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  My Letter of Disassoc-part 3 elders are after me

  by love2Bworldly in

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  any comments?

  i'm thinking of mailing this letter.. .

  march 13, 2007. to west c elders of jehovahs witnesses religion:.

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  Hannah

  Wow! Love your letter. It had me clapping and laughing all the way through.
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  Ex JWs that suffered to an unusual degree

  by greendawn in

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  do you know of ex jws that suffered greatly due to the policies of the wts?

  i personally don't know any but i suppose those that left behind parents, spouse and children got a very bad deal since the wts dictates shunning from all these.

  also those that lost relatives to the blood policy.

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  Hannah

  Hello!!!!!!!!! Like many ex-JW born and raised in borg and left I suffered a lot. To start with, when I was 12 my JW mother left my elder father for an elder in our KH. My parents divorced and I was raised by my JW father. I was basically forced to shun my mother who was DF'd for adultry. I grew up listening to all the gossip about her from my JW family and all the other witnesses that knew her. I was estranged from my own mother for years because of their stupid shunning policy and I will never forgive them for that. Because of the mental torment the JWs put my mother through she suffered several nervous breakdowns and became addicted to prescription drugs. Just when I got old enough to reestablish a relationship with her, she ended up in liver failure due to excessive drug use and died. Now that I've DA'd myself my father is shunning me. I took this so hard I ended up in the hospital for a week. Now I'm focusing on what I do have--my husband and my three kids. I love them and they love me. It's very difficult to shake the extremely bitter feelings I have. I am having a really hard time getting over it and if anyone has any suggestions on how to do this please share with the rest of us.
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  Photographs and Illustrations in WT Publications

  by RubyStevens in

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  2. bible

  this is i guess geared more toward bethelites or those in the know.

  in the endless sunday meetings i was always facinated by the photographs and pictures in the books and magazines.

  is there a large photo studio at bethel were the pictures are taken?

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  Hannah

  Has anyone seen the Noah's Ark video? This was the worst production ever. Poorly drawn figures attached to what appeared to be popsicle sticks hopping around the screen. Our family laughed throughout the entire film. Can anyone explain why this video was allowed to be released?

  I'll make sure to find (since I don't have any) some WTs and Awakes to flip through to find my next hairstyle. A real stylin' doo for sure!

  Welcome slmdf.
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  Undisclosed Revelation Book Changes show "Jehovah" is "The Lamb"

  by AlphaOmega in

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  2. bible

  as we all know, in 2006 there were some undisclosed changes to the 1988 revelation climax book.. these scans of page 127 (chapter 20) are identical except for the alteration from "the lamb" to "jehovah".. http://i15.tinypic.com/2qvzgya.jpg.

  http://i17.tinypic.com/2nukpd0.jpg.

  since this change was not listed in the september 2006 kingdom ministry, are we to conclude that it is not "a key change" and the alteration is merely semantics?

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  Hannah

  Great find! Thanks for sharing. One can only guess why it wasn't included as a change in the the '06 KM. Sneaky ol' farts. Someone should call the NY and ask which one is it--Jehovah or Jesus? Do they know, or is this "new light"?
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  Help! Elders are after me-need advice!

  by love2Bworldly in

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  2. beliefs

  hi--3 times this weekend 2 elders came to my door asking for me by name (my kids answered the door).

  apparently my jw sister notified the elders about the letter she received from me several months ago and gave them my new address.

  my letter was very clear about how i felt about the watchtower society and i have not stepped foot in a kingdom hall in about 15 years, and the last 8 years of that was sporadic at best.. why should i talk to people i did not invite to my home, when i know they are coming to condemn me?

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  Hannah

  I'm more worried they would get the wrong impression of me if I get all emotional and angry, I am very happy with my life and I don't want them thinking I'm a whacko apostate.

  I completely understand how you feel. However, emotional and angry is exactly the response they are looking for. Remember, JWs think those who leave the borg are all unhappy and and angry people. You can find all types of quotes like this in the literature. So show them what a happy person you truly are. Blindside them with the kindness they aren't expecting. Be the bigger person. Afterall, you've made a happy life for yourself so flaunt it! These JW elders are just puppets. They don't really have a life except what is outlined to them by the WT. Keep us up to date. Hope all goes well with you. My advice is to get it over with soon--you'll feel better as this won't be weighing on you. Hugs
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  First Post

  by Rethinking in

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  2. beliefs

  first time posting, long time lurking.. came upon this site on accident a few years ago and dismissed it as a site for disgruntled people; however, in the past months i actively searched for it as it stuck in my mind.

  believe it or not, i practically read all of the topics.

  i felt, wow, i wasn't alone in my thinking and feelings about some things.. it all started years ago in my last year in high school and then into college.

