Mandrake

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  3 ExJWs in the News

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  getting the truth out efficiently via news report.

  https://youtu.be/pjoor9e77g8.

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  Mandrake

  The thumbnail says JWs wanted to launch ballistic missles toward te U.S. pacific territories?!

  Beside the joke, I hope this reach a lot of people!!! I love the North Korea similarities and the fact that the guys interviewed have beards!
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  why did jehovah create corona virus?

  by stan livedeath in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  why did jehovah create the strains of corona virus ?.

  is it part of the great tribulation that is closer than ever now ?.

  what if lots of his people die from it ?.

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  Mandrake

  Imagine telling a JW that the coronaviruses EVOLVE and MUTATE hahaha
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  Is that podium thing unique to JW's? Do they build them?

  by InterestedOne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was wondering about that half-table/half-podium thing that jw's use on the platform.

  is that unique to jw's & do they build them, like shakers had their own furniture?.

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  Mandrake

  I have never thought of this... Maybe as I was born in I never questioned the existence and "uniqueness" of this article outside a KH. At least in Chile back in the day (early 2000s to 2010s) each KH had unique designs made locally by some carpenter brother ... Ones were crappy designs with just a bolt pressing on the wood leaving it with a pretty black stain mark and others were premium quality like the ones at the Assembly venues...
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  Recently Disfellowshipped

  by PersonOfGlitter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi i’m getting disfellowshipped on thursday and was wondering what advice those that have left have for me.

  i’m not sure if i still believe or not.

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  Mandrake

  Don't look back! You're not alone

  It takes times but life gets easier, and you'll start to perceive things differently... It's hard sometimes to deprogram oneself
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  What’s Your Favorite Breakfast??

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to me, breakfast can be served at any time of the day.

  a local bar in my area serves breakfast all day long.

  for 5 bucks you get 2 eggs any way you like, bacon sausage or ham with home fries and toast!!

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  Mandrake

  Earl Grey tea, always, or smoked black tea with cinnamon

  "Pan tostado con queso y palta" or toasted bread with smashed avocado and cheese, with a little garlic... A little exotic for our British friends I think...

  
  
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  Involved(ish) with a JW Man.

  by BNG-713 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i know there are several posts about witnesses and non-witnesses in regards to relationships.

  i couldn’t find anything specifically that spoke to me, so i would love some third-party advice and thoughts.. i have never been someone to pursue a stranger from the internet.

  earlier this year, i became friends with someone on a video game.

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  Mandrake

  I once was that JW baptized boy, we were in our first college year... VERY intense relationship, lasted 3 years, I'm not with that girl now, she didn't had the "patience" for waiting for me to change, by the end she started to put on "deadlines", because prior to this we broke up for good and told our parents that we were not seeing each other, we couldn't hold ourselves and started dating again in secret... It was a very confusing and stressing time, she wanted me to stand against my parents and religion just to date in public like everyone else, and I don't blame her for wanting that.

  Now I'm happily living with my girlfriend, we have been together for 5 years, my ex had an important role in my life and in getting out of the JWs... We have a saying in spanish, "nadie sabe para quien trabaja" (something like: "nobody know who you are really working for"), all the struggle we went through with my ex girlfriend made our relationship something damaged... And at the end I decided to try and date another "worldly" girl... With me mentally out and my JW parents divorced everything went different... But all the experience I had before helped me becoming a little more "normal" human being, as I was "born in" and had to get used to celebrating birthdays and all the stuff...

  My story could have ended well with my ex girlfriend but in the end this kind of relationship is time and soul consuming...

  From my experience, he will try to fit what he wants with you with his "faith", the time he realizes that can't be done, he will need to choose: leave either you or the religion, and maybe try to avoid to make the choice, it took me couple of years and the divorce of my parents to get the change to break mentally free of the JW

  You are dealing with deep deep deep indoctrination, that have taught him that almost everything in this world is utterly evil... I suffered and made suffer A LOT trying to make things work ... Anywhow... I regret nothing...

  Feel free to write to me if you need anything :)
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  Have a friend who only speaks Spanish and want him/her to learn TTATT? www.verdadtj.com

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you have a friend who only speaks spanish, or they speak english but spanish is their preferred language, i am pleased to tell you that there is a spanish translation of jwfacts in progress.

  so far, these are the completely translated articles:asociación de la watchtower con las naciones unidas - un ngo associationcelebración de los cumpleaños - birthdayslas transfusiones de sangre - bloodpredicción fallida de 1975 - 1975¿por qué está mal el ser un testigo de jehová?

  - what's wrong with being a jw?escándalos de la watchtower - watchtower scandalsexpulsión y rechazo - disfellowshippingfolleto general acerca de la watchtower - pdf - general pdf about wtvideo - crecer como testigo de jehová - growing up a jw¿debería estar jehová en el nuevo testamento?

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  Hey I'm a native spanish speaker :) let me know if I can help somehow...
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  Scientific, Credible Discovery - Earthquakes are set to increase in 2018

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it has already been published and presented in a geology conference:it has been discovered that the earth´s rotation slows down a few milliseconds every so often, and when it slows down, about 5 years later there is a 5-year period where the frequency of large earthquakes around magnitude 7 or greater increases about 20-30%.so according to scientists, in 2018, around the tropical areas, we should expect around 20 major earthquakes, compared to the 15 average on a normal year.jw´s are likely to jump on this as "evidence" of the time of the end, and will probably be misquoted in a watchtower publication sometime soon.here are some news organizations covering the story:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/18/2018-set-to-be-year-of-big-earthquakeshttps://qz.com/1133304/as-earths-rotation-slows-2018-could-see-a-spike-in-large-earthquakes/.

  https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/881536/earthquake-prediction-mexico-richter-scale-ring-of-firehttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4946729/earthquake-increase-earth-rotation-roger-bilham-tropical-region-2018/.

  etc etc...here is the scientific paper (which i can´t read but if someone has access to the pdf, could you please share)?http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017gl074934/epdf?referrer_access_token=vbjkmgywttzofhkv3apupu4keas67k9qmdwultwmo8osvaslebfxhkk77yb6sfsjhcerrw6swpzkusqjvujli_iu4gpw3lhc8e988dzdvec-5e-nim3hd0bi_0wog1sqonpw4hesqbrwop_lp7uqignbyksopgnvatka48pyb2lonanvz5ehpaiaha2fika5y95lacwwxr1brsy2kk1m282ispv2uju5qsssy2kdzun57jytp1h56-wbice9ov6ipd93rnykjxybd3ykm7bjpa%3d%3dhere is the presentation to the geological society of america:.

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  Mandrake

  Damn! I just survived the 2010 8.8 earthquake in a 7th floor... And now you are telling me that next year will bring a lot shaking... well it's nice To read this in one of the most seismics countries in the world (chile) while living in a 26st floor
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  A WTF Moment While In the WTS

  by Searching in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  has anyone else had a moment, while still within the organization (and before learning ttatt) that caused them to stop and go, "this is kind of messed up.".

  for instance, back i believe in the early 2000's, i was attending a dc with my family.

  it was announced at the beginning of the convention that there was going to be a special announcement at the end, so for everyone to please try to remain until the very end of the meeting.

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  Mandrake

  @slimboyfat

  in Chile we were charged for literature until 2001-2002, I remember
  
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  Death of a last Grandparent

  by ScottyRex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  still read this forum from time to time, and a long time member originally since early 2000's.

  recently lost my last surviving grandparent, my great and wonderful nan.

  what a flood of emotions that released!

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  Mandrake

  Try to keep her memory alive, that may help you in time