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  Leah Remini Redux, Tonight Again in Prime Time

  by Room 215 in

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  remini's program will be shown again tonight in the u.s. at 8:00 pm eastern time on a & e

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  Just wanted to share a link for any that can't get the A&E through their cable provider or live in a country where it isn't offered. This site has some good ideas on how to obtain it to view and they're legit/legal. Most are just create a free seven day trial account on their service and if you would like to continue with said service after the trial period that is up to you.Some even offer the ability to watch shows that have been broadcast in the last 48 or 72 hours as an ability called rewind (or similar).
  Here is the link to check to see if any of these are an option that can work for you.
  https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/11/watch-leah-remini-scientology-jehovahs-witnesses-online/
  
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  After watching A&E Leah Remini on Jehovah Witnesses I am going to stop hiding behind my Avatar

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  just got done watching this program and what impress me the most was the bravery of those x-witnesses to sit there on national tv and tell everyone how the wt.

  cult affected them.

  no hidden faces, no avatar names and no disguise.

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  That has to be so liberating.
  So very happy for the both of you.
  The thing I'm still wondering though after reading that is with the last name "Winner" did you have fun with it growing up?
  Such as every time you lost a game saying something like ,I may have lost but I'm still a "Winner".
  Or flirting with the ladies and saying things like, if you're tired of dating losers,come to me and date a real "Winner".
  Inquiring minds want to know. :)
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  1975—Were You Affected By What 1975 Was Supposed to Bring?

  by minimus in

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  for years , we were told to wait until 1975!.

  the end was coming and we better be ready—or else!.

  were you around during this “momentous “ time??

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  Stay Alive till '75
  I remember it well. I was born in late 1960's so in 1975 I was in second grade of Elementary School and can remember looking around at all my classmates and thinking how sad that their parents won't allow them to hear the "truth" and become a J.W. to save their lives since the End was so imminent. I would get all teary eyed as a kid just thinking about it.
  I knew Matthew chapter 24 like the back of my hand even at that early age, even though it stated that no one knew the day nor the hour, in the preceding verses it did state that you would know the season and even gave the example of the fig tree in verse 32.
  So even then I figured they (the J.W. Org) may be off by a bit but that they knew it had to be close. I recall so many sleepless nights worried about my classmates and neighbors because they either couldn't see the "truth" or refused to follow it. Either way was going to have the same ending with their destruction. It really pains me to this day how much needless anxiety and suffering I experienced all because of listening to and following those jerks and being to young to know better.
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  Reminder:Leah Remini Expose on J.W.'s airs Tuesday Nov.13 on A&E channel.

  by StoneWall in

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  thought i'd post this since the date is almost upon us for those who want to see it as it premieres.hope it turns out really good and that she can help many to see the watchtower for what it really is like she did about the scientologists.here's a link to a small preview of it:https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/leah-remini-scientology-aftermath-jehovah-s-witnesses-special-event-trailer-1153594

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  Thought I'd post this since the date is almost upon us for those who want to see it as it premieres.
  Hope it turns out really good and that she can help many to see the Watchtower for what it really is like she did about the Scientologists.
  Here's a link to a small preview of it:
  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/leah-remini-scientology-aftermath-jehovah-s-witnesses-special-event-trailer-1153594
  
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  Role Call!

  by new boy in

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  how many here have been active here on this site in the the last seven days?.

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  I think there's a lot of us check in on a regular basis(maybe not daily) but we're kind of like Christ's presence according to the WT..... invisible. (I couldn't stop myself, had to do it)
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  It feels really odd

  by Tameria2001 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was searching through the net and i came across something i was not expecting to see.

  i just found out that my cousin passed away at the age of 34, in 2014, and no one even bothered to tell me this news.

  https://www.ashevillemortuaryservices.com/notices/raymond-pringle.

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  Sad to hear of your cousin passing and then to couple that with finding out it has been some years went by would have to be a bit of a shock that none of the family even bothered to let you know.
  Saw that this was in the Asheville,N.C. area.
  I wonder if I worked with some of his family on those 'quick build' KH's back in the 1980's over there. We built two simultaneously over one weekend over there in Asheville way back then.
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  Since freeing myself from Religion I've been trying to free myself from Government as much as possible also

  by StoneWall in

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  i love freedom.

  more than money,vacations material possessions etc.to be free of religion has been such a liberating experience.

  i have to agree with one thing that j.rutherford (second president of the wt) said about religion being a snare and a racket.

