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  Getting out!

  by Auswop in

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  my husband and i would like to get our kids (my step kids) out of this religion and we don't know where to.

  begin.

  we hardly see them anymore, neither of them are baptisted and we don't know where to begin.

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  Andy_Bosi

  Under the circumstances, your husband and you are fighting an uphill battle.

  Because their mother is a JW, it's a sure thing that they are being brainwashed into the JW mindset. The best thing you can do is to try your best to include them in your family activities, to show that you love and care about them. At Christmas time, send them presents, without ever mentioning about the fact that JWs do not celebrate Christmas. Likewise w/ their birthdays. Encourage them to do well in school, to attend college when it's time, etc. Be supportive of what they are doing, while at the same time, stay away from religious discussions.

  What will NOT work is this: - directly attacking or ridiculing JW beliefs. If you do so, you are only playing to this cult's teaching, that the "world" is under Satan's control, and that Satan will do anything to discourage them from becoming good JWs.

  And if they have access to the Internet, gently mention to them, "there seems to be a lot of interesting websites about JWs, have you checked them out?"

  Maybe, as they get older, they will find JW beliefs to be controlling and ridiculous. Be there for them if/when that happens.

  Good luck,

  /Andy
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  Every obscure disease known or unknown to man

  by LovesDubs in

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  did you all ever notice how "sick" the "friends" seemed to always be with weird diseases and ailments and blood disorders?

  i swear i have never seen so many cases of "chronic fatigue syndrome" and "blood viruses" as i did when i was a jw.

  they were constant shoppers at the local homeopathic stores, stocking their shelves with every herb and rub and remedy...and nothing seemed to help these mysterious ailments.

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  Andy_Bosi

  Thanks for the reply Love, too bad she won't come here...

  I am wary of people who hear voices... especially from God... I used to know one - he is now in a mental institution.

  /Andy
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  Every obscure disease known or unknown to man

  by LovesDubs in

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  did you all ever notice how "sick" the "friends" seemed to always be with weird diseases and ailments and blood disorders?

  i swear i have never seen so many cases of "chronic fatigue syndrome" and "blood viruses" as i did when i was a jw.

  they were constant shoppers at the local homeopathic stores, stocking their shelves with every herb and rub and remedy...and nothing seemed to help these mysterious ailments.

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  Andy_Bosi

  Hi Love,

  Since after all that time with the JWs, I never knew anyone who was annointed, is there any chance you can entice your friend to this board, just to answer my question,

  How does one know he/she is annointed?

  Is it a voice from Jehovah God telling her that she is so?

  Just curious....

  /Andy
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  NEW TRUTH! Major Prophecy Fulfilled

  by trevor in

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  new truth!

  major prophecy fulfilled.

  15th february 2001. dear brothers and sisters, 'the truth is a bright light that is getting brighter and brighter.

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  Andy_Bosi

  ... Prophecies fulfilled because .... NOTHING HAPPENED ...[8>]

  Hey, we can all be prophets!

  Please let all readers know where you got the article (some (many?) of us no longer subscribe to WT mags & books)

  /Andy
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  The 'Generation' is BACK!

  by nicolaou in

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  the following is copied directly from the society's official website.

  for any here who are familiar with the change in understanding of the 1914 generation, it may seem quite shocking.. the society put this information on their site *after* the change in understanding and have kept it there for the past five years!.

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  Andy_Bosi

  What happens to the new light? Did somebody misplace the flashlight?
  :)

  Yeah, I used to believe that Armageddon was going to come before I finish high school!! I used to feel sorry for all my worldly friends who were going to get killed... Yeah, I was a fool...

  This 1914 Generation/Armageddon thing has been so central to the JW preaching, that's how the WT org was able to enjoy steady growth for a long time. But it is time to pay the pied piper... People are getting a little tired of hearing that the sky is falling..

  I wonder what the WT will say in 100 years?

  /Andy
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  Jehovah's day will come as a thief in the night

  by spectromize in

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  it's true!

  many of you here who scoff at the battle of armaggedon being a reality are in for a big surprise.

  it will be a fear inspiring day in which there will only be one side that will survive.

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  Andy_Bosi

  Hi spectromize,

  Unlike many other posters here, I won't jump all over you, because I used to believe all those things that you currently believe.

  ... the 1914 generation will not pass when Armageddon comes, etc. etc.
  birthdays, holidays, higher education: bad. Field service, pioneer: good. ....

  Except that the WT Org kept changing their dates and doctrines! If JW have the truth, why does the truth keep changing?? Why is there a need for "new light?"? Was the "old" light not shinning in the right direction??

  Since you perhaps spend your days convincing others of the need to examine their religious beliefs, all I ask of you is that you do the same with your beliefs.

  As for me, somewhere along the way, I no longer wanted to be another JW robot, forever lost in the Watchtower emotional and spiritual wilderness, constrained by a littany of petty and large rules - all man-made.

  Best wishes,

  /Andy