Such a well written story. I too have a good friend who I grew up with, and then both of us joined the cult aged 18. 55 years have passed since we both met at school, and even though we now live hundreds of miles apart we still think of each other, and get together from time to time. It took me longer than my friend to leave the JWs but we did, and now we look back on our time with mixed emotions. Yes was a complete waste of many years of our life, but at the time it was good because we both enjoyed a great social life. So although now our previous JW 'friends' shun us, (even though we both just walked away from the org) we still have some good memories of being together for all those years.
Posts by alanv
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8The Old Kingdom Hall, memories of old friends, days and times now vanished...
by TerryWalstrom inold friend (in memorium).
we found the site of our old kingdom hall--no longer a place of cult activity--unless the electric supply business has a dark side.
all those meetings, songs, conversations!
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How to spot awake JW at a convention
by Akid48 ini cant spot one to save my life, so i wanted to now if any one could me figure out how..
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alanv
I guess one way is to watch and see if they are just looking round for much of the time, and paying little attention to what is being said from the platform.
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Anyone think Assemblies will stop?
by blownaway innot completely but the expensive renting of halls or assembly hall ownership.
maybe with streaming they could have assemblies at the kh and stream the program.
i bet they cut costs in a lot of ways.
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alanv
I think most members would just contribute once during an assembly. So we see how by cutting the number of days an assembly is held, can still generate the same donations, but will also cut down on assembly expenses.
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LEAK: 3000 buildings to liquidate. How to choose? (Watchtower propaganda video)
by Fay Dehr inhttps://youtu.be/pzdxen9rvw0.
as the leaked financial meetings show, watchtower (by it's own admission) has to liquidate 3000+ properties quickly.
how do they choose?
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alanv
They tried to get more money through donations, but the members didnt respond in any long term way. So they have had to resort to cancelling projects and making many cutbacks. This will have the affect of making it harder and more expensive for their members to get to meetings, which in turn will see many just not bothering to go any more. The end is nigh lol
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What are the JWs saying about Trump?
by Wild_Thing inas much as jws say they are neutral, they can't help but discuss politics and label them as either bad or good and somehow connect it back to their dogma.
i remember hearing them discuss it all the time when i was a jw.
i can't help but wonder what the r&f are saying about trump and the many, many controversial events surrounding him.
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alanv
I think many witnesses will see Trump as someone very different in a bad way, and will think he will have something to do with world events prior to Armaggedon.
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Bridget from AZ (So many JW's hang up)
by pleaseresearch insomething i have noticed from watching many of bridgets videos is.
how many jws hang up on her.
this is what jws are famous for, having the door slammed in their face.
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alanv
Bridget has an amazing approach. I always look forward to seeing her new videos. Many JWs dont hang up but they are utterly helpless when Bridget gives them the facts from their own material. They would love her to be an ex JW, so they can at least say she is bitter about being disfellowshipped. But she never was one, so that is a great benefit when talking to the Jdubs. I just love the pause when she says she is doing some phone witnessing and can she share a scripture with them. They just cant fathom how anybody else could do phone witnesing.lol
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144000 The numbers don't add up
by LevelThePlayingField inin 1935 there were 63,146 who attended the memorial and 52,465 partook.
(proclaimers book page 717).
according to the bible teach book on page 78, it says, “since the days of the apostles, god has been selecting faithful christians in order to complete the number 144,000”.
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alanv
The more anyone looks closely at JW doctrines, the more they will find they dont stack up. When many of us were active in the faith, we simply never questioned what we were told. Now it is so easy to check everything on the internet, and we find holes in the whole religion. Just something as simple as the preaching work is a good example. We were told that the whole world has been preached to. That is a complete lie. Over one third of the world has never even heard of the Jdubs. Of the remainder another third has had very limited contact with them. Its only the last third who fairly regularly see them, and even then, most of the public have no idea about their actual doctrines are and what they really believe.
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If you're expecting a mass exodus anytime soon, FORGET ABOUT IT!
by nowwhat? ini have to make a token appearance at the k.h.
once a month or so and this week went to a different hall.
and believe me they are all still totally oblivious to all the negative news about the pedophiles and shunning that have come under scrutiny by the media and other governments.
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alanv
Morpheus, I havent read all the posts but one thing is for sure. Any increase is not coming form the rich and well informed counties. Last year more people left the org in Europe as a whole than were recruited. Their main contributions need to come from the rich countries and if they are not increasing that means donations are going to become harder to get.
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Did You Care About The Royal Wedding?
by minimus ini don’t get it.
who really cares?
in the usa, it’s such a huge newsworthy event.
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alanv
Apparently it was watched on tv by 2 billion people throughout the world
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Meghan Markle Will Omit 'Obey' from Her Wedding Vows to Prince Harry
by AFRIKANMAN inwhen meghan markle says her royal wedding vows to prince harry on saturday, she’ll be following in the footsteps of princess diana and kate middleton by choosing to omit the traditional promise to “obey” her husband, the palace confirms.. during the ceremony, officiated by archbishop of canterbury justin welby, meghan will tell her royal groom: “i meghan, take you, harry, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part; according to god’s holy law.
in the presence of god i make this vow.”.
the decision doesn’t come as a surprise: meghan has long been a vocal feminist, working with organizations like one world vision to learn about the challenges facing women and girls living in dubai and mumbai.
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alanv
Such a great day today in UK. Practically the whole of the UK will be watching Meghan & Harry's wedding. The fact Meghan will not be saying 'obey' takes nothing away from the fact that they are very much in love and both have huge respect for each other.