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  I love freedom. More than money,vacations material possessions etc.
  To be free of religion has been such a liberating experience. I have to agree with one thing that J.Rutherford (second president of the WT) said about religion being a snare and a racket. Too bad his organization turned out to be one of the worst to ensnare.
  Along those same lines I've noticed a similar feeling with getting away from as much bureaucratic "red tape" as possible. We recently purchased some acreage outside of the Town/City limits out in the open countryside of the county we reside in and being out there has afforded me much time to meditate and contemplate about many things. Just the peacefulness and tranquility made the land well worth what we paid for it.
  Yes we still have the county laws and regulations which we abide by but just being able to get rid of the town/City ordinances (rules/regulations) was so liberating.
  Naturally we bought unrestricted land that had freshwater springs on it so that we had more options for what we wanted to do in the future and not have to worry with HOA's (Home owners association which is more people telling you what to do on your own land)
  My family and I have really enjoyed being out there and can't wait until we are there full-time being that we currently live in our house that is close to the city limits.
  Anyways have any of you been pursuing ways to lessen the grip that governments have on you or maybe even going off grid as much as possible?
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  Jehovah's Witness woman killed on the way to convention

  by StoneWall in

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  just saw this news story that was shared by one of my family on facebook.sad that she lost her life to an attempted car jacking.https://abc7chicago.com/3773297/.

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  Just saw this news story that was shared by one of my family on Facebook.
  Sad that she lost her life to an attempted car jacking.
  https://abc7chicago.com/3773297/
  
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  A great article! Highly recommended!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. experiences

  im not sure if anyone has posted this before?

  (sorry if so).

  http://exitwatchtower.weebly.com/.

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  That was a very interesting read.
  So many parts in it that I could relate to and sure many others can as well.
  The emotion that was conveyed as he went step by step through his process of discovery about the organization and even learning about himself was so raw and realistic.
  I was only going to read a couple paragraphs and save for later but after getting into it I didn't stop until it was finished.
  Very well written and articulated. I will have to give this two thumbs up as the saying goes and recommend to others. Thanks for the link to it.
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  Something that really ticked me off about seeing the video of New Head Quarters of J.W.s (Warwick)

  by StoneWall in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was a jw it was always emphasized that we should trust in jehovah completely.

  jah will protect his people do not trust in man, throw your burdens upon jehovah etc.ok now if that's true wouldn't it mean that if jehovah was going to protect anywhere it should be his world head quarters right?.

  we were told to not trust in ourselves (such as guns,walls for defense and protection) but to leave it in jehovah's hands and he would provide a means for escape etc.so as i'm watching some pro-wt vid's about the facilities in warwick i noticed something they didn't show on them or focus on and only reason i know about it was because of the w5 newscast as well as the vids the protesters shared.they conveniently leave out the parts of them putting walls/fences and gates as well as a "guard shack" at entrance instead of relying on jehovah to protect them.the guard house even has a "no trespassing" sign in the window.

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  Drearyweather,
  I'm not sure where you're from but I was born and raised in the southeast USA and none of the churches (including Kingdom Halls) around here in my area (rural) have walls,fences or gates. I haven't been to a K.H. in over 10 years so maybe they've since built some walls around them. But all three of the congregations I had attended in my lifetime even had windows in them. It was much more welcoming than being like a compound surrounded by walls and gates without windows.
  Today when I look at some of the videos posted about K.H. crashes it appears most of them are now without windows and have gates. Maybe that's just in the large urban areas but none of the three Halls I attended ever had a gate.
  And it was not just one Elder but many brothers would incorporate in their parts about trusting in Jehovah for protection and would reference bible stories such as Rahab and the walls of Jericho and how Jah caused even those strong walls to come tumbling down and that those walls couldn't protect the inhabitants from God.
  Then they would follow that up with something along the lines of "now brothers would we want to put our faith and trust in man made walls or in Jehovah."
  Anyways that was my experience in this area growing up a J.W. your experience may be different I guess depending on where you grew up and how old you are. I'm over 50 and had to deal also with the 1975 fiasco, whereas a lot of the newer/younger J.W.'s never even got to hear or understand what all was said from the platform at Kingdom Halls and conventions that never made it into any WT publication to be cited.