few of your are old enough to have been there, i suspect.
i had been in prison two years as a jw conscientious objector when the exciting news about 1975 spread like wildfire.. .
i was paroled from prison in 1969 and immediately began pioneering.
Wow Terry, that is a very powerful post. I was little when 75 happened so I don't remember much. It's interesting to hear it from someone who was there.
What an impact all of that must have had on your life. I am so sorry to hear about your wife, that is tragic. Also, you having to go to prison. Wow. I am truly sad and sorry you have been through all of this. You must be a very strong man. I admire your strength.
basically what the thread title says.. do you guys think the gb want the jw religion to fail?
of course failing in the ultimate sense is just not going to happen.
no matter how bankrupt they went, there is always going to be a percentage that holds on.. but downsizing the membership?
good morning from the east coast.
i have a question.
a friend of mine texted me and one of the things she said was that they were getting a lot of great responses with the campaign because they are showing the video.
So many new and exciting things going on now! Oh wow, I think I'll go back! NOT!
Legends in their own minds.
long story, short story.
grew up on a farm, went to bethel, married a sister and left bethel.
found ttatt after my cousin died refusing a blood transfusion.
Welcome jehobi!
Thank you for sharing. You will find most on here are caring and want to help. We have all been there and experienced what you are going through.
It's sad that a family can cut you off once you leave. I can't imagine EVER cutting my family off for not believing the same way I/we do. This is how they are conditioned. I think you have to be a certain kind of person to remain in this cult.
Glad to hear you are moving on with your life. Tell us more about yourself.
i'm not sure how useful this post will be, but i feel compelled to write it.
with many of my older posts, i wrote them with a younger jw version of me in mind.
with this i write it with a younger newly ex jw in mind.. ten years ago i went to my presiding overseer and told him my concerns about wt owning 'rand cam' military stocks, about unfulfilled prophecy and human error in the governing body and the theocratic consequences of such.
i used to think (having been d myself, when younger) that it was a loving arrangement set up by a loving god to keep the congregation clean, & to give the unrepentant wrong doer time out to think about what they had done.
when ready they could come back, apologize & all is forgiven.
what a first class clown i was.
What a loving bunch! I can't even describe what would come out of my mouth if someone left my kids alone. What a bunch of bitches!
You're right, df'ing gives JW's the excuse to do what they do best...hate.
so i just wanted to jot down some thoughts and feelings about my meeting yesterday.... first, the wt, paragraph 16. i couldn't help but laugh to myself at the blatant hypocrisy.
god’s word admonishes us “to live with soundness of mind ... amid this present system of things.” (titus 2:12) having “soundness of mind,” or being sober-minded, should certainly come into play when the explanation of a diagnostic method or therapy seems strange or mysterious.
can the practitioner or the one promoting it explain satisfactorily how it works?
"stick with what we authorize and you'll be safe."
Really? That statement should tell you everything. "Listen, obey and be blessed." Be a robot!
They are very scared (as they should be). The apostates are just putting on the internet what these idiots have said and done. The GB are putting the nail in their own coffins, the apostates are just putting it out on the internet for the world to see. You'd think they would lock Anthony Morris down in the basement with a sock in his mouth. I believe he is the main reason most are running for the Exit. Keep it up Anthony, you are doing a fantastic job. We couldn't do it better ourselves.
i just wanted to take a minute to encourage any that are leaving that the world outside isn't as scary as it was made out to be.
my wife and i officially da'd at the beginning of last september.
i've battled social anxiety, depression, etc.
i was just reading through some posts and had a startling realization.. the comment that sparked this went something like this: why oh why when i started into this in 1989 did i not research the history of the wtbts?
etc....... i too was studying and moving towards baptism around that same time.
i got dunked in dec of 1990.. my thought.
