After learning TTATT, I tried to defend the organization & tried to justify its actions, but reached a point where I could not defend it anymore! I then realized that if I couldn't defend "the truth", it was not because I was a poor defender of "truth" but rather it was because it is NOT truth in the first place!
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What Made You Finally Wake Up?
by Tenacious inhello to all.
i've been on this site for a couple of weeks now posting here and there but have not had the opportunity to read about many of the regular members and what led up to their leaving the wt.. i understand that some of you (i'm part of this club) may not be able to disclose many details and i can appreciate that.. i'd love to hear what was it that finally made you renounce what is and hopefully soon to be "was" the wt.. i truly look forward to having good discussions.. thank you to all for your kind participation.. .
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Jehovah's Witnesses win partial victory over gated communities. Too little too late?
by Balaamsass2 inmonday, november 24, 2014last update: 1:00 pm pt.
jehovah's witnesses win community access case.
by jack bouboushian .
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LOL @ the last few paragraphs!
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Not on JW.org: Just another day in paradise..Jehovah's Witnesses pedophile paradise. Another JW Servant rapes child and Elders do cover-up in California.
by Balaamsass2 insouthern california:.
monday pervy monday: ex-teacher's aide, butt slapping, tbn, mormons, jehovah witnesses.
by matt coker mon., nov. 24 2014 at 6:02 am 3 comments categories: court, crime-iny, gimme that oc religion, long beach, school daze .
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"John Roe 2 says he told the Elders he wanted to call the police, but the Elders said they preferred to handle the matter "in house." Doe 3 was "disfellowshipped,"
What a loving theocratic spirit-guided organization!!!
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CAN WE BE BETTER THAN THE GOD WE SERVE?
by Terry inbe careful what you say god is and what he wants; you may be saying more about yourself than you realize.. it may well be our personal taste in religion is revelatory of our basic character.. _____.
look at the devout islamist whose worship consists of blowing people up or cutting off heads.. contrast that to those hindi who sit with legs folded in their own lap contemplating bliss.. now contrast both the above to somebody who believes service to god is visiting the sick in hospitals.. _____.
instead of there being 3 different gods served--there might only be an extraordinary unveiling of each person's heart and mind!.
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JW reasoning: We cannot understand all of God's actions
My reasoning: If I cannot understand God's actions no matter how hard I try, it would mean that I do not understand what I believe, and if I cannot understand what I believe, then how can I fully believe???
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Why can't I just leave?
by Trapped in JW land insome of you may know my situation.
i'm still going to meetings, but i am a closet apostate and homosexual i. only keep going to meetings to please my family and some friends.
i guess i could tell my mom i no longer want to be a jehovah's witness and stop going to meetings, but i'm too scared to do it.
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If you wait, it would definitely be easier for you to leave as you would then be in a position where no one can control you. As long as you are living under the same roof with JW family, leaving can NEVER be easy. If your bf truly understands you, he would be willing to wait, if not, then it would simply mean that he is not the one for you
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I have nothing left in the tank, I need help
by Yondaime ini dont have the willpower to attend meetings anymore.
i'm literally on the sound system list every week.
i'm either reading on sunday or tuesday, praying on tuesday nites, adjusting mics, passing mics, or working the sound system, or doing last minute parts for the service meeting.
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I agree with Data Dog, except for the physical illness part. It's better to fake depression
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What really woke me up: I started noticing most JWS are weirdos..
by kneehighmiah inthankfully my parents are converts so they aren't wierd.
seemed pretty popular by all accounts.
they are "popular" jws even now.
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Island Man, the quality that I am referring to in my case had more to do with personalities rather than what you just mentioned. Should have made that clearer in my post. Anyway, good point
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What really woke me up: I started noticing most JWS are weirdos..
by kneehighmiah inthankfully my parents are converts so they aren't wierd.
seemed pretty popular by all accounts.
they are "popular" jws even now.
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I often thought about why there are only a few million witnesses of Jehovah in a world filled with billions of people. The answer given is that Jehovah looks for quality, NOT quantity
Then I started to think: Wait... why do people on the outside seem to be of better quality than us???
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why didnt God just do this?
by sowhatnow infor one thing, i cant get past genesis, but no matter.. when god told adam and eve if you eat from the tree youll die.
so why did he not simple let them die and not allow the offspring to?.
you see, if i was a god, and i told two people that, id let them die , .
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Well, the simple reason is that Adam & Eve sinned & lost their perfection BEFORE they produced offspring, hence their imperfection would have passed on to their offspring!
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Since Elders And Mini Servants Have To Be Exemplary How Does Anyone Ever Qualify?
by minimus init seems to me that you must be almost perfect to be a " servant" in the organization today.
no college, no spiritually weak in the family, no disfellowshipped living at home, no tight pants, etc......who can live up to their lofty ideals?.
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And they are complaining that brothers are not "reaching out!" How stupid is that???