Some of those offerings are hysterical!
The ex-JW coffee cups had me on the floor!
Posts by VIII
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21Check out the JW tchotchkes on Etsy
by exjwlemming ini'm interested in seeing what jw trinket on etsy is the most appalling to the exjw community.
go to www.etsy.com and just search jw.
just when i thought that i found the most disturbing item, another comes along to top it.
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Has Cart preaching over taken door to door?
by blownaway ini have not had a jw at my door [don't get me wrong this is great] for a few years.
is cart preaching the why its all done today?
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VIII
I went to the county courthouse a few months ago and there were three JWs sitting with a magazine rack. They looked ridiculous and no one stopped to ask them for a pamphlet. I just giggled as I went by.
I've had two home visits by the same group come to my home in the last 6 months. I am sure my Mother has called and told the locals where I live and I need Spiritual Guidance. Luckily I have a Ring Doorbell and can watch them stand and squirm and talk to each other while they know I won't answer. Dummies.
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My family sent me the letters they sent to Russian officials begging them not to ban the JWs. They also sent me emails telling me this was proof of the Great Tribulation. This just feeds into their belief that the end is near and the "System is Ending". Those words get used a lot in conversations...Ugh.
This will make their paranoia worse.
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Puritans, perfectionists, psychopaths, and those who lie to spread THE TRUTH
by TerryWalstrom inpurists aren't above-it-all, although they certainly think they are.. .
do you know why puritans were kicked out of england?.
you'll never get a puritan to respect the foe.. .
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VIII
Very well said.
I have turned off the news. I have turned off the Facebook pages of people who are only posting political rhetoric. I simply will not engage in that.
There is enough to talk about regarding life and the things around us (our families, neighborhoods, recipes, things going on in your life, etc) without trying to convince others that we're "right" about any given issue. Heck, people on Facebook are brutal if you post a recipe that they don't agree with-how are you going to convince them that a particular political or religious theory is the only way?
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"Confessions of a teenage Jesus jerk"
by stuckinarut2 inhas anyone else seen the movie "confessions of a teenage jesus jerk"?.
im still processing it, and trying to work out my thoughts..... i would be interested in others thoughts..
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I just watched it.
The writer did make it seem like the JWs are obsessed with sex. Which, in the realm of sins, they are.
The teenagers getting a copy of Crisis of Conscience was interesting. I don't know what year it came out (can't remember) but, that would have been bold for 17-year olds to read. I doubt I would have tried and I had questions way back before. I wouldn't have bothered.
The Worldly cousin was a little disconcerting.
I was thinking of all the JW stuff that happened growing up (during the same time) and it pretty much mirrored the movie between friends and family. Very weird.
As noted above, you would have to have some understanding of the JW principals to understand what was going on.
And, yes, growing up a JW sucks no matter how you cut it.
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VIII
They are like dogs or coyotes going after the dead. Disgusting.
I get my Mom trying to get me back with the "You know you can read all about the new stuff we're doing on JW.org. It has beautiful videos and all kinds of interesting things."
I've literally hung up on her mid-sentence. She will call back and I'll blame the cell service. I simply cannot stomach the thought of seeing or hearing about this Borg.
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Cults and extreme belief
by Butyoucanneverleave ina&e has a new show this season called cults and extreme belief.
the second episode will air on 5/29 at 9:00 pm and jehovah's witnesses will be featured.
hopefully they do a good job exposing them for what they really are.
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VIII
I looked on their website and they name lots of cults but not the JWs. I hope they show up...The first episode is May 28 and is on the group Nxivm. That is the group that came out in the last few weeks where celebrities and others were held as sex slaves for a nutty guru.
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Cults and extreme belief
by Butyoucanneverleave ina&e has a new show this season called cults and extreme belief.
the second episode will air on 5/29 at 9:00 pm and jehovah's witnesses will be featured.
hopefully they do a good job exposing them for what they really are.
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It's going on my DVR
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My JW Elder Brother Passed Away
by minimus inhe was basically a good man, just a believer in the religion.
when we were both elders we were best of friends and then things deteriorated when i was not an elder for a while.
then after becoming an elder again, i slowly drifted away from the religion and he drifted further away from me.
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VIII
Very sorry for your loss Minimus. Losing a sibling, even one we've drifted apart from is difficult.
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Being a JW kid is hell
by JRK inin therapy, i was told i should write a letter of grievances to each of my parents.
i really do not have any for my mother, except for things that directly relate to being raised as a jehovah's witness.
upon reflection, my childhood was hell because of the religion and its pernicious corruption of a normal childhood.
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VIII
JRK, very sorry for what you went through. Many of us were bullied and beat up in school. The whole no Pledge and no singing...no Birthdays, no Halloween, no Xmas, no holidays kids did back then (60s & 70s). We had recess and gym class and no one wanted me on their team because I was that Loser Jehovah kid who was always put out in the hallway or in the coat room during party time when it was someone's birthday or a holiday.
I was relentlessly picked on by a couple of boys from grade 5 through high school. They lived down the street..
My Mom told me, a girl, to beat them up. Three boys. Umm, yeah, it doesn't work that way against three boys.
My Mother let us down in so many ways so she could put the Cult first. I, too, was molested and she told me to shut up about it because it was a Worldly father of a JW friend and he won't join the Cult if I told anyone. To this day I despise her when she talks about Child Abuse victims and ignored my own pleas to not be put in that situation with my friend.
I literally just got off the phone with her. She invited me to the Memorial. I wanted to tell her to F-off. I hate this Cult with every fiber of my being.
Good luck with your therapy.