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  I feel really, really sorry for those born into the Jehovah's Witness religion

  by jambon1 in

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  some facts that make the difference between you and me:.

  1 - as a person raised by non jw family, my parents have never loved me based on conditions set out by a group of old men who they don't even know.

  how does it feel to know that you are in the unique situation where your parents brought you into the world and said 'i'll show love to you.

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  my 3 ( all grown up ) kids are 4th gen born ins.

  my older son--now 40--had a disastrous marriage to yet another dubbess nutcase. 2 kids and a very expensive messy divorce later--he decided the cult was not for him--and made other arrangements.

  this resulted in his d/effing--and subsequently a secong marriage to a very understanding wife--and later a new baby boy

  the thing is--this little boy will likely never know his grandmother---my sons mother--my exwife. she shuns her son. all because she follows the cult instead of her head.
  
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  The Great Watchtower Guilt Trip

  by pale.emperor in

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  as im sure almost all of us on here are ex-jw, we all know first hand how well the watchtower used the power of guilt to manipulate our thoughts and actions for the entire time we were active witnesses.

  guilty for not going on the ministry enough.. guilty for not trying harder while on the ministry.. guilty for not turning up for hall cleaning that time.. guilty for saying a swearword.. guilty for looking at a porno mag.. guilty for masturbating through my teens (i thought i was the only one who did!).

  guilty for thinking the gb is wrong on a certain thing.. guilty for touching my girlfriend there... even though we've been dating for 3 freakin years and not had sex (thats not natural imo).. guilty for not following along in the watchtower magazine on sunday.. guilty for not studying.. guilty for nodding off during the 8 hour convention.. guilty for my mind wandering during the talks.. guilty for thinking of sister so-and-so.. the list goes on.

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  emperor said:. "Guilty for masturbating through my teens"

  
  

  wanker!
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  JW eBay Feedback Comment "Time Is Running Out!"

  by pale.emperor in

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  so i did a huge book clearout before i moved house a few weeks ago.

  among the books for sale were some watchtower books that had become obsolete, old light or had since been "clarified" by the society.

  so i thought they'd be wanted by ex-jw's or active apostates for their research.. unfortunately, it looks like an active jw is so brainwashed that they not only bought the "old light" version of gods kingdom rules but they even suggested that i read it because "time is running out".

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  i suppose i should have ebay'd my late fathers collection of watchtower garbage. he must have had a copy of every magazine going back over the last 50 odd years. all filed neatly in old corn flake type boxes. i found them stashed all over his house.

  all went into landfill.
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  Jediism not a religion, UK Charity Commission rules

  by HB in

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  thought this might be of interest....... .

  from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38368526.

  jediism not a religion, charity commission rules.

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  JWs had 137,631 "publishers" in the UK in 2015 according to Wikipedia.

  
  

  wow--i'm impressed--that about doubled from when i was a dub.

  
  

  but then--i quit 45 years ago.
  
  
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  Jediism not a religion, UK Charity Commission rules

  by HB in

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  2. current

  thought this might be of interest....... .

  from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38368526.

  jediism not a religion, charity commission rules.

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  7th most popular religion--where--in the UK ? where does the watchtower society come then ?
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  The con is completed - comments from the US branch's LDC chief

  by sir82 in

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  recently attended a special assembly day.. guest speaker was thomas chicky, a member of the us branch committee and the head of the us ldc (which has replaced the rbcs).. the last talk of the day is scheduled for an hour.

  it was the usual boring mumbo-jumbo.

  he appeared to have blasted through his hour-long outline in just about 45 minutes, so he "treated" us to informal comments on recent developments.. he commented on the new wt complex in fishkill ny.. then he dropped the bomb (well, to anyone with ears and at least 2 functioning synapses).. the following is not a word for quote, but presents the gist of his comments:.

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  with all the printing technology and know how----why doesnt the watchtower society simply print money ?
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  The con is completed - comments from the US branch's LDC chief

  by sir82 in

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  recently attended a special assembly day.. guest speaker was thomas chicky, a member of the us branch committee and the head of the us ldc (which has replaced the rbcs).. the last talk of the day is scheduled for an hour.

  it was the usual boring mumbo-jumbo.

  he appeared to have blasted through his hour-long outline in just about 45 minutes, so he "treated" us to informal comments on recent developments.. he commented on the new wt complex in fishkill ny.. then he dropped the bomb (well, to anyone with ears and at least 2 functioning synapses).. the following is not a word for quote, but presents the gist of his comments:.

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  so--14,000 congregations share 6,200 kingdumb halls.---and they dont plan to build 100's of new ones....
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  Greetings and would like some advice about a potentially fun idea

  by towerwatcher in

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  hello fellow apostates!

  my first post and a long time lurker here.

  i would like to thank all of you for the existence of this board as this has been instrumental for me in leaving the place i once knew as "the truth".

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  Your feelings for the former travelling overseers

  by Hecce in

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  during our wt life we met a good number of friends involved in the circuit and district work.

  i am sure that we share the same experience and that we remember fondly some that we caring, loving and generally interested in the brothers.

  at the same time we might remember others that were arrogant, selfish, abusive and oppressive.

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  stan livedeath

  my parents had several CO's stay with them on their visits---none were what i would call normal. the most well known was the late Ken Richmond--the man who banged the gong in Rank film titles.

  i had Bevan Vigo stay at my house when he was a new CO--hes at London HQ now.

  i think a fair number had wives with wealthy parents--judging by the clothes they wore.
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  Why isnt the overlapping generation( interpretation), consistently applied to these scriptures.?

  by smiddy in

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  why does the wt interpret matt.24:34 "truly i say to you this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.

  " as having overlapping generations ?

  and not applying the same reasoning to any other scripture/s referring to a generation or this generation .?

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  Matt.24:34 "Truly I say to you these overlapping generations will by no means pass away until all these things occur."

  
  

  does that sound better ?