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  Feeling Alone. Need Emotional Support.

  by Doubtfully Yours in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  please chime in if you're one of my kindred spirit that happens to literally be trapped in due to strong family/friends ties, or plain fear of being abandoned in old age.. although leaving the org is my ultimate wish and desire, fear of the unknown, fear of how it would change my family dinamics, plain fear alone paralyzes me.

  how do you cope in this difficult situation?

  dy.

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  sparrowdown

  Ween yourself off. Start by mssing every other mid week meeting then reduce to once a month until you are not going to any. Then do the same thing with Sunday meetings. Spend the time you usually spent at meetings in doing things for you - IOW self-care.

  FS can be reduced in a similar way. Start by going to the group and say you have to go on RVs and you have an appointment after so you would prefer to go alone. Gradually reduce time spent but continue to put in a fake report of 2hrs or so to keep the secretary of your back. If anyone asks tell them you are fine and act as "normal" as possible during this time you are weening yourself off.

  Trust me, once you get a taste of your freedom your mind will start to clear more and more the fog will lift until you want freedom more than you fear change.
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  “Winning the Battle for Your Mind”

  by SAHS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  “winning the battle for your mind.” that is the title of an article in the latest watchtower magazine, of july 2017, pages 27-30. wow, how ironic!

  here is the direct link:.

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2017488.

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  sparrowdown

  They have no shame.
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  why does no one ask questions ?

  by midnight in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i always felt bad for asking questions , did anyone else ?

  what question did you ask or want to ask but feel it was wrong ?

  mine was regarding the circuit assembly and the amount defecit anounced .. also 1975 i got a stern reply too when i was studying in the 90,s.

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  After being subjected to what would have to have been some of the dumbest conversations EVER on the face of the earth with other witnesses, I often wanted to ask how can you be so f*cking stupid?
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  48% Capacity at Kingdom Halls - A post on reddit

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was a letter read this week, followed by a talk about all the changes that are coming in the next couple of months regarding merging congregations in the area (va/md/dc) - the letter said that the kh's in the area are only being filled to 48% capacity.

  this was music to my ears as i have noticed the decline in attendance in all the neighboring congregations.

  they will sell some kingdom halls and merge some congregations.

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  sparrowdown

  Why go to meetings when you can catch up on JWdotborg propoganda in the comfort and privacy of your own home - Go figure huh? Can you donate from home as well?

  Oh well the borg will just have to keep selling off KHs I spose.
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  “Winning the Battle for Your Mind”

  by SAHS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  “winning the battle for your mind.” that is the title of an article in the latest watchtower magazine, of july 2017, pages 27-30. wow, how ironic!

  here is the direct link:.

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2017488.

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  sparrowdown

  While we have discussed this article before on here it still leaves me shaking my head at the epic mindfuckery of articles like this one.

  It also proves for me that the borg knows exactly what it's doing, they are not some benign "nice but misguided" delusional religion they are a cold calculating lying psychopathic organization.
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  What Kind Of Psychological Conseling Do You Think Jehovah's Witnesses Need When They Find Out It's Not The Truth?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i personally would like to see they get the very best but haven't a clue how to do it what are your benevolent words of wisdom, should a person do a deep research on his own a kind of self medication or should they brush up on some psychology,, who should they trust because after you leave you got big trust issues.. i don't know about you but to me it was a real shocker, i was totally into getting their worthless bull shit out of my head.

  i choose the self medicate path and did as must research as time would allow,, science was a biggie for me, it was enjoyable learning to get so much bull shit out of my head..

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  sparrowdown

  I don't think it would hurt all JWs especially born-ins to at least familiarize yourself with information explaining narcissism and codependent realtionships and how they relate to life as a JW.
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  Convention Horror Video for J.W.'s Young Children

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in part 3 of remember the wife of lot, prepubescent j.w.

  kids are going to be shown something which demonstrates that the org condones watching disturbing horror content.

  the "direction" the wtbts is taking is breathtaking.

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  The "Lot" video reminded me of a propoganda version of those asian horror genre movies.

  I think the reason they are going in hard on work-shaming the sisters is because more and more sisters must be working - tisk tisk you naughty wives!

  I figure by the time a subject like this gets to presentaion stage it was flagged as a problem at least a year ago.
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  Visiting Japan and saw one of those Carts. What is the purpose of those book carts for the borg?

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm in japan for three weeks visiting my sister-in-law and brother.

  the people are so polite and i came across two female jw using the cart.

  it is the same experience i noticed back in the states.

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  sparrowdown

  Cart work = volunteers = charity = tax exempt.

  The only reason WT does anything to keep their tax free donation $$$.
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  Spiritual Welfare

  by wheelwithinwheel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this year’s “don’t give up” convention encourages theocratic welfare.

  brother pioneer is doing a lot of carting and having trouble making ends meet.

  his landlord doesn’t get it and decides to evict him and his wife.. .

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  Guilting the individual members of the congregations that do work to feel responsible for the ones who refuse to look after themselves adequately because they choose instead to advertise for the borg fulltime and for free.

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  WT shirking it's responsibility towards it's own volunteers - as usual.

  Side note : I ve never met a pioneer who wasn't a whiny me, me, me freeloading bitch.
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  JW Grandparent Drama

  by What Now? in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my mom and sisters have not had any contact with my family for the past year and a half.. we even recently announced a new pregnancy and none of them acknowledged it or called to say congratulations or anything.. this past week my non-witness grandfather passed away and i had thought that for the sake of his death and funeral, it being "necessary family business" that they would at least be civil in front of our other family.

  all of them still ignored me, my sisters didn't even speak to my children at all - to be honest i don't think my kids even knew who they were.

  for the sake of my grandmother i made a small attempt at the end of the day to say goodbye to my mother and she kind of just brushed past me and said goodbye without really looking at me.. anyways my grandmother told me later that my mom spoke to her and said "i love my daughter and i love my grandchildren and i'm so upset that she won't allow me to see them".

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  sparrowdown

  In any situation other than "religious rights" this type of "family" behavior would be called out for what it is - petty, passive aggressive and disgracefully using religion as a weapon.