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  Just found out my older brother has passed away

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i have just found out that my brother (who was one of a bunch that shared this login) has died.. he and his wife were living in another country where they once pioneered.

  i didn't see him that often.. such an empty feeling.....

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  iwasblind

  Saying a prayer for you right now buddy.
  
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  JW's came to my door 6 weeks ago. I told them I was inactive.......

  by Alchemist in

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  6 weeks ago some jws came to my door.

  i've been inactive for 8 years.

  after they gave their presentation i told them i was inactive.

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  iwasblind

  Hi Alchemist,

  Please don't return. Don't think there is nothing out there, so many churches have great teaching where you will feel good about your connection to God and not feel guilty all of the time. Enjoy re-learning the Bible without being told was to believe.
  

  This fear we have been brainwashed with is not real. This religion has changed for the worse in the last 8 years. You will waste more of your life if you do it.

  Happy to communicate more by PM if you need some support.
  
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  Geoffrey Jackson compares waiting for Armageddon to waiting for Brazil to score a goal against Argentina!

  by GodZoo in

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  wtf!https://vid.me/8tuy

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  iwasblind

  I wonder if that Brazilian soccer player would stop before the goal and start a massive building project instead of "kicking the ball".

  I wonder if they even open the Bible these days
  
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  Matt. 20;16 Your understanding 'The last shall be first

  by James Mixon in

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  2. bible

  back the dead ( family member, jw love one, ex wife, ex husband and etc) you must know.

  their personality..ok it sound logical when you are a jw.lol.

  back from the grave 250 years later.

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  iwasblind

  Hey James
  

  Yes, all of the resurrection never made sense to me until I ditched everything they have taught us and read the scriptures with an open mind, especially in light of what normal Christians believe.
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  Been away overseas! What's been going on here?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. experiences

  hey all!.

  ive been away overseas for the last few weeks seeing family etc.

  also met some great old friends.. ive missed this forum.. whats new here?.

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  iwasblind

  Hope you had a great time stuck. I have not been online much but we are very excited about the Royal Commission into Child Abuse and the JW's are hitting the media.

  I hope it gathers speed.
  
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  Fun at The WT This Morning

  by OneFingerSalute in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so ofs was at the wt this morning, and on par.

  14 the question was, "what trust can a faithful christian whose relative is disfellowshipped have?".

  after awhile when no one else raised their hands ofs did, and was called on.. ofs commented, "one of jw can have the trust that god will lovingly give them the ability to uphold the disfellowshipping arrangement by totally shunning family members.".

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  iwasblind

  Well done, you have caught them in their circular reasoning.
  
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  pissed off my wife today at the assembly..I asked her why the bozo GB member lett has a pinky ring.

  by goingthruthemotions in

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  2. experiences

  so at the assembly to day that nitwit lett gave a talk....i noticed right away he had a pinky ring.

  i asked my wife what was the purpose of the pinky ring?

  and then asked....would jesus wear a pinky?

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  iwasblind

  well said Crazyguy that is the only thing keeping us sane while still stuck in this thing
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  8 hrs i can't get back: What a waste of my time the DC was, Wife is in full cult mode, rubbish from the talks

  by goingthruthemotions in

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  2. experiences

  omg...what a waste of a day.....my wife is in full cult mode.

  we had one chair seperating us in the bleachers.

  we did not talk on the way to and on the way from.

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  iwasblind

  Hey there, if you want to stop going insane, look up the scriptures they show and look at them in context, even follow the cross references.

  The scriptures that they are twisting, which are many are a good source to ask your wife - "hey check this out".... "look what I found"...."what do you think this means"...maybe it will start the little doubts.

  We have found with our family when you attack the GB you get nowhere but asking bible questions in a non-confrontational manner gets further.

  Not sure if that helps, I can understand how you feel. My prayers are with you.
  
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  Australian journalists investigating abuse

  by Joel-ABC-730 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  dear members,.

  i am an investigative journalist with the australian public broadcaster, the abc.

  we are currently gathering information from members of the jehovah's witnesses who experienced sexual abuse as children and adolescents in australia.

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  iwasblind

  Hi Joel

  Unfortunately there are thousands (my estimate) of victims that will never speak about this or assign blame to the failure of the WT policies - because they are afraid to be disfellowshipped.
  

  I myself am an active Witness elder in Australia and could not risk being cutoff by the religion, family and friends by appearing on camera to talk about their policies that protect predators (that I don't agree with). When I am free from this cult, I would happily talk but it is a long journey out of here.
  

  I have a relative and good friend that have been abused within the congregation, and even though I gently try to ask about whether the elders knew their attacker was a pedophile before their attack - they don't know or want to know.

  The other sad thing is that a huge majority of witnesses who need to see your expose will not even look at the program because it is talking against the "men appointed by Jesus" who put these policies together.

  I have been hoping this would hit Australia - so please please please keep going with it.

  Another story is the human rights violation many on this forum are victims of. The WT claim people are free to leave, they claim that shunning does not happen but there are countless articles that advise parents not to speak to their children who have been disfellowshipped.

  I myself have a relative who avoids me like the plague because I got into a Bible discussion with them and asks questions about scriptures that were contrary to what the WT preaches.

  Many on this forum attend the meetings and are really like hostages held against their will because they don't want to be cut off.

  There are many references to the WT teaching on the forum but here are some interesting articles:

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20150415/disfellowshipping-a-loving-provision/

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/gods-love/disfellowshipped-person/
  
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  What Would Happen if the Watchtower Loses Their TAX EXEMPT STATUS?

  by John Aquila in

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  2. beliefs

  would it really affect them?

  how would it affect volunteers at any construction project since that work would now be taxable.

  any materials they buy would be taxable.

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  iwasblind

  It would affect their property strategy. At the moment because a hall is built by unpaid volunteers the tax laws in the US allows them to buy and sell properties and not pay a scrap of tax. I think it is similar in Australia and UK.

  All of their running costs would still be an expense, but I believe a lot of their expenditure is capital - and we all know they donate nothing to help poor countries - so they would lose some money for sure.

  Then all of a sudden we will be meeting back in homes, no need for Kingdom Halls as we would be under attack.