Posts by OnTheWayOut

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Intro

by Exjwme in

jw
friends

you can all call me jess, i guess you can say i'm a "refugee" from jwr.

i'm going to try and keep this short for now, i'm in my early 20s, i was born in but never baptized, i've been mentally out for 7 years and fully out for about 5ish.

despite never having been baptized my fading took quite a bit of time and work.

OnTheWayOut

It sounds like you can be a great help to those looking for coping advice. Welcome.

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JWR Alumni

by marlborobarbie in

jw
friends

hey y'all.

i just wanted to officially make my debut on https://www.jehovahs-witness.com and introduce myself.

i'm an old jwrer, and it looks like i'll be dropping in on here now for cult updates and friendly conversation.. a little about myself:.

OnTheWayOut

We always have room for more guitar playing potty-mouthed singers. The rest is good too. Welcome.

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My 1,000th Post! =)

by Divergent in

jw
friends

after 2 years on the forum, i've finally reached my 1,000th post!.

post #1,000 is dedicated to everyone who i have communicated with & the friends i've made here.

also, to simon who is the reason why we are all here in the first place - thank you for your hard work in making this site what it is.

OnTheWayOut

Excellent. You should be able to see the secret forum section now.

Landy, what's the first rule about secret forum section?

So glad to read how quickly you found out TTATT. Way to go.

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Just found out their about to baptise my 14 year old boy.

by Crazyguy in

there doing this right under my nose but i just found out.

not sure what to do but would like your help on getting me wt information on my headship role and how they shouldn't be doing this with out my permission.

also would like some help on showing my son the ramifications on what happens to someone when they get baptized and how they'll expect him to treat me.

A Forensic Investigation disproving Watchtower’s self-made MYTH

by TerryWalstrom in

a forensic investigation disproving watchtower’s self-made myth(chosen by jehovah as the only true religion on earth).

[ it all began when joseph rutherford removed four members of the watch tower society board of directors under a legal technicality that equally applied to himself, and then authorized the writing and publication of the book "the finished mystery" contrary to pastor russell's will, the society's official charter, and without approval of the board, and then falsely advertising the book to the public as the "posthumous work of pastor russell".

] pastor-russell dot com.

OnTheWayOut

After a bit, I skipped down and found this:

.....which nobody wants to read.

Thanks for understanding.

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JW Witnessing Trolleys. To approach or ignore what is your preference and why?

by KateWild in

i saw two brothers this morning next to the main train station in liverpool city centre this morning.

they were not actively approaching anyone.

what i found strange was that they were from a cong that has different territory, so i don't know why they were there.. anyway i knew them both, and they know i was df'd, i was in my car and couldn't park up for a chat, but i did beep and wave to them as i drove passed and they waved back.

OnTheWayOut

I remember not commenting on this thread because I went back and forth about what I would do.

But time has shown me what I have done.

I have seen the carts more than a few times now and I have never approached. JW's not knowing who lives there have rung my bell and I would say "No thanks" and close the door.

I just can't get myself riled up for a stranger who will probably use my logic as a confirmation of "Satan's" skills.

When I wrote my book, I ended with this paragraph that sums it up:

If I had to choose the ending of a movie based on this book, I think I would have a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses approach me on the street offering me their WATCH TOWER magazine. They would go through their presentation and I would simply walk away and say, "No thanks, I am much happier now without it."

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Is it Time to Declare that The Great Tribulation Has Started ?

by OnTheWayOut in

i don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.

they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.

but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.

OnTheWayOut

Page 10 replies:

redpilltwice, that's a good question you ask of James Jack. Why not ask?

Vidiot, I am saying that the doctrine will claim that Babylon the Great HAS BEEN attacked. They can make up some stuff that will fit. Anti-Muslim stuff, the pedophile issues of the Catholic Church. Obscure facts from the news can be used to make up an idea that things are worse than they are against "Babylon."

TheListener, that's a good point, but maybe as time goes on and they hope to make this seem more real, Dubs just don't figure they will be openly meeting at Kingdom Halls while "churches" are under attack.

RubaDub, soon, very soon, EH? So I still have time to have children, send them through an education and help them raise their own children.

atomant, it will be an overlapping great tribulation.

pepperheart, I hear the stuff is good for lining the shoes of homeless people too.

Vidiot, :laughing:

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Special Pioneers drive through flooded creek...destroy ton of literature in boot!

by Witness 007 in

two sisters decided to drive thru a flood creek during a storm so they would not miss a new kingdom hall dedication.

when the water reached over the hood the abandoned the car and swam to saftey.

a ton of watchtower literature the had in the boot for the isolated hall was destroyed.

OnTheWayOut

WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!!!! Maybe they remembered all those convention stories from the branch representative and all those yearbook stories. They thought since they had all that literature for the Hall, of course Jehovah would miraculously make their car just float right on through as if it was on solid ground.

You can't really blame them.

I remember some pioneer in some backwater location was going to have to come off the list to get food for his family when some big wild animal (big but easy to kill) just ran into his hut and he had plenty of food for that month. I remember some truck with "just the right size" trusses broke down near a construction site for a kingdom hall, so they sold the trusses to them for virtually nothing. I remember.......

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The Man Who Interviewed the Apostles

by TerryWalstrom in

meet papias.

if you had lived in the time of the living apostles of jesus would you have personally investigated stories about.

or, would you simply read whatever was written instead?.

OnTheWayOut

Papias sounds like a man with his own agenda, being a Bishop of the church in his time. He probably had much to do with the invention of the life and times of Jesus put into the Gospels as opposed to the mythical Jesus that Paul preached.

I do my own research too. It seems that Papias was trying to give credibility to Gospel writings. This suggests they needed that kind of help. I guess God never really had anything at all to do with these writings.

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Missionary in Asia works part time as teacher told by Bethel hand over pay check!!

by Witness 007 in

they only way this minsterial school grad missionary could get a visa was as an "english teacher" so he got a job part time and pioneered the rest of the time.

he was very upset when bethel told him his wage for english teaching belongs to them!!!

he had expenses living in this asian land and had no family support, but bethel thought his small watchtower "reinburstment" was enough.

OnTheWayOut

I know you are trying to be factually correct, Fulano. I am sure they didn't have a Missionary home in that country if they didn't allow a missionary Visa. But the idea is sound that he went to do "their" bidding, the only way to do it there was to work, they wanted his money figuring he would do this "for Jehovah."

They are scum.