Topics Started by TheSurvivor

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How Have U Changed since Leaving?
by patio34 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i've been thinking about changes in my world view lately and wonder if others have had a similarly subtle, yet profound, outlook on life.

not being a jw nor even a believer anymore has made a subtle change that ive observed.

to begin with, i read somewhere that people tend to bring their own standards to their religion.
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Starry Starry Night....
by TheSurvivor in
1. jw
2. experiences
how many people here have had close friends or aquaintances in the truth take their own life?

i know that this may be a very deep subject, and i do not mean to dredge up bad memories, but i just ran across the lyrics to vincent aka starry starry night.

it was the first time that i ever actually read the words and it made me think of the jw friends that i have lost due to suicide.
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My First Rock Concert....
by TheSurvivor in
1. jw
2. experiences
now in my 40's i went to my first and most probably last rock concert last night.

i took the wife and kids (if you can still call them that with the youngest taller than me) to see the "motor city madman....ted nugent.

i guess that i am just not the rock and roll type.
4
Can God Self Destruct?
by StinkyPantz in
1. jw
2. experiences
this question of course goes out to all of you that believe in god (preferably the god/creator of the bible); not you atheists.

if god is all powerful then shouldn't he be able to kill himself?

i'm not saying "would he", but if he is all powerful, then why couldn't he?.
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MIND RAPE?
by bay64me in
1. jw
2. experiences
i read something recently, possibly, (no probably) here, on the subject of mind rape.

my encounter with the jws was kind of self inflicted, i.e.

i was not brought up in it.. i am sort of coming to the conclusion, that is meaning, that with my association with the witnesses and reading here, that those that were introduced to this particular form of mind control later on in life, seem to be more adversly affected mentally than those that have the misfortune of being 'brought up in the faith'.
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A Week Later; I'm Still Confused.......
by Sentinel in
1. jw
2. experiences
well, it's been one week since mom called to tell me that she is reverting back to a previous behavior from 1981, called "hard line shunning".

this is after some ten years now, of having communication with me in a restrictive manner.

(well, as "normal" as it could be for us anyway.
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Society profiting from Conventions
by freedom96 in
1. jw
2. friends
i am sure that this has been talked about, but i would love to hear recent input.

there have been district assemblies where parking is charged, and all the "brothers and sisters" who are taking time off of work, etc, and cannot afford to go to this assembly but have to go, are paying good money for admission to the stadium.

many times not allowing come and go privledges.
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A memory of Mom and Dad
by nilfun in
1. jw
2. experiences
one evening, mom and dad told my cousin.

and i to get ready, we were going to buy some new.

shoes.
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My demon posessed PC experience
by jws in
1. jw
2. experiences
been reading some of the demon stories posted from time to time on this forum.

i for one am skeptical of them all because many of people i knew who reported such experiences seemed to be either mentally or emotionally unstable.

i've personally never had any such experiences despite my ac/dc and led zeppelin collection - and never wanted to.
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Compassion and Love is the Universal Language
by TuningFork in
1. jw
2. experiences
sentinel and sooner, this is tuningfork (*s*) and i share your hurt as much as you do for i am your in the flesh sister forever.

and to survivor, you are one strong one.

my love goes out to you as you lead your "double-agent" life, which you do so well!