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  Did you feel contempt for Non Witnesses

  by Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the other day i went to this farm owned by this jw lady with my wife being a jw and my mother being a non witness.

  later taking to my mother she noticed this vibe like this jw lady really hated her.

  she just had these little slags like when we tried to pay for the fruit we picked , she looked directly at my wife and said " don't worry about it, i only charge wordly people ".. i also have this aunt who is a jw we are estranged from.

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  I never felt I was better than the Worldly family or friends. I envied them their freedom and ability to do what they wanted when they wanted. And, like a couple of posters above, I hated being a JW and wanted out so bad...I could see the hypocrisy and phoniness in them and realized that the worst Worldly friend I had was better than the best JW-who shunned me immediately when I drifted off.

  As for family-our immediate family was JWs. Then some aunts and uncles joined. Some grandparents didn't. They were ignored and we never got to know them. Same with the other aunts and uncles who didn't. At the same time, my great-grandfather on one side was in and his wife wasn't so she was shunned. Hard. Really hard to look back on that and remember Grandma Isabell just sitting by herself at every family gathering and no one would talk to her. No one. And these were fine, loving Christian JW.
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  November WT study article

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in one of the study articles from the november 2020 edition, is mentioned (free quotation):.

  "don"t get disturbed if your kingdom hall will be sold".

  food on the right time, i asume?.

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  I know my Mom is not missing going to the KH at all. She loves sitting at home doing the Zoom meetings and she really loves not having to come up with excuses for not going out in FS. If they sell off the KH in her area (unlikely, but possible) she won't miss it.
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  How Did You Discover This Site?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

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

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  VIII

  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
  2. beliefs

  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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  VIII

  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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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  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  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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  VIII

  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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.