TheKings
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HAVE SOME FUN WITH THE MAY 2007 AWAKE!
by Mary inok, here's the original:.
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and here's a blank canvas for you: .
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Knocking forum is now open on PBS website
by Jourles inhere we go folks.
a newly opened forum for knocking is now open on pbs's website.
let's not let the jw's overrun this with crap.
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http://discussions.pbs.org/viewtopic.pbs?p=551223#551223 ^i'm a bit proud of myself after that one ...
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Did An Elder or "Brother" or "Sister" Ever Lose It With You???
by minimus insome persons are tempestous.
they may fly off the handle just like that!.
have you ever experienced a witness who just "lost it" with you??
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"My dad sat down with me and read me the scripture in 1 Corinthians 6:7 and convinced me that it would be better to "let myself be wronged and defrauded" than to Bring Reproach on Jehovah™. " sheep to the slaughter mentality. what would jesus do? he'd walk straight up into their house and turn their money-changing tables over, figuratively speaking.
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Did An Elder or "Brother" or "Sister" Ever Lose It With You???
by minimus insome persons are tempestous.
they may fly off the handle just like that!.
have you ever experienced a witness who just "lost it" with you??
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the only reason i didn't rip my arm away forcefully and make my exit was because it would have killed my mom (everyone was staring-waiting for me to make a scene). she is already bottom rung in the pecking-order at the hall. people would have 'marked' her. it *was* abusive, i feel sorry for his wife.
and LHG , smart move. did you have any trouble? when i went to the memorial (last year, not this year nor ever again) everyone ignored me except one brother who had a crush on me. he hugged me as soon as he saw me (it was not sexual at all) and it made me feel better. i hope that guy finds his way out...he was a truly kind soul. -
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the lenths jws go to to avoid you
by winnie inwent to the chemist the other day parked near my brother in laws car in car park.he saw me and turned away.my wife went into chemist had to wait 10 minutes all the time my elder brother in law sat in car.we moved closer to supermarket as soon as we had moved i watch him go into chemist he was waiting for us to leave so he could go in.. i then went into supermarket i watched him do a whole lap of the car park walking so he wouldn,t have to walk past my car with wife and kids in.
he thought the coast was clear didn,t know i was in there so i ambushed him in an isle smiled said hello he smiled said hello then the jw shunning part of his brain kicked in head down walk straight and frown.. saw my mother in car latter and she covered her face .
i think they feel uncomportable.
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at college i ran into a sister who is a friend of my mom's and she said hi to me and asked how my family was doing etcetera, because she had moved congregations and had not been in touch with my mom since i quit going to meetings and moved out with my boyfriend. i told her everything was fine and went to my next class.
the next time i saw her i said hi and she barely looked up and simply gave me this look like "don't f-ing talk to me".
apparently, she had related her experience of seeing me to someone and they filled her in on how i left. the thing is, i've never been baptised so technically she doesn't have to shun me. i guess it makes her feel more "christian" to do so. i see her every week at school and she ignores me vigorously. -
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Did An Elder or "Brother" or "Sister" Ever Lose It With You???
by minimus insome persons are tempestous.
they may fly off the handle just like that!.
have you ever experienced a witness who just "lost it" with you??
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ermm, yeah my study yelled at me once for having difficulty with the questions, and i left the room crying. she never apologzed. the woman was a cranky old bird who sent rumours all around the hall about various things she assumed was the fault of my family, but my mom never told her off like she deserved.
another time, when i was fading out of meeting attendance an elder wanted to talk to me about it intimately in front of everyone but i turned away ...he grabbed my arm HARD and pulled me to him. i gave him a dirty look the entire time he was talking to me. such an a-hole. -
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Knocking forum is now open on PBS website
by Jourles inhere we go folks.
a newly opened forum for knocking is now open on pbs's website.
let's not let the jw's overrun this with crap.
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i'm new - help me
by donnalee ini originally began my communications thorugh freeminds which i found thru google - one of the writers for freeminds suggested this forum.
i hope that i will find some ansers thru you.
below are some of the questions that i have.. .
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"this is really, really sad for me to hear. not just becasue it affects me, but becasue it is such a false way to be especially for a group of people who claim that they have found the "TRUTH""
they are no different than any other group of people, ...because people are really all the same where ever you go (coming to that realization helped me realize that it was a cult). some are sincere and some insincere. some will help you and others will harm you. JW's teach that they are different from the world they live in because of the love they show, but the love they show is in a lot of cases nothing more than a handshake and a how-do-you-do to every new face that shows up for the sunday morning talk. real love is shown only to friends (no, just because they refer to all JW's as 'the friends' doesn't mean they give a damn whether their mom is sick in the hospital) ... once you figure out that real love is only between real friends you will see that this is no different than the behavoir of those they call "worldly" people ...which is the height of arrogance.
"I can "feel" that my b/f had mixed feelings (mainly physical...sexual, i believe), but the organization pushed him forward. i had a nice time visiting w/the group of jws who whom my b/f associates which confuses me. coming onto this supprot forum has helped me tremendously, yet sometimes i feel that i am hopeless. i continue to call him even tho he has made it clear that we CANNOT be a couple. everytime that i call him, i just want him to know that there is a non-jw who thinks about him. is ths so bad? what do u think he thinks of me?? a loser, perhaps? desparate, perhaps??"
if he allowed himself to become estranged from you, someone who truly cares for him, by exhanging that for the topical pleasantries of the witnesses, failed to see the doctrinal red flags upon attending meetings at the kingdom hall, and then continues to lead you on in a way by saying it was your decision not his ...then it is him with the serious issues here, not you. if you are going to cut your losses then do so by having a REAL conversation with him about EVERYTHING you are thinking. don't hold any punches.
"how do u know all of this?"
i was raised in the faith, remaing in it for about ...17 years, and found my way out the hard way. my family is still practicing.
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i'm new - help me
by donnalee ini originally began my communications thorugh freeminds which i found thru google - one of the writers for freeminds suggested this forum.
i hope that i will find some ansers thru you.
below are some of the questions that i have.. .
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i'm new - help me
by donnalee ini originally began my communications thorugh freeminds which i found thru google - one of the writers for freeminds suggested this forum.
i hope that i will find some ansers thru you.
below are some of the questions that i have.. .
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hi donna
... i'll see if i can answer some of your questions. "is it fair to say that jws are kind to you becasue they want your fellowship? " The only reason a JW would keep up a frriendship with an unbeliever would be with the hope of indoctrinating them. They are kind to you because they are selling the organization to you with smiles and polite conversation. It's something commonly referred to as the 'love bomb'. "do congregations exist that except others for their beliefs? " NO. You will find out that if you don't eventually become one of them, thinking, dressing, speaking exactly like them then the "friends" you made will show you their true motivaiton. you will be dropped like a hot potato. The only business a witness has with unbelievers is converting them. If you will not be converted then you will be seen as a waste of their time. there is no real love. Having different beliefs is nothing short of heresy in JW terms. "am i stereotping or being paranoid beleiving thta they are interacting wiht me only for the benefit of helping me to find the "truth"???? " you are absolutely 100% correct. "all 6 of the individuals were funny, enjoyable and kind. why is converting me SO important for them? " because it's the only reason they are bothering to talk to you. because it is the sole purpose of their lives as JW's. "does it guarentee their salvation?? do jws have friends who are not jws? " yes, and again, JWs only associate as friends with JWs. i don't have the time to answer the rest, but there are many here who will 