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  I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

  by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

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  2. scandals

  i am an inactive jw.

  i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

  i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.

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  Stealth

  Even if they were to shutdown and restart... what prevents an elder or someone trying to out others to set up a facebook account just for that purpose and ask to join the group. The same risk would be there. Using facebook just seems like a bad idea all around when it comes to protecting privacy. That said, I am not a facebook user so I certainly may not know what I am talking about.
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  Shiver Me Timbers I Gots a Bible Study Matey!

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new wt 2013 june tells kids that they might get to study with a pirate someday!

  perhaps johnny depp will be resurrected for just that purpose?.

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  Stealth

  could this be damage control over the whole Sparlock video?

  Magic = Bad

  Pirates = Good, if you can study with them
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  I've Come To Realize That "Facts" Don't Mean Much If A Person Refuses To Accept Them

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  ...and that applies to religion as well as politics.. if someone simply believes such and such is true, it doesn't really matter whether you "prove" it or not.

  people will believe what they want to believe..

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  Stealth

  Is it safe to say without reading 8 pages of long winded posts, that this thread actually proves Minimus title of OP to be true/fact?
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  My wife just told me to move out...

  by nolongerconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  because of "religious" differences, she now wants me to move out and "separate"...i said what biblical grounds does she have for her request?.

  she couldnt respond...she said she'd rather be beaten up by me than have an "apostate" in the house.... this org definitely encourages conditional love.... i don't know what to do...by the way, we dont have children.

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  Stealth

  'i learned all this the hard way.'

  Same here, Even though at the time I was ready to be done with both the JWs and her.. I moved out when my loyal JW wife asked me to for the exact same reason yours has asked you to.

  The hand she was playing was to a) get me back in line with JW or b) My leaving the home would lead to my giving her grounds for divorce.

  After I left, I spent the next year deprogramming myself and reading everything I could about the religion, I was busy but not like she thought. I had no desire to date or get involved with another person, I remained single while she became lonely, got involved with another man and she got DF.

  To this day, I have not been DF nor have I DA myself. She is still DF and now an Xjw herself.

  One of my biggest regrets was leaving the home when she asked me.

  Don't make the same mistake!
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  I will be celebrating the memorial at my home

  by nolongerconfused in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone else want to join?

  we'll be partaking in the bread and wine...no sing alongs and no talk...just reading the account on the bible.... :o).

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  Stealth

  What is the date of the event this year?

  A good merlot is a great choice of wine. Maybe a little cheese with the crackers.

  I am in center of US, as long as I don't have to attend a K.H.
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  Over 4 months, still no response to this letter to the elders!

  by Greybeard in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone, its been over 4 months and i have not heard a response from the elders.

  i called one of them a few weeks back.

  he said they sent it to bethel and haven't heard back yet.

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  Stealth

  Sorry for your pain the WT organization has caused you and your family. I can relate, 12 years ago my wife left me when I expressed doubts about 1914 teaching. At the time I was crushed. She thought that leaving would get me back in line.

  As hard as it may be to admit, you can't be soul mates if a spouse would leave you over not agreeing 100% with a religion.

  Time heals.

  After several years, I began to date again and have found my real soul mate.

  Now I realize her leaving is one of the best things that ever happened to me, even though I would have never thought so back then.

  Does not change the pain you feel. Just know that it gets better and there are others out here who understand what your going through and feeling.

  Best of luck moving forward!
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  One reason why many are feed up with religion.

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yesterday watching the tragic event in 2000, terrorist.

  strike in india.

  three location where selected by the terrorist.. two major hotels and a jewish center.

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  Stealth

  Someone on this forum made the following comment a while back....

  The history of religion in 5 steps.

  1) My god is better than your god and he is going to kill you.

  2) No, my god is better than your god and he is going to kill you first.

  3) I can't wait for my god, so I will kill you myself.

  4) Not if I kill you first.

  5) Survivors.... go back to step 1.
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  Monsignor Meth

  by Stealth in

  1. social
  2. current

  "cross-dressing meth priest liked sex in rectory".

  http://www.sfgate.com/local/article/sources-cross-dressing-meth-priest-liked-sex-in-4203841.php.

  at least this priest didn't rape any young boys, that's an improvement.

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  Stealth

  "Cross-dressing meth priest liked sex in rectory"

  http://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Sources-Cross-dressing-meth-priest-liked-sex-in-4203841.php

  At least this priest didn't rape any young boys, that's an improvement.
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  Girlfriend probably getting DF'd

  by The JHWH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so the local jc decided to df my girlfriend because of basically premarital sex.. she confessed few weeks back to the elders, and the judicial system had its wheels rolling.. they confronted her today, and eventually came to the conclusion described above.. .

  she told them that she regretted our sexual acts, and that we wouldn't perform that kind of actions before we're married.. they talked with her about getting married etc.

  a week before the jc.. now the reason they decided to df her was not the sexual acts itself, nor the lack of regret,.

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  Stealth

  The JC process is nothing more than a Kangaroo court.
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  GENESIS- Adam, Eve, Noah, etc. and Original Sin

  by Band on the Run in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there was a distressing thread concerning this topic recently.

  there is no way i can believe these stories as literal truth or even use them as any signpost to the nt jesus/god.

  these scriptures make judaism and christianity look silly.

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  Stealth

  Taking a literall view of Genesis as history is crazy with all of the physical evidence that humans and civilizations were on earth far before the bible account of Genesis.

  If you can't trust the very first book in the bible as being true, then why should you put trust in any other parts of this book?