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  JW Elder quits & sends 900 emails

  by snare&racket in

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  2. friends

  an elder in quebec, has just quit as a jw.

  he did so by emailing nearly a thousand jw’s with the explanation for why he and his family are quitting.. i have spoke to him quite a bit, interesting guy.

  he’s quite the loss to wt, he’s an elder with a serious career in chemistry, a professor no less.. catch his story here, apologies if this has already been posted;.

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  sparrowdown

  Cool! Hat's off to the guy. It's called honesty, in case anyone was wondering what this strange behavior is called.

  Thanks for sharing this Snare.
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  what will be the next thing

  by pepperheart in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi what will be the next thing that watchtower will cut,if you say the leaked video that fay put up the finance guy from the watchtower was saying that they had spent $26 million in about 6 months.

  so if they are getting through money that fast then they are going to have problems.

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  sparrowdown

  I'm sure they could scrap the CO arrangement. It would save them a fortune and everthing the CO does they could do using a computer, local brothers and some "special" video talks from the GB for their week of "special" activity.
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  Free exchange of ideas

  by recovering in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  i have noticed a paradigm shift on this site .

  we used to be able to express opposing viewpoints without being subjected to name calling and censorship.

  i wish we could return to how the board used to function.

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  sparrowdown

  I wouldn't mind if we talked more about the ideas than the current personalities. Presidents, Prime Ministers and celebrities come and go but the issues their words, actions or presence highlight remain constant.
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  Getting Married to a Non-JW

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i just got engaged to my boyfriend of over a year.

  my jw parents still don't know about him.

  i'm currently faded, so they know i'm not a practicing jw, but i am baptized.

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  sparrowdown

  Preparing for a shit storm is probably wise.
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  Are we losing our way a bit at JWN?

  by nicolaou in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  firstly, i want to be crystal clear how grateful i am for jwn.

  it's been my place of support for over seventeen years and it's the first online space i direct anyone to if they are taking steps out of the cult.

  i am not bashing jwn - i love this place and appreciate the hard work and expense simon puts in to keep it going.

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  sparrowdown

  I 'm not sure we ever had "a way" to lose.

  Just a motley crew of deplorable apostates making it up as we go along our individual journeys.
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  Special Seating at the Convention

  by mann377 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone noticed at the convention that there is special reserved seating?

  the convention that i attended (to keep peace in the family) had seating in the suites of the arena.

  all arenas, stadiums etc.

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  sparrowdown

  It's like being at the most pompous wedding ever and your value as a guest is determined by how close you are seated to the bridal table LOL.
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  Getting Married to a Non-JW

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i just got engaged to my boyfriend of over a year.

  my jw parents still don't know about him.

  i'm currently faded, so they know i'm not a practicing jw, but i am baptized.

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  Yeah, I know Fink, I was trying not to catastrophize something before it's happened. I have no idea how her father or BOE's will respond.
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  The Sailboat

  by compound complex II in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my tech guy made my original summery day at sea into a brewing tempest.

  sort of like life, yes?.

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  I like it, very Turner-esk.

  Just like life, every silver lining has a black cloud.
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  Are we losing our way a bit at JWN?

  by nicolaou in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  firstly, i want to be crystal clear how grateful i am for jwn.

  it's been my place of support for over seventeen years and it's the first online space i direct anyone to if they are taking steps out of the cult.

  i am not bashing jwn - i love this place and appreciate the hard work and expense simon puts in to keep it going.

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  sparrowdown

  I only ask because it seems some posters ( of which, I'm not one btw) seem to expect a kind of "neutrality" " safe space" like we had in our dub daze.
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  Getting Married to a Non-JW

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i just got engaged to my boyfriend of over a year.

  my jw parents still don't know about him.

  i'm currently faded, so they know i'm not a practicing jw, but i am baptized.

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  sparrowdown

  First off congratulatons and not an elder.

  Your dad being an elder might be a sticking point to him going, mainly because he needs to be setting a good example not because it's an "offense" of some kind but it may call into question his qualificatons as an elder. It depends a lot on how zealous the Body of Elders are.

  Hope you or your family don't try to convert your boyfriend/husband tho.

  Good luck.