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  Time To Vent Part 2: So I've Been Studying With My Wife...

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  ...for the past month or so, and i've been showing my wife little by little why i am no longer "living" as a witness.

  so far...she has been very receptive, understanding my points, and hasnt been giving me any trouble.

  i think she's really getting it, but then today comes.... she says "i see all the flaws of this religion and i respect your feelings, but this is the best way that i want to worship".

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  So Everything Was Going Good Until...

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  i drew a blank on a particular question.

  i basically had a talk with my parents over the weekend.

  they've been jw's since the 50's and pops been an elder since 83. so i knew it was gonna be hard, but i basically told them to their face that i am no longer going to be a jw and gave a few reasons why.

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  Emailed Talk From Governing Body Member Last Weekend

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  what's good a-ebody??

  just thought i'd share this email with yall real quick.

  it still amazes me that i was a jehovah's witness for 27 years and never thought twice about these types of talks other than i need to make sure my act is together when the end comes, and now i can't even read/hear it without getting mad.

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  A Hypocritical Witness Story

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  so i have this girl i've grown up with right.

  she's about 4 years younger than me and always had a crush on me in our teenage years, but i never dated her cause i looked at her like my lil sister or cousin.

  i get married in 2006, and she doesnt come because she was too hurt to see me make that step and it not involve her...because of this we lost touch for a while.

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  Confusion

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  okay so i'm very very very close to presenting all my evidence for why i no longer want to be a jw to my parents and my wife.

  we will be together just the 4 of us during the christmas season as we have that time off.

  i've gathered enough information in the past 12/13 months to do this, 607/1914, birthdays, faithful & discreet slave, cult mind control/fear, false prophecies, preaching, etc.. but one thing i am still unsure of or have trouble understanding/explaining is the true answer to some things in revelation.. i know many chrisitans believe they are going to heaven, but in my "deprogramming stages" i cant figure out:.

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  Today's (10-18-09) Watchtower Study. More Lies...

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  well, today is another interesting day.

  as some of you all know...i have been trying to make my exit out of the cult but my wife has been giving me some probs along the way.

  today as usual i dont go to the meeting, i go on with my day as normal, wash clothes, cook breakfast, and so on.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses Exposed Video

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  how do yall feel about this video?

  i'm sure it's been posted before...but i really enjoyed it, would love to share with some of my family (some day).

  what are yall thoughts on it??.

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  JW's Defend 607 BCE Teaching!

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  my father (who's an elder) just sent me this link...and i'd like to get yall opinions on it before i call him back:.

  apostates and other opposers argue that jerusalem was not destroyed in 607 bce, but in 587 bce, and provide what they claim is archaeological evidence to support this.

  if 607 bce is wrong, then the seven times prophecy ending in 1914 ce would be wrong also.. .

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  Circuit Assembly This Past Weekend "Safeguard Your Spirituality" -Everyone Please Enter-

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  so we had our circuit assembly this past weekend, and it was the first one in my life that i told my wife i would not be attending.

  we had a brief conversation on why, and she said well just go to this last one with me, and then when we can discuss what we learn and compare it to why you've been expressing your "new" feelings towards the wts.. i love my wife, and as much as i thought i was gonna hate it i decided to go.

  now that i no longer want to be a jehovah's witness it really didnt bother me that nobody hardly talked to me despite me living in this same area for 4 1/2 years, everybody views me as spiritually weak because i dont go out in service, rarely attend meetings, dont comment, lesson is never underlined, so the "friends" never interact with me anyway and i'm use to it, actually that's the way i prefer it.

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  Time To Vent Part 1

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  nother thing that's gonna be hard for me during my fade.

  is all the stupid rules.

  things i never questioned, but now that i'm more knowledgable about this cult, i hate on these non bible based rules.. they use the nice word "principles" but we all know what they really mean.

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