I remember a story (I think on this board) of a newbie jw who was told she could not go to her non jw grandma's house for Thanksgiving. The elder invited her to his house. When she got there she found a turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberries, the whole nine yards along with many friends and family. Yet he wasn't celebrating Thanksgiving, the grandma died shortly thereafter. assholes.
Posts by carla
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7Totally-NOT-Holiday parties
by neat blue dog inanybody else in congregations that have parties in october for kids to dress in costumes and pick pumpkins, parties in november with turkey, fixings and candles, and parties in december with red and green colors and baking similar looking snow-themed desserts?
(not to mention the spiffy new wardrobes for easter.
i mean memorial season.
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Heart warming words from my 13 year old granddaughter during our Thanksgiving dinner
by Still Totally ADD inwe had our first family thanksgiving gathering this last thursday with our youngest sons family.
before we started to eat we went around the table saying what we were thankful for.
what our granddaughter had to say brought tears to our eyes.
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carla
Aww! what a nice story!
Imagine her telling her friends about this cult and how they will also tell others this story! jw's continue to be their own worst enemy.
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How to make donations via the internet on JW.org
by eyeuse2badub inholy shit!
i went to the meeting on thursday night to hear my grandson and my daughter give their "talk" on the misery school!.
the very first part on the next meeting that follows the misery school was a 15-20 minute part, with a video of course, on the many ways to donate money to the wt!
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carla
But they still don't pass the plate like evil Christendom- is what my jw would think.
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Dropped my family off at the thought control assembly 🙄
by UnshackleTheChains inwell that's my family dropped off at the assembly for their mind control charge up.
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from what my 2 sisters (non witnesses) in ireland said about my mother (pioneer) after her assembly, was that she seemed to more fanatical and that they couldn't change the subject as obsessed with the end etc.. i hope their mind control coercive talks don't have too much impact on my family.
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carla
Yes, it always seems like it takes awhile for the convention to wear off. Christmas is coming so they can bitch about that instead. Wait long enough and they always have some new negative thing to talk about. I shouldn't say new as it always just circles around anyway. They have seasons of negativity.
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Anthony Morris looking for members with construction skills..Now and after Armageddon
by RULES & REGULATIONS inhere is a screenshot from a youtube video (521 and the circus continues) where anthony morris blasts post-secondary college & university education.
''we will not need doctors or lawyers after armageddon.
so, anthony...what occupations do the society need '' today'' and after armageddon?
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carla
If the jw god can have a 'new system' in which everybody 'loves' one another, no fighting, no wars, etc... and there is no need for lawyers and doctors then why couldn't their god also just magically create places for these lucky few jw's to live without the need of muscle & sweat of hard work?
Isn't the same God that they claim made the entire universe? He can't construct a building for few people? makes no sense.
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Is a jw condemned for lack of belief.
by Crazyguy2 inif someone lacks belief is that somehow mean he’s done in their eyes and no way back?
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carla
If he doesn't tell anybody his personal beliefs and can still spout the company line he's all good. (from what previous posters have said)
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Jehovah's house for Sale?
by JohnTron72 inwhen i drive by the kingdom hall i grew up attending at but, was sold directly to a church, i get angry.
the elders who handled the sale didn't even remove the watchtower shaped bricks on each side of the sign near the street so, now they advertise for a baptist church.
how many times as i grew up i heard things like: you should not do work ( such as clean carpets for a church) you wouldn't want to work at a cigarette making plant or a facility that makes bombs for the military.
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carla
What would Jesus say?-
Hallelujah! one less building holding false prophets and teachers. One less place using my name to hide pedophiles, protect abusers, and one less to break up families with their ungodly shunning policies. And the list could go on........
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Grace Gough ( RIP ) left the JW cult in her 70s and went on to help 1000s to escape the cult
by Not_Culty inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj7ilnoxvu4.
she helped me.
sent me my first copy of crisis of conscience (free) grace has been featured on many talk shows, including sally jesse raphael, raising awareness of support for cult abuse survivors.
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carla
She sent me some tapes years ago and I sent them on to a cult ministry in Colorado. I think it was CO but I no longer remember the group, sorry.
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Besides Everlasting Life What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Offer To Anyone?
by minimus ini have been thinking... why would anyone want to join the religion or actually stay in the organization.
i understand that people don’t want to lose their loving family and dear friends so some stay in.
but what does anyone really ever get because they are jehovah’s witnesses??.
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carla
@Vidiot,
They don't even do that much anymore do they? Don't they go to the doors with their devices and tell people to go the website now? What are bird owners to do now?
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They are Still preaching against careers!
by LongHairGal ini saw on another forum a post somebody made about the melbourne assembly.
it seems the religion is still knocking full time jobs/careers and saving for retirement.. you would think at this point in time - after thousands of bethelites were sent home; many thousands of rank & file jws are at or near retirement age with no preparation - that the religion would change its tune, but no.
they are still stubbornly sticking to their guns on this issue.. i’m sorry for any young jws who listen to this.. i’m just glad i never followed their advice and certainly would not want to be in any congregation surrounded by these desperate people!.
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carla
I wonder if some financial advisers out there could do well with the ex cult communities? How to build wealth or at least a bit when you leave a cult later in life!