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  What was it like being a JW in the 1960's and 1970's

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  2. experiences

  this is obviously a question for the older generation.

  i'm really curious what it was like to be a witness in the 60's and 70's?.

  was the society as strict as it is today?.

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  stan livedeath

  i grew up in the cult in the 60's---in Birmingham UK. dipped at 14. left school at 15..pioneering at 16. lots of parties with no parental interference--especially after circuit assemblies on sunday nights. really great fun . lots of drunkeness and smoking ! it wasnt a d/f offence back then.

  like most of my jw mates--i just wanted a regular girlfriend. startied courting at 17---a born in with very strict jw parents. most of the guys i knew were having sex in one form or another. a few got d/f if the girl got pregnant.

  married at 20.---1968. soon stopped pioneering.

  by the time i was 23--i just knew 1975 was utter twaddle---and my wife was now carrying our first of 3...so i had to think long and hard about the blood issue. but it didnt take too long. i threw away all the jehovah myth--and all the shackles that went with it.

  i resigned in 1971.. and it made no difference to most of the bros--i attended memorials and the occassional meeting to keep the wife happy. i was never shunned. till '81--then all things changed. ive never looked back or been to a meeting since.
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  JW's Million dollar compensation payout

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  just passing this on.

  it doesn't seem to have been posted here yet.. it's from the website of the daily express.

  a 'mid-market' uk tabloid newspaper.

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  stan livedeath

  hmmm. so the NHS--us taxpayers----have to pay up. i dont somehow think the watchtower management company will lose any sleep.
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  Great News in the EX Jehovahs Witness World!!!

  by Christian Gutierrez in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we are so overjoyed with what is happening in the exjw community!

  it is places like this forum where many can have a place to interact anonymously and be felt like they are understood.

  you guys are awesome!

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  stan livedeath

  It will be even better when the public talk speaker gazes out at all the empty rows.
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  Today's W.T on GB not being inspired is having ZERO impact on most J.W's

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the congregation i attend had it's watchtower study on thursday night because of l.d.c work this week-end, and another congregation i have some not very spiritual friends in had their watchtower study on wednesday.

  from what i have delicately prised out of people, the congregations loved the watchtower study this week, saying it was so encouraging and all the usual stuff, with no-one seeming to realise the g.b.

  said they're not inspired, so the spirit int he past has moved them to teach wrong things, and all the other ideas excellently summed up on reddit.. today's watchtower will wash over the heads of most j.w's like it never even happened, the all remaining as loyal as ever, and it makes me so, so sad..

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  stan livedeath

  They can all see the king's new clothes.
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  Birthday Warning

  by Luo bou to in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's my birthday today, i'm 63. i know your thrilled to hear that and are likely to party hard with wild abandonment, but please be careful not to worship me.

  i am only a creature.

  it's ok to worship the gb though.

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  stan livedeath

  happy birthday mate--69 eh. i beat you to it by 2 months!
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  How many in your generation are still JW???

  by Christian Gutierrez in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how many in your age group are still jehovahs witnesses?

  from where we are at, there aren't many left.

  each year it gets smaller and smaller haha .

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  stan livedeath

  going back to the late 60's. my born in wife and i married in 68..me 20..she 19. a year later i was best man at friends wedding--they were fairly new to the cult.

  we went on to have 3 kids over the next 10 years--they other couple waited.

  my wife and i divorced in 81--those friends went on to have 2 kids ( ive never met them )

  a lifetime goes by.

  my ex wife now shuns our son --who was d/f a few years ago. she hasnt seen his 2 year old boy.

  those friends ? their daughter left the cult--or was d/f--i dont know which. her father has shunned her for a few years now--she left the UK for Australia.

  my son and their daughter are facebook friends.

  the watchtower society--wrecking families for nearly 150 years.
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  How many in your generation are still JW???

  by Christian Gutierrez in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how many in your age group are still jehovahs witnesses?

  from where we are at, there aren't many left.

  each year it gets smaller and smaller haha .

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  stan livedeath

  i think most of my teenage mates were long gone by the time i left. those who stay in do so if they have a devout fanatical mother.
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  8,000 Filipino Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia?

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pinoy jehovah’s witnesses in russia face deportation.

  philippine daily inquirer / 05:40 am february 24, 2017. baguio city—jehovah’s witnesses (jw) in the philippines have asked the department of foreign affairs (dfa) to intercede on behalf of filipinos who face arrest or deportation in russia for belonging to their faith.. the watchtower bible and tract society of the philippines, the legal and corporate arm of jw, made the appeal when it met dfa officials this week on behalf of more than 8,000 filipino jehovah’s witnesses in russia.. read more: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/152841/pinoy-jehovahs-witnesses-russia-face-deportation#ixzz4f8s5kznb .

  there are 8000 filipino jehovah's witnesses in russia?

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  stan livedeath

  We had a very similar thread about this a few weeks ago.

  The figure of 8000 was a mistake. In the article quoted above it mentions a few hundred..Which is more likely.
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  Are their " wishy, washy" congregations...

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it may be an amazing thought for many but i am sure " wishy, washy" congregations exist.

  i am referring to congregations where the elders are idle in enforcing the g.bs guidelines on control.. i mean let's face it the organisation is an authoritarian regime, that works only if the elders enforce complete obedience to watchtower policies.

  sadly in the congregations i was associated with the elders excelled at enforcing loyalty and obedience.. however with age, people mellow, elders can become more compassionate, even assume the voice of reason?

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  stan livedeath

  Syritherous

  
  

  please explain.
  
  
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  Are JW's non- violent

  by notalone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, i keep reading something and though jw's do not get involved in national wars, my experience has always been they are very violent people.

  every convention i have ever been to was filled with children being beat within an inch of their lives for just not being able to take a third day of mind-droning silence without being able to move or now even sleep.

  i have seen whole congregations laugh at stories of children being beaten and calling out to "jehovah".

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  stan livedeath

  any cult that promotes their god is to destroy all mankind--except the members of their cult---is likely to attract mentally deranged freaks.