so, many of y'all know bits and pieces of my story of waking up, but i thought it might be nice to have it all in one place.. i was baptized at 11, auxiliary pioneered every summer, regular pioneer at 17, ministerial servant by 19, then went to bethel for a year.. i always had minor doubts from time to time, but nothing serious.
always dismissed doubts and decided to "just have faith.".
after leaving bethel, i was never really firing on all cylinders "spiritually speaking.
I turned in my DA letter to the Secretary. Got a call asking if I could meet. I specifically mentioned 607 BCE date being incorrect. School Overseer mentioned these two WT articles, which I had seen discussed on JWFacts. Printed the articles, highlighted the footnotes saying the experts quoted did not support 607 BCE and went to the meeting.
Three elders as usual, Secretary, School Overseer and my Service Group Leader. Handed the highlighted parts to them on the way out of the meeting. SILENCE.
from my own observations & conversations with selected active j.w.
's, here are my conclusions:.
's are very rapidly falling into two distinct camps -.
this is from the last talk of the convention ......... clip 1:30 minutes longhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrej8tlyiso&feature=youtu.be.
melita jaracz' life story (september 15, 2015 watchtower) said her husband ted jaracz died on wednesday, june 9, 2010. .
this was exactly one week after raymond franz died on wednesday, june 2, 2010. .
jaracz once helped to "kill" franz.
http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/maincasescreen.cfm?dist=0&doc_id=2109889&doc_no=s226656&search=party&start=1&query_partylastnameororg=watchtower bible and tract.
started 5/27/2015.
Fisherman
This is an apostate website. PLEASE GET OFF IT.
the may broadcast on tv.jw.org.
we need money!.
http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwb_201505_1_video.
Virran thank u for your comment.
I never considered that God may be using JW TV to allow these buffoons to expose themselves for the real frauds, liars and hypocrites that they are. I hope their donations dry up like a dusty well in the California drought.
i've been looking on this site for some time but never posted.
i'll give a little about myself, but not too much.
i'm a ex-bethelite ( brooklyn )and currently serving as an elder (10 years) (thinking about stepping down) on the service committee.
Very interesting conversation. I see so many perspectives when I visit this site.
I had the thought today that you do not get a severance package when you leave the Watchtower, so why not leave earlier once you've made up your mind. Just my thought.
Peace to all.
ok here's the situation i know of.. a women was in a situation where she was forced to reveal a hidden sin and was given a private reproof for it.
before this she had an other wise clean slate.
btw the reproof was for an unrelated matter and had nothing to do with apostasy.
I learned a new term from Eden--VUP (Very Unimportant Person). Even when I was in very few people reached out--too busy on the hamster wheel. 20 years of it. I say u are blessed. ;)
hey guys,.
so, something amazing happened recently.
i recently met with an old and very good friend of mine.
In my case I felt I had little to lose since I didn't care for most of the "friends" anyway. It was just a social club in my opinion and I was NOT a member. I turned in my DA Letter in September of last year and am coming up on my 6 month anniversary of no longer being a JW.
Honestly the people that shun you were not really your friends anyway, even if they are good people. Why? Because you can't be your true self. That's just my two cents.
email sent to me from a friend in new york city..
brooklyn update january 10, 2015.
we have spent the last few weeks in training at the montgomery facility (near walkill) there are 6 couples that were trained to go on the road as ldc field representatives of the branch.
I agree with Data Dog. I think he nailed it on the head.
These seem to be property appraisals free of charge for some kind of database back at headquarters. Once all the information is compiled they can start maximizing revenue as all good property management companies do. . All profit driven since more and more people are fed up with this religion generally speaking IMHO.
