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  i'm leaving this site forever

  by stan livedeath in

  1. social
  2. humour

  as the title says--i'm out of here for good.. the site is full of atheists, communists, 7th day adventists, creationists, believers, deceivers, receivers, football supporters,.

  dodgy types, cantleave---and assorted wankers.. so no place for me--because i'm none of the above so dont fit in.

  so--this is goodbye forever my friends--its been almost average knowing you.

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  I support atheist wankers who support football.
  
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  What is the real purpose of attending your JC?

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was compelled to ask this question because i have seen several of the youtube videos on jcs.

  on striking similarity among all these videos is that most of the people bringing the arguments to the elders are pretty much atheists or have turned to another religion altogether.. i can easily see that the common concern in most of the people involved, is their ability to keep in touch with family and friends, which by all means would be my concern as well, when and if i ever end up in one.. however, i can't help but to notice something.

  it is difficult enough to think of the day that the wt would accept a loose canon in their ranks, let alone someone who openly claims to no longer believe in god.

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  Me, I was forced to attend by my parent, with my only other choice being homelessness.
  

  People seem to have a variety of reasons.
  

  • curiosity
  • wanting to tape it
  • wanting to avoid punishment
  • wanting to convince others of the truth
  • wanting closure (I don't get this one--closure is something inside of you--you don't need a bunch of cultists to grant you this gift.)
  • wanting an opportunity to ventilate concerns, complaints, feelings (Again, I personally don't get this one. I don't need whacked out toxic people to meet my emotional needs, TYVM.)
    
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  Contempt of court, case in San Diego county really disgusts me!

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this case has to be talked about by ever awake jw every apostate everyone.

  this case because they refuse to hand over documents the court already knows they have because they handed them over before but heavily redacted, is the icing on the cake!

  this case shows thier evil plain and simple.

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  $1.5 million per year sounds like me to be too little a penalty to motivate them, considering they can easily afford that and have a lot more to lose if they comply.
  
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  Fb pages

  by Drwho in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  im not a jw and never was but had a bad encounter with one , ie my gf was one .

  anyway , i was wondering if fb pages are actually allowed , i thought the wt frowned upon them ?

  here is one i discus in regularly , maybe take a look and leave a comment on the tripe they write , it looks very well done and presented ,https://www.facebook.com/honor.jehovah/.

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  Drwho and Doctor Who are talking to each other in the same thread. Must be a time travel paradox.
  
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  Did I open the gate to the realm of demons?

  by redpilltwice in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is what happened.

  i had a sore tendon in my wrist.

  i could work with it, but nevertheless the pain was there.

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  Placebos work even when you know
  
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  Since My Mom's Death--not a JW in sight !

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had one lovebombing when she died by the congregation and since then---- nada.

  lol.

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  The OP in this thread definitely wins the Glass Half Full Award. ;)
  
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  Stem cells - Watchtower position

  by Dagney in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  does anyone know the wt's position on medical treatment using stem cells?

  i don't even know how to go about finding out this information.

  if anyone could tell me where to look or what the current position is by the society, i am most appreciative.. i would like to recommend the treatment to a jw relative, but don't want to get involved in an argument if it is forbidden.

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  Let's just Photoshop an Awake! saying it's fine and dandy.
  

  Heck, I will write the article and I'll say it's not only ok, it's recommended all xians get stem cell therapy even if it's not medically indicated. I'll say a GB member got one and there is evidence it was done in ancient Israel.
  
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  All downloads no longer hosted on jw.org

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  whether it's videos on jw broadcasting or pdfs on jw.org, all downloads used to be archived in-house at "assets.jw.org/" followed by the items name/code.

  now clicking a download link retrieves the items from akamai.net, a web services company..

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  I'm hoping the explanation is that all the people who used to be in Bethel have moved out and abandoned the religion. Now there is only 1 guy left running things with levers and knobs behind a giant curtain, like Wizard of Oz, which is why he needed to outsource some stuff.
  
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  Calling All Who Were JWs Between 1967 and 1980

  by -Crossroads- in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello jwn,.

  to introduce myself, i am still in the jws but learned ttatt some months ago.

  i now ask this question to get more info on a past teaching.. between 1967 and 1980 was when the 'current understanding' of the wts was that organ transplants were cannibalism, and thus abhorrent.

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  honestly and without bias, just what the view of JW culture (i.e the people in the congregations in general) was of organ transplants during that time
  

  
  Unthinkable, unnatural like Frankenstiein, just not done.
  
  

  And especially, what of the following choices was the penalty?
  

  I don't remember hearing any jw getting a transplant. I don't remember knowing what the penalty was, I guess I had assumed it would be DF because it was so unequivically against the rules. Then they flip flopped some more in print, but in talks it was crystal clear we were not supposed to take blood or transplants--spiritual people didn't do that, and you could be bloodguilty for stumbling others.
  
  

  Any pertinent explanation you feel is helpful is also appreciated.
  

  
  Not directly about organ transplants per se, but I was treated with terrible disdain for having hemophilia factor prior to becoming a jw, and they saw that as equal to transplants (and worse than single donor transfusions FYI). The words said to me as a child included niceties, such as, "cannibal", "vampire", "demonic", "thirsting for blood".
  
  I was specifically told I was "damaged goods like a rape victim and most bros won't want to marry you. You will have to die and be resurrected to cleanse yourself from this." (But then resurrected ones won't marry either, so I was doomed to be celibate forever.)
  
  (And I was in the situation described by Ray Franz, that they changed their minds to allow a single lifetime dose but didn't tell me.)
  
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  What should I do?

  by Tameria2001 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello everyone, it's been quite a while since i was last on this forum.

  originally i was under a different user name, but lost all that information when i moved to a different state.

  anyways, i had left the jws back in 2001, after being raised up in it most of my childhood life.

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  I would say no, I am not going to socialize with people who treat me like a second-class citizen--let me know by ##/##/2016 if you change your mind, otherwise I will make other plans.

  By "people", I am referring to the non-jw relatives who are insisting upon this. Say if you want to participate in a cult's shunning ritual, you will have to do it w/o me.

  My saying is always, "You be normal and let them be the weirdos."

  Oh, whoops. I see you already attended & refused to leave. Good for you!