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  So many lonely people

  by JH in

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  with 6 quatrillion people on this planet why are there so many lonely people desperately searching for someone to love?

  with cities crowded with people, why is it that finding someone to love would be so hard?

  there are more and more single people as time passes.

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  We've become too engrossed with what's on the surface and have lost the ability and the courage to be open and honest with our feelings.

  JMO

  BO
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  Anyone here can post anything they want...how much is true?

  by berylblue in

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  as i wrote my last post about d. h. (the jw woman who was superficially shot by her abusive non-jw husband), it occured to me that the entire story sounded fabricated.

  but it got me thinking...i wonder how many of our posts here are fabricated, exaggerated or embellished?

  has anyone here actually been caught in an outright lie?

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  Well I for one have told an untrue story that some thought was true. The one about when I went to the memorial and partook and ate the bread 'like cooky monster' I thought it was pretty obvious it was a joke, but some didn't get it. Oh well, we dont all have the same sense of humour.

  I think some people would make things up, but as long as the main facts ie the JW /UN scandal etc are true I think thats the main thing, after all do we really have the right to know all about someones life? I think some probably change some basic facts to keep their anonimity.

  cheers BO
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  "For as OFTEN as you eat it...."

  by AGuest in

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  may you all have peace!.

  i posted the following to a request on another forum regarding where to partake of the "memorial.

  " although that is not quite what *we* call it, i wanted to share with you my response, for those who are wondering.

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  Blackout<------------------ enjoying this thread very much.
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  Definitions...."stewpid is as stewpid does.. sir" [forrest gump]

  by kat_newmas in

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  i may not be a smart man...............but i know what love is.....(f.g.).

  but just in case.... .

  thread?

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  well you have 'thread' right Kat, what else do you want to know?
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  How long could you live without electricity?

  by JH in

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  i lived through the ice storm of january 97 in quebec.

  i spent 1 complete day without electricity.

  it was about 25f (-5c) outside, and i had no heating.

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  we have a wood stove and a wood heater and a gas bbq. Also some gas camping equipment, so I reckon we could go on indefinately. Just need a gas fridge.
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  Article in the Awake about us "Apostate Fighters"

  by LuckyLucy in

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  today i was at work and a jw slipped a watchtower and awake in the mail slot.in the awake there is an article titled "is there an unforgivable sin?

  " here is a paragraph that caught my eye.. some people who were once faithful christians have purposely drawn away from god,perhaps because of bitterness,pride, or greed, and are now "apostate fighters" against god's spirit.they willfully oppose what the spirit is clearly accomplishing.

  have these induividuals committed the unforgiveable sin?

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  Wooohoo I love this thread.

  FREEDOM FIGHTER, ME!(me trying to look like a freedom fighter)
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  Proof that JW teachings are fading from my youngest son

  by LyinEyes in

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  i just thought this might be of interest to some of the parents here on the board who have left the borg,when their children also were raised in it......my youngest son, is the spiritual one of my 3 kids, i mean he wants to know what jesus was like as a boy, if he was a boy in heaven, why did god put satan down here with us, etc.

  etc.. as many of you know, our whole family left the borg, a little over a year ago.

  my oldest son was glad and still deals with his own spirituality, he is your typical teen, interesting in other things not spiritual.

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  That's great Dede (if I can call you that). Your stories about your kids are a great example, I love hearing them and it keeps me more aware of my childrens spirituality. Actually one of your stories gave me a heads up on the fact that I have stopped talking to my children on a one on one basis. Since then I have had some lovelly chats with them.

  Thanks and best wishes for you and your kids future.

  Blackout.
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  Is anyone here a JW?

  by Jaseun in

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  i thought this forum was run by the jw religion but i read alot of bashing of it here.

  can someone sum it up for me?

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  I am a JW. Just inactive at present.
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  Looking Forward To Ur Free Life Or Stil Reflecting And Living A Bitter Past

  by m0nk3y in

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  having grown up in the jw teaching till the age of 21 and having an alcoholic/abusive father not to mention other f*%$ed up past elements of my life .. i have to say i am overall looking forward to my future as i'm now free of jw oppression.

  but what i have notice a great deal in this forum is there alot of x-jws that are very bitter about their past lives and seem completely focused on how f*%$ed up their lives have been.

  they don't seem to have an ounce of positveness to their attitude and this concerns me.

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  Monk3y, as a great woman once said "Life is about learning to love and loving to learn."
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  Did you leave the Borg 'in search of truth' or 'freedom from rules'?

  by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

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  this question is not to offend anyone, it's just that i have noticed people have many different reasons for leaving the borg and i thought it would be interesting to find out why some of you left.. for example:some leave because they want to be free to smoke, drink, gamble, fornicate, grow beards, celebrate xmas, take blood and drugs, etc.some leave because they never believed and now are old enough to do as they want.some leave because they have seen that they can be happy living life free from any religious organization, yet still feel safe in god's love.some have been hurt by the borg and have taken their wounds away to lick them, waiting to see justice.some have trusted the borg with their lives, time and money...........only to discover recently that there has been lies, cover-ups and hypocracy in the borg.

  now they have left but need to belong to another organization to feel happy.. i left the borg because i found out about the cover-ups and lies.

  my family was abused by it, my child was sexually abused and i was df'ed.

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  I left because, I was tired, exhausted, sad, BURDENED. I thought that Jehovahs people were supposed to be a happy people, I couldn't see many that were happy, most were like me, or else had a fake, forced joy.

  I thought Jehovahs people were supposed to be loving and encouraging. Towards the end when I lived on the same road as the Kingdom hall, not one person visited me in 6 months. Then when I saw a newly appointed elder at the hall and he asked why I hadn't been at meetings lately, I told him' because I have had chronic depression', he said 'Oh is that all' I didn't go back to a meeting for many months.

  No-one visited.

  Then I felt guilty and went back, I decided to approach this elder and tell him WHY I had not been to meetings since he made this comment. He said 'oh no I would never say anything like that'. He then gave me some magazines on depression. It turns out he had just been to an elders meeting where they had told elders how to handle depression. He never visited me even once!

  It just all seemed so wrong to me I faded soon after and moved house.