Posts by ToesUp

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What JW habits do you still have?

by Exelder in

since leaving the jw's after over 4 decades, i can see exactly what it is and hate everything it stands for.

however, there are still some jw habits and traits that i can't get rid of:.

1. i can't swear in general conversation (i'd have to be really angry).

ToesUp

To this day, I have major trust issues.

I had more trouble, as a teen, in the congregation. I had zero issues with kids in school. The congregation was a nightmare. It left me scarred for life. I have never really trusted too many people. It is a skill that I constantly have to work on. I am cautious when it comes to making new "friends." I can take them or leave them. I would rather spend time with my spouse and kids. Making friends is just not a necessity for me. Too much trouble and pain.

Sad but true. I am actually very happy where I am today.

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Update About Terrific Grandkid

by Iown Mylife in

just had to share some good news in our family - my granddaughter has her car packed and she's getting moved into the dorm at her university tomorrow morning!

all day i've been thinking about how fantastic it is when you know without a doubt that a precious kid has absolutely made the right decision for their life.

we have hoped so much that she would be able to attend college.. she graduated high school this past may and qualified for a scholarship to a wonderful school.

ToesUp

Great news!!!!

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"Blood Guilty"

by new boy in

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friends

guilt is such a wonderful tool used by the jehovah’s witnesses.

one of the terms they love to use is the term “blood guilty.” they have actually used this term to guilt their members into doing more and more “house to house activity” yes, they have said on numerous occasions at their kingdom halls and other major gathering that a person “could be blood guilty” for not going out in the field service activity enough.

the reason is simple.

ToesUp

Watchtower and the Governing Body have offended me and my family to the point that we no longer participate in their cult. Looks like WT and the GB have a lot of blood on their hands.

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The boasters are the worst

by stillin in

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my elder brother-in-law has always led his life the best possible way.

his talents make others' talents look piddly.

his kids are the brightest high-achievers within a hundred mile radius.

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"The Kingdom comes first"

This is WHY he had to borrow $50 from YOU! lol

His "spiritual achievements" are boasted about but they could care less about any success or achievement you and your family may have had to work hard for. See, those are "worldly pursuits" THEIRS are "kingdom interests." It's amazing how they will criticize you all day long for all you have done but have no qualms about borrowing your money (money made from hard work and higher education).

Sound familiar? Watchtower criticizes those who pursue higher education BUT they have no problem USING those skills you have to benefit them (doctors, lawyers, nurses, engineers, etc.). Mother (WT) has taught its offspring (the arrogant members) very well. The nut doesn't fall far from the nut tree!!!

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1969 Awake on Education - A Sore Spot for Me

by NotBlind in

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friends

my father would have started college 49 years ago this week.

about three months earlier, the week he graduated high school, the awake!

magazine came out with some very clear direction to teenagers.

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Yes, this 1969 article is still impacting our family today. They are now past retirement age (late 60's and 70's). They are working low paying, physically demanding jobs, no savings/retirement and NO WAY out.

The impact and damage that Watchtower has inflicted on so many innocent people that thought they were doing what Jehovah (aka, the organization) wanted them to do, is unforgivable. I just hope I live long enough to see Watchtower pay for all the havoc they have inflicted on people and families.

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Shunning Part B

by new boy in

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friends

i was shunned in high school.. did i do something inappropriate?

nope, i was the perfect jehovah’s witness child.

i was guilty by association.

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Regardless of how you are shunned, place a BIG old smile on your face and give WT and those who shun you the middle finger. JW's HATE SEEING YOU HAPPY!!!

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Latest update: Finally Free!

by campaign of hate in

i haven’t posted here in a while, although i have been keeping an eye on the posts.

i love morpheus bluntness and sbf optimism that jw chariot is going to fall of the cliff imminently!.

as the title suggests, the latest in my life is that i’m finally free!

ToesUp

Fantastic!!! Enjoy your freedom.

No, WT will never go away. It may decline but will not go away.

When the Elders come a knockin, just tell them that you are fine and if you need them, you know where to find them. You don't owe them anything.

If you have family in, WT will never go away. There will always be those reminders that the indoctrination runs deep.

Just remember, they are stuck in a cult, you are free!!! Enjoy!!!

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Remember the Wife of Lot

by Addison0998 in

for family worship last night, our family watched remember the wife of lot movie since it will be discussed in the meeting this week.

there’s a few things i noticed that i didn’t think about last time i watched it.. first, the dad is very of course against his daughters going to college or even trying to find a good job.

yet he does accounting, which is a very good job that almost always requires a college education.

ToesUp

WT forgot to tell the rest of the story, when Lot has sex with his 2 daughters. lol

The interesting thing about Lots wife, she turned around and looked at the city burning and was turned into a pillar of salt but good old David schemed to have people murdered and did other terrible things but he was "Jehovahs friend" and was forgiven over and over again. No pillar of salt for David.

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Stats just out: JWs in Wales decline (-3.4%) - COs primed for zero baptisms!

by Darth FayDehr in

figures from that latest 2-weekend convention in caridff (wales) reveal jw “growth” now in decline.

baptisms are discouragingly low (21, combined), and circuit overseers have been primed to deal with assemblies where there are no baptisms; see these leaked 2018 instructions:.

pdf summary: https://1drv.ms/b/s!arekzxkzlp8ybsl45pov7y6k26a.

ToesUp

Watchtower has and continues to loose credibility. The overlapping generations teaching is showing so many JW's that WT is moving the finish line once again. You can only cry wolf so many times. They can deny they ever touted the 1975 teaching but people remember.

The internet is destroying them. They may not go away but they are decreasing. Good news!!

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The future of young Witnesses

by john.prestor in

there's a convention being held near my hometown, and as i was passing by i saw a father taking his young children for a walk outside.

and i wondered what would happen to those children, what they would experience at school and in their adult life.

i wondered if they would grow up repressed and anxious and fearful and full of guilt like i did, although i was not raised a witness.

ToesUp

The internet is killing WT. These kids are not afraid to use the internet and the younger generation is NOT afraid to leave the cult. As time goes on, WT will continue to have a bad reputation. A reputation of destroying families. Not many will want to be affiliated with that reputation. The borg will continue to show it's true colors. It may never go away but will be recognized as a dangerous cult.