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  How old were you when you left the borg?

  by Iamallcool in

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  me-23 years old.

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  HappyDad

  Baptized at 23, seven months after I married a wonderful JW girl. Attended my last meeting ever in 2003 (Memorial), when I was 56, I'm now 73.
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  Coronavirus Positive

  by snare&racket in

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  2. friends

  hey all,.

  i'm day six of isolation, confirmed to have coronavirus.

  i have been seeing very sick cv positive patients over the last month in my a&e role (emergency physician) it was inevitable i would contract it.. just wanted to give some symptom and treatment advice, it's anecdotal but may help.. started as sore throat and headache, then croaky voice, then dry cough, then episodic transient fevers, all this over the first few days.

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  HappyDad

  Bumping this up. Hoping Snare is doing ok.
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  How to CYA (cover your ass) Watchtower style

  by eyeuse2badub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today’s watchtower article was the ultimate cya.

  for friggin’ decades all we heard was that as armageddon gets nearer and nearer, the number of the ‘great crowd’ will increase and the number of the “little flock” will decrease!

  in fact, it was one of the proofs that the end was near!.

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  I can't help but laugh where my mind just went. Instead of the CYA, I thought of KYAG. (Kiss Your Ass Goodbye) Watchtower style.
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  We're going to start a food bank

  by road to nowhere in

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  2. friends

  my phone number seems to be mixed in a group elder text.

  cryptic things come through that make no sense.

  a list of needed items and a will do reply.

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  HappyDad

  Here in my area of Minnesota, we have the CCEFS (Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf).

  It is operated by a local Catholic Church and ANYONE is welcome to partake of their generosity.

  I have been there and people of all denominations come for help. Even the local Mormons are volunteers there.

  People of all races also come for aid. We have a large Hmong and Muslim presence here also.

  It's human helping human get by with the necessities of life.

  Another organization in this area is Second Harvest which provide a lot of food to the CCEFS. Many grocery stores and other food establishments donate hundreds of pounds of food and meat, poultry and whatnot each week for those who need.

  I cannot fathom the JW's helping anyone, let alone taking care of their own in this or any time of cricis/crices. (sp)
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  What triggered your awaking?

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was listening to a radio show about a jw women who had been disfellowshiped , her daughter cut off all contact ,must admit at the time i thought so what.. then this man phoned up and explained he was disfellowshiped for asking about jws being ngo in the united nations during 90s till early 2000s when a newspaper exposed them , i still thought he's a apostate but looked it up found the article then found this forum and even more info..

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  HappyDad

  Two decades of borderline doubt coupled with the lack of love and the way the elders treated my daughter, then reading Crisis Of Conscience in 1998 helped me to finally make an escape.
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  Watchtower issues take down notice!!!

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f7jloq/breaking_watchtower_issues_dmca_takedown_to/.

  zing.

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  HappyDad

  This just makes me believe all the more, that the WT has people assigned to read and watch everything that is directed to them. One of those people has probably read this topic already.

  Hopefully, one of them may begin to question their own beliefs as we once did.
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  Elders Know of Serial Killer & Told to Keep Quiet

  by Sea Breeze in

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  The one elder who was interviewed on the program "Witnesses" made mention of murder along with child abuse. What a disgusting religion we were in! I sure wouldn't want to be one of the elders confronting someone like this. You could wind up being his next murder victim. Yikes!
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  Allowed?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a jobo i know has cancer.

  her son goes and cleans her house and generally cares for her.

  so does another non-jobo relative.. the congregation, interestingly, has shown very little support apart from the odd one rabbiting on about 'bible promises this and that'.. so, the co visited and said, 'but your son is an apostate(tm).

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  When my wife was dying of cancer, we had a hospital bed set up at home so she could feel more comfortable. I can count on one hand how many from the congregation came to visit her over a period of time. My two neighbors, one a Catholic, and the other a born again Christian. They were over every day to help take care of and comfort her.

  I will never forget their kindness nor will I ever forget the unkindness of the JW's.
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  Algebra

  by HappyDad in

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  2. friends

  what the hell?

  it's after 4 am here in minnesota and my brain just won't shut down.

  of all things....in the middle of the night,algebra is bugging me.

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  HappyDad

  Doctor Who

  Always nice to hear from you

  I value your opinions.
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  Algebra

  by HappyDad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what the hell?

  it's after 4 am here in minnesota and my brain just won't shut down.

  of all things....in the middle of the night,algebra is bugging me.

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  HappyDad

  What the hell? It's after 4 AM here in Minnesota and my brain just won't shut down. Of all things....in the middle of the night,algebra is bugging me. I haven't thought about algebra since 1960 when I was in ninth grade. For some reason, the school system felt that algebra was something that you had to learn in order to be useful in your later life. I never was able to grasp it. My teacher had another student tutor me in this archaic mathematical crap. It didn't work! I still could not understand it.

  Years later, I learned that trigonometry and geometry was very easy for me to grasp. As a journeyman machinist, trig and geometry was something I used quite often. The trade is now dead thanks to computers that figure all calculations for any idiot who can touch a button.

  I was able to make a decent living with benefits without having tens of thousands of dollars in student loans. I am now retired with a somewhat decent pension and social security that I paid into for my entire working career. Not an entitlement that liberals say, but what I actually earned.

  My heart aches for young people today who have to be in debt for most of their lives paying student loans for a degree that will get them a job at a fast food restaurant.

  My advice...……..get your damn hands dirty and shovel shit if you have to. You will be better off becoming a plumber, carpenter, electrician, or any number of craftsmen jobs rather than falling into the trap of the useless lazy ass academia people who tell you that a degree is everything. I say BULLSHIT! They need young people to fall for their marketing in order to sit back and receive their paycheck for screwing over you. Wake up!

  Have you ever used algebra in your life?