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  I Give Up!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  im giving up guys.

  i've reached the end of my patience and now i finally refuse to waste any more time on part-time witnesses.

  i've text all of my active jw family members and told them to delete my number from their phone and never contact me again.

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  iwasblind

  My thoughts are with you. They will swear black and blue that they don't break up families.

  What a load!

  Over a difference of opinion - they are so fear based.

  I hope you can move on and build a life without them.
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  JW Wife not listening

  by rathernotsay in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, looking for some advice with what to do with my jw wife that is simply ignoring my wishes/demands.

  first a little back story, we have been married for 6 years and have 3 children together.

  she is a jw, and i am not (nor do i have any religious beliefs).

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  iwasblind

  Don't get the elders involved, they have no authority.

  I would talk openly about your feelings, stay on neutral ground and make it
  about you and her keep the WT corporation out of it.
  
  Get her trust, when under attack JW's will retreat under their persecution
  syndrome and you become the enemy.

  Do it with love.

  I know it is easier said than done but just my thoughts on that.
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  Missing the Memorial first time in 34 years

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife has left to pick someone else's bible study half an hours drive north of us to bring them to the kh 20 minutes south of us, and pick up two other people on the way.. this is the first memorial in 34 years that i won't be at the kh to "celebrate".. if i want to "remember" jesus christ sacrifice and his command to keep doing so, i'm doing so on my own terms.

  not controlled by a despotic, oligarchical gobo which directs most attending folks to be there but to "skip" the very thing jesus command explicitly mentions to do.

  i'm also convinced that it doesn't have to be exactly on the same lunar month evening as the jewish passover, but that "whenever" it is commemorated by someone, with faith in christ, and belief in his promises it would be best to do it not for show or for the sake of appearances but sincerely out of one's feeling of "communion".. if you are a christian believer are you going to the memorial this year?

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  iwasblind

  We are Christians still. We commune with the Lord whenever we like. We are cringing at the thought of people asking us if we went but will grapple with it as it comes.

  It is funny when you thought for all those years you were following the scriptures but then the awful realisation that the memorial is nothing like the scriptures outline. Infact "The Memorial" as a term is not even in the bible.
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  Marc & Cora on YouTube causing unnecessary divisions

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is it with this pair?

  why do they have to constantly have a bitch about guys like john cedars?

  a very recent video of them shows them calling him a 'village idiot' and making other disparaging claims.

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  iwasblind

  Amen to that. We have left a judgemental organisation, why do we have to judge eachother.

  We should all be able to express ourselves as we wish without being critical. It's Youtube for goodness sakes, if you don't like someone you don't have to watch them.
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  Special Video tie-in this week in Australia? Saturday April1st. A GB Speaker?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been told that there is to be a special talk linked via video hook up all around australia this saturday april 1st?

  a 3 hour program apparently?.

  someone said it was a governing body speaker?.

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  iwasblind

  If anyone acquires a link to the stream please share I would love to listen in.
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  ARC Live Streaming site ?

  by Gayle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is the exact live streaming site for the arc today in sydney?

  i hope someone or more here will be watching and giving info/quips throughout the case.

  also, will someone here or elsewhere be able to 'save' a video of this (all or part).

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  iwasblind

  I will be there with bells on - signed up for the chat too - can't wait

  What channel in the chat will be used
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  "serenity now!"

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just had my annual checkup.

  first time in 10 years my blood presure is normal.

  and i've cut my anti anxiety medicine dosage by 75 percent.

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  iwasblind

  Congrats - isn't life just sweeter without the sh** sandwiches!
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  This site should be called Anti-Jehovahs-Witnesses Cry-babies

  by the-Question in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, you left because of a bad example(s).. why all the whining?

  nothing better to do with your time?.

  you at least know far more about the bible than any church-goer?.

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  iwasblind

  I left because their teachings are incorrect, their bible is totally wrong and basically they are a cult.

  This forum is a wonderful way for people to process, are insults what you learn to do at your meetings? Is that what following Jesus entails?

  I think you are scared of the actual truth.
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  Paul did not belittle women

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i note the recent post that quoted 1 timothy 2:11-12 and colossians 1:23 which place women at a level that is lower to men.

  the poster accused paul of this mysoginy, but that is not correct.. 1 timothy, 2 timothy, titus, colossians, ephesians and hebrews were written after paul's death.. paul was not a mysoginist; he made full use of women in leadership roles.

  he wrote that in god's sight there is neither male nor female, for all are one in god's sight.. doug.

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  iwasblind

  Doug

  Who wrote those book then? I have not researched it but would love any source material.
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  COs are like parrots, can’t handle questions of dynamic nature!

  by anointed1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was a zealous publisher, once i took co for a return visit to learn how he handles difficult questions.

  house holder brought the subject of joshua secretly sending two spies to spy out the city of jericho before its planned conquest, and asked: “wasn’t joshua acting in a human way here?

  why would joshua need to send spies if he was the commander-in-chief appointed by god the almighty?”.

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  iwasblind

  In the SKE school and its predecessor, they basically parrot descriptions and memorize stuff like parrots. I know this as I have had quite a bit to do with it in the last 2 years.

  I had the same response when asking biblical questions of various students.