Posts by stan livedeath

i have noticed at the last convention and at my last assembly that when i opened up my wifi setting, tons of hotspots came up for people tethering their tablets to their smart phones.

stan livedeath

I encourage everyone who still has to go to an event to do it.

what a terrible thought. my worst nightmare.

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Just out of curiosity, how many elders (current & ex) do we have here?

by mrquik in

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me.

stan livedeath

i was the magazines / territory servant in my late teens / early 20's. also a regular pioneer and did public talk home and away.

when i heard the watchtower was going to start elders i cringed---why copy the mormons ? apparently the congregation servant had put me down as an elder--so i think he was a bit put out when i resigned from the cult.

this was in 1971

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disfellowshipped family and friend being reinstated

by Together in

new to the forums and looking for someone who may have had a similar experience.

i have been disfellowshipped going on 30 years now.

within those thirty years i have built myself a life and slowly learned to cope with the shunning from family and friends.

stan livedeath

hello Together--welcome to the site.

i quit the cult over 40 years ago--and over the course of time all 3 of my kids shunned me. 2 still do. however about 7 years ago i found out my older son had been d/f'd--and i found him through facebook. gradually we built an online relationship. he remarried--i was at his wedding--now he has a son--over a year old now. i visit them periodically--in fact--first sunday in august is the next time.

his own mother--my first wife..shuns him completely--so do his siblings--so really--i'm the only person in his family left.

it was through the discovery of him being d/f that led me to getting involved with all this online ex jw thing---before that i had no idea it existed. reading stories like yours--and countless others--just reinforces my belief that jehovahs witnesses is just a sad little lunatic fringe cult.

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Kids continue to leave in droves - so what is the organization's grand plan? This

by sir82 in

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jws have one of the worst, if not the worst, retention rates among their kids.

i've seen numbers from 65% to 88% who leave, never to return.. you'd think this would be a priority amongst the leadership, right?

where do tomorrow's leaders come from, if the vast majority of kids leave the organization?

stan livedeath

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If God is the Creator, who created God or how did he evolve?

by KateWild in

if god is the creator, who created god or how did he evolve?.

stan livedeath

i think god got disfellowshipped--

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i'm leaving this site forever

by stan livedeath in

as the title says--i'm out of here for good.. the site is full of atheists, communists, 7th day adventists, creationists, believers, deceivers, receivers, football supporters,.

dodgy types, cantleave---and assorted wankers.. so no place for me--because i'm none of the above so dont fit in.

so--this is goodbye forever my friends--its been almost average knowing you.

stan livedeath

as the title says--i'm out of here for good.

the site is full of atheists, communists, 7th day adventists, creationists, believers, deceivers, receivers, football supporters,

dodgy types, cantleave---and assorted wankers.

so no place for me--because i'm none of the above so dont fit in. so--this is goodbye forever my friends--its been almost average knowing you. i will never ever come back at all.

however i might pop back later to see if anyone has missed me. nah.

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Anyone in the UK know about this?

by punkofnice in

one of my jw spies told me that a us jw speaker was visiting the uk.

some bigwig, on a tv screen, i believe.

sorry, that's all i have.. anecdotal i admit, but i was told he said, "you british think you are superior.".

stan livedeath

nice to see you back again again Slim

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Arrangements for Electronic Donations to Local Congregations

by wifibandit in

april 17, 2016 to selected bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: arrangements for electronic donations to local congregations.

(attachment 1) 2016 04-18-e scong--arrangements for electronic donations to local congregations.

(attachment 2) credit card donation arrangement instructions.

stan livedeath

Credit Cards donations now being accepted at a Jehovah's Witness Assembly Hall near you. Double your reward points, including up to 10 extra days of everlasting life.

ha ha--brilliant