As mentioned above I've seen it countless times myself the kids that didn't get baptized still have their families, most of those that did are now out and shunned. One girl in my local ex-jw FB group hasn't spoken to her parents in 25 years ! She now has children of her own, sick ! Lots of good comments here keep reading and learning. I've noticed lots of the people working at the local coffee shops / McDonalds are students, they seem dynamic and are there to learn and gain real world experience. Looks good on any resumé give it a shot maybe when you don't have classes ?
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Angry and scared
by BlackWolf ini feel like everything that comes out of my mothers mouth is something negative and cringe worthy.
all she seems to talk about with me is how terrible and demonic our disfellowshipped relatives are, how horrible the world and holidays are, or how she is so much better and "holier than thou".
it really makes me sick sometimes.
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Have any ex-jws considered joining the Bible Students?
by Rainbow_Troll intheir fundamental beliefs are much like jehovah's witnesses sans the paranoia, authoritarianism, stifling rules, and end-times enthusiasm.
you don't even have to become a bible student to be saved, you could be an idol worshipping heathen and still get resurrected in the milenium.
if i still believed in the divine inspiration of the scriptures, i would be a bible student.
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I looked into it at first as well, that and SDA. Just a stepping stone off the circus. I'm simply not cut out for the community lifestyle as my name here belies. There is a great website called Friends Of Jehovah's Witness that is run by a Bible Student sister, very nice woman called Jacqueline, her whole family went through a lifetime of the JW ringer.
http://www.friendsofjehovahswitnesses.com/
I now fancy myself as a lone ranger Christian, still read the Bible and am non Trinitarian as are a couple of my ex jw friends. We do attach much more importance to the Christ than before however, Christian Freedom !
God Bless !
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"50 Years a Watchtower Slave" Chapter 7 Part B
by new boy inthus they preach against infant baptisms.
how could a baby know what religion they what to join?
you can still be shunned if you are not baptized.
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Good stuff Keith I'm a fan !
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"50 Years a Watchtower Slave" Chapter 6
by new boy inchapter 6. jesus and the flag.
my mother told me that “the end” was coming very soon.
so at the encouragement of mother and many others in the congregation i was baptized in january 1967 and started full time ministry as “pioneer” in may of 1968.. in fact she told me when i was younger that i would never even get out of high school before “the end” would come.
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Loving this Keith ! Thank-you !!
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A new documentary by the CBC in Canada about JWs and pedophiles!
by StephaneLaliberte infrench page: .
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/special/2016/12/temoins-jehovah-agressions-sexuelles-pedophilie-temoignages/.
the french video: .
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Thanks guys, merci 99 !! Holy smokes Stephane ! $650,000 ! money to burn. Now brothers are you sharing your valuable things with Jehovah ?? Vanderhoven7 am curious do you live in Montreal ? I'm up north I remember you mentioning vacationing in the Laurentians a while back.
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A new documentary by the CBC in Canada about JWs and pedophiles!
by StephaneLaliberte infrench page: .
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/special/2016/12/temoins-jehovah-agressions-sexuelles-pedophilie-temoignages/.
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Merci Steph belle job. Can you post up the link to the one that will be aired on Sunday ? Hugh
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"50n Years a Watchtower Slave" Chapter 2 part B
by new boy inthe story of how my dad and mom first met went something like this.
they were both at a uso club in santa monica california in 1943. big band music is playing.
my dad is in uniform.
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Unreal, good stuff !
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The Forward to My New Book "New Boy 50 years a Watchtower Slave"
by new boy inthe forward the following story is my fifty year relationship with the watchtower bible and tract society otherwise known as the jehovah witnesses.
it started when i was just two years old and ended just one week after 9/11, 2001 just three weeks before my fifty second birthday.
i was basically raised in that thought system i became a full time minister in my late teens.
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Thank-you Keith am going to read these through attentively. Hugh
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Pyramid Schemes
by schnell inseveral years ago, i was introduced to a "wonderful" company called fortune hi tech marketing by a brother and his wife.
they had been introduced by a former sheriff who claims he had researched the company and found no leins or judgments, and that former sheriff had been brought in by a pastor.
you can read what happened with fhtm on wikipedia if you so desire.. this whole new idea of multilevel marketing had my brain reeling, though, and soon enough, i actually signed up with none other than prepaid legal.
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The wife of one of my guy's at the shop got involved with Primerica. Another one where recruitment trumps the product. The guy that was coaching her even came to the shop here to talk to her then husband ( divorced now ).
Another one IU have first hand experience with is Isagenix superfood products. I admit to using the vitamins and shakes as a supplement. They do work as well as any other competing brands I suppose, better than any GNC product I tried. However their marketing speil is for the birds, I saw through it right away and ran. I just order through a friend or pick-up at a weight loss clinic. My friend still has his easy city job however, I doubt he could live off the product sales alone.
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Canadian current and former JWs questioning the blood issue
by Lee Elder ini was interviewed yesterday by stephen smith at the cbc.
he would also like to interview other current and former jws, along with any elders or hlc members who are questioning the blood policy.here is his contact information:stephen smithweb journalistcbc montreal1-141-62251-514-597-6225email: [email protected] you think you might be a good candidate, you may contact him directly.
he has agreed to maintain anonymity for those who need it.thanks,lee.
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Good stuff Lee, you from Montreal too ?