Thankfully, I can clearly see that now. It was a painful transition to make at first, but this board helped me to keep it real concerning the Watchtower Society and their JW religion. For that, I am eternally grateful.
mimimimi
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Can You Now Clearly See That You Were In A Cult?
by minimus inthe longer away from "the truth", the easier it is to see that i was in a "cult"..
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OK 25 years out!!!
by Lady Lee ini'm not the longest out.
mouthy was out before i was and a handfull of others.. but this year marked 25 out for me as opposed to 22 years in.
this life is what you choose to make it.
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mimimimi
Lady Lee, congratulations on your 25 years out. I left in the mid-70's for 8 years - disfellowshipped and wanted nothing to do with it, but made the big mistake of going back. Now I have not been to a meeting in about 4 years, don't know exactly how long, and am making my life what I want it to be. I wish I was like you and had all that time out, but no use crying over spilled milk.
Mouthy, your husband wasn't a prophet. He was observant and was commenting on what he saw. For an organization that claims to have such love, and claims they are true followers of Christ because they have that love, they sure don't show love. Taking care of widows is certainly not something they do, unless of course the widow has lots and lots of money to throw around.
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Got a visit from door-to-door JW's!
by donuthole intoday while i was home for a quick lunch break i got a knock at the door.
i opened the door and was surprised to see two elderly jehovah's witnesses women.
i haven't been called on since i've been out for four years, so this was a bit of surprise.
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mimimimi
Snakes and Donuthole were both very caring witnesses. Snakes took time for the elderly and the downtrodden, and Donuthole and his wife reached out to the elderly and downtrodden. I think being the kind of people they are is why they can no longer be part of the borg. They are too good for that.
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Got a visit from door-to-door JW's!
by donuthole intoday while i was home for a quick lunch break i got a knock at the door.
i opened the door and was surprised to see two elderly jehovah's witnesses women.
i haven't been called on since i've been out for four years, so this was a bit of surprise.
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mimimimi
We have not gotten any J-dub calls in years. Pretty much everyone in the local congregation knows I live here and generally never did come to my door unless they needed to use the bathroom or wanted to say hi, but there are three other houses on this street and they never go to them either. I have seen them on the next street before, but not for several years. Maybe more people are turning in time and not going out.
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Got a visit from door-to-door JW's!
by donuthole intoday while i was home for a quick lunch break i got a knock at the door.
i opened the door and was surprised to see two elderly jehovah's witnesses women.
i haven't been called on since i've been out for four years, so this was a bit of surprise.
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mimimimi
donuthole,
I hope my family says "hi" back to you when you greet them. I am doing well. Hope you and your family are also.
Snakes,
It's great to not care any more and be able to put my name out there on this board. Good for you for reaching that point also.
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Got a visit from door-to-door JW's!
by donuthole intoday while i was home for a quick lunch break i got a knock at the door.
i opened the door and was surprised to see two elderly jehovah's witnesses women.
i haven't been called on since i've been out for four years, so this was a bit of surprise.
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mimimimi
donuthole,
I know that sister, too. Very sweet lady and were it not for the fact you are df'd, she would have hugged you and been excited to see you and find out what is going on with you. How sad that she is so misguided as to follow the dictates of the Watchtower Society. Good for you in acting how the Spirit has taught you. JW's are taught to act totally in opposition to the Spirit and don't even realize it.
Ginny Hampton Loftus
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Are You Sick of Your Job (part 2) -- chased by a customer
by SnakesInTheTower intoday is sunday.
i ranted about being sick of my job a couple of months ago, seen that the thread was bumped yesterday.
i usually work 2 or 3 days of the weekend (fri-sun) because that is when i make the most money (being commission and all).
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mimimimi
Fingers cross here, too, Rich. Hope you get it.
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Religion is under attack. This can mean ONLY ONE THING!!!
by laverite ini've received two phone calls today from a family member and from another family member who's now in a fade (but has kept it well hidden).
relatives and other dubbies in their area are in a bit of a tizzy that the big a is about to hit.
i mean, they can't get to the k-hell fast enough today!
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mimimimi
I'm with you, Moshe. Religion is all man-made, just like the Bible.
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Religion is under attack. This can mean ONLY ONE THING!!!
by laverite ini've received two phone calls today from a family member and from another family member who's now in a fade (but has kept it well hidden).
relatives and other dubbies in their area are in a bit of a tizzy that the big a is about to hit.
i mean, they can't get to the k-hell fast enough today!
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mimimimi
"The fact is throughout human history religious beliefs have been under attack, right back to biblical times.
One cultural civilization opposing another civilizations religious spiritual beliefs."
For sure - religion has been one of the biggest reasons for fomenting war that there ever has been. Even looking at the history of Indian tribes in the Americas, there was a lot of warfare that was conducted to wipe the other tribe's religion out. Of course it was tied up in that they needed the approval of the gods to give them what they needed to grow food and survive and they felt if someone had a false god that the gods would punish them by withholding rain and causing natural disasters. But religion has always been under attack.
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BIG talk with teenage son today
by Aussie Oz inyesterday i got to ask my kids what they thought of the convention they just had.
response was 'really good'.
daughter liked the drama but could not say why or what the lesson was... so i figure she liked it because it was more interesting than the regular talks.
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mimimimi
Great job! You are definitely helping him to think for himself. I hope you have good results from it.