Posts by I quit!

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Where does all the JW money go?

by LouBelle in

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i want to know.. does every kingdom hall, bethel and assembly hall belong to the watchtower, bible & tract society?.

each of those kingdom halls, bethels etc are built with the money obtained by that country's contributions.

if a loan is needed the bothers of that specific congregation pay off the loan.. the society has then an extremely huge amount of property worth billions of $$$$ who has control of all those funds?

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It ain't cheap running a world wide religious cult that's trying to enslave mankind. And why do you need to know? Just trust in Joe Hova and keep pushing his magazine and books.

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I went a little NUTS!

by irondork in

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did you go a little nuts as you were waking up and making your exit?

i had a few of the symptoms listed in hassan's, combatting cult mind control.

i couldn't pull my thoughts together.

I was depressed for at least my last few years in the WT. I wasn't sure why I guess deep down I just didn't believe it anymore. Near the end all I wanted to do was be a normal person and do normal things. I was tired of being a freak. I was tired of parroting religious nonsense. Why we don't do holidays. Why we look the way we do. Why we waste our weekends bothering people. I was sick of it all and I knew that it was driving me crazy. It was pretty rough at first because of the way they are brainwashed to treat those who leave but I was happy for the first time in years knew I'd made the right decision to pull the plug on them.

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Voltaire

by Chariklo in

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although he has been misquoted, voltaire famously said.

"i do not agree with what you have to say, but i'll defend to the death your right to say it.".

how good it would be if this maxim could be held on this board.

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I don't know about ecstactic. Maybe just mildly curious.

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Voltaire

by Chariklo in

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although he has been misquoted, voltaire famously said.

"i do not agree with what you have to say, but i'll defend to the death your right to say it.".

how good it would be if this maxim could be held on this board.

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Could it be possible that people here might respect the beliefs and ideas of others

If there respectable. why not?

On the Rooibos tea. Trader Joe's has a great seasonal Rooibos tea, Pumpkin Spice. It comes in an orange tin. I think it is only $3.99.

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Everyone in BC ok?!?

by Christ Alone in

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just heard about the quake and possible tsunami warning.

i hope all you guys in bc are ok!!!

check in and let us know!.

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Earthquake in Canada, Halloween. This video seems to fit.

The Guess Who

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2lCDQ8j9bE

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What if you could just walk away? No DF'ing or Shunning?

by QuestioningEverything in

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if i could tell my mom and other family jw's that i wasn't going back, didn't believe it and wanted to move on with my life without worrying about being df'd or shunned, i'd do it in a heartbeat.. but, that is not the case.

wonder how many the wtbs would lose if they changed their policy on this?

how many of you would have left sooner if there were 'no strings attached' to the wt?.

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The Watchtower claims the purpose is to cause those who stray to see the error of their ways and repent but the real truth is that the purpose of shunning is to keep witnesses in fear of leaving if they start having doubts. It is a very effective way of controling people.

Recently on this board I mentioned my second cousin on my wife side of the family. When she left about four years ago her parents turned their back on her. She knew I was a Jdub at one time who left and she wanted to contact me. No one would give her my number. My wife had her number but didn't want to give it to me. They still try to control you after you leave. It really is quite the evil system.

One channel on Direct TV is running a program called " The Mormon Candidate". It is about Mitt but it cover how Morons treat those who leave the church. Very similar to what the Dubs do.

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