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  Assembly today, Survival Tips and Recommendations Please!

  by Blackfalcon98 in

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  so there's an indoctrination session tomorrow......any tips for getting through with my sanity intact?

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  Carry a tote bag that says, "Resistance is futile."

  Bring a copy of the 1934 Yearbook, carefully highlighting the anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi statements as you slowly read it during the talks.
  
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  Assembly today, Survival Tips and Recommendations Please!

  by Blackfalcon98 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so there's an indoctrination session tomorrow......any tips for getting through with my sanity intact?

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  I like the tally idea.

  Doodle a very complex, intricate design that has "cult" hidden in it.

  Take notes by writing down only the most crazy things they say. Embellish for fun. Or bring a tiny device that makes the smallest noise on command. Ring it every time they say some rule that's not in the Bible.
  

  In case someone peeks on your notes, add juicy personal reminders to yourself about masturbation being evil.

  Or make a big title of your notes page in black marker quoting the scripture about the Pharisees making rules that aren't in the bible, then just write your notes like normal underneath.
  

  Be the loudest clapper and singer in the joint.

  Smile from ear to ear nonstop like the Joker.

  During the breaks, discuss the program with Stepford Wives' positivity and intelligence. Be sure to use the same sing songy voice, vacant stare and forced smile.

  Dress just 1 click past the avg dub. Go all out with the jw dot org stuff or super spiritual clothing.

  Bring a small carry-on bag filled with publications. Hey, bookbags are a mark of spirituality--yours will be biggest--you win!

  Bring a full array of different colors of highlighters and pens. Color code while you take incessant notes.

  Blow your nose constantly.

  Every time they mention demons/Satan, mumble gibberish and gently roll your head and eyes back every time they say it. Then snap out of it and pretend like nothing happened.

  Go to the practical joke store:

  • wear a fake rotten tooth and smile a lot
  • they have these tablets called Pee Pucks--you just put them in the toilet tank and it turns the water yellow--then amuse yourself by listening for how many times the next person flushes
  • fart noise makers and smell makers
    
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  So I decided to do it.

  by WasOnceBlind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok, so i went ahead and got a tattoo.

  well more than a tattoo, it is a half sleeve.

  my parents haven't seen it, thanks to the chilly weather i've been wearing a sweater around them.

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  How about a picture then? :)

  Congrats for breaking yet another chain of the past. (I'm envious. I'm not able to get one.)
  
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  How do I get the COBE to pay back the money he and his ripped off from my ex-wife, he's the guy who claims he make's Pedophiles Holy by YHWH's power!

  by PhilsWager2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the cobe of the local kingdom hall never paid my ex-wife for the work done because they promised they would use "trade" to reimburse close to $5000 worth of work.

  as you can imagine nobody here would like him because he believes all the pedophiles can change their ways after the child sex offenders have proved their humility by bowing before the judicial committees.

  this is how honest jehovah's witnesses are, they changed her work from a 1200 sq.

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  You can try to file a claim in small claims court for the $5k and see what happens.

  As to the taxes, sure, go ahead and report them. (Won't matter if they're exempt.)

  And as to the dishonesty about the building permit, report that too.

  Promoting enforcement of laws is perfectly ethical and effective.
  
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  Boy, 7, taken away from his parents. Judge rules he has been damaged by his Jehovah's Witness mother's religious beliefs

  by snugglebunny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess that's what a cult upbringing does to a child:.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3092457/boy-7-taken-away-parents-judge-rules-damaged-jehovah-s-witness-mother-s-religious-beliefs.html.

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  Interesting. I hope we get a chance to hear the rest of the story. Making statements about the cross doesn't typically get a kid removed from his parents' custody.
  
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  Help? :(

  by BlackWolf in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i apologize for how rantish this is but please hear me out.

  anyways i'm a 15 year old girl and i've never really wanted to be a jw.

  its just never been something thats made me feel happy or loved.

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  blackwolf, you have to hang in there until you're able to leave home safely when you're an adult. "Distress tolerance" techniques would help with coping with both your home situation and your ED.

  People suck. Dubs suck harder. Journal about what it's like to be an actual good, healthy person--the opposite of dubs. What it's like to have a life worth living. How you're going to go about doing that.
  
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  17 year old son is blaming me for ruining his life from the Cult. He's complaining "I could have been a high school sports star!"

  by PhilsWager2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you know about my not-so-ugly divorce and how me and my wife found out the religion is false.

  she still attends while my 17 year old has been raging on me about all the wasted time he suffered from by being in this religion.

  he think's his life is ruined, very angry we did not learn this was a cult earlier(he was 14 when he stopped attending after reading the revelation book, he said "in all time and history, how could a trumpet blown in revelation have anything to do with a jw bible student convention statement"?.

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  Anger is a normal stage of grief.

  Acknowledge his feelings, apologize and help him reset his perceptions. 17 years old is a great time to build a life worth living, and he has plenty of time to do it.
  
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  The JW religion has just cost me my marriage & my family life

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after leaving the organisation 10 years ago i fought with everything i had to stay in my marriage and with my three children.

  after a tumultuous number of years trying to maintain a happy family life while living in a divided home, it's finally over.

  the religion is single handedly responsible for destroying my marriage and my family.

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  rebel8

  I am sorry. (( )) I hope for you that you are able to rebuild a life worth living very quickly and smoothly, with as little pain as possible.

  Would you be able to take some time off and go somewhere new for a week, just to give yourself a mental change of venue? Somewhere peaceful or interesting, that fills your mind with the possibilities of a new life.
  

  You have accomplished the division that your holy book brags about.

  Well said.
  
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  Should I Make My Wife Watch the May Broadcast?

  by TTATTelder in

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  2. friends

  for some background, i am still in.

  still an elder.

  very much awake.

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  rebel8

  I don't think you should directly point out your own reactions to the video. Instead:

  "Wow, I am concerned interested ones may misinterpret this. As The Society has said for over 100 years, we do not ask for money. That is a mark of Babylon The Great. You can even find that message consistently stated throughout the literature 100 years ago, through the 1980s televangelist scandals, and up 'til now. Those televangelists had mansions and enormous, expensive churches that weren't needed. No, we're not like the other churches.

  "Although Bro. Lett says this in the video, he later mentions how expensive the new _(unnecessary thing)___ costs and that they really want donations. He doesn't really make a case for why the ___(unnecessary, expensive, ridiculous planned purchase)___is really important. I'm so concerned interested ones will think we are the same as other churches."

  
  
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  A Burger and a Hook-up

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i went to get a burger just now, and a couple of elders from my former congregation caught me off guard.

  they started giving me the we feel so sorry for you, you must be so lonely bit.

  i kept telling them im doing great and im not lonely but its like they couldnt hear me talking.

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  if I go they can introduce me to them....They know I’ve been inactive for over a year so I have no idea why they would want to hook me up with a “Spiritual Sister”.

  After I'd been inactive for several years, a bro invited me to go in field service.

  And by 'inactive', I mean, "after saying very clearly that I would never return to the dubs".

  Weirdos.