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  Hello

  by Garrett in

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  hello forum,.

  i'm new here and not sure where to post.

  so, i'm 21 years old and currently a baptized witness, however, i'm slowly making my mind up to leave and here's why.. first, there are certain things that make no sense to me in the organization.

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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  Good for you mate,  waking up so early.  Wish I had. 

  You'll go far! 
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  How did you get through mind numbing meetings?

  by minimus in

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  as an elder, i used to find a legitimate reason to wander.

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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  I text an awake friend.  Kept me sane tonight.  (if you're reading this,  c'mon sign up dude!) 
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  Display of National Flags in Kingdom Halls in Chile: WTS' Response

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  remember this and other threads a few months back, on the subject that some kingdom halls in chile acquiesced to govt rules that every building should display the national flag on the day of celebration?.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/262505/kingdom-hall-chile-has-national-flag?size=20&page=1.

  many of us here and around the net, calling on our dub experiences cried "never would that happen!

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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  Wow.  I labelled it bs too.  Sorry! 

  Can't read the letter but you guys' synopsis is damping.  Wow. 
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  How many of you followed the WTS direction on education years ago and have been screwed by it?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  i'm really interested in this question because i've heard for years that if you forgo further education and go pioneering, when you have a family down the track you will get a good job because jehovah will provide for you because you pioneered.

  as long as i was a kool-aid drinker, even then, i thought, "how does pioneering pay your bills?

  surely education should come first.

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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  Well bumped madam. 

  I'm screwed too.  Window cleaner for two decades.  No college or university. No retirement money set up.  Body failing in all sorts of ways.  Now I'm wondering what on earth I can do instead of my current job. Cack.

  Jwpodcast has a good section about this this month.  
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  Really don't feel like a JW anymore

  by snare&racket in

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  it has been a good 8 years away from my area, a good 10 years + since i was regularly at meetings.

  a good 12 years since i was hesitantly active.. it is a slow process but it does happen.

  i now feel no connection to the belief system beyond memories.

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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  You,  sir,  ROCK!

  Good for you! 

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  Separated from a loveless Marriage

  by PLAYGROUND in

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  2. relationships

  i don't know where to start.

  i got married a year and half ago.

  some months into the marriage things where discovered.

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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  There's some great advice up there.  ^^

  AllI can add is,  please watch this video,  a documentary,  it will show how the elders are clearly not trained to counsel marriages beyond very basic issues,  and why outside help is necessary where physical violence is present.

  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7k8gA37KMGE

  I'm really sorry to hear of your distress,  but as an ex elder,  I can assure you we are NOT equipped to deal with such things,  and as a husband I can say you SHOULDN'T have to put up with it.  

  
  
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  At the meeting ... Ugh

  by cappytan in

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  at least i have this forum.

  is there a shorthand for referring to this website?

  saying jehovahs-witness.com seems like a long winded way..

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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  "Hurly Spirit must have been flowing tonight because during Bible Highlights my hand was up the entire time to point out Judges 1:19, but I wasn't called on that time"

  Cappy Tan,  are you ME?   Am I posting under two different accounts? And not even realising it?

  Maybe they're wise to the fact that SOME try to be controversial in their comments,  I was going to bring that out too but wasn't asked.. 
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  Just ask simple questions and make street witnesses move along

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  you don't have to know much to talk to jw's and show them they don't want to really discuss the matters.they consider a discussion on the matter they are pushing to be "confrontational.".

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfw_txpmsj8.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lqtadagucq.

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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  Actually,  check out the THIRD video from the same uploader,  a much more reasonable discussion is had with the 'handler'  once he agrees not to directly film him. Much more fruitful methinks. 
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  Just ask simple questions and make street witnesses move along

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you don't have to know much to talk to jw's and show them they don't want to really discuss the matters.they consider a discussion on the matter they are pushing to be "confrontational.".

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfw_txpmsj8.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lqtadagucq.

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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  It saddens me that I can see myself in the first young jw (as of 20 years ago).  I always remember being rudely told at a door when offering a creation magazine "don't be so stupid,  get an education!".  How rude I thought.  But now I wish I'd done just that. 

  As for the video,  I know I wouldn't like to be filmed,  but they've got to expect that sort of thing since it's PUBLIC witnessing.  Didn't they start vetting who could go on the carts?  Maybe that just didn't work so they're just told to move on instead. 

  I feel sorry for the wasted years these kids have in front of them,  but I think the video is more about proving a point than trying to wake anybody up. (the point being,  most witnesses can't defend their faith very well at all).  If it was a secretly filmed video you could have the best of both worlds,  a real insight into the dumbassery of jw's,  and the opportunity to plant some seeds of doubt. 
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  Feeling low

  by campaign of hate in

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  christ, my mind feels f***ed.

  there is so many layers of indoctrination and rules and regulations in this, whatever this is (religion?

  cult?

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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  I hate the way my mind jumps into 'apologetic' mode at the drop of a WT.

  I just put it down to 40 odd years of indoctrination.  It's like a well worn,  rutted path that my bike wheels keep slipping into. I'll forge a new path eventually.