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  God Forbid!!!

  by Stubborn Disbeliever in

  1. social
  2. family

  so my husband and i have 2 daughters.

  i've always wanted a whole bunch of kids, yes, even being raised a jw.

  my grandma is soooo against children.

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  troubled mind

  Congratulations !!!! I have three kids ,and loved being pregnant each time . Wished we could have had more ,I always wanted to have five.

  Your Grandma 's reaction is typical of quite a few Witnesses in our area . I congratulated an Elder on becoming a Grandparent for the first time ,and he was all somber and actually surprised how happy I was for him . Another sister just went on and on about how she didn't want her grown children having kids in this system of things ....I told her that I would be estatic if one of mine had kids anytime soon .

  They really live sad lives ...
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  WT SHUNNING POLICY: What has it done, or could it do to you?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi y'all, this is mrs. flipper.

  please share your experiences with this, or possible consequences of being outed.. this recent controversy and resulting arguments all stem from people being outed - possibly losing friends and family because most jw's will blindly follow the watchtower's rules to shun them.. among people i know and experiences read here, the grief and loss caused by this is terrible, and maybe now is a good time to put up some experiences here, and put the focus on the worst villians of all - wt policymakers..

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  It feels like pure evil to have a family member that you were close to ,and shared many years with suddening act like you don't exisist . My sister in law actually turned a corner in the grocery store and bumped into me when I smiled and said her name and hello ,she made no facial expression no eye contact ,and stared passed me as if I was invisible ....it gave me goose bumps .

  My own brother has not spoken to me in over four years . My in laws will speak to us if we call ,but it is short and brief. Sometimes I find myself pretending they are all dead ,because it is easier to think that than to think they CHOSE no longer to be in our lives .
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  Share the Craziest far out ideas/arguments you have heard about life in the "NEW SYSTEM"

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  really the whole thing is ludicrious but it is hilarious and sad at the same time to see grown people arguing about weather there will be cars, planes, eat meat, what about fish, etc in a place as imaginary as oz, yet to them it is reality.. the teaching of a paradise earth was so illogical it really was the first thing that started me on the path to waking up.

  just the thought that someone could greet their beloved spouse who had died only to come to the realization that they could never be together again struck me as so cruel, i didnt want to live there even if it was all true.. i have heard jws say they think we might be able to fly, read minds since we will be able to use 100% and some seem to think life would be an endless vacation, with modern conveniences with no thought to all the processes and work that goes into something simple like a pencil.

  i love the article jwfacts has on the flaws of any theory or teaching of paradise earth.. what are some things you have heard discussed/argued in car groups, gatherings etc when you were in?.

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  Survivors of THE BIG A will get their choice of rich worldly dead peoples houses ..... This use to piss me off when sisters brought this up in FS . I asked them one time "If Jehovah hates greediness now won't he still hate it in Paradise ?" They never liked me saying that very much :)
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  The Small Quiet Voice

  by Satanus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you hear it?

  not talking about voices.

  i'm talking about that little niggling thing, on the side.

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  This is a great thread ! For years I ignored the inner voice that kept telling me something is not right . I felt like I was being torn apart from the inside . It took me years to finally be still long enough to really listen .

  When my Mom was really ill ,and near death, I missed a lot of meetings and had no time to study the literature . I believe this small break from the constant Watchtower influence gave me the needed 'quiet ' to start listening to my inner voice . After I went back to a regular JW routine things were different . That is when I gave myself permission to research the internet .

  Like Dagney I was at a meeting when I made up my mind this was the last one I would ever attend . I knew there could be extreme repurcussions from family members ,it felt like I was taking a leap of a cliff ......I was so relieved that there was firm ground under me instead of a fall . Since that time I have found following the leading of my inner voice has brought me much more peace and happiness than any other time in my life !
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  WTF just happened??? An elder I haven't seen in years stopped by to hand me a XXXXXXXX !!!

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so yesterday afternoon, an elder who lives only 3 blocks away drives up to my house as i was about to enter my car.

  as he gets out of his car, i noticed he had a stack of photocopied paper in his hand and he seemed quite nervous.

  i was genuinely happy to see him nonetheless since he is pretty easygoing and very likeable.

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  I think Elder #1 is a geniuinely nice person that felt the garage sale could be used as a business reason to reach out to you . He probably misses you ,and now that he is moving away may not have another chance to talk to you . In the small talk he was able to inform you of where he is going and why .He used the garage sale as an excuse to speak with you .
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  How to identify Publishers who know TTATT

  by His Excellency in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since coming to know ttatt, i have always wondered if there are others in the congregation who also share similar experience with me, are there pointers to identifying others who are also faking meeting attendance and fs activities..

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  Yes ....we have a secret handshake ,but you have to reach 200 posts before we reveal it to you !
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  BOE Letter: Kingdom News No. 38

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to all bodies of elders re: kingdom news no.

  dear brothers: .

  april 1, 2013. we are pleased to inform you that in november 2013 a month-long special campaign will focus on a wide distribution of kingdom news no.

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  Let me guess will it be a hard hitting annoumcement that warns "The End Is Near " ? And will there be blurbs along the side stating how critical the conditions of the world have now become ? SO SPECIAL .....not
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  If your favorite JW agreed to watch ONE YOUTUBE video, what would you show him?

  by extractor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i know it's wishful thinking, but if your favorite jw did agree to watch just one youtube video, which one do you think would be the most effective?.

  a comparison of mormonism & jws?

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s4hqkiiz5a.

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  troubled mind

  I would highly suggest this one if the person is over thirty ....

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4egOV6Il84g&list=PL309FD5FA50AF4450
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  A Memorial First

  by truth_b_known in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been out for a good solid 7 years.. last night was the 2nd memorial in a row i did not attend.. this year's memorial was the 1st time i did not receive an invitation or a visit or a phone call from anyone asking me to attend.. in fact, i didn't even realize it was last night until i got on this website this morning.. it feels great!.

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  I have not seen the usual door to door activity in our neighborhood either . The only invite I saw was one yesterday laying on the counter at the shop I work at ,it must have just been delivered Tuesday morning before I got there .
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  My Wife's Father Passed Away

  by TOTH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, the day finally arrived.

  everyone says we were expecting it...but, not really.

  my wife's dad passed away.. he suffered for many years and we were at odds about medications and intrusiveness, but he was just a man in great pain, desperate for relief.

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  troubled mind

  Dear TOTH , Please pass on my deepest sympathy to your wife . I am so sorry...

  A Kingdom Hall funeral is never comforting . Please do have your own kind of memorial for your Father in law it will be more meaningful for all of you .