Posts by life is to short

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My video recorded apostasy trial is now live

by RayPublisher in

part 3 (which is where the actual meeting begins) is finished.

it took my computer hours and hours to render and upload it!!

anyway, this is what i just posted on my youtube channel:.

Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower SUICIDE . How many JW suicides can you recall?

by Anti-Cult in

how many jw suicides can you recall?.

is it more common than the rest of society?.

i personally know of 5.

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4 right off the top of my head. Thinking about it just now I realized they were all kids of acting elders at the time.

One hung himself off a bridge during morning traffic, so many saw him die. Another one raced his motorcycle in front for a lady driving a minivan, he had been DF'ed at the time and his step mom had told him to never call them again unless he wanted to come back to Jehovah, and the last elders son I do not know how he killed himself but my husband and I were invited to the parents house for dinner after a talk and though their son had been dead for over two years the elder dad broke down crying while we were there, it was horribly sad.

The girl who killed herself had been sexually abused by someone in the hall and it had been swept under the rug. No two wittiness's to the crime and the girl was told just to forget about it and move on, she OD"ed on sleeping pills when she was in her early 20's. The aunt was upset at the girl for killing herself saying that the pedophile said he was sorry what else could he have done. He is still in good standing in the hall.

I am sure there are others but not popping into my head as quick as these. All of them were under the age of 30.

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As a side not I was horribly depressed when I was pioneering and thought about suicide a lot while out in service. We lived in the country and drove a ton just aimlesslyhardly ever talking to anyone. I used to wonder if I slit my wrists while I was sitting in the back seat of my own car as sisters were not allowed to sit in the front if there were brothers in the car group they always had the front seat where I lived. Anyway I digress, I used to wonder if anyone would notice or care for that matter if I bleed out including my husband. I still think they would have been happy to have me die.

Looking back I was horribly depressed and hate being alive, yet I was doing the most important work there is trying to drag others in to this cult, save lives.

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After Armageddon Diary (Many JWs just haven't "thought it through"!!)

by Anne Marie 1925 in

i guess were still in a state of shock.

it seems that there are a lot of us that feel that we had a lot more freedom before armageddon.

world society is not my idea of a paradise at all, and i really think i would rather be dead then to live like this.

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The new show on NBC called Revolution reminds me a lot of what it would be like if JW were right. Not a world I would want to live in.
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I Do Not Think Everyone That is a JW Wastes Their Life

by Magwitch in

my 97 year old grandmother died last week.

she was actually born and raised a jw.

her mother (my great grandmother) was a russelite.

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I am sorry for your loss and am glad she died happy with what she did with her life. At her age to think that it was not the truth would have been horrible, it is good that she died not knowing ttatt.

Again my heart goes out to you at this time.

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...The WBT$ Governing Popes...

by OUTLAW in

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for a while now... i have been calling the wbt$ governing body... the wbt$ governing popes... if you go to google and type in... watchtower governing popes... then go to "images"... this is one of the photo`s that comes up... .

do you think the wbt$ will send me... a thank you note... for making their wbt$ governing popes famous?...

........................ ...outlaw.

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Thanks outlaw. It was the first thing I noticed when I realized the ttatt that it is just like the Catholics. JW's are so hypocritical.

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New JW.org video - using the simplified Watchtower to "teach" children

by cedars in

well, now that the new jw.org website is up and running, the videos keep coming thick and fast.. this latest highly-polished production shows an asian family, evidently living in america (or some other developed country), explaining how the watchtower in simplified english benefits them.. here is the link.... http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/world/video-clip-helping-children/.

the first thing that struck me was the boys playing football together at the beginning.

it seems playing soccer in pairs (as with the ministry!

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To me it was a total take off of the Mormon commercial's that were playing in my area last spring. WOW is all I can say. It also reminded me of Rockcenter's interview of the Mormon's a couple of week ago.

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Update on Candace Conti's Case

by mind blown in

just ran upon this info:.

candace conti beats the watchtower society!submitted by teeny on august 27, 2012 - 9:22 pm .

http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/jw-lawsuits/candace-conti-beats-the-watchtower-society/?fb_action_ids=348543075229733&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366.

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At what age do people 'wake up'?

by Splash in

i was thinking about this question recently after being at the meeting when new pioneers were announced for the 2013 service year.. we have a dozen or so pioneers in the congregation, and most are in their 20's.

some absolutely love the things they are taught and can't wait to spread the good news.. others in the congregation are going through the motions, tired of hearing the same old same old but have no way to change things now.

then there are a couple like me.

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I was 44. It took a child molester moving into the hall to have it finally hit me in the head that this could in no way be the "truth".

Looking back I can now see that I always had some doubts even in my teens but I shelved them, I was a lot like Blondie said that I just kept getting slapped down and kept going back for more slapping thinking it was my fault.

The pedophile moving in finally made me realized that it was not me but a horribly flawed and screwed up religion that was causing my problems.

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Brothers playing sports are so aggressive.

by Kaiser in

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friends

this summer i started to play football(soccer) with "wordly" people.

it s been so nice and relaxing without flashovers.. contrast for playing with witnesses is huge!

here is couple examples of witnesses games from where i live:.

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I knew of one brother who lost his eye sight in one eye because some brother hit him so hard playing baseball. Another bother hurt his leg and was out of work for over three months though he was a strange guy, became an elder after he was baptized for hardly a year as he was a real kiss butt kind of guy, everyone was there at the hospital when he went to the ER after he got hurt playing basketball yet my husband had a heart attack while conducting the school and no one came up to be with me. OH the love of the brothers and sisters. By their love you will know that you have the "truth".

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Update & Moving on with life

by Coffee House Girl in

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friends

hello all, just wanted to update you all on my further steps in the exiting process (a process that may never end in some respects).

to set up a context for my update: my story in a nutshel-.

did a quick fade in the fall of 2009 to start going to university and escape a very unhappy living situation.

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I am so happy for you.

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