Posts by stuckinarut2

Yes, once the FOG (fear obligation guilt) has been lifted, and events like the memorial is seen as the ritual that it is, life gets better and better!

You could even say, that "the light gets brighter"!

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July 2018 WT points

by The Fall Guy in

page 16, par.

18 carefully follow the latest directions.. do we faithfully follow the latest directions that jehovah has given us?

if so, we will not rely on always doing things the way we have done them in the past.

stuckinarut2

Perfectly said @wake me!

Well said indeed!

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Lloyd’s new book

by jwfacts in

i see there has already been discussion over lloyd’s new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

this includes discussion around his personality, motives and financial gains.

i have written a foreword for this book, because it is an important topic that has not been covered in such a complete format before.

stuckinarut2

As people who have escaped the grips of the Cult, WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE.

Let's remember that the GB THRIVES on promoting the idea that "apostates are bitter, twisted, and back biters against one another"

The last thing we should do is give credibility to the GBs narrative.

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A good idea not to have Children

by new boy in

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friends

does anyone one here remember any articles in the watchtower in the nineteen sixties or seventies that specifically stated the that the witnesses should refrain from having children because of the proximity of armageddon?.

i guess i should never have made a bound fire with my thirty years of bound volumes lol.

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stuckinarut2

It started away back in the early days of the Society.

The book "Children" had a whole section promoting that young witnesses remain childless, and even unmarried!

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Lloyd’s new book

by jwfacts in

i see there has already been discussion over lloyd’s new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

this includes discussion around his personality, motives and financial gains.

i have written a foreword for this book, because it is an important topic that has not been covered in such a complete format before.

stuckinarut2

Lets put this into perspective people.

Lloyd has Patreon supporters who choose to donate a small amount each month to assist him in producing his fine work.

I believe that he only has 30 or so people that do that! The most anyone donates is approx. $30 per month that I know of. So 30 people, each donating $30 equals a grand sum of $900 per month! If that! (some people only donate $5 or $10)

So he is hardly getting rich off this! Try living on $900 per month!

He literally spends whole days at a time producing the work. What do we earn for a full day's work? Likely more that he would ever be making from the returns on his book sales.

Rather than looking for reasons to hate, maybe we should be thankful for the aspects of his work that we have individually benefitted from...basically FOR FREE!

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"That guy with the long hair and beard . . .

by neat blue dog in

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is driving so safely!

" said the surprised middle aged jw lady..

stuckinarut2

Yes, and that driver crashes HIS car and dies on behalf of ALL other drivers the world over....

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AUSTRALIA: Religion start selling real estate assets to pay compensation to child abuse victims following Child Abuse Royal Commission

by jwleaks in

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friends

paying for the sins of their church.

australians are becoming less religious so congregations are getting smaller.

that means there are fewer parishioners to contribute money.. ..."they're simply looking at the dollars they can reap from the sale of this wonderful old building and i simply don't feel that i should be spending my weekends keeping the view clear," mr thomas said.. ...the royal commission into child sexual abuse exposed widespread paedophilia within religion and concluded that its leaders were at times weak, ineffectual, and even complicit.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-30/paying-for-the-sins-of-their-church/9586602.

stuckinarut2

Very interesting!

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If you're expecting a mass exodus anytime soon, FORGET ABOUT IT!

by nowwhat? in

i have to make a token appearance at the k.h.

once a month or so and this week went to a different hall.

and believe me they are all still totally oblivious to all the negative news about the pedophiles and shunning that have come under scrutiny by the media and other governments.

stuckinarut2

It will probably be a "generational" thing.

The born in children will mostly leave, and very few will ever come into the org from the territory.

Hence, as the old-timers die off, the numbers will fall...