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  Leaving The Cult is Exactly Like This...

  by cofty in

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  Thank you Cofty.
  
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  Hello Everyone!!!

  by Christian Gutierrez in

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  my name is christian and my wife is katja, and we have been out of the organization for a year and a half.

  we were both regular pioneers and i was a ministerial servant.

  we were very much happy to be witnesses and doing our best to do more for the organization.

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  Welcome to the rest of "the world"!

  Congratulations!
  
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

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  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  Marking.

  Maybe I'll have time to read this whole beast a few years from now when I retire!
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  The Burden of Being Right by Tim Minchen

  by cofty in

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  Yes, but what would "Storm" say?

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  YOUR DAILY JOURNAL

  by compound complex in

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  dear friends,.

  much of what we do on a daily basis is routine and of no particular, earth-shaking importance.

  however, after reviewing letters of family going back to wwii, it is fascinating to read what dad was doing on board the aircraft carrier in the pacific on any old day, what mom was cooking on her ever-steaming range, how i was dealing with the roller coaster of emotion at bethel [mom saved all my letters], how nana wrote that she would not study with the witnesses [per my request] but 'here are some mittens i knitted for you when you canvass new york with your magazines.

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  Hey there CC,

  Best wishes to you during the long dark months of winter.

  om and family
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  Changing meanings of words: "Brother" and "Sister".

  by Open mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ever notice how most jws use the titles "brother" and "sister"?

  in my experience, 99% of the time it was not a term of endearment.

  it was actually a term of formality very much like "mister", "mrs.", "miss" or "ms.".

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  Here's a "Brother David" that's not creepy at all...

  

  : )
  
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  Changing meanings of words: "Brother" and "Sister".

  by Open mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ever notice how most jws use the titles "brother" and "sister"?

  in my experience, 99% of the time it was not a term of endearment.

  it was actually a term of formality very much like "mister", "mrs.", "miss" or "ms.".

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  Ever notice how most JWs use the titles "Brother" and "Sister"? In my experience,
  
  99% of the time it was not a term of endearment. It was actually a term of formality
  
  very much like "Mister", "Mrs.", "Miss" or "Ms.". (Of course good JWs wouldn't use Ms. but
  
  that's a topic for another thread.)
  
  

  For example, if an elder was about to swoop down on an unsuspecting sheep and give
  
  them a guilt trip of some sort, they would invariably start out with "Brother OM, do
  
  you have a minute?" The use of the term "Brother" would help the elder set a formal
  
  tone for the conversation to follow, very much like a traffic cop looking at my
  
  driver's license and calling me "Mister OM".
  
  

  Every now and then, the Org would make reference to the terms "Brother" and "Sister"
  
  as marketing tools to show us how special we were as JWs and that we were privileged
  
  to have 8 million brothers and sisters around the world. But in everday life, if I
  
  was going to ask a JW friend who I was fairly close to if they wanted to go grab a
  
  beer, never in a million years would I start that invitation with "Hey Brother
  
  Somewhat Laid-Back, wanna get a burger and a beer after the meeting?"
  
  What was your experience?
  
  om
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  Goodbye JWD/JWN (my last post)

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. friends

  after some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.

  thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.

  i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.

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  SBF must have been sitting quietly and remorsefullly in the back row for the last six months.

  Welcome back!
  

  
  
  
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  My mom passed away yesterday....

  by minimus in

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  thank you all for your sincere encouragement during these last few weeks.

  finally, she is at peace.

  i was with her , holding her hand when she died.

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  You are in my thoughts Min.

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  In Memory of Clarice. Musings from the Hills.

  by Open mind in

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  2. experiences

  this weekend i went for a spectacular, solo, saunter in the hills and woods where i live.

  if you keep reading, you'll be heading down the rabbit hole of where my mind went.

  you've been warned!

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  My wife and I recently summited Half Dome with some ex-JWs. It was a spectacular experience.

  Clarice would be smiling.

  om