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  Another brother steps back

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so at the meeting this week it was announced that a certain brother was no longer serving as a ministerial servant.. this is a guy who was brought up in a different country as his family went to serve where the need was greater.

  this is a guy who was home schooled and went straight into pioneering.

  he then went and worked on building projects in various places in europe and africa.

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  kairos

  I had quite the experience when I resigned as a MS.

  I told one elder, in person, that I no longer want to be a servant.
  I also said, I do not want to talk to anyone about it.

  They bought that!

  They cut me loose within a week or so.
  

  Funny part of the story is the elder running the first part of the meeting pulls me aside and confesses to me of his previous deletion(s) and offered to let me open the meeting in prayer.

  I took that. It was amazing.
  I'm sure people were freaking out, especially since I answered three more times after the announcement during the remainder of the meeting.

  It was the start of a solid fade.
  Then they triggered me...
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  What's your passion???

  by Faith after Deception in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday, 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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  kairos

  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.
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  Seeing Cognitive Dissonance First Hand And The Stress It Causes

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  okay, 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.

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  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 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so 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.
  Some of those guys were just dicks!
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  Rumor: Discouraging news from GB at upcoming CA?

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this 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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  judge 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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i 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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what 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 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well 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 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, 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.