Topics Started by Mr Lebowski

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Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening!
by SpannerintheWorks in
1. jw
2. friends
how are you today?

feeling good about life, or do you want to change something?

how is your life?
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How more vague can the society get at the assemblies?
by be wise in
1. jw
2. friends
his is a quote from the give god glory district convention showing how they avoid their own questions and provide the usual vague answers that no jw understands.

we don't want to be personally refuting these untruths unless jehovah's organisation assigned us to do that, publicly.

now, are we talking people in our ministry or elsewhere about points about what they have heard, read?
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How would you explain jws to a non-jw?
by Gadget in
1. jw
2. friends
in the past, when i've been talking about being a witness they haven't really understood just how much of an impact it has on your life unless they've been one too.

whats the best way to explain it to someone who has never been a witness and had little contact with them?

i'm more thinking of how much control there is over your life, and the reason why a lot of witnesses feel down and suffer from depression, ect.. gadget
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Qualifications of Elders
by iiz2cool in
1. jw
2. friends
in my experience with elders in the past i was counseled for many things, most trivial and stupid, but some were serious issues.

one thing i noticed was that the elders always seemed to approach issues with some preconceived ideas, or they would try to read between the lines rather than actually listen to what i was saying.

others i know have had similar experiences.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Are Under Mind Control
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
if you were to tell a witness that they were "brainwashed" or that they were "under mind control", they certainly would not rationally accept it.the reason is because witnesses cannot distinguish between mind control and "obeying the faithful and discreet slave".

it is only after a person stops exposing himself to the subtle mind controlling tactics of the watchtower that a person can see how thoroughly duped they are in their beliefs.

how might you be able to tell that you are no longer your own person, able to make your own decisions in your life?
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Why some will never leave the org.
by JH in
1. jw
2. friends
we all had the same teachings when we joined the jw's.

we all studied the same books and magazines and all came to the same conclusion that this had to be god's organization.

we were told how god would establish a new world where we would all be healthy and eternal.
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How did you adjust to the world after leaving JW land ? friends/lonliness ?
by run dont walk in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how long did it take you to adjust to the real world ???

and make real friends, who didn't care about religion.

did you suffer from lonliness and depression after leaving ???.
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Guilt and Infidelilty
by lisavegas420 in
1. watchtower
2. medical
recently a poster shared with us that her father had committed infidelity.

then 3-5 years later, decides he can no longer live with the guilt and confesses to his wife.

he alone with his actions turned the entire family upside down.
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Baptism Nullification- will it work for you?
by joe_from_kokomo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
dear friends: .

however, it appears to have been effective, as i have not heard a peep from anyone at bethel or the local elders either.

from our point of view, we are now free of the entrapments of the watchtower cult, and i feel that it is important to share this with those of you who may need an alternative to the two "official" methods of leaving: disfellowshipping or disassociation.
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Disfellowshiping - Get a life
by Pepper in
1. jw
2. friends
disfellowship

>> i have read many stories here about those who have been disfellowshiped.

they express the pain of the experience, and the emotional trauma they experience.