Everyone has given you great advise. I hope you read through it all. I only have one word for you when returning to Jehovah (aka the organization).....RUN!
Posts by ToesUp
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42Returning to the truth.
by Justmeok2 inhi i am just starting to rebuild my relationship with jehovah.
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i would like to hear from people who may be or have been in similar situations and now want to dedicate their lives to him..
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Leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses video
by Nicholaus Kopernicus ina friend sent me this link to a very interesting video.
more adverse publicity for the wtbts.
(apologies if already posted).
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ToesUp
So glad to see the media getting the truth about WT's vile practices.
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JWs biggest problem is not doctrinal issues
by Chook init's biggest problems are associated with its lack of genuine love and concern for the rank& file.
the average person doesn't need a food critic to tell them their hamburger is shit, in the same manner the average person can discern kindness and love.
gbs fake love and concern is evident in the way head office deals with victims of sexual abuse by jw clergy.
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ToesUp
"She said 'we will in paradise without you but it doesn't matter because we won"t remember you ever existed."
Unbelievable, that your own Mother said this. I couldn't even think this much less say it to my own child. This is some sick sh*t!
I am sad for you. This is hurtful beyond belief. I'm sorry. Hugs!
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The Time To Be Happy Is NOW!
by pale.emperor ina video that i wish i'd seen before i was baptized.
i think you'll all get something out of this:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvz0mmf6nw4.
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ToesUp
So true! Thank you for sharing!
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JWs biggest problem is not doctrinal issues
by Chook init's biggest problems are associated with its lack of genuine love and concern for the rank& file.
the average person doesn't need a food critic to tell them their hamburger is shit, in the same manner the average person can discern kindness and love.
gbs fake love and concern is evident in the way head office deals with victims of sexual abuse by jw clergy.
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ToesUp
Lack of love and concern is what shook us awake. For years I told my spouse, "something is just not right." Once you see WT for what it is , you can not unsee it. Love and concern is either there or it's not. We have been married for many years and I have NEVER had the feeling of not being cared about in our marriage. We don't buy the JW's line, "the organization is made up of imperfect men." That is a cop out! If I went to the Elders with a sin that I committed, they would interrogate me, DF or reprove me and then announce my name from the platform (humiliate me). There is NO...."well, we'll let it slide, he/she is just an imperfect person." No free pass for me. If the congregation has to be kept clean by disciplining me, when will the congregation be "kept clean" from these imperfect men who are free to plow over everyone's life? I see a pattern of Watchtower wanting their cake and eating it too.
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Post Convention Euphoria
by Phoebe inthere is a plethora of convention photos on my instagram this morning.
(a lot of my jw friends have forgotten i'm on their followers list) .
smiling faces standing next to convention posters with comments like 'nope, i'm not giving up.
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ToesUp
"translate to "Look at how theocratic I am everyone !".
You just described some of our "theocratic/spiritual" family members. If the cameras are out and they are up in New York with the WT rock stars, we all get texted the photos. A true photo op. They look wonderful to the JW on lookers but can't function in the real world. I truly believe they would have a melt down if they had to live our everyday lives. All Jw...all the time!!
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Sexist Watchtower quote makes me so angry
by Phoebe injohn cedars latest youtube video refers to last weekend's wt study article which some have referred to on another thread but i am truly outraged at the continuing misogynist attitude toward women.
not only did that study article say if women have a family to care for it will stop them gossiping or meddling into other people's affairs, lloyd shares on his video a talk by sam herd from when he was a c.o in 1971.
(i hope he has since changed his opinion!
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ToesUp
I wish I knew someone who could get this nonsense to the media. I would love to let the public know how sexist this cult is.
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Where else can I go???
by UNCONDITIONAL LOVE inthose are the words of my 2nd generation born in jw mother.
my grandfather died refusing blood.
i've since come to the realization that many jws have no other opportunities or options when it comes to leaving the cult.
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ToesUp
Yes, we see the faces of our family. Aging with no savings, retirement or education to fall back on. It is sad but they really have no where else to go. They have NO worldly friends and there family is all in. Most of our family do not even know their neighbors. We know our neighbors and have found out that most would give you the shirt off their backs if they had to. They know if they left they would have no one. What a terrible, sad way to exist. WT is a social club, nothing more.
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"Even if this wasn't the truth, I would still stay. This is the best life to live..."
by HereIgo ini was recently told this by a jw family member when trying to get through to them.
does this quote indicate that maybe such ones have considered that the jw's may not have the truth after all?
or is that just my wishful thinking?
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ToesUp
We have family that keeps telling us to pray and encourages us to go back to the Kingdom Hall. The interesting thing is, they don't go to the meetings, out in service or to the assemblies. They play dress up and Christian occasionally but not on a regular basis. A true "do as we say, not as we do" attitude. I find this weird and fascinating. Best life ever! Weirdest bunch ever!
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Jw mummies boys
by purrpurr ini've had the misfortune to encounter quite a few mummies boys in the cult.
men aged 20-40 who although in men's bodies think,act and behave like children.
their mother's had them tied to the apron strings tightly.
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ToesUp
We know of JW mummies boys and girls. Uneducated and living in the relatives basements. Don't have 2 nickels to their name. One is an Elder. Scary!