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  If The Witnesses Try To Get You Back To Jehovah...How Will You Respond!

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i am most curious.

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  hybridous

  My response is, and has been...:
  
  'I don't qualify to be a Jehovah's Witness.'
  
  The terms for being a JW include acceptance and propagation of the full range of teachings of the WT society, as they are handed down to the witnesses. If you don't accept each and every last point of every doctrine, no matter how peripheral and arcane, you might as well not accept ANY.
  
  Those are the terms of membership, as set by their leadership. I had no say in it. So when I explain it to family or witness 'friends', I frame it as something 'they' did.
  
  I asked my mother if she preferred that I profess something I didn't believe. I asked what was the value in fooling men...when I couldn't fool Jehovah?
  
  I got silence. They are just people schooled in the art of not thinking.
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  DC2015 New Release: Brochure "Return to Jehovah" for those who faded/left

  by Designer Stubble in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it appears that a new 16-page brochure, with the title "return to jehovah" is to be released at the regional convention (dc) this year.

  it would be written specifically for those faded or da/df.chapters are:a letter from the governing body1.

  the lost one i will search for2.

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  I'm surprised that the WT would even address the subject at all.

  To me, it seems a sub-optimal course of action to even bring ex-JWs up as a topic of discussion. I figured that WT is most comfortable treating us as dead, and hoping that the faithful inside, think of US as little as possible....
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  Human Intelligence - The Flynn Effect

  by hybridous in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for a long time, i've batted with feelings of resentment toward my jw parents for inflicting a difficult jw childhood on me.

  endless meetings, field service, conventions...these all serve someone's interest, but not a little kid's.

  i pined and pined to have a 'normal' life pursuing my own interests and developing my own skills and mind.

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  hybridous

  For a long time, I've batted with feelings of resentment toward my JW parents for inflicting a difficult JW childhood on me.
  
  Endless meetings, Field Service, Conventions...these all serve someone's interest, but not a little kid's. I pined and pined to have a 'normal' life pursuing my own interests and developing my own skills and mind. Sadly, I did not get to do that until I departed from the influence of my parents and their paradigm. I did so, feeling very much behind the curve in many areas: socially, intellectually...and naturally blamed my parents for what their choices cost me.
  
  So I took much relief in the interview here, where Dr. Flynn suggests that, concerning the intellect, things are not necessarily set in stone; that people may, with diligence, largely overcome deficiencies from a less-than-ideal childhood.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ0W5Efp8N0
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  Living in the era of "Generation Me"

  by campaign of hate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this really got to me today at the wt study.. i am not ashamed to admit, i am part of that "generation".. you get one role of the dice in this life, you got to take what you can now, in order to have a good quality life later.. i agree, we need to help and show love to our fellow man.

  but, not when this becomes the priority above our own needs, wants and aspirations.. welcome to "generation me" wt, this is my time.. peace out..

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  Great comments. The great JW lie is that if you trade this life in to do what they wish, you'll get it back (& more) later.
  
  Unfortunately, there's nobody around to answer for it when you find out it's not true.
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  Born In JWs: Were You Abused According to the CDC?

  by ABibleStudent in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  child abuse in the usa.

  child abuse is the physical, sexual or emotional maltreatment or neglect of a child or children.

  in the united states, the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) and the department for children and families (dcf) define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child.

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  hybridous

  Born in...Abused? Yes, absolutely.

  Physically,

  Psychologically,

  And I suspect, sexually, though this had nothing to do with the JW upbringing.
  
  And when I think about it, I can get mad...but then, I had friends who suffered more grievous abuses than I did, and they were not JWs...
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  I love my life, I don't want to die

  by losingit in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello everyone..... i've been thinking a lot lately, when i have a chance to be alone my mind immediately comes to the topic at hand-- i don't want to die.

  what would happen to my precious little girls?

  but i'm so scared that it's going to happen.

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  hybridous

  Once I was past the notion that I would 'Live Forever', I embraced the role of Fatherhood.
  
  Since what the JWs taught/imposed upon me was demonstrably false, I sought another, concrete meaning for my life.

  I am hung upon the idea that the role as parent renders you immortal, as the effects for your choices will echo in the world far after you are gone.
  
  There's no need to be afraid of losing life, since your kid(s) will live past you. There's no need FEAR anything, there's only what others have convinced you to be afraid for - most likely to validate their OWN feelings.
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  Can you choose what you believe?

  by noonehome in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i hear it all the time.. people who decide it isn't the truth and leave are said to deep down know they're leaving the truth, choosing instead whatever ideology suits their imperfect desires.

  in the new dvd the little kid asks why people believe in evolution and the dad basically says people believe whatever they want.

  the actual issue is never actually addresed though: "did life evolve?

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  For a person committed to reason and rational thinking, I don't see how there's a choice about what to believe...
  
  It may be a delightful notion to suppose that the moon is made of delicious candy, but since plenty of evidence says it's not, what good is a 'belief' that evidence refutes?
  
  I simply can't believe that the moon is made of candy, I can't believe that 2 plus 2 is 5, and I can't believe the claims of the JW religion regarding their exclusive link to the Divine.
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  one reason for the dumbing down of the org

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a lot of us have said that theres been a dumbing down in jw land.

  its just not like it used to be especially a few decades ago.

  it seems to me that if jw are right and the end of the world is near, the spiritual food should get tastier and more nourishing as time goes on, but it's getting more and more bland and less nourishing.

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  hybridous

  Quote: 'There are very likely plenty of intelligent individuals in the organization who - for their own reasons - are selectively "lazy" in their neglect of reasoning.'

  Good comment. What they're not accounting for is the fact that such selective 'laziness' carries its own weighty and formidable burden. And even if they percieve it, the hope is that the Kingdom arrives before they give out. Such an insufferable prison...
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  Obama Speaks as The Great Whore

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  obama speaks at us war cemetery on d-day landings anniversary.

  "united states of america is and will remain the greatest force for freedom the world has ever known.".

  on may 28, obama delivered a commencement address to the us armys newest officers at west point, where he argued america would remain an empire forever.. .

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  hybridous

  Maybe these 'prophesies' are merely geopolitical extrapolations from ages past? Is that what you're getting at, scotoma?
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  How old were you when you left the Watchtower - SURVEY

  by usualusername in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i believe that the older you are the harder it is to leave the watchtower.. .

  i am attempting to get a list of ages people learnt the "truth" and what age they left.. .

  uun.

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  hybridous

  Born in and quit at 17. Never baptised, but more-or-less, made an official and deliberate exit.
  
  Spent a decade trying to just 'get over' the abusive childhood. Things didn't improve for me until I went to therapy/counseling. It made a world of difference for me, and I strongly recommend it for exiting JWs.