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  JW Tattoos

  by bradford in

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  2. friends

  i'm sure there are countless opinions on whether you should get a tattoo or not.

  my personal view is that if you were to get one it should mean something.. anyone get a tattoo to remember their jw roots?

  i was thinking of getting a tetragrammaton somewhere.

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  Figured out why I woke up from all this

  by bradford in

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  2. beliefs

  i have always thought that i figured things out when i decided to research the generation, 607, 1914, etc.. i had an epiphany and realized it was triggered much earlier.

  about 2 years ago for some odd reason, while i was a very solid witness, i started reading the news, landed on a random article about scientology, and eventually a book written by jenna miscavige called beyond belief.

  she writes about growing up in the religion, the leaders who she was related to, and how she left.

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  White Jew Rapper on Dinosaurs, God, Aliens..

  by bradford in

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  give it a chance.

  it's hilarious and the reasoning is pretty interesting.

  sorry for the profanity and it being over 10 min long.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekqjs_6qc-w.

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  I'm not so sure a bigger awakening is going to happen anymore

  by bradford in

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  when i left in march officially i started reading the forums here.

  i had this excitement that more people would be leaving soon because of the crazy broadcasts, the crazy "new light" that the gb was dishing out, and more recently the australian royal commission lighting up geoffrey.

  this past saturday i had an elder stop by to chat for the first time since i left.

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  What if an entire class of baptismal candidates said "NO"?

  by bradford in

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  2. beliefs

  question 1 comes and the speaker asks for their response..they all yell no!.

  what would happen then?.

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  The work is speeding up

  by bradford in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i don't have a great reference point on my observation other than my local area but i was wondering if this was a widespread thing.

  ... in the last two years in my former congregation there have been 6 people to disassociate for "apostasy," 6 disfellowshipped for various reasons, and numerous ones reproved.

  these are just the ones i have heard about.

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  Talking with JW Elders possibly..

  by bradford in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as i wrote in a previous post i have recently written a da letter to the elders and haven't heard anything in the way of an announcement, phone call, or visit since.

  i called the elder the letter was personally written to yesterday and left a vm to call me back which he did this morning.

  he said they did get it but were meaning to call me and possibly meet with me to try and see if there was anything they could do to encourage me because they of course find this very sad.

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  Pride or Humility - I guess it depends how you look at it..

  by bradford in

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  2. beliefs

  one of the constant themes of the literature and of the well meaning witnesses who regurgitate it to those that have left or are in the process of leaving is this:.

  you are filled with pride.

  you think you know better than jehovah's organization.

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  Just another experience

  by bradford in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just wanted to add another piece to the puzzle that is the exile from the organization.

  a little background about myself first.

  i was not born into the religion, technically.

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