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  Hannah

  Warm welcome. Glad to have you join us.
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  Specific banned shows, songs, etc...?

  by AllAlongTheWatchtower in

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  i know the society tells people not to listen to rock n roll cause its from teh satan, not to watch r rated movies because they're "worldly", etc.

  but i was wondering if folks had any specific instances where one song, one show, one movie, or whatever was singled out as being particularly 'evil', and banned on an individual basis?

  i was never a jw, but was in the worldwide church of god...the two are rather similar, i've seen many (and made quite a few myself) comparisons on the board; and i can remember as a child that every once in a while certain things would get brought up as being more evil and worldly than others.. examples of specific bans:.

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  Hannah

  we should open a thread about urban legends of JW's as I heard exactly the same story about Zucchero that asked that all JW's had to leave the concert (otherwise the demons would not help him...)

  OMG, I heard the same story about a John Denver concert! My dad threw away my Pink Floyd album "The Wall" because of the pictures and my Eagles album "Hotel California". Then when he couldn't break it in half across his knee he was convinced it was demonized or something. Also, rumors went around our KH about Simon and Garfunkel's lyrics especially "Bridge Over Troubled Water". "Band on the Run" by Paul McCartney was bad too, but I can't remember why.

  As a kid my dad wouldn't let me go see Star Wars when it first came out...way back. We had to walk out of the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. I wasn't allowed to go to any concerts because that was way too worldly and that isn't the type of environment a "christian" would want to find themself in. Also, I wasn't allowed to watch Planet of the Apes, Star Trek, etc.

  As my children were growing up, standards in our KH then were no Smurfs or Ninja Turtles. Toys like "trolls" were also no-nos. Some JW parents I knew in our hall wouldn't allow their children to play bingo games in their classrooms or learn about the olympic's history. Some wouldn't even tell their children their birthdates so they wouldn't be tempted. I always thought these parents were way tooooooo extreme. Come on, your birthday is a vital statistic afterall.

  How trivial this all seems now. Thank goodness I don't have to worry about these things any more. I'm FREE!! I'll go watch a R-rated movie if I darn well want to and listen to my AC/DC cd on the way to the theatre as I smoke my cigarette.
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  Women.....................A JWs view

  by vitty in

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  2. friends

  i was just hopping the boards and came across this discussion on e-mans site.

  its just so unbelievable how the (men?

  ) in the org still view women!

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  Hannah

  whilst the man is supposedly the head, the woman is the neck, and as such directs matters

  That's hilarious! Love it, will quote you on that.

  I always wondered way JWs treated women with the same distain Paul had. Where did this attitude come from? Looking into the bible, Jesus definately didn't view women as second class citizens. Mary Magdelane was a close companion and teacher who's abilities were not limited because of her sex. Also, in the old testament God used women for many great things i.e. Sarah, Ester

  I truly believe that all this sexist fuss comes from the original roman catholic church who formed the basis of so-called "religion". They were a bunch of fuddy-duddy old men with sexist attitudes who set the stage for the rest.
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  JW Anointed get a free ride!

  by zack in

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  2. friends

  so this always bothered me and i could not quite figure out why.

  it wasn't just the reasoning, it felt more like the motivation behind it was flawed as well.. according to jw theology, any anointed that pass away get resurrected to immortal life in heaven---- no more death or even the possibility of death.. the "other sheep", "great crowd" have to go through armageddon, behave righteuosly for 1000 years, and then pass another test only to receive.

  everlasting life of the mortal kind---- death is always lurking because if you screw up ---zap---- you're outta there.

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  Hannah

  This was a huge issue that bothered me. Why would a God of love and justice allow us to have to suffer through living in "this system of things" just to suffer through the "great tribulation". Then a thousand years of somewhat paradise conditions....cleaning up all the debris from armageddon and teaching the resurrected ones just so Satan can be released and test us all over again. How unjust is this scenario? I never was able to swallow this piece of the ....! Looking back at it all, how can people buy into this stuff? For me, I was raised to believe it as truth, but as an adult I just couldn't accept this nonsense. Oh yeah, I forgot. We'll already know Satan's tricks so we can avoid them. Pleeeeeeeeease. Truth IS stranger than fiction.
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  anti-witness site?

  by darth frosty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  what happened to that great site that was supposed to go up in febuary?

  they made it seem like it was going to shake the wtb$ to its core, but i have not seen anything else about it.

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  Hannah

  I've been very busy looking at this site for the past couple of days. It is a little spooky, but interesting. The url is www.sixscreensofthewatchtower.com