I agree with Rebel 100% I have two young daughters and if they were in your shoes I would tell them the same. If you go to a meeting the congregation will show what seems like friendly enthusiasm towards you (we call that love bombing) but its all phony. Just chalk it up to experience and move on. I would hate to see anyone succumb to the trickery of the Watchtower.
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JW ended a relationship with me
by V1922 inmy jw boyfriend just ended a year and a half relationship with me.
it came out the blue and i'm deeply hurt by this because we were so compatible.
he did it right before the big annual gathering he is presently attending.
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If you "chose" this religion, as I did, do you remember the moment you "bought" the religion?
by Muddy Waters inif you "chose" this religion, as i did, do you remember the moment you "bought", or believed, the religion?.
for me, it was during one of my studies with a knowledgeable, lovely pioneer sister who looked like her life was so perfect and wonderful.
i was coming out of a terrible situation in my life, very vulnerable, being abandoned by a husband during my pregnancy and with other little children to look after too.
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Thank you Muddy I am always curious what it was or is that causes people to finally accept the brain washing of this cult. My parents accepted it hook line and sinker and I am still some what puzzled as to what exactly it was that caused them to accept it. -
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Ray Franz and You.
by John Aquila inif ray franz would have kept his mouth shut and not disfellowshipped, and remained part of the governing body how many of us ex-jw would still be trapped in the cult?.
would we have come this far?.
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This used to be a very lonely row to hoe!
You can say that again was it ever! I shudder to think of it now! I was younger then. I would sure hate to be faced with the same departure scenario today at my stage of life.
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Ray Franz and You.
by John Aquila inif ray franz would have kept his mouth shut and not disfellowshipped, and remained part of the governing body how many of us ex-jw would still be trapped in the cult?.
would we have come this far?.
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Finkelstien: "Ray had no significance on my leaving the JWS, its was my own instinct and personal integrity that drew myself out.
"Pre inter net I might add."
Me too Finkel even to this day I have only read parts of that book.I have never read it in it's entirety.
Village Idiot same with you too eh.
For the life of me I can't explain why? I really can't!
Congratulations all on trusting your instincts.
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Sam Herd’s comment on the 2001 Dateline expose
by Londo111 inim going by memory, so not an exact quote...i believe this was around 2002, at the crownsville assembly hall (now sold from what i understand)..
he said basically: some people watch an hour show and give up the faith that theyve had for decades..
the impact of this show was like a canon being shot into a swimming pool.
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I wonder how many witnesses who watched it were hung up on the word "church" which is outside their brand of good mind control trigger words
I was wondering that too Bob
As a Father of two daughters who thankfully to me, were not raised "in the truth", I am sickened by all of this stuff too. Even if the JWs who see it get hung up on the cult phraseology, surely some will see the dateline report as eye opening.
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Earth 2.0 discovered!
by Island Man inhttp://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/23/us/feat-nasa-kepler-planet-discovery/index.html.
this planet is the most earth-like planet discovered to-date.
it's at the right distance from its sun to allow for liquid water and life, and it has a year of 385 days - only 20 days longer than our own year!.
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So this planet is 1400 light years from us. If there were intelligent life there they'd be looking at us through their telescopes and seeing us as primitive desert goat herders the way we were/are 1400 years ago. There wouldn't be barely a light on here! -
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Name "UNWRITTEN" Rules That JWs Are Supposed To Follow
by minimus inas with the scribes and pharisees, there are a number of unwritten rules that witnesses are supposed to follow.
here's a couple : "worldly" kids in society depictions are shown quite often wearing their baseball caps backwards.
jehovah's witness youths would not want to imitate that "look".
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Doctor Who
Your avatar cracks me up.LOL Tell me when the elder said that about your man parts. Did it move?
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Trump is a funny guy. Attacks John McCain
by James Mixon inthe guy don't realize when he attack john mccain he alienated every men .
and women who served in the military.
and this is coming from a guy that.
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I was reading the comment section of story about trump and the things he says. It was very interesting I can't remember where it was because I do so much reading or else I would leave a link. But poster after poster said "the things Trump says is really his opinion and not just focus group approved responses when he is asked a question". Perhaps that's what resonates with so many Americans. There is nothing more sickening to listen to than a politician give prepared responses to questions that are approved by his/her handlers.
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Where Are They Now???
by minimus ini was raised as a witness and i remember many of the old timers.
many of the elders are no longer serving.
it seems like almost anyone that wad married and had kids.
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Yep it seems that the ones who were told they wouldn't finish high school before the end are overlapping with their Grandchildren's generation now. I wonder in amazement of what prognostications are to come from the GB's holy spirit directed leadership? I am awaiting with baited breath.
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Facing up to the reality of the world
by purrpurr insince becoming atheist i have been paying more attention to world events and issues.
this is giving me some worry's when i see what's going on.
as a jw i could just dismiss stuff saying "armageddon is coming, jehovah will look after us" etc etc now of course i can't do that.
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There will eventually be a cataclysmic event to reduce or eliminate humans from the planet, and life will go on again as it has for so much of our history.
Rebel I was thinking about that today. An extinction level event like a meteor impact perhaps?
Hopefully we'll find away off this third rock from the sun so our story as a species goes on.All it will take is enough time. Survival of the fittest you know.