I agree with you particlesnwaves5 about the people sincerely believing, even the ones at the top. But how long could they possibly keep believing. With all the information on the net now. And the young ones are the ones who are supposed to take over. Most of them are doing research about the religion now and realize it's a lie. I do feel sorry for them. A dream they've been clinging to for so long is nothing more than a tale.....
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Who is leading this organization?
by Strawberryfieldsforever inwhen i was still a jw, i thought that god was really working through these men at the wts.
i trusted them and i believed everything they printed to us.
now that i am out for so many years and can stand back and look at the organization without a brainwashed mind, i really wonder who runs this.
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Who is leading this organization?
by Strawberryfieldsforever inwhen i was still a jw, i thought that god was really working through these men at the wts.
i trusted them and i believed everything they printed to us.
now that i am out for so many years and can stand back and look at the organization without a brainwashed mind, i really wonder who runs this.
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When I was still a JW, I thought that God was really working through these men at the WTS. I trusted them and I believed everything they printed to us. Now that I am out for so many years and can stand back and look at the organization without a brainwashed mind, I really wonder who runs this. Do you think its just a religion with good intentions, or do you think that Satan has made this organization look so appealing?
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Jury duty???
by Strawberryfieldsforever ini was just wondering if jury duty was considered taking part in the world.
i just found out that my mom had jury duty a few months ago and went!
i've never been a registered voter and thought you had to register to be called to jury duty.
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I was just wondering if jury duty was considered taking part in the world. I just found out that my Mom had jury duty a few months ago and went! I've never been a registered voter and thought you had to register to be called to jury duty. I really don't know about this. I guess it's from being a sheltered JW too long. Any answers?
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I Beat The Tower, and So Can You
by D8TA inthere wont be any one-shot wonders to bring the mighty dark watchtower crumbling down.
no magic rings to destroy, no torpedoes that are to be launced in some weak spot to make the whole damn thing explode.
there is a way to beat the tower, and already the process of it s destruction has begun.
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Hi Jay!
What a great attitude! I always thought we should be helping others that really needed our help. Not just a ride to the meeting. Some people need our listening ear and not a bible lecture. Some people need to be comforted now instead of waiting for the paradise earth. I always wondered why the JW's didn't help people who really needed it NOW.
And you are right. We should live our lives the way we see fit. I didn't like the fact that the WTS seemed to add on to the scripture about being saved by believing. They added on all kinds of extra requirements in order to be saved. And they seemed to keep adding on through the years. No wonder we were all depressed. How could we possibly keep up with it all to be saved? Living a good, honest, humble life and believe is all we need. How simple.......
And remember Andy Dufresne also said " Get busy living or get busy dying". I was dying with the JW's. Now I'm living!
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question
by alison ini recently dissociated myself and the elders keep calling me trying to speak and i don't want to hear it then he leaves me a message saying i have to sign a paper saying i'm dissociating myself since when did it become more of a business than a spiritual manner.
i'm not signing any papers.
has this happened to anyone else?
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Welcome Alison
Is it just me or are there lots of new people within the last few days joining this forum???
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Who are you guys?
by eyeswideopen inhow long have you guys been out of the truth and what family background of the truth do you guys have?.
i 've read profiles and the comments and i wonder who was the newest to come out...?.
emmm what is the latest on the generation theory?.
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Welcome eyeswideopen!
I am new too. When you said that you were waiting to see if your Mom needed you in her old age, it reminded me of how my husband and I thought. But one of my good friends (on the outside) set me straight. She said that if and when the time comes and you offer to help them, it IS their choice if they don't want your help. So if your cast off from the JW's, don't let that stop you from offering help, showing love, having a listening ear. Love is what will show them that we are not bad people. And that we are not in SATAN'S control like they all seem to think.
By the way, I've been out for 13 years and loving every single minute!
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Are we just being "sifted" out?
by micheal inthis is an expression all of us heard and read about in the wt.
this is also an agrument someone used on me because i am not and have no desire to go to meetings.
i for one believe this agrument that i as well as all of you are just being "sifted" out of "jehovah's organization" because we are "hard headed" is nothing more than a pile of crap.. .
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I thought after I left that everything would go bad for me. Thats what they always taught us. But it never happened! My husband and I had a stronger relationship and our kids were so much happier in school. We built a new house and bought property and made some investments. When the JW's would stop by in service, I'm sure it bugged them that we weren't living poorly and our life style took a turn for the better. If that means being sifted out...I'm glad to be out!
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What Ways Did Jehovah's Witnesses Make You Feel Guilty???
by minimus ini believe that many religions try to make their adherents feel guilt.
and of course, the witnesses are no different and imo, are more guilty than most.
people go to a meeting during a snowstorm because the elders feel it's not that bad.
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I felt guilty for working to help support my family and not be pioneering.
I felt guilty on my job. I drive a school bus and would look at all those kids and think...they are all going to be destroyed? Why they haven't even done anything wrong yet and I've done soooo many things wrong. And I get to survive into the paradise earth?
I felt guilty trying to make myself look nice. Remember we are supposed to be plain women. We don't want to draw attention to ourselves...Oh come on
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*sigh* I think I'm staying in the borg
by SC_Guy ini *can't* leave, i'm trapped.
i was talking to my twin sister tonight on how i didn't want to go to the upcoming convention this weekend because we had already been to it 2 months ago... .
i have to prepare some audition matrial for a arts event and my parents are not sympathtic to the fact i got allot to do, and we've already been.
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I was an only child. My Dad was not a JW. When I was doing the fade, my mother told me one day (in tears) that she would be the only one from our family to live in the paradise earth. It tore me apart. But.....I went anyway. I couldn't take it anymore. Then she came over to my house and said that she was going to cut me out of her life. How sad. Now I think they all use it as a tactic to keep us in. It almost worked on me.
Now I see her driving around in service. She waves. I know deep down inside that she still loves me, but only on her terms.
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Greetings!!!
by CsharpBminor ini am looking forward to meeting each and every one of you during my visit.
thank you for allowing me to park my van outside of your kingdom hall!
i am counting on you to see to it that i eat well while i am here.
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Welcome CsharpBminor!!!
I'm glad I'm not the only Newbie! Sounds like your gonna be lots of fun!
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