Posts by ducatijoe

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Just Curious About Something

by EmptyInside in

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sorry,couldn't think of a better title for this post,without it being long.. i was thinking this morning,if ex-jws, who were born into the group less likely to join another religion after leaving.

vs. the witnesses who belonged to a church before joining the religion.. from my own prespective,being raised a witness,i have no intention of joining any religion.

and it seems that born-ins are less likely to join a religion after leaving the cult.. in my own experience,i think it's religious burn-out to tell the truth.

ducatijoe

I agree... No religion for me... as for now

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Sadly inevitable...JWs glad that Robin Williams died on "this side" of Armageddon

by sir82 in

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thread is here:.

http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/16494-robin-williams-found-dead/.

a few quotes:.

ducatijoe

I get such a kick out of people who think they know who will get this or that after we die !

I am sure that none of them have weve been able to interview someone who has died! Nor are they qualified to make a judgment about anyone.

But they are in an organization that has their members always judging each other.

I am so sad Robin was in such a bad place that he took his life, He will be missed.

GOOD 2 B FREE

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"We're calling on your neighbours to promote a website"

by Simon in

wow, it's true - they don't call to 'promote god's kingdom' anymore but just their website!.

we just had an old lady call and tell us that was exactly what they were doing and it has "lots of good things on their for children".

yeah, right ... sparlock?.

My First Post!

by NoMoreHustle in

i won't be lengthy on this.

i have been in the org for about 20yrs.

now & woke up about 2yrs ago.

ducatijoe

Welcome! I too never look at the internet until I left. Now I know why they never would allow us to.

Guess North Korea has the same restrictions....Life is sooooo wonderful our here!

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Could it be that Jehovah is punishing me for leaving his religion?

by Julia Orwell in

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i know it's a completely absurd thing to say, but something happened to me today that triggered the old cult reaction.

my mind instantly lapsed back into that of a jw and for a split second i thought that because i wasn't doing jehovah things that jehovah's blessing had been removed from me and this is why my life seems to be running into so many dead-ends.

as a jw i attributed anything good happening to me to being the result of my being a good jw and dutifully doing everything the borg teaches.

ducatijoe

SHIT happens! We make our own way. Stay positive and keep looking up, it will get better.

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Hello

by lurkernomore in

i thought it was high time to introduce myself (without my name of course).

as my name would suggest i have been reading your intriguing post, thoughts and discussions for some time now.

around 3/4 months to be exact.. i guess to start with it would seem fitting to give a little background on my current situation.. i'm a born-in, but have over the last few years found that through a number of varying occurences, (some of which i may discuss in future posts) that my 'zeal' has gone from regular field service and meetings to no service in over a year and very sporadic meeting attendance.

ducatijoe

Welcome! The two of you now have your life to live, explore and enjoy!

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Wow! What a day...

by kairos in

had a pretty deep conversation with my 'still-in' wife.. came home from some business, read some more in c.of c.. then my wife is sick and will not make the meeting tonight.... .

so we're are both home listening in to the meeting on the phone together.. it's been about a year since i've been to/listened to anything.. .

so weird.. and i'm posting here with it on in the background.. .

ducatijoe

Let it go ...

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Said from the platform: "You are not surviving Armaggedon if you are spiritually weak"

by Daniel1555 in

today i was at the meeting (i go there about once a month now).

in the service meeting they had a part where they interviewed the secretary of the congregation.. so one question was: "why are the service reports so important?".

our secretary explained that the reports are important, because the elders can see, who is spiritually weak.

ducatijoe

I am not certain about much... But I can say for sure that NO One can say who or who will not survive! NO ONE

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Who Really Profits from the WTBTS?

by Freedom77 in

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like they say in the movies, "follow the money.

" the thought occurred to me the other day - the wt scam rakes in billions of dollars, and yeah some of that goes to operations and equipment.

but bethelites at farm and factory get only a bare little dorm room and a monthly pittance.

ducatijoe

You really call that living the American Dream?

Those of us who are out are living the American Dream!!!

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DF=death

by doneandout in

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our last midweek meeting was going along as planed, then after the last talk, an elder was called up to say: member x is no longer a jw, please sing.... after the song it was silent (compared to todays were people started talk right away) and the father had his head down with someones hand on his back.

i didn't catch what they were saying, but the pose said: i'm sorry for your loss.. it was a weird night thinking how leaving a religion could couse such sadnness.. jw.org.

ducatijoe

I remember when I was anounced... I spent that night wandering around in a Walmart just so I would not blow my brains out!

After being reinstated 18 months later , I looked at it all differant.

I now have left on my own... What a wonderful freedom!

No more FEAR!