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  If They Stopped Shunning Tomorrow?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  imagine that the cult decided to stop shunning family members on the proviso that the dfd person was not actively trying to attack the cult.. (please don't debate whether or not this is likely - it's hypothetical).

  how would you respond to your family?.

  personally i think i would be less than cooperative.

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  hybridous

  Lisa, that is some tremendously powerful perspective....thanks.
  
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  Rutherford's Satanic Lie

  by Icarus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  satan: "you certainly will not die!".

  rutherford: "millions now living will never die!

  "when satan told his lie, adam and eve both died despite his assurances.

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  hybridous

  Notice the sign said 'INVESTIGATE'...
  
  Do, indeed...
  
  Too bad it's no longer their admonition...
  
  
  
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  CAH closing down in upstate NY

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yet another circuit assembly hall is going to be sold off!.

  they've been reducing the amount of congregations assigned to meet there and using the times when it isn't in use to make repairs.

  elders have now been informed that they are selling off the property and buildings and that circuits would be assigned to attend other sites, twice as far, three or four hours away, like montreal.

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  hybridous

  Yup, I remember helping out here when it was being built. I was just a kid.
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  CAH closing down in upstate NY

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yet another circuit assembly hall is going to be sold off!.

  they've been reducing the amount of congregations assigned to meet there and using the times when it isn't in use to make repairs.

  elders have now been informed that they are selling off the property and buildings and that circuits would be assigned to attend other sites, twice as far, three or four hours away, like montreal.

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  hybridous

  Yeah, I'm interested in knowing exactly which one we're talking about...
  
  Potentially big impact on the family...
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  If The Witnesses Try To Get You Back To Jehovah...How Will You Respond!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  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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  hybridous

  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.