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  Hey There...An Introduction to a Married IN nonDub (unbaptised pub)

  by HeyThere in

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  hey there all, i just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and thank you all for this wonderful site and all the helpful discussions sich a loving arrangement .

  my name may (or may not) be tracee.

  i may (or may not) live in texas.

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  First off, thank you all for the kind comments, tips, and support. This whole experience has been...un-nerving.

  As I have been uncovering more TTATT, I have also been uncovering just how much of an impact the JW's had in my relationship with my husband.

  To clarify the story further, I became pregnant while my husband and I were dating (he was not active at that time). He lived with me. While I was pregnant, he became active again, and shortly after I had the baby he moved out and basically "ended" the relationship with me officially, yet was still over every day to spend time with us. We went places together, etc. I began studying with one of his family members. I finally became fed up with it all, and I began a relationship with another man - afterall, we were not together, he would not even sit with me at meetings, and was just being...weird. Things blew up. I stopped studying. He faded, and a few years later we did end up back together and married.

  At the time it was all happening, as a never been a dub, I had no idea what had been going on. I later found out, after the ish hit the fan, that he had been planning to propose. He never told me, one of his "spiritually weak" family members did. But I still didnt fully understand.

  During this past year, I have come to uderstand the dynamic at play, and know what took place now. At it is just effed up! When we first came back I didnt know the details of the religion. Now that I know how crooked and deceitful they are, well, it pisses me off. And he is so blind to it.
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  Hey There...An Introduction to a Married IN nonDub (unbaptised pub)

  by HeyThere in

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  2. friends

  hey there all, i just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and thank you all for this wonderful site and all the helpful discussions sich a loving arrangement .

  my name may (or may not) be tracee.

  i may (or may not) live in texas.

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  HeyThere

  he k.ows i am not

  Hey There all, I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and thank you all for this wonderful site and all the helpful discussions Sich a loving arrangement

  My name may (or may not) be Tracee. I may (or may not) live in Texas. I do have.3 children ages ranging from college age to junior high. My children do not believe the wt. The adult children are absolutely not having anything to do with it and gingerly asked me one day of i believed what they taught. When I said nope, not at all, the relief was clear.

  The youngest does attend kh.This child answerz several questions at all meetings, participates in family study, independently prepares for her own studies...and thinks it is a crazy cult that writes for babies )aka like a childs book) This kid is smart. At the next study she is going to make a big dramatic annoumcement about her college plans which will segway into some questions i have.

  So point there...my kids are not in the cult. but my husbamd and majority of hos family members are in. my h was inactive for over a decade. I studied with his aumt cor about a year before I walking away. the cult caused many issues in my relationship woth my now h before as we werent married. So much drama...another thread...but ultimately he faded and married me, the worldly girl. But the wt has haunted our marriage, and led to resentment. It has been difficult.

  After some life changing events my h wamted us to all bet back to the kh. we have been back for a year. and this ish is crazy

  My husbamd is all in. he jas acknowledged he doesnt believe it all but is a born in...it is all he knows. it has only been tje past few months that he has gotten more into it...telling our child they camt have worldly friends, not wanting to go to dinner woth couples who are not jw, going theu our kids toys and tossing unicorns, smurfs, etc.

  he knows how i feel for the most part, knows i am not getting baptised, will not recuse blood fpr self or child, etc. in another thread i mentioned how he told his mom that "the devil is at wprk." so thats what i am dealing woth.

  i feel so sad fpr him, for things that happened in his life because of thos relovion...for the way tjey almost broke us up!! years before. for the grip they have on him. je gets zo defensive when i talk about things i have learned. he responds with the canned jw responses i have seen all over. amyways, that is me in a nutshell. i apolkgize for all the typos i am on my phone.
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  Do You Believe That Jehovah's Witnesses Should Be Outlawed As They Are In Some Countries?

  by minimus in

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  or do you believe they have the right to practice their religion, as they do?.

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  banning a religion that is weird is a slippery slope....the big picture impact would be concerning. however, being held responcible for fraudulent and/or injurous actions and could been sued over it...possibly even class action....that may help with transparen,y in the future. there are other actions even more powerful than banning.
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  Do You Believe That Jehovah's Witnesses Should Be Outlawed As They Are In Some Countries?

  by minimus in

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  or do you believe they have the right to practice their religion, as they do?.

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  I dont think they should be outlawed, but there absolutely should be reporting and fin@ncial details made public. not just for jw bit all religions. i have seen many crimes take place where a church/religion was used to cover/commit the crime. and the religion leaders and higher rankkng members were the criminals.
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  Smoking

  by FL_Panthers in

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  i heard that the witnesses used to smoke back in the day.

  is this true?

  if so, what was the reasoning behind this?.

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  Helsinki Times Article: "The End of the World" - Lengthy interview with many former JWs

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/10435-the-end-of-the-world.html.

  the end of the world.

  last autumn, jussi k. began to plan his disassociation from jehovah's witnesses.

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  this is just so heartbreaking for me. i feel so sad for the victims of this scam religion. i really hope that this article reaches the hearts of people so the word can spread about this. smh.
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  Counting tracts as placements on reports now?!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  ahhhhhh......man....... .

  so now we have to count all tracts / leaflets / meeting invitations etc as placements on the monthly report slip???.

  is this just another method of control or accountability!

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  i would love to put something innocently obnoxious on the report...but i only do field stuff with my h, and he turns in the reports.
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  "The Devil is at Work!"

  by HeyThere in

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  i consider myself a christian.

  seriously did not even think that jw was that much different...but now i know better and it has my mind spinning.

  i have stopped answering questions, say my own prayers to god at the meetings, and plastr on a fake smile.

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  @cultbgone....um ya. I can say that as soon as that elder finished that sentence i woke up.i mean, he basically admitted they fudge the numbers to make it look like there are more members than there really are. and i sat there with a fake smile on my face thinking....wtf have i gotten into here ?! they have no idea at all that i even caught it. so i will use that to my advantage.
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  "The Devil is at Work!"

  by HeyThere in

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  i consider myself a christian.

  seriously did not even think that jw was that much different...but now i know better and it has my mind spinning.

  i have stopped answering questions, say my own prayers to god at the meetings, and plastr on a fake smile.

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  @ablebodiedman: thanks for those info tips. i will be requesting videos. i already have identified several interesting contradictions and....just strange crap....from the pubs. i have an old revelation book...it is really....something. reading these pubs is killing me...i have 3 degrees, a multitude of professional certificates, basically i am well educated. these pubs are like 3rd grade school books. so tedious to read. but i am also going to try amd use my unique position to help people. now that i am fully ttatted, so to speak, i can act. i just have to do it right to save my family from this crap. i am so mad about the trickery. i will post my story soon. i will be coming here amd using all of you experienced ones to help me navigate apostate land. i am not baptized but an unbaptized publisher studying with a few sisters. i feel like i can freely ask questions a typical rank amd file couldnt get away with asking....so what should i start woth? thoughts?
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  New light?

  by Ignoranceisbliss in

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  my father who is an elder with decent organizational connections mentioned that very soon there would be "new light" regarding the resurrected being able to be married.

  this would make sense because our current understanding has never made any sense to me.

  has any one else heard anything about that?.

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  wait....what? the dubs seriously said that the resurrected would not have genitals? where the heck do they come up with this stuff????

  i have just been learning about jw for the past year...my h is a born in who was inactive when we married. i recently became an unbaptised pub and was aiming for baptism at the dc. i am so freakin glad i found ttatt before getting baptized. this stuff is so crazy!