Posts by disillusioned 2

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Recent Observation: "Even if it's true..."

by freemindfade in

has anyone else heard this said more frequently lately?

"even if it's true..." i have seen it said on here a few times in quotes from in family or friends responding the negative things about the org.. i heard it tuesday night again.

in a pioneer sisters comment.

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"They are more right than everyone else"! Said my husband after one of our rows when he couldn't think of anything else to say.

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Daughter of Elder Reinstated Within Months!

by disillusioned 2 in

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a young sister in my husband's congregation who is the daughter of an elder has been reinstated in a matter of months.

whereas another sister in the same congregation has been disfellowshipped now for nearly two years!.

seems like it's who you know..

A young sister in my husband's congregation who is the daughter of an elder has been reinstated in a matter of months. Whereas another sister in the same congregation has been disfellowshipped now for nearly two years!

Seems like it's who you know.

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Happiness is achievable

by asensier in

update - for those of you who read my last topic 'disfellowshipped at 18' i am so thankful for all the support and helpful comments i received.

it's amazing to know that despite how alone i may feel, so many of you have suffered the same way that i have.

i know that i can live happily without being one of jehovah's witnesses.

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Asensier read your blog, you are very brave. Although meeting someone who you had never met before wasn't really the right thing to do. Fortunately for you he was who he said he was.

I am glad that his family have been so supportive to you. It is very sad that you have had to do what you did and leave your family, knowing that they would not speak to you again.

I hope that your future will be bright and that you will have a happy life and hopefully your family will come round. There is always hope.

Dis2 xx

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How Many JWs actually Watch JW.TV?

by Oubliette in

i'm curious.

what do you know from your own experience and talking to other active jws?

i know from my own informal, non-scientific survey that most jws do not watch jw.tv.

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My mum doesn't have the internet, so once a month she and a few other older sisters in her congregation go to a house where they have tea and cakes and a nice helping of Stephen Left and co.

They watch the monthly broadcast and any other new stuff.

My husband as far as I know has never watched it.

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What started me on the path to waking up about the lies the WT teaches?

by oppostate in

it was a simple question: isn't jesus my "mediator" if i put faith in him like the scriptures say?

the research to that answer, from the w79 4/1 p. 31, was mind blowing.

how dare they deny me a belief firmly stated in the scriptures?

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1975, I was there in the years leading up to it. It was all anyone talked about and how there was no point striving for anything in this system (I didn't) because the end was coming in 1975.

I was a child at the time. I stayed for years after that because I was a child. It was when it was mentioned many times after that and people denied it. Especially when I brought up the subject to new ones who weren't there at the time. I argued with them. They said no they never said that. Other things also had bothered me, that only jws would survive Armageddon.

I stopped going years ago with these doubts. It was only in the past few years that I started researching on the internet and were my eyes opened!

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Convention Before Op

by disillusioned 2 in

my mum today was told that she urgently needs a pacemaker.

the doctor said he would push this through as quickly as possible.. my mum was more concerned about it clashing with her convention!

she told me she would rather leave the op till after the convention even though the doctor said it was urgent.

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Millie210

Yes it does. I wanted to say the assembly isn't important, but obviously as you say, it is to her. It is more important to her than the operation.

She hasn't actually been given the date yet for the operation but whatever it is, if it clashes she will change it. Hopefully it will all work out ok.

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Convention Before Op

by disillusioned 2 in

my mum today was told that she urgently needs a pacemaker.

the doctor said he would push this through as quickly as possible.. my mum was more concerned about it clashing with her convention!

she told me she would rather leave the op till after the convention even though the doctor said it was urgent.

disillusioned 2

My mum today was told that she urgently needs a pacemaker. The doctor said he would push this through as quickly as possible.

My mum was more concerned about it clashing with her convention! She told me she would rather leave the op till after the convention even though the doctor said it was urgent. If she is given a date before the convention she will ask for it to be changed to a later date!

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Will Anything at The Convention Make Those That Are In Start To Question Anything?

by disillusioned 2 in

my husband, as far as i know, has never seen any of the gb.

with all the videos on at the convention showing the gb speaking, is there anything that would make him think wth!.

he thinks the gb are special, appointed by jehovah, that god speaks to them and imparts special knowledge.

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Thanks for your replies. Perhaps it's all down to how much he listens then. I really am hoping though that him seeing and hearing the members of the GB will make him question what they say.

Also the cartoons, I don't think he would think they were cute like my mum does. He is quite a cynical person and I can't understand why he questions everything else (news), (newspapers) etc, but nothing that is in print in WT and Awake mags.

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Will Anything at The Convention Make Those That Are In Start To Question Anything?

by disillusioned 2 in

my husband, as far as i know, has never seen any of the gb.

with all the videos on at the convention showing the gb speaking, is there anything that would make him think wth!.

he thinks the gb are special, appointed by jehovah, that god speaks to them and imparts special knowledge.

disillusioned 2

My husband, as far as I know, has never seen any of the GB. With all the videos on at the convention showing the GB speaking, is there anything that would make him think WTH!

He thinks the GB are special, appointed by Jehovah, that God speaks to them and imparts special knowledge. Surely Elmer Fudd (Lett) will be a shock to him.

Or maybe he will just think like my mum and sister, "how amazing that they now use videos at the convention" as if they had discovered this new technology!

Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

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How many JW Families do you know of who hate each other and shun each other? "Religion of Hatred" 1.a

by The1975Blues in

when you were attending the kingdom halls did you see feuds and hate filled wars against members working on the new personality?

how strong were the elders in keeping their halls filled with love not hatred, jesus said everyone would be filled with love, there was no room for hatred in jesus christ's view of how christians ought to act!

when you see children shunning parents, parents shunning children, aunts, uncles, grandma and grandpas displaying qualities jesus said were "instant tickets to hell" why do the jws keep attending the meetings if their filled with hate?

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I knew two sisters, actual sisters, who did not speak to each other for years. They were both married to elders and both acted very important. Their actions did make me question what they were doing.

I also knew of a few families in our congregation who were having feuds so much so that our congregation was disbanded and everyone was split up and sent to other congregations. They all continued exactly as before. The elders stayed elders!

All of this had a big impact on me and added to my awakening.