LoverOfTruth

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  Did you go "Wild", when you had your first Credit Card?

  by JH in

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  gee, i had my first one at 45 years old.... it's so easy to spend with a credit card, especially when so many things are missing.. how did you cope with your first credit card?

  did you start spending too much?

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  Never. I learned early in life about consequences. I try to avoid bad ones.
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  Are there still things that were witness no-no's that you refrain from?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  for me, after decades as a witness there are quite a few i suppose.

  this thread was inspired by min's thread about sex and our attitudes now as opposed to when we were witnesses.. one thing that i have never done - and it might seem somewhat trivial to many - i have never, not once, in my entire life uttered the f word.

  i always found it to be utterly vulgar - and i still do.

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  The Ouija Board. I don't know why but it gives me the creeps.
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  MY DAD HAS LEFT THE ORGANIZATION!!

  by freedomlover in

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  hold on everybody....ready for this.... .

  if you've been reading my posts over the past few months you'd see the research and progress my dad (a former elder) has been making.

  he and my stepmom were visiting us this weekend and he told us he's done with the jw's.

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  There is Hope for Everybody!
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  What to do - my heart is broken - I feel like a hollow shell ....

  by muslima in

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  2. experiences

  nothing in side.. i will give you all the short storyl i was married to an elder - had 3 beautiful chilren -- after 17 years of mariiage -- i couldn't take it all any more.

  i bailed when my youngest was 11, 13 and 16.. it was my intention to be no religion at all.

  i abhor organized religion.

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  I'm in a similar situation except I am a Christian. (At least I try to be) None of us know all the Answers. I believe we are all Children of God, no matter what faith we profess.

  As a parent, we love our children unconditionally. I believe our Heavenly Father is like that in even a Greater Sense.

  He Loves Our Children even more than we can realize ane he is in Control. With that said, I am able to leave my precious oldest son Thomas in his care. It does get easier with time.
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  When you receive an ...shepherding visit, why not express appreciation ..?

  by jgnat in

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  2. bible

  "when you receive an encouraging shepherding visit, why not express appreciation for it?

  " wt may 1, 2006, p. 21 pp.

  sorry for stealing your thunder blondie, but this suggestion really struck home.

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  Perhaps I'm incorrect but don't the elders doing the so Called "Shepherding Visit" Count the Time?

  The only time my ex-husband calls our non-JW daughters or son, he trys to force the Literature on them. He says He cares. My youngest daughter says "Yeah Right!"
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  Supernatural experiences

  by catbert in

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  many ex-jw's experience a new found freedom to investigate and question all the things they once felt were true, and may ultimately come to the conclusion that the bible is just a book of stories and take science as their new "religion".

  it happened to me...) but a question i have is this: are all supernatural experiences hallucinations?

  science would say probably yes.

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  I absolutely do believe in Supernatural Experiences. And I don't attribute them to Demons.
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  Once saved always saved?

  by greendawn in

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  2. bible

  at one extreme are people like the jws that we criticise for relying too much on works for their salvation and so they have to live through a lot of anxiety day after day out of fear of failing.

  at the other extreme are those that say "i am saved by faith alone, once saved always saved, that's why jesus died for us" and seem to ignore completely the good works factor.

  obviously the right balance is somewhere between the two but we need more sophisticated thinking to grasp it than just: i need works to be saved or i need only faith to be saved.

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  My daughter has a bumper sticker on her car that says in essence "Please God, Save me From the Christians" Something to think about.
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  Is it My Imagination ?

  by LoverOfTruth in

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  is is my imagination so many young jws are dropping dead and no autopsies are done?

  last year a young man in his late 30s, perhaps early 40s died.

  another ex-jw and i went to the viewing to give our condolences to the family.

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  He was "Especially" proud of his younger brother Marlon who actually went to college while in the JWs. I really loved his spunk.
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  Is it My Imagination ?

  by LoverOfTruth in

  1. jw
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  is is my imagination so many young jws are dropping dead and no autopsies are done?

  last year a young man in his late 30s, perhaps early 40s died.

  another ex-jw and i went to the viewing to give our condolences to the family.

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  Is is my imagination so many young JWs are dropping dead and no autopsies are done? Last year a young man in his late 30s, perhaps early 40s died. Another ex-JW and I went to the Viewing to give our condolences to the family. David's Mother spoke to us. She said she believed it was his heart because she had had a heart attack the previous year. (Now she's in her 70s) No Autopsy so how could anyone be certain. I would want to know if it were my son. I heard David wasn't an Active JW, but he wasn't disfellowshipped either. Only the Mother and his sibllings spoke with us; the others glared. At least they know we cared.

  I just received word that a JW, Mike Price died on May 26th. Supposedly he dropped dead. They "Think" the "Medicine" he was taking caused the problem. (No Autopsy?) I Remember Mike as being an Independent Thinker. He was disfellowshipped for a while but eventually went back because his entire family (except his Dad) were in the Borg . He was expecially proud of his younger brother Marlon who actually went to college while in the JWs. I really loved his spunk. I haven't seen him in over 12 years.

  These two guys are both from Columbus Ohio. Now I'm wondering how common is this? Why aren't Autopsies Done? Do the Authorites just take the family's word that it's "Probably" the Heart?

  I'm having a really tough time with Mike's death.
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  From Lurker to Newbie

  by Warlock in

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  this is my first post and it is extremely difficult, but where else can i go?

  i'm sure not going to join another religion and most of you have been where i have.

  just for the record, i was a drunk, drug addict and dabbler in spiritism when i began studying, which also makes it difficult, because the j.w.

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  Hi Warlock.

  What you are experiencing is Normal. It's Human. Take one day at a time. There are so many wonderful People out here to help you through.

  -Dianne