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  How Did You Discover This Site?

  by minimus in

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  i’ve been here a long time.

  i saw this site jwd/jwn.

  i thought it was very lively and interesting.

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  VIII

  I started looking at Google in the late 1990s using JW terms. I found H20 and some other sites I can't remember. I lurked here for a long time before registering. I can't remember my previous name. Been on since 2001! I tried to get various relatives to open their eyes and gave up when they asked if it was an Apostate site...
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  The JWs are being a topic on a gun forum

  by greenhornet in

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  https://www.northwestfirearms.com/threads/odd-letter-in-the-mail.331854/.

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  I went to that forum and read their comments-pretty insightful. Most knew of or had interaction with JWs. I don't think the letter-writing campaign is going to get any new bible studies. Most seem more annoyed that their personal information is out there for any weirdo to get so easily...
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  Letter writing question

  by carla in

  1. watchtower
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  so the jw's are no longer goind d2d but instead are writing letters- my question is what return address are they putting on the letters?

  their own or the kh?

  the kh's in our area have no mailbox and therefore no mail can be delivered or returned to a kh.. thanks in advance!.

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  I was inadvertently copied on one of their letters by a relative. She uses her maiden name initials as her name and uses a PO box as her address. It took me a while to determine who this person was in the letter. The letter itself was a weird witnessing with lots of scriptures. Ends with how the world is ending and they have a chance to live forever on Paradise Earth! See your dead relatives!

  I actually got, in my regular mailbox, a similar letter from some whacko. No name, no religion referenced. Just weird ramblings about God, etc. Threw it in the garbage.

  The relative tells me, every time I call her, about her "Witnessing by letter" and how effective it is and how many new JWs there are as a result. I grunt and say "Yes, I'm sure.." as I put the phone on mute and laugh!
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  Coronavirus Positive

  by snare&racket in

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  hey all,.

  i'm day six of isolation, confirmed to have coronavirus.

  i have been seeing very sick cv positive patients over the last month in my a&e role (emergency physician) it was inevitable i would contract it.. just wanted to give some symptom and treatment advice, it's anecdotal but may help.. started as sore throat and headache, then croaky voice, then dry cough, then episodic transient fevers, all this over the first few days.

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  VIII

  Dear Snare&Racket, really hope you are recovering and can give us all some positive news on your situation!
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  2020--04--07 Inbox Disaster relief Committee--Zone 3!

  by Atlantis in

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  2020-04-07 inbox disaster relief committee zone 3.. https://docdro.id/k2wq1zj.

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  petra!.

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  VIII

  I literally just got this PDF from my Mom; she BCCd me on an email she sent the local Elder to prove that she is following the Society guidelines on what to do...

  This is CRAZY!! I speak to her daily (she’s 800 miles away and speaks to me even though I’ve faded years ago) and she sounds like she understands what’s going on; then I get this and realize she’s completely brainwashed and won’t do a thing unless the WTBTS approves it. 🤮
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  is this real? Wife got an email from here group elder about daily check in's

  by goingthruthemotions in

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  so this elder is super brainwashed, as is his wife.

  she actually made a comment that she wished antmo 3 was her dad and that he is so cool.

  oh my god, i threw up in my mouth.

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  My PIMI Mom gets the daily calls from a local Elder. It is under the guise of checking on her health. I call her daily also, so I know that they are watching her closely. She is convinced this is the start of the Great Tribulation and Armageddon is right around the corner.

  They're completely NUTZ! But, those daily calls are really getting to her. She sounds more and more unstable. She’s 81 and is losing her mind with the social distancing. Those calls from her cult members are reinforcing her Armageddon dream.
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  My ExElder Best Friend Has Coronavirus

  by minimus in

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  this has been a horrible month.

  my best friend’s wife just called to tell me that my friend had to be hospitalized due to severe coronavirus complications.

  he has severe pneumonia, is put on a ventilator and is in a coma .

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  Very sorry to hear this Minimus. I really hope that your friends recover.

  Please let keep us updated.
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  If "Zoom" is All They Have Now.....

  by 1234 in

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  think of the possibilities, if this technology is all they have to stay in touch with their minions think of the wonderful possibilities..... 1. think of what just one molotov cocktail or flame thrower could do to their broadcasting room and the "world wide work.

  2. or better yet if "v" (for vendetta) hacked into their broadcasting system...and told them the real truth.

  3. just one rogue bethelite could have all kinds of fun..... i can dream can't i.....

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  My family is convinced it's the GT. Sent me some ridiculous emails telling me that. Also, all the links to sign in so I could listen to the meetings by ZOOM.

  They are calling them every day to verify that they will sign-on for the digital meetings. My Mom is getting daily phone calls.
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  Happy 20th Birthday to JWD / JWN

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  as sgt pepper sang, "it was 20 years ago today" ... that i made my first post on my first forum.. i obviously didn't put too much thought into what it should say although i must have burned 45 posts testing things and was too lazy to reset the counter before going live (?):.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/46/welcome.

  but somehow, it worked and grew and here we all are, 20 years on.

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  VIII

  Thanks, Simon!

  I was way out but always hoping that there was a community of Ex-JWs. I found the site and always read it and contribute. I was on here way back and came back on so many years ago when trying to get my family to see TTATT. I gave up and they are all still in. I come here to realize I'm not alone and they are still in a cult and I'm not losing my mind when dealing with them.

  This is absolutely the best site.

  Thank you, Simon and Ang. You both deserve kudos!
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  venting: My wife is the most dangerous kind of JW

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i need to vent again here.

  because i have no one else to talk with and no one who really understands except for the people here.

  my wife is the most dangerous kind of jw.

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  VIII

  When someone is in a cult and brainwashed it is hard to reason with them. My whole family is in and I deal with this almost daily when I speak to my 80-YO Mother. She is the picture of Stepford JW woman. She recites the bible verses, the mags, the books, and other propaganda; I know the stuff by heart.

  She also drove off my father because she was looking for a better model to take into Paradise after Armageddon (1975). Unfortunately, for her, the Big A never occurred and she was left alone. She has countless female friends just like her. There is something in that KH water...

  If you want to stay married use the "Subjection" card. Even my Mom was biting her tongue when Dad told her to do something and he said "I'm the man and in charge, the Bible says so..."

  If you don't, well, you have so many avenues to have her kick you to the curb as an Apostate.

  The tough part is a JW will bring up "This System" and how bad the world is to try to suck you back in. I just grunt and say I have to use the bathroom and get off the phone.

  Good luck.