Posts by Life is to short 2

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"Coping with Shunning" by Barbara Anderson

by AndersonsInfo in

http://watchtowerdocuments.org/coping-with-shunning/.

by barbara anderson.

when my husband and i left the religion of jehovah’s witnesses (jws), we, like countless others, lost family members and friends because of the witnesses shunning doctrine.

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I remember that magazine and that letter. I was working with his wife at 90 Sands when that came out.

It breaks my heart to think of how he has shunned you. One day he will totally regret it.

There was a stupid sister where I live that shunned her dad for year's because he couldn't stop smoking. He had gotten baptized in the late 60's when you could smoke, and they DF'ED him when they changed the rules. He dided suddenly after she had been shunning him for about 30 year's.

I honestly do not know how she can live with herself, as he truly loved her.

It is all just so sad.

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Moving to warwick: 1 Billion dollars in profits so far.

by StephaneLaliberte in

at one point, the witnesses held 4.5 million square feet over 30 buildings.

they’re down to nine buildings, having made about $1.25 billion on staggered sales since 2004, according to the co.. http://therealdeal.com/2016/09/22/the-secret-to-jehovahs-witnesses-real-estate-success-maintenance-and-patience/.

warwick is 1.6 million square-foot.

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Funny but my die hard JW husband even said that one reason they might have felt the need to move is because of how horrible they have treated the victims of their injustices especially the sexuality abused ones.

This way they are tucked away and it would be a lot harder for some off balanced victim to take them out.

It is strangely sad for me to hear my husband say that because when we were serving where the need was great a off balanced JW in the hall threanted to kill us and some person in the service department at Bethel (who you never get told their name God forbid)told my husband that no matter what we could not go to the police.

I begged and pleaded with my husband but he said he had to obey Bethel. I would go by myself to the police now but at that time I was a stupid submission house plant of a wife.

I wonder if they have had threats and that's one reason for the move.

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Trying to find WT

by Life is to short 2 in

i am trying to find the wt that says we have to obey the gb even when what they say makes no sense.. i think it was 4 year's ago.

i know it was just mentioned in a thread and i have looked but just cannot find it.

i want to show it to my counselor this afternoon.. thanks i'm advance if anyone can find it..

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I am trying to find the WT that says we have to obey the GB even when what they say makes no sense.

I think it was 4 year's ago. I know it was just mentioned in a thread and I have looked but just cannot find it. I want to show it to my counselor this afternoon.

Thanks I'm advance if anyone can find it.

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When you were fully in, did you believe that you would not die?

by TTWSYF in

i know that it must seem silly to ask, but my brother and his family think that the big a will arrive before they die.

i tried to explain to my brother that everyone else who has ever lived in the past has died and only jesus has [physically] rose from the dead.. it is amazing that anyone could buy that line.

what crazy cult culture that could make people believe such nonsense?!.

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Dunadie

You are so right about not having kid's because of the religion. Once you realize you really blew it and listened to idiot's it's a hard pill to swallow.

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Midweek meeting video

by aboveusonlysky in

did anybody see the service meeting video this week?.

australian sister was sexually abused as a child and thought of ending her life at 14 years old, sometime later jw's call on her father who accepts a study and eventually the whole family becomes witnesses, life gets much better as the sister immerses herself in pioneering etc, she still has some dark days but prayer along with going for walks and swimming has helped her cope with bad memories of child abuse, the new system (just around the corner) will completely fix everything......... i'm dumbfounded, the hypocrisy has literally rendered me speechless......comments anybody?.

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Listenar

You make a very good point about it being harmful, every since I have seen it I have been in such a depression. I wonder how many others have been affected like me.

I am going to my counselor next week and it is one of the first thing's I am going to show her, I really want her take on it.

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Midweek meeting video

by aboveusonlysky in

did anybody see the service meeting video this week?.

australian sister was sexually abused as a child and thought of ending her life at 14 years old, sometime later jw's call on her father who accepts a study and eventually the whole family becomes witnesses, life gets much better as the sister immerses herself in pioneering etc, she still has some dark days but prayer along with going for walks and swimming has helped her cope with bad memories of child abuse, the new system (just around the corner) will completely fix everything......... i'm dumbfounded, the hypocrisy has literally rendered me speechless......comments anybody?.

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Wannaexit

Also another very good point. The video just made me sick and hard to sleep tonight. If gerry is right, it's beyond sick the way they presented this.

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Midweek meeting video

by aboveusonlysky in

did anybody see the service meeting video this week?.

australian sister was sexually abused as a child and thought of ending her life at 14 years old, sometime later jw's call on her father who accepts a study and eventually the whole family becomes witnesses, life gets much better as the sister immerses herself in pioneering etc, she still has some dark days but prayer along with going for walks and swimming has helped her cope with bad memories of child abuse, the new system (just around the corner) will completely fix everything......... i'm dumbfounded, the hypocrisy has literally rendered me speechless......comments anybody?.

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Wannaexit

You really hit the nail on the head. This is why I love this sight, as so many see things in a way I just did not see but is so obvious.

This video just made me sick, Steve 2 you made a very great point also.

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Jehovah's Love - or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Death

by undercover in

jw
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this idea was inspired by another post i saw (but forget who or where) referencing the mootness of delaying armageddon now that the 1914 generation is gone.

(i just skimmed over the post and thread, and didn't give it much thought until later).

wt doctrine basically says that jehovah, through his undeserved love, allows wickedness so that people can hear, and accept, the 'truth', thus being saved from the destruction of armageddon.

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I remember wondering that as a kid, but was also put downfor asking to many questions.

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There is a new letter to elders about Child Abuse

by ttdtt in

anyone see that there is a long letter on how to handle child abuse?.

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Thank you August 1st I am almost sure that we have it before most elders.

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The last video in the 2016 convention...

by problemaddict 2 in

...is an epic triumph is emotional manipulation.

bringing together all of the stories they told thus far and placing them int he "new world" complete with the little boy who was killed in a car accident coming back from the dead.. i have a good friend who is stuck in with family and plays the role.

he said everyone was crying, and the people next to him rated the videos by how many tissues they needed to dry their eyes.

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Interestingly comments, I too think it could come back to bite them, time will hopefully tell.