For me this happened around 15 years ago. It was the misleading information published in the WTs in the 80's and 90's about how wonderful they were to know about 1914 before that date. Then I read the pre 1930 wtbts books they told a completely different story about 1914. Silly me, at the time I raised this issue with another witness and was basically told to stay away from apostate literature.
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83What woke you up?
by Israel Ricky Gonzales inin march of 2014, i was a very active jw, a ministerial servant, gave a public talk, was an attendant for the memorial, and one of 4 cleaning captains for an international convention of 40,000+ attendees.
so what woke me up?
an innocent comment from a co-worker about the candice conti court case rang a bell that could not be unrung.
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search box not working
by lefty inusing a samsung galaxy s4 , the search box opens, but once selected the box diappears.
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Lurker - just joined
by Je.suis.oisif inhi all, nothing to report just now.
wanted to add name to list of those awakening.
been lurking for nearly a year.
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You are right, you have to be careful. I've been on this site for 10 years now. Still go to meetings (to keep the piece ) as there is no honorable and easy way out. Welcome to this site. It doesn't matter were you are with your life's journey, you can always come here. -
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Watch Tower Society owns web domains: www.MT2414.com and www.PS8318.com
by Gilgamesh in(my apologies if this was already discussed somewhere else.).
i noticed that the domain www.mt2414.com was taken, and when i tested it, it was a mirror of the log in portion of the www.jw.org site, where you can look up assemblies, kingdom halls, and make either one time or recurring donations.
so i created an account there (you can use fake form information as long as it's a real email address for email verification).
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Odd thing is, first time I opened that domain it was in Russian, now every time it is in English. -
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The local hall just got fleeced for $15,000!
by My Name is of No Consequence inthe local hall recently sold some property to the state for a road improvement project that is sorely needed.
they received about $20,000.
guess what?
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Why even have resolution's? You know by the way the Elder reads out the
resolution as to which way you are expected to vote. Then they do the count, all those that raised there hands for "yes", all those that raised there hands for "no". Almost every time it will be 100% vs 0% result. You don't want to be seen going against the resolution trend and thus being judged by all those that saw you raise your hand against the congregation trend. Could he be one of those counterfeit brothers in the congregation that we have been warned about...? -
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Experiences Of Speaking To Another Awake Witness Without Knowing It
by freemindfade inthis is interesting, i would love to hear of some experiences.
i was speaking with someone offline about their talking to someone and coming to find out that person was waking up/awake too.
the reason i find it interesting, is because it is such a fragile situation, a dance where the two people don't trust each other enough to just speak freely like they are afraid of being turned into the kgb.
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No I haven't. But then there are some in the congregation that make me wonder if they are awake, until they answer up some watchtower guided nonsense at the meeting, then I know that no, they are still fully in.
Even close friends of mine that have left the watchtower I would love to know if they are aware of the ttatt.
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JW Business Cards
by Funchback inhello from fortaleza, ceara, brazil!.
i am a coordinator at an english language course here in fortaleza.
i have been both living in brazil and working at this course for (4) years.
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Huge list of victims
by umbertoecho inhttps://www.reddit.com/domain/childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/.compact.
i pressed all the wrong buttons.
here it is, posted about an hour ago..
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Well written, scathing article that summarises first 3 days of RC hearing.
by Pants of Righteousness inthere's been quite a number newspaper articles quoted over the past week, but i would recommend this as a good summary of the first three days of the royal commission hearing in australia - complete with some scathing commentary.. apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but have not seen this posted previously.. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime/2015/08/01/royal-commission-examines-jehovah-witnesses-cover/14383512002194.
just one thing that is not quite right is that the article refers to joe bello as a narrogin elder.
the assualts took place while the victim was part of the narrogin congregation.
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Nice summary. I read this with my jehovahs witness mind in operation. There are a number of points in that read that a jw will point to as reason's why this article is a lie.
1: "Jehovah’s Witness Church is a tightly controlled, rule-bound organisation that seeks to keep its members in relative isolation from the rest of society…". - Jw answer "no it doesn't" would be the answer I would hear.
2: "Elders encourage their flock to shun “worldly people” because the secular are agents of the Beast". - jw answer "no they dont".
Based on these 2 so called in correct statements, the average jw that I know is going dismiss this article as being apostate lies.
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CNN Video: Royal Commission's querry into JWs sexual abuse cases
by ScenicViewer ini'm not sure if this will be embedded or clickable, but this cnn video is a good one.. http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/07/28/australia-jehovah-witness-sex-abuse-hannigan-lklv.cnn.
edit: looks like the link is clickable, but if someone knows how to embed it please do.
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Come on you guys. There is an upcoming WT study in a few months that will help us all to see that these reports are nothing but lies, lies that Satan is promoting via the worlds media. Let us not fall into Satan's trap and believe this....