What an awful experience for such a young man! I am so happy your mom lived....and that now your eyes are open!
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The experience that changed my life
by hijosdelawatch ini have been lurking for a long time here and i think i'm prepared to speak about this experience openly.. .
i was born in a jw family and i grew up as the average jehovah's witness does.
even being very young, i helped with the territories and other work in the congregation.
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What's the weirdest health advice given by a JW?
by Julia Orwell infrom radio biola to a sister who said you can treat autism and ptsd with scented oils, jws have had some weird some weird ideas about medicine.
what gems have you heard?.
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Air baths.... open a window...stand in front of it naked... and jump up and down.
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Zealous Witnesses who never had children and regret it now.
by MsGrowingGirl20 ini had two close friends in the org.
one is in her early thirties and got married last year and the other one is single and in her late twenties.
after reading coc, i couldn't help but feel sad at how ray and his wife felt regret at putting the religion first and not having any children.
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My parents went together for 10 years before marrying....because you were supposed to wait until after the big A. They married in 1949. They wanted children and pretty much ignored the council to wait....(they had already waited too long) My mom was 35 and my dad was 42 when I was born. They tried and tried to have more children after I was born.... my brother lived only a day and a half....and my mom had numerous miscarriages. i was to be an only child.
I was pregnant in 1975... had 2 wonderful children and 5 awesome grandchildren.
None of us would exist if my parents had listened to the borg about children. They often commented that they had wasted 10 yares that they could have been together by obeying the council of the society.
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1969 "fact": You will never grow old in this present system of things
by Ding inawake!
"if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.
because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years... therefore, as a young person, you will never fulfill any career that this system offers.
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I graduated from HS in 1969. I am now 61. I have 5 grandchildren. Obviously they were WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Who left or got stumbled over the 1995 generation thing?
by Julia Orwell inor the 2000's generation thing?.
how did you feel?
how did it help you wake up?
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I was out by then....but went to the wt study (where I wasn't known) when the subject was covered....I was curious as to how the subject would be handled. I will never forget it. No one seemed to notice anything....just read the paragraph...answer the question.... no one got it. I wanted to run up to the platrorm and shake the conductor.... so scary to see th brainwashing as it was happening.....after the scales had dropped from my own eyes....
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My uncle, Andy Wagner. He was in the PR dept for years, and an announcer on WBBR,. I have more convention pics... trying to find them.
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New Job
by LouBelle inwell i have been up and down this year with this current company i work for.
from the time they employed me they have paid me late, without explanation.
i have been miserable coming in here.
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I hope the new job works out for you!
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Judicial Meeting
by Kool Jo inso here you are...sitting with a couple of elders at judicial meeting, and you're asked the following question:.
"do you still believe that the fds is the channel that jehovah is using"?.
now is it possible to answer 'no' without being df, or how would you answer that question?.
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I said that I was having difficulty with that question. I asked the elders "How do YOU know that the FDS is the channel that Jehovah is using"?
One elder said I would just have to take his word for it!
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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher indid you get baptized without being dedicated?.
why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.
why were you serving jehovah at all?
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My dedication was always to God.... Because of my loyalty to God, I left the jw organization when I found out they misrepresent him, and bring dishonor to him.
I was baptized at the age of 8 in 1960. The questions before baptism back then did not have any mentiion of "an organization" They changed those questions in 1985 to include the organization in the baptismal vows...so by being baptized you were being baptized into an organization.
Jesus never said anything about that.... but instructed his followers to "baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit."
The jw organization is a disgrace. My conscience, and my relationship with God will not allow me to be any part of it.
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Tech49...Experiences
by Tech49 inso given the amount of focus on things that we can be angry or upset about, or how we have been wronged or abused.... i thought it was time for a bit of a change.. how about sharing some fun experiences?!!
ok, i will start.
i promised, in my opening post the other day, that i would share some that have happened over the years.
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We were doing rural territory in Vermont. As we sat in the car, we watched as my mom approached the householder and a bird flew in and landed on my mom's head and hung on to her hair. My mom was so confused and horrified. The look on her face....
We laughed sooooo hard watching this. I can still see it now.
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