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  We are switching halls...

  by cognac in

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  i think that means that we are going to go to even less meetings and just generally have less to do with the jws because the hall we are at now is where all his friends are... unless somebody tries to take him under his wing and screws everything up.... btw, this was his idea.

  thoughts?.

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  Go to a KH in Rhode Island.

  There is a bunch of "barely" Witnesses in that state.
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  Give Your Advice To Anyone Planning To Fade

  by minimus in

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  list some thoughts and suggestions for anyone thinking about fading from the organization..

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  Here is how my fade worked perfectly.

  I just stopped going. When they called for my time,I said,"I have none",

  When the elders came to visit, I just said I have been busy and would try to adjust my schedule. Haven't been back since.

  My feeling was that I lived 30+ years trying to please this man-made organization and now I was going to man up and just be done with it. If you know the rules it is pretty easy to play the game.

  I absolutely would have Da'd if my believing wife did not ask me not to.

  At least now all my Witless relatives will still talk to me.

  I know it is different for everyone, and only time before I am DF'd, but it's kind of fun being openly "apostate" and getting away with it.

  I would not recommend this to anyone as I have a unique circumstance that allows this to be the case.
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  My Boyfriend's not a Witness...

  by Hikaru in

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  2. relationships

  alright, with my last post it should be obvious i'm in conflict...if it's not, then yeah.. my boyfriend is not a witness.

  he understands that witnesses can't marry or date non witnesses.

  but i guess could say we've been stalling...looking for a solution a gray area to that black and white situation...but with time getting as it is...stalling doesn't work anymore.

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  Re: My Boyfriend's not a Witness...

  But I heard oompa's was!
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  The toll on women..

  by freedomisntfree in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  this has probably already been discussed to some degree on here.

  but i think its probably a commonly noticed thing that jehovahs witness women and becoming more and more unstable mentally and physically as a whole.

  they seem to suffer from a bizzarely high percentage of scent sensitivities, chronis fatigue syndrome and the like.are they making it up for attention?

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  Nothing new. I've noticed this since the early 70's.

  Damn! It took me this long to get out?
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  socially...how often do they even talk about da troof??

  by oompa in

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  2. friends

  when i was a dub.....and had such good friends...party friends....vacation friends.....we never even did the morning text, cause we all woke up at different times depending on how much we drank the night before.........we could be on a cruise, at a beach house, or riding board in colorado......and damm....spiritual wt conversation was not in the picture!!........

  so kinda funny that they all shun me now, even though i am not dfd........so if i had them over sociall....should they even come, what are they afraid of?...........i mean back then the bible shit never ever came up anyway............oompa.

  did you guys have friends who were all dubby on vaca/holiday or at parties?

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  When I get annoyed at work, I tell my coworkers I'm sending a Jehovah Witness to their house this weekend.

  It gets a good laugh. Until one actually showed up at a coworkers house on a Saturday.
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  Recorded Judicial Committee Meeting on Youtube You Won't BELIEVE What The Elders Say...

  by Tuesday in

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  it's three parts, not super-long.

  i really can't believe the stuff the elders said in this case.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhgdqgtth98.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy4s1ohs9r4.

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  Not sure why a stranger was allowed in the room, unless a minor was involved (perhaps stepfather).

  If this is real, it was a pointless meeting. While I agree with every argument against the JW's, the Elders did the right thing and recognized this guy was just there to stir the pot and ended it quickly. The Elders handled it by the book (their book).

  As many posters have done, he would have been better off mailing his thesis to every member of the cong.

  Still, something tells me this isn't real. Not with that second person in the room. The guy was definitely a "born-in" though, you can't fake that.
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  new here

  by buggerly in

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  this is my first post.

  i daed 2 years ago.

  i was raised in 'the truth' and was rather rudely awakened by the lack of love.

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  Nice to have you!
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  Was pastor Russell right about ANYTHING?

  by bohm in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey!.

  pastor russell was wrong about a lot of things - one could make a really long list from any 10 random pages from the finished mystery.

  but for fun i want to turn it around, so my question is this:.

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  Alcohol is the best way to deal with things.
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  Roll call - How many here fake being a "good Jehovah's Witness"....like me!

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  there is no truth...i know that.

  to please my mum while she's alive and wife i go to meetings and the 3 day convention coming up.

  i would rather go to the dentist.

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  Faked it for 6 years (Yes, I was a lurker here the whole time)

  Not anymore. When my wife and kids go to all the meetings and I go to NONE.

  They have got the point.
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  just a few questions I don't want to ask directly hell

  by Janey214 in

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  2. friends

  hello - first may i apologise for capital letters my keyboard has gone screwy.

  for the last several months i have been having meetings with two really nice women from the jw organisation.

  i don't want to offend anyone by asking these questions i am simply trying to better understand how the watchtower came about without listening to too much anti stuff.

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  Wow, Great thread! I'm sorry I got here so late.

  I can't help but realize when the "lights went on" for me concerning the JW religion.

  I was researching a public talk concerning prophecy very thoroughly, using secular references. It was then I concluded there was some holes in their beliefs I was no longer willing to accept. What I find so telling are the amount of posters who had similar conclusions after a deep study of the scriptures, whether it be for Gilead, Pioneer School, MS School or personal study, which caused them to alter their views of this religion.

  Keeping with the point of this thread, it is remarkable, though unsurprising, that an average JW is ill equiped for such a disussion with a "bible study". The reality is that if more publishers could answer these questions, serious damage could be done to their faith.

  This being said, If Janey conitinues with this line of questioning, not that it is inappropriate, I can assure you that there will be "red flags" raised concerning where she is getting her information and who she has been communicating with. It is a little disturbing because she is asking questions that should be asked by any JW who is serious about their studies.

  I will abstain from inserting any wise a** coments or negative opinions because I am very much enjoying the analytical thinking some have displayed on this thread and hope that common sense will prevail for certain ones.