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  Please stop deriding the Governing Body.

  by Esse quam videri in

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  please stop it !!!.

  we love them.

  we all love them.

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  And remember. the Governing body loves you too
  
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  The Borg going out of biz or a ruze, a time line.

  by Crazyguy in

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  when one connects the dots it's very intriguing.

  i don't have all the details or in order but here's just some of the events.

  2008 global financial melt down.

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  Wow! This really has been going on for some time! I knew these things but was not awake . So what we see now is not the beginning of the end. We might be seeing the second to the last stage.
  
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  I feel blessed

  by vinman in

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  i just wanted to express a simple thought.

  having awakened 11 months ago , i feel blessed to have awakened at this special time.

  i feel so vindicated.

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  I just wanted to express a simple thought. Having awakened 11 months ago , I feel blessed to have awakened at this special time. I feel so vindicated. The Royal commission, the May broadcast, stopping of building projects, the GB clearly working in desparation to maintain power, Splane's generation chart and so on. In the long ago past, the "apostates" appeared they were looking for trouble. Now, we don't even have to try. It truly is a special time. I know some say the Watchtower will still be around when they die. But Greece is still around. But it's not the world power that it was. No one can say that what is going on now is anything similar to the past. It truly is different, and it will never be the same. It's the end of the Watchtower as we know it...And I feel fine.
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  FMF: A Wake Up Story

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sorry for the length of this, i hope anyone stopping by to read will take the time and read it.

  i haven't included any things i would consider "apostate" specifics about doctrines, or major scandals.

  it's just a general layout of the path i took to becoming an exjw.

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  freemindfade:

  Appreciate your story. It is interesting what makes a person wake up. That is why it is so hard to wake up someone else. I remember telling a friend all the cover ups and deceptions of the Watchtower. But the next day he is still calling it "the truth". I think what you are saying is that while a specific thing may be the straw that breaks the camels back, it is actually a process. As I reflected on your story, I think about what really lead to my climax. The bottom line was that I was truly tired. I was removed as an elder unjustly because I was a bad father simply because I did not study a book with my kids. I was fine with that. I realised how free I would be now. I was so tired of battling jealous elders about everything. I was so tired of watching other "happy" witnesses do nothing in the congregation, while I was working like a dog. I moved to sign language, and was so tired of seeing 22 pioneers out of 40 publishers not going out in service. I was tired of watching people wear their responsibilities like military stripes . Yes, I was just physically tired. After serving for nearly 25 years in the congregation, I now seen things through the eyes of an average publisher. I seen more hypocrisy. I now knew what it felt like to not be appreciated and be "just a publisher" who had to prove their value. Counting time, pioneering, started to really irritate me, since I knew that it was simply a self elevating thing that you can be judged by. Yes, when you start to reflect on things, you can see that a lot more was going through your mind than you thought. All you needed was that green light and then you got the heck out of there!
  
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  Did you see a GB member ever...

  by Gorbatchov in

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  today i read a news topic about the pope in the us.

  of course, we were all indoctrinated that the pope is the devil himself.

  but, did you see a gb member or a local wts official ever giving attention to a paralyzed witness?

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  I just heard on CNN, that the Pope will visit victims of child sexual abuse by clergy. Maybe some will contrast this compassion with the filthy, self-centered scum in NY that sit around a table trying to figure out how they can get their members to believe that they have the best policies !
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  What's the craziest thing someone INFORMED on you about?

  by Londo111 in

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  2. experiences

  the culture of jws as encouraged by the watchtower is one of informing on one another, reporting to either the elders or ones designated head.

  whats the wackiest thing that someone reported on you?

  im not talking about a black-and-white watchtower rule that would land you in a judicial committee, but some judgmental nonsense that someone thought they should turn you in about?.

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  One elder would joke around with me all the time. He was a clown type. One day he made a remark to me that was humorous. The remark was about me. So in a joking manner, I pretended to choke him. He laughed. The next meeting, I was transported to the "back" room with two elders saying that this individual had reported me for physically attacking him. I was lost for words.
  
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  E-Mail, Just recived. About Bethell adjustments.

  by DwainBowman in

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  2. scandals

  i just read an email from a friend, and she shared some very interesting emails from her friends about information on changes now happening at the bethels around the world.

  here is the email: .

  ---------------------------------thanks sally, jesus is directing the org and all decisions and instructions to us may not seem practical from now on, neither will we understand the reasonings behind many of the changes that the organization makes.

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  DATA-DOG 2 said:Just imagine the ass kissing going on right now! Imagine those higher up the food chain who are desperate to remain at Warwick!
  Couldn't agree more. I personally know a couple who live for Warwick. They are 50ish. They think they are sooo special. Warwick was going to be their ticket into Bethel.
  
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  help me to readjust my thinking about my hypocritical ex....

  by losingit in

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  2. experiences

  i am really struggling with this particular situation in my life, and i really need your help to readjust my thinking.

  i am recently divorced from my ex-jw husband.

  we were both disfellowshipped at around the same time about 2-3years ago.

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  I know many people that were in the same situation. I think sometimes we overanalyze the question why. It is easy to wonder, "what did I do?" We have a tendency to blame ourselves. In reality, many are just selfish, self-centered people. Many men simply want the wife to be there for them. To serve them. They only love themselves. Most likely he would have treated anyone the same way. Now it is time to take care of yourself.
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  E-Mail, Just recived. About Bethell adjustments.

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i just read an email from a friend, and she shared some very interesting emails from her friends about information on changes now happening at the bethels around the world.

  here is the email: .

  ---------------------------------thanks sally, jesus is directing the org and all decisions and instructions to us may not seem practical from now on, neither will we understand the reasonings behind many of the changes that the organization makes.

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  Holy crap!!
  
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  Calm Down Everybody, We Will Know Soon Enough

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  2. friends

  seriously, they will change the midweek meeting ever so slightly.

  it is just repackaging of the same old stuff.seriously, we don't know if construction is halted for days, weeks, months, forever, or what.. we don't know if new kingdom halls will still go up, old kingdom halls will be closed and sold.

  they have laid off bethelites before and they will lay them off some more.

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  The Borean Pickets site confirms in the latest article about the ceasing of building projects. Note the B footnote in article entitled "Jehovah blesses Obedience".