Posts by lavendar

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Good anti-witnessing last night.

by hubert in

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my wife had a few women over last night for a get together, and she told me that one of them has a sister that is getting "rv's" (return viisits) from a j.w.

so this lady told me that her sister talked to the j.w.

for two hours, the last time she came to her house.

lavendar

You did a GREAT JOB, Hubert! I love reading anti-witnessing stories! I hope the sister can finally tell the returning JW, "thanks..but no thanks"!

Where can I find the pre-1995 Awake scans that you talked about?

Lavendar

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How can I find out?

by lavendar in

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my jw family member and i meet for lunch once in a while.

(i've never been a jw) how can i find out if he's been baptized....without actually coming out and asking him??

any ideas?.

lavendar

Why don't you just come out and ask?

Well, because then he'll suggest that I should start studying with his guru too, and I don't want to get into that.

Say you heard he was getting baptized and would like to send a card, but aren't sure.

Good idea, but NO ONE in our family are JWS (only him)....so he'd know I hadn't heard it from anyone.

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How can I find out?

by lavendar in

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my jw family member and i meet for lunch once in a while.

(i've never been a jw) how can i find out if he's been baptized....without actually coming out and asking him??

any ideas?.

lavendar

My JW family member and I meet for lunch once in a while. (I've never been a JW) How can I find out if he's been baptized....without actually coming out and asking him?? Any ideas?

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Are there things they DON'T tell you until AFTER you're baptized?

by lavendar in

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just wondering....... are there certain teachings / beliefs they don't tell a person who is studying....until after they're baptized?.

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lavendar

I think one important thing they don't tell you is that as soon as you are baptized you can't ask questions any more. Your inquiring mind must shut down. You have to accept without question anything they teach including all the changes and switching back and forth.

Wow! So.....if/when my family member gets baptized, and I happen to have a "thought provoking" question re the WTS for him.....he can't run to his guru for the answer?

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Are there things they DON'T tell you until AFTER you're baptized?

by lavendar in

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just wondering....... are there certain teachings / beliefs they don't tell a person who is studying....until after they're baptized?.

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lavendar

It's amazing the HOLD they have on people .....by the mind control they employ!

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Are there things they DON'T tell you until AFTER you're baptized?

by lavendar in

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just wondering....... are there certain teachings / beliefs they don't tell a person who is studying....until after they're baptized?.

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lavendar

Remember: Nobody joins a destructive cult. They're recruited into it.

Soooooo true, Leaving!

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Have you ever personally known anyone who DA him/herself?

by lavendar in

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wondering something else:.

while a jw, did you ever know anyone who disassociated?

and if so, did you ever talk to that person afterwards to find out why they disassociated?.

lavendar

Now with the change in the announcement eliminating the mention of DA or DF, it is hard to know.

So, did they change the announcement because there were starting to be so many DA's?

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Have you ever personally known anyone who DA him/herself?

by lavendar in

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wondering something else:.

while a jw, did you ever know anyone who disassociated?

and if so, did you ever talk to that person afterwards to find out why they disassociated?.

lavendar

Wondering something else:

While a JW, did you ever know anyone who disassociated? And if so, did you ever talk to that person afterwards to find out WHY they disassociated?

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Are there things they DON'T tell you until AFTER you're baptized?

by lavendar in

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friends

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just wondering....... are there certain teachings / beliefs they don't tell a person who is studying....until after they're baptized?.

.

lavendar

Just wondering......

Are there certain teachings / beliefs they don't tell a person who is studying....until AFTER they're baptized?

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i'm new to this forum and look forward to getting to know you guys.. just a short summary about me, i was raised a jw, baptized at 15, married at 25, moved a few states away, started fading away about a year and a half ago.

started doing some searching about some long-standing doubts and completely sure now that this isnt the truth.

being out is still new and very difficult, but i'm making strides every day.. as i said, i look forward to getting to know you all..

lavendar

Hi again. I was wondering what some of your "long standing doubts" were? I'm always interested in hearing what opens JWs eyes and leads them out of the WTS.

Lavendar