to recall they were trying to use rabies (or rabies vacine) to cure cancer and it didn't turn out so well.

I prefer the fast zombies (at least on film) too. If there were real zombies, slow would be better of course. Just don't get your leg stuck in the branches while you are running away. Are the zombies in 'Walking Dead' slow or fast? Does the first series show how it got started?