Posts by Awakened at Gilead

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You know they have to have a cover story...

by changeling in

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for the meeting change.

they can't just say:" that extra meeitng sucks", or" nobody really wants to have the bs in their house", or "we want to keep a closer watch on you guys".

so, what reason will they give?.

Awakened at Gilead

How about fewer meetings mean that more congregations can share the same KH. Then they don't have to build so many.

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Is the WT banning vasectomies?

by B_Deserter in

i talked to a dub friend of mine who said they had a new "it's a personal choice, but jehovah will kill you if you do it" article about vasectomies.

basically, the reasoning is supposedly that since jehovah gave us our reproductive organs, tampering with them is wrong if not medically necessary.

Nothing but the Blood - Chapter 8 (Final)

by daniel-p in

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[this is the true story of my life.

i'm posting it in installments.

the final installment will include post-script-type thoughts, with acknowledgements to those who've helped me along these last two years, as well as those who've been an inspiration.

Awakened at Gilead

You can say final but I'm still waiting for Ch. 9...

Nice to read about you and Angela...

You definitely have an art at writing.

I cannot live with a split in my mind.

Me either.

A@G

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i'm a jw in good standing.i was born a jw.my dad was an elder for about 15 years but he stoped going to the hall about 3 years ago.but i have doubts about the org.basically i don't think that we are living in the end,i don't think the earth will ever be a paradise.it really don't seem logical to me.anyway i feel like i'm having an inner fight between what i was raised to be and what i now believe.the only reason why i still go to the meeting is because of my mom and husband.i came here because i think that everyone here can help me.

Awakened at Gilead

Welcome ISO,

I was raised a JW too, and even made it to Gilead... but you're much smarter than me.. It took me going to Gilead to realize what you've realized.

I agree, there is no basis for teaching about the last days or about a paradise earth. (Just look up the word paradise in the insight book, and it appears 4 times in the NWT. 3 times it refers to heaven, and the 4th is Lu23:43, where now supposedly it applies to the earth. Howzat? If all the other paradisaical references are celestial, how can this one be earthly? An arbitrary doctrine.)

There's plenty more to say. Keep on reading.... JWD will help to clean your mind...

A@G

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RE-CONFIRMED So- Name suggestions for Book Study amalgamated with the TMS

by outofthebox in

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there is no doubt about it folks.

the book study and the tms will be one meeting.

i talked today with the po and he was surprised and later upset i knew about it.

Awakened at Gilead

TBS = Theocratic Brainwashing School

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Introducing: "Switch" (aka MrsLink)

by Switch in

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hey gang.

i'm missinglink's wife.. .

Awakened at Gilead

Hi Switch,

Welcome to the board. I'm newly out too, so I am going through a range of feelings too. My family thinks I am going insane. I know I've just woken up to the lies I've been told and its hard.

A@G

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Caption This Cartoon!

by sacolton in

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insert your own important announcement .... .

Awakened at Gilead

"We're inviting some 30 year olds onto the GB so the end won't seem so near"

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Need your support now more than ever

by tooktheredpill in

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hello guys!.

as you know, my wife woke up about a month and a half ago.

recently, by "mistake", we talked with her mother, (a hard-core believer) some details that we shouldn't at this moment.

Awakened at Gilead

Hi TTRP,

Sorry to hear about the inquisition you seem to be suffering. I just woke up recently and spoke to 2 elders about it (2 weeks ago), telling them I no longer wanted to be a JW. They didn't do anything yet, although I thought they would form a JC since I told them that I thought 'the WTS teachings were rubbish created by the magicians in Brooklyn'.

It's a shame people are so controled by this so that they rat out their own children and then won't talk to you again. I've been asked by my wife and the elders, "so you don't love Jehovah anymore", to which I've responded, that I have nothing against God, only against the WTS.

Hang in there.

A@G

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How do I get over my Family treating me Like an Outcast

by moonpie in

hello, i've been disfellowshipped for almost six years and it's still hard not being able to communicate with them.

i talk to my mom once a week, but my dad won't pick up the phone to talk to me.

i have 3 brothers and 6 sisters.

Awakened at Gilead

Moonpie,

Welcome to the board. I am a new member too, and have found some relief from my conflicting emotions by reading and posting.

I am not disfellowshipped, but no longer consider myself a witness. Once I took that decision, I told my parents about it. My mother told me that she would never stop talking to me even if I am officially DfD or DA'd. But it helps to know that there are many people who leave JW's every day. Getting in touch with other xJWs helps you to see that you are not alone.

It's really unfortunate that the society maintains this policy so that families are so torn apart.

A@G

PS.. I'm sending you a PM. Check your inbox.

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How do I get over my Family treating me Like an Outcast

by moonpie in

hello, i've been disfellowshipped for almost six years and it's still hard not being able to communicate with them.

i talk to my mom once a week, but my dad won't pick up the phone to talk to me.

i have 3 brothers and 6 sisters.