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  I may have a friend

  by Defianttruth in

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  okay, i am almost forty and outside of my wife i haven't had a friend in decades.

  sure i have tons of people with whom i am friendly towards, but they all share something to do with work or business.

  i remember thinking last year i had no one who called just to talk.

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  TheListener

  Great thread! I had trouble making friends after leaving the organization too. Like the rest of you I spend my time at work or with my family. I don't have much free time for friends. But, over the past several years I have been able to make 2 or 3 good friends that I can call and chat with and even go for a beer with and just talk. It feels great to have someone to discuss stuff with and not be judged.
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  New June broadcast is out.....oh what joys will be unleashed on everyone?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  anyone watched the june broadcast?.

  i can't be stuffed.....but i'm interested in any wtf content.....

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  TheListener

  My kids did mention to me privately that they felt the videos were designed to trick them into being witnesses and they felt that was wrong. They have non-witness friends and don't buy into the dub stereotype about worldly people.
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  Special Convention 2015 Welcome Belgium

  by wheelwithinwheel in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtv_kbme_ti&feature=youtu.be.

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  Yuck
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  OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when it finally clicked,.

  and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

  what went through you mind?.

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  TheListener

  When I was a dub and had a bad day at work or with family I always knew it was only temporary and it thinking about the new system would give me a good feeling. It helped me put things in perspective.

  Now that I am out I don't get that emotional high that I experienced. But, I don't miss it. I would rather know TTATT. I am enjoying my life and making decisions to make it the best life I can.
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  The Reason Why Jehovah's Witnesses Will Never Prosper Is The Children

  by minimus in

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  i believe that the religion will remain stagnant due to their achilles heel, the kids, the children, that next generation.. most of them really don't wa t to be in the religion.

  the parents may have tried everything within their power to make the kids love jehovah but we all know you can't force someone to love you and you can't make a grown person stay in a relationship or situation if they really don't want to be there..

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  TheListener

  I've found that the majority of kids pretty much believe what their parents teach them. Republican parent - republican kid; democrat parent - democrat kid. Same with religion. Kids believe it all and its all they know because they are separated from worldly kids as much as possible.

  But, once they get older and actually get questions from people that they can't answer or comments from people that make them think then maybe they'll wake up and realize it's a cult or at least a high control group.
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  New June broadcast is out.....oh what joys will be unleashed on everyone?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone watched the june broadcast?.

  i can't be stuffed.....but i'm interested in any wtf content.....

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  TheListener

  My kids said the videos my wife had them watch were super overdone and really dorky. They also told her that and told her the dramas were just weird and sort of sad in an over the top dramatic way. Kids can be cruel and they didn't pull any punches in laughing at the society's videos.

  Before hearing that direct feedback my wife used to talk about the dramas and videos for teens and how helpful they were. Since the direct feedback of the kids, not coached by me at all, there is no mention of either thing anymore.
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  Thoughts on Convention Released Video: "What is True Love"

  by Blackfalcon98 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, the new releases are on the website, anyone seen the new video release?

  what were your thoughts of this rehashed drama from a few conventions ago?

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  Boring and cheesey. They are trying too hard to appear normal while still using so much loaded language and pressure.

  Oh, and it's waaaaay to long.
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  New to the site

  by LexIsFree in

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  my name is alex.

  i have been a reader/lurker of this site for over a year now.

  first time i am posting.

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  TheListener

  Welcome LexIsFree. I am really glad you made it here and posted. I wish you all the best on your journey.
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  The "Final Push" before the GT!!! I think they REALLY believe it!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  i don't know if i have shared this with everyone, but there seems to be a new theocratic term, at least in my circuit.. the term is "final push.

  " wtf does it mean?

  well, an eldub said that the gb are "all in" with warwick and they might spend all their money on the project.

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  I wonder how long each dub will be able to maintain the final push before giving out in exhaustion and frustration?
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  Was it worth it?

  by John Aquila in

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  2. experiences

  for those of you who left family and friends and had to start over from scratch just to get out of the organization, was it worth it?.

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  TheListener

  10000000% yes