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  My mother's treatment. Unreal.

  by quellycatface in

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  2. friends

  i disassociated myself 3 years ago but have never told my mother, as she lives quite a distance from me in the uk.

  i've have told her that i no longer go to meetings, neither does my son, who is 16.. i haven't seen her for 3 1/2 years.

  i offered to come visit this week but she was incredibly offhand with me and said she couldn't meet with me today as she was on the ministry!!

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  stan livedeath

  hi quell--good to see you on here again x
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  Around 100 billion people have died

  by Funchback in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according to some, the earth may have 10 billion people living on it by the end of this century.

  there is genuine concern about space and resources.. imagine, then, 100 billion people being resurrected to live on earth.

  some jws will argue that not everyone will be resurrected to earth, including 144,000. imagine 50 billion then, assuming that half of the people who ever lived did something so horrific that they aren't deemed worthy to be resurrected.. jws who are lurking and reading this: where are they going to live?

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  stan livedeath

  the earth can easily accommodate 100 million people.

  they would just need to all stand up--side by side--in rows.

  drinking tea.

  then--when the whistle blows--

  --its back on your heads guys.
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  The Book of Mormon

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife and i went to see it today at the encouragement of some of our new friends.

  we laughed until we cried, and it was so cathartic to sit in a room full of hundreds of people laughing at the ridiculousness of religion.

  sure, the subject is mormonism, but it was very poignant and applicable to all religion.

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  stan livedeath

  my son went to see it in London--UK
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  "We Had No Idea How Manipulative He Can Be!"

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  very stressfull and upsetting evening was had last night.

  i dropped my 2yo daughter off to my ex-wifes home.

  all seemed good until i got home.

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  stan livedeath

  can i ask you--pale emperor--are you in the UK--?---only child custody and access issues are often far different to other countries.
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  Meeting Attendance levels

  by freddo in

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  2. friends

  i attended a sunday meeting today after missing a couple due to a bout of chronic apathy.

  out of 74 publishers we had a grand total of 33. wonderful.

  for those that attend, how are you finding the numbers?.

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  stan livedeath

  Lostandfound17 minutes ago

  Stan livedeath

  is that the Bradding Rd site?

  
  

  yep--behind Mcdonalds--Brading road Ryde Isle of Wight. i remember it being built--even attended a wedding there once.
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  Meeting Attendance levels

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i attended a sunday meeting today after missing a couple due to a bout of chronic apathy.

  out of 74 publishers we had a grand total of 33. wonderful.

  for those that attend, how are you finding the numbers?.

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  stan livedeath

  

  local hall near me--for sale--half a million ££--reason--downsizing! merging with another congr.
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  "We Had No Idea How Manipulative He Can Be!"

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  very stressfull and upsetting evening was had last night.

  i dropped my 2yo daughter off to my ex-wifes home.

  all seemed good until i got home.

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  stan livedeath

  i have women over in my house all the time

  great!--invite me over--we can really start a party. i can bring a few more
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  How do you feel about the expression "The Truth"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it's amazing how the expression "the truth" has become such an ingrained term used by witnesses.. "we have 'the truth'".

  "is he 'in the truth'?".

  most here have found out so many facts about the organisation, and felt the effects of being "gut-punched" as we realised these facts.. so how do you feel about the expression "the truth" now?.

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  stan livedeath

  i intensely dislike the use of "we". it comes across as exclusive...in other words--excuding non-members. ask any dub a question--and they will reply " we"--not i .
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  Has there ever been a time when someone has been outed as a JW mole on this forum?

  by Tenacious in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  having been a jw for decades i'm used to watching what i do, say, or watch, in fear of being snitched on.. therefore, i the question begs.. there have been instances, i won't say how, where i've felt some members are being deliberate in their attempt to feign support for the anti-jw rhetoric on this forum.. any input is greatly appreciated..

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  stan livedeath

  TOTC was just counting his time--and back calls.
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  Were you aware of the shunning policy when becoming a JW

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those who became jws, were you fully aware of the societys cruel shunning policy whilst studying?

  i absolutely had no idea such a policy existed until years later.

  it really only hit home when reading the horrendous stories on the internet around 2002. .

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  stan livedeath

  when i was in--i remember a few getting d/f---for adultery / fornication. this was back in the day when the reason was announced. we werent supposed to talk to those. but most got reinstated after a year or so.

  i resigned in 1971...but attended a few meetings now and then--to keep my wife company after she nagged me into it. no-one shunned me--it was as if i was just an outsider--which i was.

  it all changed in 1981. i had an affaire with a married sister--she was d/f'd. apparently it was also announced at the meeting that i was now an apostate--and should be treated the same as if i was d/f. but no-one had the courtesy to tell me--either verbally or in writing. not that it bothered me--i never went to another meeting after that.