Jesse Stapleton, XJW, "Why I'm an Atheist"

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Marlborobarbie
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Jesse Stapleton, XJW, "Why I'm an Atheist" Feb 12, 2019 7:19:49 GMT -7 Shimmerjet, HelenT, and 1 more like this

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Post by Marlborobarbie on Feb 12, 2019 7:19:49 GMT -7

This article is written by my good friend, and first JW boyfriend (we were 17), Jesse Stapleton. I've known about it for years, but I just re-found it, and I wanted to share it with y'all.

"Any religion, if it is to survive, has to retain members; and it would seem that my family has historically been rather susceptible to the allures of this one rather peculiar vein of Christianity."

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Jesse Stapleton, XJW, "Why I'm an Atheist" Feb 14, 2019 3:37:38 GMT -7 Shimmerjet and Marlborobarbie like this

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Post by Thehotone4u2 on Feb 14, 2019 3:37:38 GMT -7

I'm impressed with his writing style! He is to the point, articulate.

His reasoning is an understandable response to the JW bullshit.

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to god!-Lenny Bruce (1925-1966)

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Jesse Stapleton, XJW, "Why I'm an Atheist" Feb 14, 2019 10:45:53 GMT -7 Shimmerjet likes this

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Post by Marlborobarbie on Feb 14, 2019 10:45:53 GMT -7

He's very smart. That's one of the things we bonded over - being nerds. lol

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Jesse Stapleton, XJW, "Why I'm an Atheist" Feb 19, 2019 2:27:03 GMT -7 Shimmerjet and Marlborobarbie like this

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Post by HelenT on Feb 19, 2019 2:27:03 GMT -7

Reckon Steven Fry would like that too. So wise.

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Jesse Stapleton, XJW, "Why I'm an Atheist" Feb 22, 2019 22:38:37 GMT -7 Thehotone4u2 likes this

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Post by Shimmerjet on Feb 22, 2019 22:38:37 GMT -7

"I told my best friend at the time at school the next day that I was done with the Witnesses. She was ecstatic."

Is that friend you MB?

Great read!

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Jesse Stapleton, XJW, "Why I'm an Atheist" Feb 26, 2019 6:12:48 GMT -7 Shimmerjet and Thehotone4u2 like this

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Post by Marlborobarbie on Feb 26, 2019 6:12:48 GMT -7

Unfortunately, no. lol By this time, I was in Florida. BUT, we did discuss all this stuff off and on. Now looking back, we both saw signs in each other that showed we weren't going to live the "JW Life" as adults.

Pain is only a pulse, if you just stop feeling it. -Claudio Sanchez, Coheed and Cambria

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