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  For a little laugh

  by ivanatahan in

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  look at what my mother showed me today.

  i had to verify what she showed me and i got a quick laugh after the meeting.

  http://www.thegreatseparation.com/newsfront/2004/01/un_resolution_s.html.

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  Talking to a wall

  by ivanatahan in

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  why must these people be figurative walls when talking about the lies of the jw cult?.

  the other day, i had a conversation with my mother.

  we started talking about the election and how the candidates differ (me being a supporter of bernie).

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  How you want to get disfellowshipped

  by ivanatahan in

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  i was inspired by an amazing topic i read earlier, particularly about what some people did when their shunning was announced.

  how would you guys celebrate such an honor?

  or, if you already have a great story to share about what you did during your announcement, please share!.

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  How did your close JWs react when they found out you know TTATT?

  by ivanatahan in

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  i'm not sure if this topic has ever been posted (surely, i believe it has), but it would be interesting to revive such a topic and hear your stories!.

  when my parents heard my first rant (after they told me to be home schooled when i was caught kissing a girl) they entered into a long depression that continues to this day.

  my father suffers knowing his once amazing family is now divided, and my mother is equally angry.

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  JW UN Rumor

  by ivanatahan in

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  yes, i have returned.. a short recap of major events since my inactivity began: i finally revealed to my parents that i do not believe the same thing they believe in (after i was caught smooching my girlfriend by a family of good-for-nothing pieces of human feces), and of course they view themselves as failed parents who were unable to brainwash their children.

  that is, of course, the reason why they are much more controlling over what i do in my life now (my mom even tried having a "bible study" with me).

  i told them everything and i was unable to dent their jw imposed mind force field, while also exposing a clear jw misunderstanding of probability, evolution, history, logic/reason, and the big bang theory.. in a conversation i had with my mother a few weeks back (i also heard this rumor before, but my mother told me it again), she mentioned how the un held a summit of all religions and when the jws presented themselves and mentioned their preaching work warning of the coming un ban on religion (referring to an international organization who can't even prevent genocide, much less impose human rights), a un official came up to the jw who presented the cult and told him to "speed up the preaching work", because they plan on doing the ban soon.. it saddens me to think of how ignorant jws are in relation to the principles upon which the un was founded and being unaware that the un at least has some sense as to not ban religion, but this rumor, as ridiculous as it is, needs to be put at rest.

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  Influence of Death in the Mind

  by ivanatahan in

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  most meetings and congregations stress the idea that jehovah's witnesses will live forever on a paradise earth.

  most jws are always "comforting" others about how death is only temporary.

  then you get those jws who are scared of death.

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  Telling Parents About TTATT

  by ivanatahan in

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  my parents are zealous jecultah's blindnesses, but my sister and i are not.

  because of this, we are limited in our abilities/opportunities in life.

  mu parents hate my sister because she went to college and started a full time job and thus isn't able to go to meetings or service.

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  JW going to prestigious university

  by ivanatahan in

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  i've been debating this, and my mother (the spiritual head of my family, she even controls my father spiritually, who is an elder) doesn't seem to be starkly against me going to a prestigious university.

  in fact, i've been going over my chances, and i'd say i have a pretty decent chance of going to my dream university, oxford university, to study philosophy, politics, and economics.

  naturally i wouldn't tell my mother about me wanting to take the three most hated subjects of jws at a university that would bring me into bad relations with "spiritually sound jws".. do you guys know any ex-jw or knowledgeable jw who knows ttatt that went to a randall group or ivy league school?

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  Jesus' Ransom

  by ivanatahan in

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  i never really understood this.

  at least, after i started thinking about it recently.. if jesus died for our sins, wouldn't everyone be saved?

  what's the point of saying that his death gave all humans the chance to die if, appearantly, only 8 million people out of 7 billion will live?.

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  My views.

  by ivanatahan in

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  this is more of an introductory post discussing my views and background than anything else, really.. i was, unfortunately, born into this religion.

  my mom was, and still is, a pioneer (or as some call it: "piousneer"), and my father is an elder.

  admittedly, up until a few months up to a year back, i was indeed a zealous "servant of jehovah".

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