Just found out Chris Stuckmann is ex-JW

by LoveUniHateExams in

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chris stuckmann is a youtube reviewer of films and aspiring film maker himself.. he has over a million subscribers to his channel.

in my ignorance, i've always been a bit jealous of successful youtubers, including stuckmann - y'know, 'they make loads of money, life must be great for them.'.

and then i found out chris stuckmann used to be a jw, was born into it, and walked away from it.. he says in this video that even now, his dad will probably never speak to him again for telling all about his past.. well, all the best, chris stuckmann!.

carla

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What do you think about NDE? Life after death?

by Mowgliandbalu in

please forgive if my english is a bit crooked :-) at least i understand quite well and i thank everyone here in the forum very much!

you were a big help for me within the last months.

i'm a born-in from germany, mid50, was 20 years elder, woke up a few years ago.

carla

Here is an interesting site on nde's, all different experiences. True or not? guess we will all find out one day.

https://www.nderf.org/Archives/exceptional.html

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Interesting bit of JW World War II Trivia.

by Athanasius in

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during world war ii when the nazis occupied a large section of the western part of the ussr, heinrich himmler considered various methods to help control the indigenous population.

alexander dallin reports in his book german rule in russia 1941-1945—a study of occupation policies, page 616:.

“himmler conceded that the easterners needed some general system of values, but it was madness to spread nazism among them, and to revive the orthodox or to promote the catholic church in the east was dangerous.

carla

Just had to add that he was not brought up jw and came to it later in life so his experience and what they tell him may be different than a long time jw or born in with previous generations (real generations) may know. Somehow he often does not seem to get the memo.....

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Interesting bit of JW World War II Trivia.

by Athanasius in

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during world war ii when the nazis occupied a large section of the western part of the ussr, heinrich himmler considered various methods to help control the indigenous population.

alexander dallin reports in his book german rule in russia 1941-1945—a study of occupation policies, page 616:.

“himmler conceded that the easterners needed some general system of values, but it was madness to spread nazism among them, and to revive the orthodox or to promote the catholic church in the east was dangerous.

carla

I have showed my jw the letters and such, didn't make a hill of beans, just a bunch of apostate crap...... sigh. Actually wrote to museums etc... and did not come from apostate sites. Didn't matter one bit.

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I turned 38 Feb 16th!

by Joliette in

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i can't believe it.

it doesnt even seem real.

my mother told me that the world would gone by the time i was 25. .

carla

You will! and you will have words of wisdom for some young poor soul just like some of the more 'advanced' posters here!

Did you know there are people cheering you on without you even knowing? I know, it's weird being online and all, but still, in some of my dark days just knowing some here wished me the best, knowing really nothing about me gave me a bit of lift some days. Their kindness still overwhelms me sometimes.

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Ban on Independent Meetings

by lssjr in

source - march 2021 announcements - - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5085868283920384/2021-march-147-english-german-announcements-reminders.

this is a sobering reminder of what happened some 40 years ago when raymond franz and others were literally kicked out from the jehovah's witnesses for having pre-arranged private spiritual discussions.lesson: paragraph 7 is another example of the i and t in dr. steven hassan's bite model of the 21st century cult - information and thought control at its best!!!!

"my gosh, there must be a lot of independent meetings these days.

carla

gabcol,
" but with 3 little kids that couldn't sit still"- and now you are here, awesome!

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I turned 38 Feb 16th!

by Joliette in

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i can't believe it.

it doesnt even seem real.

my mother told me that the world would gone by the time i was 25. .

carla

A very happy belated birthday!

You could think of it this way, if the average life span of a woman is say, 80 yrs old, you haven't even reached half way yet! You may have at times felt like that first half was wasted with being a jw and all. So now how are you going to spend the next 40? You have learned what you don't want in your life now you have a chance to go find what you do want.

Wishing you all the best

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Ban on Independent Meetings

by lssjr in

source - march 2021 announcements - - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5085868283920384/2021-march-147-english-german-announcements-reminders.

this is a sobering reminder of what happened some 40 years ago when raymond franz and others were literally kicked out from the jehovah's witnesses for having pre-arranged private spiritual discussions.lesson: paragraph 7 is another example of the i and t in dr. steven hassan's bite model of the 21st century cult - information and thought control at its best!!!!

"my gosh, there must be a lot of independent meetings these days.