awake!watcher

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  Ex JW Recovery Group 3

  by awake!watcher in

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  is this group on facebook gone?.

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  awake!watcher

  That's sad. I found a lot of the posts very helpful.😟
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  Ex JW Recovery Group 3

  by awake!watcher in

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  is this group on facebook gone?.

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  awake!watcher

  Is this group on facebook gone?
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  The Perfect Storm in 2018?

  by Wild_Thing in

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  i have been sadly watching as the number of jws in other countries are decreasing (for the most part), while the numbers in the us are strangely increasing.

  while i question the organization's self reporting numbers, i think 2018 may be the year for another mass us exodus.

  leah remini's show will be focusing on jws in her show on a&e.

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  awake!watcher

  I think it will be an invisible, overlapping collapse after revealing some new light.
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  Deceptive comments or lies that you have heard from platform or brothers & sisters?

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  ok, so what are the most deceptive comments that you have heard from your experience in congregations?.

  my top three are;.

  1) service overseer during the ’ how did we do?’ annual talk, twisted the figures to such an extent that it looked like the congregations ministry was in tip-top shape.

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  awake!watcher

  "This is Jehovah's organization.
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  Question about dfed relatives

  by awake!watcher in

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  does anyone know if there is a wt reference that says associating with a dfed relative is a conscience matter?

  i am asking because someone is trying to cause trouble and i was hoping there was an article i could point to to shut them up..

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  awake!watcher

  Thanks to you all for your help. I think the most positive quote is in the sheparding book, which I can't use on this person. He is a fully indoctrinated dub who has excluded our family from his wedding because we have had contact with a dfed relative of mine. I'm done with him. You all have given excellent help and advice, thank you.
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  Question about dfed relatives

  by awake!watcher in

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  does anyone know if there is a wt reference that says associating with a dfed relative is a conscience matter?

  i am asking because someone is trying to cause trouble and i was hoping there was an article i could point to to shut them up..

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  awake!watcher

  Does anyone know if there is a wt reference that says associating with a dfed relative is a conscience matter? I am asking because someone is trying to cause trouble and i was hoping there was an article i could point to to shut them up.
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  Shunning: Extreme apathy!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  i thought i'd share this one with the group.

  many years ago, my mom was disfellowshipped.

  then, my sister passed away in a car accident, she was fairly young, as she was in her early 20s.

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  awake!watcher

  So sorry you went through this. When my grandmother was dying we went to the hospital to say goodbye. She was a JW who got baptized in her '80's. My mother is a dub, along with my brother who' s also an elder. I'm faded/inactive but not dfed. I have another brother who has been dfed for many years. My elder dub brother refused to acknowledge that my other brother was even there, let alone say anything to him. My dfed brother was very close to my grandma and was crying his eyes out and heartbroken that we were losing her. I was hugging him and comforting him while my dub brother was looking at me like i was the spawn of Satan. I was awake before, but this really reinforced my thinking that this is not a loving organization. I now have a wonderful relationship with my dfed brother, and if someone sees me spending time with him and want to report me, that would be fine.
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  Australian Total Publishers for 2016 Compared to 2015?

  by awake!watcher in

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  does anyone know what the publisher totals were for 2015 compared to 2016 for australia?

  i can't find them anywhere and was wondering if the royal commission hearing had any effect on the numbers.

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  awake!watcher

  Thank you! I will check it out.
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  Australian Total Publishers for 2016 Compared to 2015?

  by awake!watcher in

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  does anyone know what the publisher totals were for 2015 compared to 2016 for australia?

  i can't find them anywhere and was wondering if the royal commission hearing had any effect on the numbers.

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  awake!watcher

  Does anyone know what the publisher totals were for 2015 compared to 2016 for Australia? I can't find them anywhere and was wondering if the Royal Commission Hearing had any effect on the numbers.
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  Abandoned by JW and yet trapped

  by awake!watcher in

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  had an enlightening discussion with my 20 something, baptised, awake son.

  he said he feels abandoned by the religion, and yet trapped at the same time.

  i had never thought about it that way before, but can totally understand where he is coming from.

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  awake!watcher

  Yes, he knows we are here for him. We're fading quietly with him. I was struck by his statement about feeling trapped and abandoned. He lost his dad when young, I'm remarried to a wonderful fading man who views him as a son. We will guide him through this.