Posts by rebel8

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Watchtower and Theseus' Paradox

by jwabuse.com in

came across this today researching something for work, and thought it was an interesting thought when applied to wt.

with so many fundamental changes and revisions, can they even be correctly viewed as what they are perceived as by active jws?

if your baptism was an oath of loyalty to the organization, which organization?

You wake up one morning and see

by A Believer in

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the un has banned religion.

what are you're thoughts?.

also changes to it seem to be on the way.... http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/trump-vows-israel-vote-161224040133216.html.

rebel8

Trump has tricked the xian fundies to believe he is on their side. And he seems to be acting as though he is now, because they got him elected.

If anything, religion is becoming more and more powerful--it is expected to influence government policy in extreme & illegal ways in the near future.

The dubs I know are all about the Tea Party. I bet you those who did vote, voted for Trump, and those who didn't vote, would have voted for The Orange One. I heard an evangelist preaching at the coffee shop that it is unbiblical for Clinton to be President because she is a woman and she even wears pants! That's how dubs think too.

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54 year old Jw pedophile molests 14yr old jw girl.

by notjustyet in

need someone to correct the article to let the readers know "it's not a church,.. it's a kingdom hall!!".

please share and comment on their fb page to get some info out there.

https://www.facebook.com/sunherald/posts/10157904826940532.

rebel8

This was statutory rape. The thread title seems a bit off.

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My Dad wants to study with me

by BlackWolf in

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so my parents continue to pester me about getting baptized.

the other day my dad told me that i was old enough to make a decision, and was wondering why i wasn't ready (assembly is in a few weeks) so i told him calmly that i have many doubts and if i were to get baptized it has to be 100 percent my idea.

he was a little annoyed by this, and now wants to study the "is there a creator that cares about you" book (which is complete bs) with me.

rebel8

I don't know if it's a personality thing or what. A person can only have one personality, so I have no idea what it's like to have another. For me, I need to be honest. It is a need I feel in the core of myself.

I was honest about my doubts. I had to do that prep thing with the elder and I was honest then that I wasn't sure this was thee truth.

I was honest during the ass-embly when they had you do the vows. I said 'no' to a few of them, IIRC.

They dunked me anyways, even though I was still a teen and frankly stating to my jw parent, elder and ass-embly attendant that I wasn't sure. But I still feel good that I was honest. In the end, it is one thing they can't ever take away from you, even if they control all other aspects of you.

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Fade Advice Please

by Zeds Dead in

i got reinstated in the last month and had my record cards sent to a new congregation.

i went to a few meetings until i heard the cards had been sent and now i am looking to do a complete fade, no longer go at all.

the new congregation does not know me well and further away from where i live so i am hoping they will give up trying to make contact quickly.. any advice on do's and dont's and what to expect?.

rebel8

Chronic fatigue syndrome

Seriously, that's a good idea.

I know a woman who remained in good standing without attending meetings and FS for a super long time, and her dad remained MS in good standing too. Her relatives even said she was faking it to get out of jw stuff, but really this chick did not leave the house much. I guess if that or being an active dubbie are your only 2 choices...

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Fade Advice Please

by Zeds Dead in

i got reinstated in the last month and had my record cards sent to a new congregation.

i went to a few meetings until i heard the cards had been sent and now i am looking to do a complete fade, no longer go at all.

the new congregation does not know me well and further away from where i live so i am hoping they will give up trying to make contact quickly.. any advice on do's and dont's and what to expect?.

rebel8

Throw out mail. Block emails, texts and social media.

If they mail you literature subscriptions (do they still do that?), mark them "return to sender" unopened.

I agree with pbrow: Basically live in fear and waste time in the only life that you are absolutely sure you have.

I imagine you had your reasons for being reinstated, but now that you are, you are a lot less beholden to them.

You can shun them now! That's what I do.

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Tried my hand at creating a couple of memes. What do you think?

by nicolaou in

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just a bit of fun..

rebel8

I saw some tourists taking smiling selfies at Ground Zero in NYC when it was in ruins. Reminds me of that meme. Unbelievable. I can totally imagine heartless jws doing that at Armageddon.

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EX JW art

by aintenoughwiskey in

best use yet for old light.

i have no vested interest in her art venture, just an fyi her name is sarah riches hall.

in australia.. .

rebel8

This is similar to a line I have been working on. Great minds?

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My New Apostate Word Invention. Your thoughts?

by Iamallcool in

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"jehovah's witnesses are too cultish for my liking" what do you think about my new word invention?.

rebel8

Feel free to IM me all of your invented words and I will publish them in the Apostate Dictionary, which I update from time to time.

I just added cultooish, cultocracy, etc. from this thread--these will go in the next update, whenever I get around to it.

Outlaw, is Brother Let's name spelled correctly in that cartoon? I thought it was Lett.

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FWD: let's get JW's propaganda out of Disneyland

by jacobm in

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not sure if this has already been submitted, but we need exjws to mobilize on this.. from: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5kzyfn/lets_get_jws_propaganda_out_of_disneyland/.

posted by: sweetpotatopeachtree .

i submitted the following on the disneyland facebook page (link below) on december 19th after seeing jws peddling their cult propaganda at downtown disney in anaheim, ca.

rebel8

Personally, I would focus more on shorter paragraphs and things that Disney would directly care about:

Disney may think they are helping out a quirky super conservative xian group, but in fact it is a sinister high control group.
This is a hate group that teaches everyone will become white in Paradise, women are inferior, and homosexuality is wrong. They even recently produced children's videos encouraging kids to tell their peers that their homosexual parents are sinners.
They are against the Magic Kingdom and all kinds of magic in children's entertainment. They have recently produced a children's video explaining that Satan is happy when they play with wizard toys.
They do not believe in protecting children, and are now the subject of ongoing legal action in several countries for forcing molestation victims to tell graphic rape details to pastors, denying rapes happened, blaming victims and threatening them not to go to authorities.
Many Disney movies are prohibited for them to see because they contain magic or any other thing on their lengthy list of no-nos.

Insert links backing up all of these things, and I think you've got a strong case they will pay attention to.