After exiting the JWs I took my trombone playing to the professional level.
I rehearse every week with multiple groups and get paid to perform!
Dream come true.
Posts by kairos
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15What's your passion???
by Faith after Deception inyesterday, i was feeling very blue.
this is quite unusual for me, as i tend to be quite an upbeat, positive person, so spells of sadness or depression take me by surprise and are a real shock to the system.
you know, i don’t believe in “putting on a face” or pretending to be ok; this “fake it ’til you make it” malarkey has never been something i’ve liked.
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Seeing Cognitive Dissonance First Hand And The Stress It Causes
by JW_Rogue inokay, so a little update on my situation.
me and my wife have spoken more about what i've been thinking lately.
although, i didn't go as far as to say that i no longer believe.
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kairos
If I had to do all of this over again, I too would choose slow and steady.
I went 'all in', right away.
That rarely works.---
Three years later, my wife still attends all of the meetings, mans a trolley and says she's going to "wait on Jehovah". ( Wait and see attitude )
I'm DFd for 'admitted apostasy'.
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Celebration for those on JWD
by Quarterback inso let's just say that the wt org is now finished.
families with da/df members are now reunited.
everyone is burning their med directive cards.
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kairos
When WT collapses for good, it will be nothing but trauma and sadness for any active JW.
It would be like Satan won at Armageddon for them.
Jehovah lost.I expect mass suicides. Terrible.
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Celebration will be for a time after the horrors are uncovered and the healing begins.
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Be ready to help those family and friends that have nothing left but 'the apostates' they have been showering with love by shunning them all these years.
I don't know if I'm up to it, to be honest.
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Rumor: Discouraging news from GB at upcoming CA?
by bohm inthis is on the reddit frontpage and sounds super weird.
can it be confirmed in any way by anyone here?.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/4u72dk/what_kind_of_announcement_could_cause_jws_to/.
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kairos
There are so many hardcore core dubs, that I could see all meetings being conducted from homes after ALL WTS property is liquidated to pay international legal costs and they'd still 'wait on Jehovah'. Even donating to an ORG that has no visible presence.
Oh, wait!! That's it. It will become an invisible, overlapping organization- the only true mouthpiece of G.O.D.
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Mass exodus is underway. I really do feel that way.
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Judge sanctions WTS - $4k per day penalty for not producing sex abuse documents
by Simon injudge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.
imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.
by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.
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kairos
With all the child abuse scrutiny that will ultimately end in massive cash awards and fines, implosion is imminent~
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I just saw this on Kim Mikey you tube channel.
by joe134cd ini just saw this on the link below.. https://youtu.be/tigp4huuigy.
the question that's raised is.
why would wt want to use a 3rd party in order to recieve donations.
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kairos
They want to make it harder to track their money when the lawsuits start overwhelming them?
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Speculation about GT
by aintenoughwiskey inwhat were/are your speculations about the great tribulation.
unless those days were cut short no flesh would be saved?.
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kairos
The start of the first Gulf War.
Bush 1 was talking about "peace n' security"©.
I was baptized in 1989 at 18 years old. < Totally duped >
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Hello from the other side
by Theburstbubble inwell it's been 18 months since i left the witnesses.
my goodness what can i say?
well let's start from the beginning.... 1) i am happy, yes i am (i know im not meant to be as the jw's would like to believe).
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kairos
It's not an easy transition. My life is just now starting to settle down. It's been three years.
Thanks for the update and reassurance.
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Hi everyone, just signed up here
by samj inhi, i just signed up.
i'm 35, i've been baptized 20 years, married 15 years.
it seems like the wife and i are going in opposite directions spiritually.
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kairos
From experience, you'll need to lay out your life intentions clearly for your wife to hear and clearly understand. She'll decide if staying with you is possible. ( don't wonder. ASK!! )
Mine was: I'm NEVER going back and I have learned TTATT.
I have touched in great detail on EVERY topic.Our love for each other was great enough that she can accept that I am an apostate. I have learned to ignore her JW activities and lay off the attempts to de-program her. She says she's happy. I'm sure she is disappointed in my decision, yet she respects and accepts that it is my choice/life.
We spend lots of time together and are always planning a trip of some sort.
Focus on being good. To her and everyone.
If you need to speak out about the horrors of WTBTS, don't let her stop you. If the love you share for each other is strong enough, she'll let you be, as you let her. -
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Elders harassing me
by raven inhi everyone, it has been a while since i've last updated!
(refer to my previous posts for the full story) here is a quick re-cap: 2 months ago my mother found out that i am living with my boyfriend, she told me i was discovered by an "anonymous" tipper who turned me in for "living in sin".. first of all, that is nearly impossible, the congregation i was in is 100's of miles away from where i currently live.. no one would have ever known i was living with my boyfriend unless i told them, which i never did, i cut off all communication with that congregation in part of my attempted fade which was blown into pieces and discovered.. anyways, my mom tells me if i don't go to the elders and confess like a good little sheep, then she is obligated to tell them.. ( don't see why, i don't even live under her roof ) well i never went to them because why should i?
so they met with my mother and she told them i live with my boyfriend... let me remind you, this was two months ago.. i was told i was going to be df'd and that was that.
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kairos
By the time they sent me a "Judicial Committee Invitation" I was already long gone.
I was also betrayed.
Ignore the crazy and build a new and wonderful life free from the madness of WT mind control.
I found it amusing that the letter form the elders was in Comic Sans font!
Wow! Real serious!