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  Why being disfellowshipped from the Jehovah's Witnesses cult is a good thing

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the many reasons are people are free to enhance their intellectual growth through pursuing education, something the wts demeaned for very much of its existence.

  education is a good thing for humanity for knowledge can and does help resolving some of the problems mankind has to endure.

  new discoveries in health and medicine.

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  berrygerry

  For survivors who discover TTATT, being DF'd can be a blessing in disguise.

  For those who lose family, financially, emotionally, it can be horrific.
  
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  UN and Human Rights

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/.

  so, jws are naughty, then?.

  the hits just keep coming.i thought i had taken a little break from scandalous uncoverings.

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  berrygerry

  Article 16.
  
  (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
  (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
  (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
  
  
  Article 18.
  
  Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

  
  

  Article 20.
  
  (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
  (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
  

  To a degree, WTS enforces violations of Article 16.

  However, they definitely violate Article 18, i.e. Dubs CANNOT change their religion.

  As well, WTS sets up congos as associations, whether incorporated or unincorporated (the latter preferentially).(Article 20)
  

  No apologist could ever convince a reasonable person that a Dub is not "compelled" to remain in the/an association of Dubs.
  
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  Child Abuse - "I don't care. I haven't got any children".

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  earlier this week i bumped into a couple of jws who i recognised from the cult cart.

  a few months ago i had a long conversation with him one of them and found him to be quite friendly.

  he is new to the area in the years since i left.. this time he was very defensive and said he wasn't allowed to talk to me.

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  berrygerry

  Sofia Lose:

  Have you ever attended field service arrangements?

  Have you heard announced when a 10-year-old has been APPROVED BY THE ELDERS to aux. pioneer?
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  How do jw's explain vestigial organs in humans?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i only recently became aware of cases of people being born with tails.

  having looked into it this is a evolutionary leftover and we have many other examples within each one of us like the appendix, wisdom teeth, and muscles to move the ears.

  plus many more, this seems to me to prove evolution completely.

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  berrygerry

  Satan messing with DNA.

  (It's going to suck in the 'new system' when women change into men [unless you're gay, but I'm not sure how that will work out either] ).
  
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  "Millions Now Living Will Never Die"

  by drewcoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i understand that the judge's book "millions now living will never die" has undergone a slight of hand change of title to "millions now living may never die.".

  where could i find the new title in print in any wt publication?

  i do not have a wt library anymore, and would like to show my mom how they have changed the name of the book in their references to it..

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  berrygerry

  Millions now dying (by wasting their lives as Borg drones) will never live.
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  Witnesses and anxiety disorder

  by mana11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i saw this on a public user group for jw's .

  the librarian [email protected].

  the caption reads:.

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  berrygerry

  http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/mental-issues.php
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  RC-Observe the birds and the lilies

  by bobld in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the talk was bs.speaker used an example of how god provides some 60 pounds of fish per week to some bird.in that case god does not care about the life of fish.who will provide my daily rations?

  can i go to a store and take my food?

  can i rely on god in my old age (does not the wbts give the boot to co over 70).

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  berrygerry

  Having gone through the BS of sacrificing my youth to the Borg, I found this article (WT Apr 15, 2013) disgusting.

  "They Offered Themselves Willingly—In Mexico"

  “THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO US”
  Dustin and Jassa settled in the town of Tecomán—still near the Pacific Ocean but some 2,700 miles (4,345 km) south of Astoria. “Instead of a cool breeze and mountain views, we have blistering heat and lemon trees as far as the eye can see,” says Dustin. Initially, they could not find jobs. Lacking funds, they ate rice and beans twice a day, week after week. “But just when our diet seemed to become unbearable,” says Jassa, “our Bible students began to give us mangoes, bananas, papayas and, of course, bags full of lemons!” In time, the couple found work with an online language school based in Taiwan. Now the money they earn from that job amply cares for their daily needs.
  How do Dustin and Jassa feel about their new lifestyle? “This move is the best thing that ever happened to us,” they say. “Our relationship with Jehovah and with each other is stronger than we ever believed possible. Every day we do so many things together—go out in the field service, discuss how to help our Bible students, prepare for meetings. Also, we’re free from the type of pressures we felt in the past.” They add: “We now appreciate what we never fully understood before—the truth of the promise found at Psalm 34:8, ‘Taste and see that Jehovah is good.’”
  

  Yeah, let's do the follow-up when Jassa is preggers, and no-degree Dustin is forced to relocate the family to their home country, trying to put the WT philosophy in practice, trying to make ends meet.

  Parasitic Borg BS.

  (Also see http://jwfacts.com/watchtower/experiences/alltimejeff.php )
  
  
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  Im ready to leave

  by SpunkedTeen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just found this website and im so glad because for the first time in a long time i dont feel alone...i am a born in and in the last two years have been struggling because i thought that i was the problem and i was the reason for not feeling any love from and for the other pubs .i want to leave the org but have no idea how to tell my mother(who is a faithful jw).

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  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/wiki/index#wiki_exit_guide
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  Facing up to the reality of the world

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since becoming atheist i have been paying more attention to world events and issues.

  this is giving me some worry's when i see what's going on.

  as a jw i could just dismiss stuff saying "armageddon is coming, jehovah will look after us" etc etc now of course i can't do that.

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  berrygerry

  I am not an atheist, but I am not a cultist.

  One leaving the cult physically does not mean that its effects immediately (or even much longer) leave you.
  
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  JW Broadcasting is dying.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  once a month about 15 to 20 elderly jw publishers would meet at the kingdom hall and one elder was assigned to set up the system so they could view jw broadcasting.

  these publishers were long time pioneers, former elders, and long time publishers who know nothing about computers or the internet.

  they are the last batch of those expecting the generation that saw 1914 or understood it--- to not die off.

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  berrygerry

  I looked it up on the internet, that same place, while still an elder, I learned TTATT right here on JWD.

  Cooked my first turkey this year.

  Was the best turkey ever (decades of marriage - wife had become a decent cook).

  Google recipe online for cooking at 170 degrees F.