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  baptised nearly 51 years

  by Phoebe in

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  been reading this site for awhile now.

  i have had a long and often tragic life as a jw.

  my story is so long because i'm pretty old :) i feel sad i've been locked in fear and guilt for my entire life.

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  stan livedeath

  i was baptised 54 years ago.
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  Griffin Assembly Hall (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) now a Megachurch

  by Sanchy in

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  my mom, while pregnant with me, was one of thousands of jw volunteers to work on the construction of this once beautiful assembly hall in south florida circa 1984. it had a beautiful pond, waterfall, and even a resident alligator.

  many remember it as well for it's huge plaster murals on the walls showing scenes of paradises.. pics as it was before (sorry for the low quality, struggled to find good pics of the auditorium as it was, if you have any good ones, do share them):.

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  stan livedeath

  We were also told that with the funds raised from the sale of this one we would pay off the loan due for the West Palm Beach auditorium

  
  

  where did the loaned money come from ?
  
  
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  Uk members ?

  by midnight in

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  hi anyone from the uk ?

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  stan livedeath

  yep--i'm on the Isle of Wight. ( yes folks--thats how you spell it )

  i used to be on here as Bigmac--before the new system arrived.
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  Why do some Jehovah's Witnesses choose to be atheist or agnostic?

  by Cassaruby in

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  "traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can lead to the development of a truly personal relationship with these two greatest friends [the father and the son] .

  .. "whatever sense of 'belonging' that membership in some religious system may create, it can never compare with the power and beauty and strengthening benefit of the intimate personal relationship the scripture presents .

  from reading joseph campbell i've come to understand that there are functions to religion or mythology.

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  stan livedeath

  i never chose to be a jw. my parents did--when i was a kid. i had no choice. when i was a grown man--married--my own kid on the way--i chose to resign from the jw cult. i did not believe in god, the devil--angels demons etc. no interest in living forever. so--remaining a jw was not an option for me. why would i want to choose to remain in such a narrow minded insignificant silly religion. i had much better things to do with my life.
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  The reality we must face.

  by The Rebel in

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  my dearest dad is 90 years old today.

  we are far away, separated by geography, but never will i allow an organisation that indoctrinated false love separate me from my dear dad.

  i love my dad and we had our differences but never will i allow that organisation take away my love for my dad.. happy bithday dad.

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  stan livedeath

  my old dad died a year ago--aged 95. we got baptised together when i was 14----that was 54 years ago. i resigned from the cult when i was 23. it never stopped dad and i having a normal relationship--we just rarely talked about his religion. he told me at one stage--that he could find nothing in the bible that meant he couldnt talk to me.

  he was an elder for years back in the '70s.--but i dont think he accepted a lot of watchtower dictaat.

  i think--but cant prove--my kids started to withdraw from him in his last 10-15 years--maybe because they realised we were still close. i do know my daughter never once visited him in his care home in the 3 years he was there. she lives less than a mile away.
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  The day after Armageddon

  by Pronger1 in

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  jws are scattered across the globe.

  a few million people left, pretty isolated from each other.. telephone lines and power goes down since the people who supported the infrastructure are dead.

  communication across town, state, country, etc is cut off.

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  stan livedeath

  surely jehofah will save MacDonalds for us in the new world---wont he ?
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  In praise of Randall Watters

  by nicolaou in

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  exjw's of a certain age will remember randy's site well.

  freeminds was instrumental in waking me up along with ray franz's books.

  if net soup and armageddon okies mean nothing to you you're probably under 30.. whatever caused randy to post what he did recently is something i can only guess at but it won't be what i remember him for.. randy, i wish you well and thank you for all you've done over the years .

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  stan livedeath

  i know Cantleave doesnt write on here much anymore--so i pasted Randall Watters recent post on to Cantleaves facebook message so he didnt miss it.

  i dont know Randall at all--i never looked at Freeminds, but Cantleave said to me he thought Randall was one of the nicest guys he'd ever met.
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  Some apostates are coming across as crazed psychopaths

  by jambon1 in

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  i'm not sure whether or not my view on this is correct so please leave your input.

  in recent months i've been viewing youtube videos.

  again, it might just be my view but there has been an increased amount of random people grabbing a camera and doing vlogs.

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  stan livedeath

  i suppose the watchtower class everyone who leaves---or gets chucked out-----as apostates.

  some apostates do take an active roll--in one form or another--in opposing the cult.

  but i rather imagine there are far more ex jw's who simply want to forget it all--and draw a line under it--and get on with their lives.

  as far as the normal outside world is concerned----someone who says they used to be a JW is like saying they used to be a member of a golf club--it means nothing.
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  More congregations? One of the strategies they used to inflate the numbers in my city.

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

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  i looked at the 2017 yearbook figures this morning, and it reminded me of something which happened in my former congregation 2 years ago.

  it was a tiny foreign language congregation with at most 25-30 publishers.

  comes and splits a 30 member congregation into....three.

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  stan livedeath

  Which is why the decline this year in number of congregations in countries like the United States and Germany is so promising in terms of the prospects for overall JW decline.

  
  

  here--in the isle of wight--in the UK--over the last few years..the following has occurred.

  Cowes congregation had withered--so was disbanded and merged with the Newport congregation. the hall was sold off.

  Newport had 2 congregations sharing a hall ( a former holy roller church )

  Ryde hall is now up for sale ( half a £ million )--because of diminishing membership. the congregation will share the Newport hall.

  Sandown and Shanklin share a hall.

  Freshwater has its own hall.

  so there will be just 3 halls left here.
  
  
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  Do You Believe in Fairies?

  by pale.emperor in

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  before you start, i don't!!.

  http://www.healyourlife.com/do-you-believe-in-fairies.

  but i stumbled upon this article.

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  stan livedeath

  there are no such things as fairies---demons--angels--etc.

  but--there is Thomas the Tank--ive seen him !