I believe this is the main reason a large number of JW's are on anti depressants. So many in our family did not prepare for this system to still be here. They are pushing 70 and still working hard physically, with NO end in site.They have no retirement savings and nothing to fall back on. There children never received any higher education, so they are also not prepared for a long road a head of them and they can not help there aging parents. Sad!
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by mrquik in" you will never grow old..." a more grievous lie is hard to imagine.
i heard this one first in 1957. i was 6. my mother had just converted.
i heard it many times after that.
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Finally "they" have reinstated me! that was easy!!!
by Prometheus init was rather quick one.
in just few months and after attending all of their meetings and giving them a nice show, i'm back to the org!!!
(what a relief-sarcastic laugh) .
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"The WTBT$ says one thing to the rank and file but another to the people they desperately need to actually help run their corporations."
A few years ago the Elders met with my Husband and told him that he needed to get more hours in Field serve us. They said, "we really would like to USE you." I found it amusing...the word USE. That is what this cult does, uses you and then spits you out.
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disfellowshipped family and friend being reinstated
by Together innew to the forums and looking for someone who may have had a similar experience.
i have been disfellowshipped going on 30 years now.
within those thirty years i have built myself a life and slowly learned to cope with the shunning from family and friends.
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This is why I HATE damn Facebook. The JW's use it as a weapon. How sad is it that we get feelings hurt over some idiot that "unfriends" us.
Sorry they did this to you. I had a bad experience a few years ago with Facebook. I immediately deleted my Facebook account and never went back.
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Finally "they" have reinstated me! that was easy!!!
by Prometheus init was rather quick one.
in just few months and after attending all of their meetings and giving them a nice show, i'm back to the org!!!
(what a relief-sarcastic laugh) .
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"Hopefully I will follow the plan and in few months I will start to miss meetings, and become inactive again"
So much for the Elders "holy spirit" and their keen ability to read repentant hearts. What a joke!
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From Reddit - RC Baptism Count: Cornwall, Ontario, Canada June 11, 2016.
by berrygerry inattendance: 2298.
baptized: 4.
enjoy looking at the math on that one.... .
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ToesUp
4 baptized. Good to hear!
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Many Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses Have Received Texts from Loved Ones Ending Their Relationships Forever
by ttdtt inthis was a very painful article to read, and i can only imagine that after this years convention - people will be even more emboldened to cut off friends and family.. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/07/03/many-ex-jehovahs-witnesses-have-received-texts-from-loved-ones-ending-their-relationships-forever/?utm_source=silverpopmailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atheist%20071316%20(1)&utm_content=&spmailingid=51830798&spuserid=mty4mdi2oty3odkws0&spjobid=961945281&spreportid=otyxotq1mjgxs0.
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Let's hope, over time, all of this crap hits the media. When my spouse and I decided to fade, we knew full on what we could and should expect from family and "friends." Hopefully the "loving organization" will be exposed for what it really is.
If I/we receive anything like this from family or "friends", I/we will reply that that is their decision and I/we will go along with it BUT if they ever should need anything they must remember that I/we are dead to them and dead people can not assist the living. Two can play the same game. Good riddance to them! Is it hurtful...yes. It should not be this way.
The Governing Body has a lot of blood on their hands.
WHAT A SICK CULT!
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Arrangements for Electronic Donations to Local Congregations
by wifibandit inapril 17, 2016 to selected bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: arrangements for electronic donations to local congregations.
(attachment 1) 2016 04-18-e scong--arrangements for electronic donations to local congregations.
(attachment 2) credit card donation arrangement instructions.
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ToesUp
I swear our dead uber parents are definitely rolling over in their graves!
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i'm leaving this site forever
by stan livedeath inas the title says--i'm out of here for good.. the site is full of atheists, communists, 7th day adventists, creationists, believers, deceivers, receivers, football supporters,.
dodgy types, cantleave---and assorted wankers.. so no place for me--because i'm none of the above so dont fit in.
so--this is goodbye forever my friends--its been almost average knowing you.
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ToesUp
Someone needs a Snickers! lol
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Kids continue to leave in droves - so what is the organization's grand plan? This
by sir82 injws have one of the worst, if not the worst, retention rates among their kids.
i've seen numbers from 65% to 88% who leave, never to return.. you'd think this would be a priority amongst the leadership, right?
where do tomorrow's leaders come from, if the vast majority of kids leave the organization?
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No new ones coming in from Door to door/cartwitnessing + teens/young adults leaving equals NO GROWTH! I can't express how happified we are. lol
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Arrangements for Electronic Donations to Local Congregations
by wifibandit inapril 17, 2016 to selected bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: arrangements for electronic donations to local congregations.
(attachment 1) 2016 04-18-e scong--arrangements for electronic donations to local congregations.
(attachment 2) credit card donation arrangement instructions.
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ToesUp
Just set and and forget it (auto donations)! cha ching!