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  My RC hearing brought forward. Will be in two weeks

  by umbertoecho in

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  through this forum of wonderful freaks, i have met someone who is coming with me to my hearing.

  initially i was slated for next year, but will be attending in two weeks time.

  all is in place from travel vouchers, support, where to go ............very efficient and well done.

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  The suspense is killing me

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  Don't fall through the "cracks"

  by mrsObfuscate in

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  2. experiences

  being able to understand and identify the "cracks" (i.e.

  unintended consequences) in the many systems we are surrounded by had a profound influence on my ultimate decision to step away from the org.

  i mentioned in my first post there were many nuanced details that added up to help me to finally take the steps i needed to exit, and this was a fairly big one.

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  MrsObfuscate

  Thank you for that post , I found it very interesting how you responded to your husbands attempts to get you interested /involved in subjects that led you to see cracks in the "truth" .

  My wife , 2 sons and D.I.L. ,are all out of the religion , none of them D.F. or D,A, all of them left about 20 years or so ago , about the same time I did , yet I am the only one who has any interest in a site like this.

  My wife no longer believes in GOD or the Bible , my sons certainly do not , and as far as I can discern my D.I.L. does not believe in GOD anymore,

  None of them have any interest in sites like this .

  Yet I feel they are missing out on not knowing all of the information available on sites like this one that with certainty put a nail in the coffin of JW`s being nothing more than a made up American religion .

  Some people just seem to accept what is fact /true whereas others want to know the ins & outs of why that is fact or true ..

  The former can be misleading , whereas the latter is not deceived .

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  Kim and mikeys chanel on YouTube they uploaded a video of more singing and dancing

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. beliefs

  on their chanel they are showing a video of a special assembly day in belgium i believe.

  the jws are dancing dressed in black and red, satanic colores.

  singing and playing worldly songs and kingdom melodies.

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  Is it just me , or are these two different occasions filmed here , the one with the blonde in the red dress conducting the group in red & black regalia , at a Convention , however the other dudes look like they are at somebody`s wedding reception singing jailhouse rock .

  Just my 2 cents worth

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  Really beautiful Watchtower article about truth

  by Anders Andersen in

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  2. bible

  this is the singlemost best watchtower article i have ever read.. it almost brought tears to my eyes (please note the almost ;-)).

  "what is truth?

  "this question is one which every sincere christian should ask and seek to answer.

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  Good point Island Man
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  A New Year and a New Start For Lurkers

  by The Searcher in

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  what better time of the year (than hogmanay) to encourage lurkers to examine black & white examples of org teachings which are false, and for them to rebelliously examine what is presented as "truth?

  " (km september 2007 - question box) .

  here are some previous examples for those who have yet to read them: .

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  Thank you The Searcher for this list , hopefully I can put it to use one day.

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  ....2016....

  by zeb in

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  2. friends

  with this year all about done i wish you all a healthy and safe 2016.. live long and prosper.

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  Happy New Year Zeb and everyone else on this board and look forward to Welcoming many more newbies during the year of 2016

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  ultimatum stop the practice of shunning or lose your charity status.

  by joe134cd in

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  2. beliefs

  just curious what would wt do if a government said reform your policy on shunning or you will lose your charity status.

  we will also be monitoring your reforms and there will be consequences if not brought up to our standards.

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  As well as shunning they also have a system of " marking" one`s in the congregation who they don`t think is a worthwhile associate .

  This is like a mini shunning by a select few

  How would any one be able to police that attitude .

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  Writing my Disassociation letter

  by Bebopin in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today i am working on writing my disassociation letter.

  i successfully faded a year ago.

  but i feel like i can't keep looking over my shoulder anymore i just need to be completely rid of this cult.. any suggestions on letter and it's content?.

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  I have mixed feelings about sending my letter , even though it was twenty years after leaving .

  In one sense it satisfied my belief that I DF them , though in reality they would never read it out like that at the KH.

  Secondly , I tend to agree with bradford`s sentiments , maybe I could have been more effective with former associates .

  I have no family in except for a niece.

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  The story of my exit

  by mrsObfuscate in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been lurking here for about 6 months, and being the last day of the year, and ready to start the new one afresh, i want to share the story of our exit from the org.

  i have found the personal experiences of others of immeasurable value, (and its been a while since a good exit story has been posted) that i hope this can be of benefit to at least someone.. .

  my mother became a jehovahs witness when i was about 9 or 10. i remember initially hating all of the new sanctions put on our lives (no birthdays and christmas anymore) but for some reason i soon after joined her in attending the meetings and eventually got baptized at the age of 14. my staunch catholic father converted a couple of years later.

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  Mrs Ob .

  Thank you for your post , it will be encouraging for many I`m sure .As the saying goes "The world is now your Oyster " whatever that really means ,

  I`m curious about the ARC being the " straw that broke the camels back" so to speak .Are you an Aussie ?

  If not where did you hear about the ARC ?

  I`m just wondering how far reaching this commission goes , has it really got world wide coverage ? on a large scale .?

  It`s excellent news if it has .

  I`m an ozzie in East Gippsland.Vic.

  Oh , and welcome to the board I look forward to more gems from you and your hubby .

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  Interesting video with direct quotes about failed prophecies

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c-stpnzh8yo

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  You need to use the pause button so you don`t miss the texts .

  I thought it was pretty good , straight to the point , using there own words / publications etc.

  Show this to anyone still in and they reject it , then your only conclusion could be , they either have there head buried in the sand , there head up there arse , or they are just plain brain dead , or sadly , stupid.

  I`m sorry , I missed brainwashed

  smiddy