Posts by JWdaughter

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Publisher Statistics

by lurkernomore in

i was watching a couple videos on youtube earlier and always like to peruse the comments at the bottom of the page.. i'm no sure if this has been discussed recently, but one indivdual made the claim that the societies numbers are massively over inflated, as he/she believes that they include inactive, df'd and da'd in their figures.. does anyone have any information to confirm this or i this just another assumption made without evidence?.

(also has anyone heard from witnessmyfury lately?

i had a pm chat with him a few days ago but not had a reply to my latest msgs.

JWdaughter

My mom came in because a JW woman who went to their door when she was a baby told my grandma that she would take her to church a few times a week to give her a break with her new baby. When the next new baby came, she brought my uncle, also. So, my mom went on the JW "church bus" from infancy (she was about a year old). Her mom never joined but went to some meetings. Her brother did join. My mom brought ONE person in that she knows of. Her next door neighbor/best friend (not through d2d service unless coffee morning gossip counts). My mom has no JW kids ever baptised. One friend-who got her husband (now an elder) and one kid out of two (also an elder, I think) in. I don' know their stats, but my mom, as much as she hates it, has been goin out in service regularly since she was baptised (well after 30) No suckers other than the neighbor to her credit and the neighbor was baptised before my mom was, so she probably doesn't even get credit for it. One of her sisters eventually gave in to family pressure (myriad family crises) and joined, left, joined, left, joined (ad infinitum) and now is a pioneer () The one brother, was totally a mess before he died. So, not one JW kid (or ex-none of the ex spouses are still JW). Just my mom and her sister. there may be a few shirttail relatives that still go to memorials, but none joined as a result of my mom though some did join. They are a whole other kettle of fish and the one that is still in killed a spouse and the mistress and her son killed his brother 'in a hunting accident'.

So, don't know how much happy happy joy joy I ever saw in the JW world, but I sure never saw anyone really come in because of FS unless you count the spiritual kidnapping that basically happened to my mom as an infant.ff

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Outrageous propaganda. "Treat your disfellowshipped loved ones like they're dead, but without mourning them." NOV 2014 study Watchtower

by Watchtower-Free in

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JWdaughter

In Leviticus, God struck them dead-it wasn't their dad or anyone else who took it upon themselves to report it or be judge or jury. So MAYBE what some JW could comment on was that if God strikes down any of our (DF'd? Those guys were struck down while in good standing but had apparently done a wrong towards God) friends or relatives in a supernatural way, then we certainly should take that example and not mourn them. Because if you are seriously taking the Bible at face value, that is the face of it.

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Are we nitpicking???

by jam in

jw's walk like this, they eat this way, they look like this,.

they have sex this way (lol), they talk this way and etc.. are we excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential.

details??.

JWdaughter

Some among us here are particularly nitpicky, but some are bitterly, particularly nitpicky. I'd watch out for the bitterness-it scars hearts, but the nitpicky stuff? Really, they ask for it. They constantly TRY to distinguish themselves and it is safe to say that many have done so to the nth degree! They are constantly pointing their own fingers at themselves saying "see how good we are" so we look and we see really, what they are. For the better (some JWs are great and not stamped out clones) and the worse (the clones or the even worse ones)

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Hubby's tempted to go back

by jgnat in

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today he kept bumping in to (or rather dodging and weaving from) fellow witnesses.

he's talking about returning but can't figure out a way to do it without enduring a fair amount of humiliation.

i did not panic.

JWdaughter

Excuse to not go back "All the raunchy carrying on that is going on in KH's these days prove to me that Jehovah's spirit is not with the organization anymore!

Excuse why he was gone and is now returning "I was stumbled by the fact that there was never anything enjoyable or fun going on in the congregation, just drudgery and talk about armageddon-but now from what I see online, you all dance and carry on in the halls. I am encouraged that theremight now be fun and laughter allowed in KH's! "

Just choose!

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Update to Rio Rancho, NM Kingdom Hall

by Newly Enlightened in

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=678180165590951&set=o.585807931515647&type=1.

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JWdaughter

I'm writing a letter to the hall andto the local paper. That situation is so unneccesarily ugly!

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Did the organization admit declining growth and stagnation in today's watchtower?

by kneehighmiah in

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did anyone catch this quote?

"over seven and a half million witnesses of jehovah really have found him and they truly love him.".

why are they no longer touting "nearly 8 million" witnesses?

JWdaughter

I can't believe that there are 8 million people. It is growing and I really don't know what the appeal is now that I am out-it totally lacks appeal-I can't justify any reason to go into it if you start on the outside.

Kids-they are stuck, but grownups? Please.

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You should meet Brother Smart Engineer

by garyneal in

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my wife, who now thinks i am not competent enough to discuss spiritual matters with the kids, thinks that i could really benefit from discussing matters of the bible with this nasa engineer who attends meetings at her kingdom hall.

apparently, he is quite knowledgeable in the bible and has a good grasp of their doctrines.

at least according to her as i never actually spoken with the man at length but i do know that he is an elder.

JWdaughter

I know a couple of NASA (and other) engineers. They can be interesting folks. It might be fun just to meet one (a local friend of mine loves telling her friends about her son, "the Rocket Scientist". We actually have those here in Houston:)

We need a Houston Aposta/opposer meeting! I am right next to NASA off Scarsdale. . .

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Have you seen "Knock! Knock!"?

by compound complex in

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i thought it was a genuinely old silent movie.

it was prepared for the delegates of the international conventions.

a young man in a sound car goes to different homes in the neighborhood, and comes upon a bereaved husband with two young daughters.

JWdaughter

I cant imagine a JW wearing a straw boater out in service. . .

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Officially parting ways : (

by Batman89 in

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some of you might remember my first post on here about my dilemma of whether or not to remain in a relationship with my jw girlfriend after learning ttatt http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/278710/1/im-new-and-need-help#.u-kltpldvyq.

while we were taking a break, well it turned out to be not very much of a break because of our still strong feeling for each other (we eventually went from talking every few weeks to once a week and then to everyday again) and things started to get complicated.

well last night we officially decided that it would be best for the both of us to at least part ways for now and end things.

JWdaughter

It was the right decision for now. We don't know what the future will bring, but right now, it's wide open. I hope you are blessed and come to healthy and happy decisions for you (and I hope that she does too-she sounds like she is a nice young woman with some brights-you never know!)

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The Watchtower Corporation has paid off CNN...

by Calebs Airplane in

rick mclean gets only 15 minutes of fame.... no mention of how the watchtower protects pedophiles.... http://www.themasonictrowel.com/books/the_hidden_powe_behind_freemasonry/files/chapter_19.htm.

JWdaughter

ONe of the JWs mentioned "church" which makes me think they are still in.

I am not terribly informed of this and wasn't paying enough attention to the show (or maybe terribly is how informed I am,).. .but how did he have time to put all his 'affairs' in order? Was a report to police made?

Was the man that he stayed with in Arizona a JW?

Is he DFd? What happened to his family? Did he hurt them?