If you believe you are a spiritual being having a human experience you will not fear death at all. I don't. I look forward to what comes next. I realize I am probably one of the few on this board to believe this. My jw cannot wrap his head around my view either. In fact he says I am lying. I am in no hurry at the moment to go nor do I look forward to the actual process of dying but afterwards? I am quite looking forward to that!
Posts by carla
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11Were we really meant to live forever?
by Leathercrop inour capacity for adaptation (there's an official term somewhere) is apparently very vast.
meaning that whatever is a novelty always becomes old news and apparently it happens very quickly.
human beings in fact have to put a lot of effort into not discarding valuable things and relationships because of our overwhelming tendency to become incredibly used to it and just plain bored with them.
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Elder abuser in Sunshine Coast down under (?)
by carla innot sure if this has been posted or not, apologies if it has.
i did a quick search and did not see it.
https://archive.md/5zcdi -a sunshine coast jehovah’s witness figure accused of horrific sex crimes has been remanded in jail for fresh offences which allegedly occurred the same day he attended court.. and https://archive.md/r2o6x -a sunshine coast jehovah’s witness figure who allegedly used his position in the church to sexually assault young men has been arrested by police.
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carla
Not sure if this has been posted or not, apologies if it has. I did a quick search and did not see it.
https://archive.md/5zCdI -A Sunshine Coast Jehovah’s Witness figure accused of horrific sex crimes has been remanded in jail for fresh offences which allegedly occurred the same day he attended court.
and https://archive.md/R2o6x -A Sunshine Coast Jehovah’s Witness figure who allegedly used his position in the church to sexually assault young men has been arrested by police. WARNING: GRAPHIC
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Nobody else understands
by ElderBerry inif you once were fully pimi and truly believed jw doctrine to the core like i once did, when you come to the reality that it is not the truth at all it can be extremely devastating.. i think only other ex jws could ever understand.
i wasted my entire life i thought the real life was yet to come to wasted the best years knocking on doors.
now i’m so angry.. i can understand why so many top themselves when they realise it was all lies..
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carla
As a ubm I can tell you that no nonjw's can understand when a loved one joins the jw's either. They must really love the jw to take the time to understand jw-ism and read C of C and other 'apostate' type jw stuff. Of all my family only my (the spouse) family would listen and learn about jw's. I had a friend who came to love a person in a biker group and he was able to leave only while under the watch of law enforcement (not allowed to fraternize with other felons) and we bonded due to the biker group being so similar to jw's. Kind of like blood in blood out mentality (see gangs for reference). In the end he choose the organization over her just like many jw's do. It was surreal when we chatted and the similarities between her loving a true biker (even among law enforcement) and jw's it blew my mind. This all came from someone who was in law enforcement, new the system, etc...
Most non jw's think jw's are just a quirky Christian group which could not be further from the truth. Isn't it odd that after all these years of knocking on door all people really know about jw's is that they don't salute the US flag, no holidays and possibly no blood? after all these years and that is all that is really known by mainstream people.
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I hate the way they talk.
by Riley inwhat is with the jw cadence when they speak.
do they think they are teaching people ?
they sound like pro wrestlers doing promos or shakespearean actors.
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carla
@ Sea Breeze, yes! jw speak and the glassy eyes. Nobody would believe me when mine first joined the cult that his speech, mannerisms and even eyes would change when speaking sometimes. Then the kids also commented on it and if he tried to preach to someone in the family they finally saw it, or at least some did.
If he started with that weird creepy jw smile and speech patterns I sometimes wanted to smack him one and say, "get a hold of yourself man!" lol, never did though.
It was scary when he first joined the cult and had all these changes, clothing, hair, speech, time away from family, no holidays, tv, physically running away when something might be a no-no and even sitting differently. Not to mention his relationship with his wife, children, in laws and even the dog! I could go on but you get the idea.
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Threads With New Posts/Replies
by IWant2Know ini'm relatively new here, and i would like to see threads that have new posts or replies in them bumped up to the top of the forum.
because recently, someone asked me a question in a thread, but i answered their question with a question.
and after being away from the forum for about a week, i haven't looked at that thread for their answer because i forgot what thread it was in.
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carla
Why don't you simply click on 'latest' or click on your name and then click on 'see topics posted on'? take some time to look around the site and see how it works.
For instance; I clicked on your name and see you joined 23 days ago, started 8 topics (threads) and posted (responded) 79 times as of early Sunday morning of the 10th.
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I hate the way they talk.
by Riley inwhat is with the jw cadence when they speak.
do they think they are teaching people ?
they sound like pro wrestlers doing promos or shakespearean actors.
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carla
" Its like you are excluded."- except when they say; "you WILL agree"- like hell I will.
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The ''dreaded'' birthday cake
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | september 2023. study article 39. let mildness be your strength.
11 if a workmate asks, for example, why we do not celebrate birthdays, consider: could he be wondering whether we are allowed to have a good time?
or might he feel that our position will dampen the company’s team spirit?
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carla
When we have birthdays in our house (all non jw except husband) my jw runs for the hills when we start singing but then gets really sad after all the company is gone if we ate all the birthday cake or even worse! I gave the rest to the birthday girl/boy. He always asks for big piece and if whipped cream is involve a big pile of that too. He's a real rebel I guess.
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Attention: Active Jehovah's Witness Parents
by Sea Breeze inthis young jw lady was shunned by her parents since she was 18 or 19 years old.
she was befriended by the older man that you see in the picture.
perhaps you recognize him?
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carla
We are a family of non jw's, only husband joined up later in life, we don't even know any jw's. Well, I guess now we do, one.
I can't tell you the damage the jw's have done in our little family. The things my kids did specifically because they knew it would be against jw-ism. The hurt at holidays and birthdays because jw dad all of a sudden refused to acknowledge anything, etc.... most of you as former jw's cannot understand the hurt with birthdays for example due to the brainwashing about birthdays. If you were a kid and mom or dad always made a big deal about how happy they were that you were born and very suddenly quit even acknowledging your birth day or anniversary of your birth it is quite hurtful.
Luckily (oh, yet another thing jw's are not allowed to say) my kids have found their own spiritual journey and know full well the cult that is jw's. They lived it. I am so happy they are happy and successful ( does not always mean $$ but are happy and well adjusted). My kids are awesome but I never let them step foot in a kh. Well, they could have but then we would have had to visit ALL the other religions in the world, something a jw is very afraid of. Use it, protect your kids.
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Looking for family friend
by djhsussex ini am wanting to find anyone who attends the edmonton congregation in london preferably an elder asap.
many thanks .
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carla
You may not get a response due to the fact you are new and many people who have left or wish to leave the jw's have need to protect their identity in order to keep relationships with family, friends or employment.
For any that still don't think jw's are cult, the proof is in the pudding.
Outsiders can't even imagine that you can't answer who is or is not in a certain congregation because you have to protect yourself from the very congregation and elders in a so called "Christian" congregation. insanity.
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Did Governing Body write Jan. 2024 Watchtower for themselves? Are they afraid?
by was a new boy infear !.
since they won't mention the name they're referencing, i will.. .
willem a. vangemeren (born 7 april 1943) is professor emeritus of old testament and semitic languages at trinity evangelical divinity school.
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carla
Would a diehard jw find this disturbing or would they say, "see, we have no problem reading other materials, we are allowed to". I know my jw will not read any non jw approved literature regarding anything biblical.