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  When and where baptized

  by drahcir yarrum in

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  i thought it might be interesting to see how many here remember where and when they were baptised into the borg.

  for some the memory may be too painful, but i'm curious.. me.

  it was 1966 in vancouver, bc.

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  Shaken Faith Can Worsen Poor Health

  by tergiversator in

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  study suggests shaken faith can worsen poor health.

  from the new york times:.

  * http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/13/health/psychology/13reli.html.

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  Happy positive lives after leaving

  by tergiversator in

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  in response to the commonly-repeated myth that all ex-witnesses are bitter angry people with nothing better to do then attack their former religion, i thought we should set the record straight.

  where are you in life right now?

  are you doing things that you always wanted to do, traveling to interesting places in your free time, making great new friends, generally enjoying life?

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  Truth hurts

  by Decidedly_Unsure in

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  i can't believe it's all a sham!

  remember before i was baptized, i wondered onto a hostile site and felt a sickening dread, when i confronted the sister who studied with me she reassured me that i shouldn't worry, all the stuff on those sites are written by bitter outcasts who have nothing constructive to offer, "after all", she said, ""did you ever read anything upbuilding there?

  " well, here i am baptized, back on the net 4 years later and wham!!

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  How Long Did the Transition Take?

  by troubled in

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  i was wondering, for those of you who have left the organization, how long did the transition take?

  i mean, how long after you left did you feel up in the air, in turmoil, lost, unsettled?

  long long before you felt comfortable with the decision and basically happy with your life?

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  ``Fine:" The Most Abused Word in a JW's Le...

  by Room 215 in

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  hello all,.

  is there any word more overused by jws than ``fine?

  '' has anyone ever had the temerity to suggest that a talk or demo was ``awful,'' ``boring,'' or ``pathetic?

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  TatooGrrl and Her Tats - A Question

  by Stephanus in

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  the mention by tattoogrrl of her tattoos and the discomfort they seem to produce in the r&f around her prompted these questions:.

  *would the tats be considered to be a possible stumbling block to those "weak in the faith"?.

  *if she gets baptised, will pressure be put on her to have them removed?.

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  No Christmas

  by tattoogrl333 in

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  jesus was not born on december 25??????

  what is the reasoning behind this belief?

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  Observation by an outsider

  by MikeNightHaShev in

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  i notice that because the jw's point out flaws with the churches doctrines and beliefs that instead of fixing or repenting or solving the issues it's easier for church people to form a backlash whether it's honest or falacious in order to displace blame and smokescreen their own inadequacies.. you can not heal yourself by pointing out anothers wounds, you also can not solve your problems by displacing them instead of admiting and addressing them.. if a jw or anyone else points out the problem of abuse in the church then by pointing out an abuse in the jw elders does not solve the issues of the church abuses neither is it repentance as repentance should be.. if you can't discuss the bible and resons why you fall short and trasngress then by bringing up personal issues or attacking each other like jackals does not change those transgressions it just adds more.. as an outsider i must say all of you are like animals on their prey simply because you didn't like being exposed for your false testiments and false practices.

  this means your emotional and psychological and spiritual level is far from being grown up.. will you dare persecute me for pointing out such observations?

  a spiritually grown person will reflect on what i say, admit to it and try to change, but a child of darkness will feel their ego hurt and group rpide kicks in causing a person not grown to become defensive bitter and mean/perhaps even spiteful.

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  What Kind of Witness Were You ?

  by Big Jim in

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  for me that is a hard question to answer.

  it seems like when your in the borg it is always pounded in your head that you need to do more so they made you think you were never doing enough.. the last five years that i was in it i guess you could say i was pretty gung-ho, i regulare pionered for almost three years as well as served as a ms, i used my home for book study as well as saturday field service.. but you know what all that does not amount to a hill of beans, you know why?

  because the whole time i was a doubter, i never liked it from the time i was a kid.

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