What a horrible, horrible religion we were all part of. I really am feeling very tearful thinking what this poor woman has gone through. How could I have spent 20 years lapping up everything they said. I hope and pray my own grown up son sees the light one day soon and gets out of this truly awful cult.
Posts by alanv
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14 months after printing the "Steve and Selma" article, guess what the Society's latest Awake is about...
by cedars inyou guessed it.... .
http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=pdf&issue=201304&output=html&pub=g&langwritten=e&option=trgchlzrqvnyvrxf&txtcmslang=e.
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Cedars why not just fade. I know it will make you feel better if you formally withdraw, but I dont believe any 'preparing' of your family or friends will stop many of them ever speaking with you again. Most witnesses will always go by what the societry say rather than anything you may tell them, even if what you say is totally true. It will always be mother knows best.
Personally I was able to fade and as you know I write many words against the society, yet can still speak with witness family and others, as they are unaware ofwhat I say and write about the the society.
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i got to say "i'm not interested"
by joyfulfader in2 sisters came to the door and since i dont live in the territory they dont know me and i got to say "i'm not interested" for the first time :).
it felt awesome.
didnt have a chance to engage in conversation as i was quite busy but it was a nice first for me..
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Haha I remember as a pioneer when someone said to me I'm not interested', I retorted 'What aren't you intersted in,' the householder thought for a moment and said Jehovah's Witnesses. I replied ' we are not hear to talk about them', I am here to speak about the bible'. When they said they were not interested in that either, I felt I had done my job. Another goat found ready to be annihalated at Armaggeddon.
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There are witnesses knocking my door right now
by not bitter inthey know i'm here and have just knocked a 2nd time but i'm in my pyjamas and its saturday morning so i'm not answering.
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Probably best advice for any ex witness, is to have something prepared before they get to your door. Something maybe you feel strongly about, and know they have no proper answer to. Oh and keep your dressing gown handy. lol
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Especially for Cedars - My Cunning Plan. Or maybe not
by not bitter inuntil the conti case came to light, i was not aware of the extent of child abuse going on in the org.
and i was completely unaware of the jw policies on these matters.
i read their offical policy on child abuse on jw.org and was gob smacked to say the least.
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alanv
It really does bring the point home though not bitter. If anyone had any doubt about the way Watchtower deals with things, your scenario made it totally obvious what they often do is terrible.
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Could the angel be Jesus @ new watchtower Earthly organizational sheet
by Gorbatchov inquestions raised in some topics about the absence of jesus in the new watchtower / gods "earthly" organizational sheet.. the illustration shows an angel, who could be jesus.
in a watchtower article from 2010 i found a jesus who looks.
similar to the angel in the organizational sheet.
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wasblind said Who wanna bet the WTS is usin' this site to get ideas Haha that is so true. You can just hear them saying 'yeh lets try that, this time'
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Could the angel be Jesus @ new watchtower Earthly organizational sheet
by Gorbatchov inquestions raised in some topics about the absence of jesus in the new watchtower / gods "earthly" organizational sheet.. the illustration shows an angel, who could be jesus.
in a watchtower article from 2010 i found a jesus who looks.
similar to the angel in the organizational sheet.
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alanv
Hey cantleave, dont think you would be smiling much if your dad had just told you to kill 7 billion people lol
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Need Help With Questions From JW Discussion Group
by theopug inhey there all,.
i was da from a cong in northern new england back in the early 1990s for voting.
i did not write the letter, the elders did it for me.
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alanv
I just love this site. Someone asks a queation and immediately thEy are helped with the right answers. There is so much knowledge and expierence here, mainly because many are ex witnesses and others are in the process of fading, but still know exactly what goes on in the org.
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Could the angel be Jesus @ new watchtower Earthly organizational sheet
by Gorbatchov inquestions raised in some topics about the absence of jesus in the new watchtower / gods "earthly" organizational sheet.. the illustration shows an angel, who could be jesus.
in a watchtower article from 2010 i found a jesus who looks.
similar to the angel in the organizational sheet.
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alanv
Hi Gorby, good find. We will just have to wait and see rather than lots of speculating. It would certainly be interesting if that first angel turns out to be Jesus. I agree with you though,apart from that point, the picture tells us nothing we didn't already know.
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A picture so outrageous, it deserves its own thread...
by cedars ini mean no disrespect to sd-7 or his fine thread on which this picture has already featured, but i think it is just so ridiculous that it deserves a thread all of its own.. lurkers and apologists, this is how your precious organization views itself.... behold the madness.... .
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JW gonebad said
Post 1113 of 1114
Since 10/23/2010Not sure if anyone else picked-up on this:The only ones depicted out in the ministry doing the work are the rank and file publishers .
The congregation elders are all sitting around a table (in a judicial capacity) deciding someone else’s fate instead of taking the lead in field service… and that’s the reality!
Guys we have got to stop nit picking. Anyone who knows the way the org works knows that you cannot stay an elder or mini servant if you don't put in a good number of hours per month. It was explained to me when I started fading that a servant needs to set the lead in the ministry. So just because the pic does not show an elder out on the doors does not mean he does not go. Let's keep to the really important and known facts when we critisize the society. Yes they do sit around a table deciding someone's fate, but that is in addition to knocking on doors.