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  Greetings

  by Anomalous One in

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  a warm and friendly hello to all !!.

  i've been lurking and learning for a few months.

  former elder who drifted away due to congregation hyprocrisy and politics.. went through many of the feelings of inadequacy and/or lack of confidence for a while but the longer i was away the stronger i became.. i'll tell more about myself later but right now i want to thank all of your for sharing your thoughts and comments.. it's truly amazing how bright the light can get when you really learn the truth and get out of the "organization".

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  zeroday

  It's truly amazing how bright the light can get

  HEY HEY HEY none of that LIGHT stuff in here keep it outside... LOL

  Welcome
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  Need Some Help Understanding

  by Broken Hearted in

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  i am a non jw, who has met a jw and we have been online chatting for last 9 months.

  i have fallen in love with him.

  he has been trying to push me away lately, and finding out one of the reasons is because of the religious background.

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  zeroday

  As has been mentioned and will be again, this is an extreme mind control cult. I really don't believe you know all that you are getting yourself into. Most everyone here was a Jehovah's Witness at one time and know the vicegrip they have on these people. Tred lightly and educate your self about this group. If you believe it is to painful to end this relationship now you have no idea the pain and suffering in store for you if you continue.
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  Need Some Help Understanding

  by Broken Hearted in

  1. jw
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  i am a non jw, who has met a jw and we have been online chatting for last 9 months.

  i have fallen in love with him.

  he has been trying to push me away lately, and finding out one of the reasons is because of the religious background.

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  zeroday

  Jehovah's Witnesses must answer to the Elders on all matters of choice. Dating a non witness is on the top of the list of things not to do. If you do continue this relationship be prepared to have your world turned inside out. You will be riding an emotional roller coaster for the rest of your life with him. You may feel walking away is not a choice but might be your best choice.
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  Intro

  by mavie in

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  2. friends

  hello from mavie.

  currently happily married for a number of years to a great jw wife, i currently serve as an ms in our local kh.

  my wife and i have been told we are pillars in the congregation.

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  w83 7/1 p. 30 Does God Care About the Mentally Ill? ***

  Care Through the Christian Congregation

  There is yet another way that Jehovah God shows his care for the mentally ill, and that is through the Christian congregation. Here God has lovingly arranged for elders to take the lead. They endeavor to follow the counsel: "Speak consolingly to the depressed souls, support the weak, be long-suffering toward all." (1 Thessalonians 5:14) Years of study of God’s Word and practical experience in handling problems have made Christian elders qualified to help all kinds of persons coming to them. They manifest genuine interest, patiently listening to all that the troubled one has to say. Christian elders are aware of the importance of trying to understand instead of being quick to censure a person or minimize the significance of his feelings. Despite their own shortcomings and limitations, elders sincerely try to comfort and help. You might want to direct the elders to this Watchtower.
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  Intro

  by mavie in

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  hello from mavie.

  currently happily married for a number of years to a great jw wife, i currently serve as an ms in our local kh.

  my wife and i have been told we are pillars in the congregation.

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  *** g75 12/22 p. 16 Faithful to God Despite Persecution ***

  Faithful

  to God Despite Persecution

  FOR the fourth time in recent years, innocent Christians are the target of brutal persecution in the African country of Malawi. As reported in the December 8 issue of Awake!, thousands of Jehovah’s witnesses who, in 1972, were allowed to enter neighboring Mozambique after vicious persecution broke out in Malawi been forcibly repatriated to Malawi. There they have once more met horrible, degraded treatment.

  Yet, all of this comes not because of any lawlessness on the part of these Christians. Throughout the world Jehovah’s witnesses are known to be very law-abiding citizens. As Guy Wright noted in the San Francisco Examiner: "You might regard them as model citizens. They pay taxes diligently, tend the sick, battle illiteracy." And it is recognized that among them there are not the crime, corruption and immorality so rampant in the earth today.

  But in Malawi, Jehovah’s witnesses, as elsewhere, consistently maintain their Bible-based stand of neutrality in political matters. Jesus said of his followers, "They are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world." (John 17:14) Hence, in Malawi they have refused to buy political party membership cards issued by the ruling Malawi Congress Party, which cards have on them the picture of the Life President of Malawi, Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda, an elder of the Presbyterian Church. This refusal has resulted in terrible persecution, instigated at the highest levels of government.

  I don't know how old you are mavie but I remember vividly the persecution of the brothers in Malawi. How by not buying a .25 cent political card they were robbed, beat, raped and killed. And yet they held fast their neutrality. How did you react when you found out the Watchtower Society voluntairly walked into the United Nations headquarters in 1990 and "ASKED" to join as an NGO. Not only that but had to reapply for membership for 10 YEARS.
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  Intro

  by mavie in

  1. jw
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  hello from mavie.

  currently happily married for a number of years to a great jw wife, i currently serve as an ms in our local kh.

  my wife and i have been told we are pillars in the congregation.

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  zeroday

  First you need to ask yourself one question. How are the Elders in your hall qualified to professionally address your wife's medical problems or your need to help her. Then ask yourself why do you want our opinions.
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  New guy

  by Mx in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi all i'm mx!

  i'm 17 i've been raised a jw and lived a very sheltered life.

  i've been baptized for three years now and been a doubter for two and a half years; i think i might leave "the org" in an year or two.

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  zeroday

  "What If god doesn't exist? if he does exist is he the jehovah I know?"

  You have astounding insight for a young man, it took me 28 years to ask those questions.
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  Strange Aussie Language...

  by zeroday in

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  so i'm out in california a while back visiting my father and sister.

  my fathers 4th wife is from new zealand (no he's not a jw).

  at the same time her son and wife are also visiting from new zealand and they have 2 children 6 and 9. well the wife is out in the back yard and me my sister and father are in the kitchen when the daughter in law comes running in saying, "i need a plaster, i need a plaster" i just thought "yea i need to get plastered too.

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  Let me say this about that. The Brits were once a world power. They still are. Without their far reaching insight on world affairs, everything from the American Revolution to the Australian Penal Colony this world would be a different place. LONG LIVE THE BRITISH EMPIRE....
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  New guy

  by Mx in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi all i'm mx!

  i'm 17 i've been raised a jw and lived a very sheltered life.

  i've been baptized for three years now and been a doubter for two and a half years; i think i might leave "the org" in an year or two.

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  Do it while you are young my friend. You have your whole life ahead of you. I wasted 28 years of my life with this cult and bailed at age 50. Don't do the same.
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  Strange Aussie Language...

  by zeroday in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i'm out in california a while back visiting my father and sister.

  my fathers 4th wife is from new zealand (no he's not a jw).

  at the same time her son and wife are also visiting from new zealand and they have 2 children 6 and 9. well the wife is out in the back yard and me my sister and father are in the kitchen when the daughter in law comes running in saying, "i need a plaster, i need a plaster" i just thought "yea i need to get plastered too.

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  zeroday

  I thought all Americans were bible bashing lunatics sent out on the Mayfair

  Nahhh those were the Puritans that the Brits forbid to read the bible that came over on the Mayflower. Or was that the Catholic Church. No matter.