We had someone come to the door last night to GIVE us candy, along with a religious pamphlet "Our Daily Bread." We ate the candy and recycled the pamphlet. I did think that was a rather unique way of getting their word out.
Purza
Posts by Purza
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6Has anyone ever.....
by Ugottabefresh in.....done evening witnessing on halloween?.
true story: once i was auxiliary pioneering in october and got the flu mid-month.
naturally i had to get those sixty (dating myself) hours in and i was at fifty on 10/30.
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Outrageous propaganda. "Treat your disfellowshipped loved ones like they're dead, but without mourning them." NOV 2014 study Watchtower
by Watchtower-Free in.
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Purza
I always know when the cult speaks as I don't hear from my mother. I used to receive generic emails, but even those have stopped. Its truly sad that they blindly believe everything fed to them.
Purza (not DF'd)
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Just Curious About Something
by EmptyInside insorry,couldn't think of a better title for this post,without it being long.. i was thinking this morning,if ex-jws, who were born into the group less likely to join another religion after leaving.
vs. the witnesses who belonged to a church before joining the religion.. from my own prespective,being raised a witness,i have no intention of joining any religion.
and it seems that born-ins are less likely to join a religion after leaving the cult.. in my own experience,i think it's religious burn-out to tell the truth.
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Purza
Born in here too. I reject all religions. Never again for me.
Purza
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how is it that some fade out of the org and others seem to be pushed?
by sowhatnow ini cant figure out how some persons like my husband and son, simply got too 'busy' and gradually stopped going to meetings, and were totally left alone, and yet some persons.
seem to indicate that people were constantly in persuit of them, for a way to disfellowship them.. the ones who fade never get 'disfellowshiped' unless they write a letter formally requesting thier name be of the membership.. just like the jw org tells people who get baptised to do to thier former church,.
i havent been to a meeting in a few months however it is also under a 'remodel' im sure im not missed.
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Purza
I avoided the elders and then moved an hour away. Never heard anything after I moved. The elder in charge of keeping track of me died last year - I still have yet to know from what as he was not very old.
I think you have to be willing to walk away and not keep in touch with anyone in the hall. Years later - when I no longer cared - I salvaged a few friendships through Facebook.
Purza
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JWs getting "Footloose" at the Kingdom Hall
by AndDontCallMeShirley ini hope no one here get's injured when they see this and their jaw hits the floor:.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=689701664435095&set=vb.100001858044479&type=2&theater.
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Purza
Unbelievable. I have been out for over 10 years, but this blows my mind. To have music, other than kingdom melodies, play in the sound system goes against everything I was taught as a young dub. I can't imagine my still in (forever in) parents condoning this. I almost want to send it to them, just to see how they would put a positive/condoning dub spin on it.
SMH (shaking my head)
Purza
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Have You Been Invited To The Memorial?
by minimus inone of my best friend's, who is an ex elder had two elders visit him at his home yesterday to invite him to the memorial.
he was cordial to them because they were'nt over the top.. so far, i have had no invites, thank god..
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Purza
Its been years since I've been invited. Today that changed when I was invited through Instgram (guess it is fairly easy to take a photo of the invitation). I politely declined.
Purza
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Weekends Are Wonderful Since Leaving The Cult
by minimus inno silly meetings.
no wasting time knocking on doors, bothering people.....life is good..
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Purza
I asked my friend (who left the same time as me) the other day "how did we used to do everything we do AND go to meetings and FS - with kids?" She laughed and had no idea either.
Life is so much better now.
Purza
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How often do you see the Witnesses out on the ministry?
by rory-ks ini only ask because i hardly ever see them out on the ministry.
it is a very rare sighting to spot them actively engaged in the house to house ministry.
or out on the street work, in the marketplace, etc.. the other reason i ask is because they are constantly pictured as being on the preaching work.
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I saw some on my street yesterday and a car group making RV's today about five houses down from me. I'm a DNC and they actually respect that. Haven't seen them at my door in two years. I have recently gotten in touch with some family members and they mention that they do more metro witnessing (sitting behind a table in a big city). Guess that is less work for them.
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Super Bowl XLVIII SEATTLE OR DENVER
by ldrnomo ini have to go with seattle.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozsrq3hujme.
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Can't stand "Dick Sherman." I'm hoping a win for the Broncos.
Side note: I do like Russell Wilson.
Purza
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I don't love my family
by noontide inhow can i love people that dont really know me?
how can i love people i dont really know?.
thats not love.
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Purza
Wow. Just wow. That is a perfect summation. It is incredibly sad, but I can totally relate. Love requires nuturing and that is something that was taken away due to the destructiveness of the organization.
Purza