Been a long while since I've been around any socially, but yes. I remember it being like I was among an alien civilization there for a while, absolutely intolerable after five minutes.
LostGeneration
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Do you find it hard to be around active JW's now?
by EdenOne ini do - actually, it's become close to unbearable.. and herein lies the paradox: i tried to fade in the illusion that i might keep contact with family and friends still "in".
was it worth it?
because not only most of them shun me anyways, but i find it almost unbearable to be around them, especially when the cult chit chat kicks in: every cute animal video clip triggers endless comments about glimpses of the future paradise and how "god did it"; those greasy praises to the organization and the governing body; the dumb awe about every jw broadcast and those cheesy music videos; the endless drivel against other religions when one knows perfectly well that we're no better than them; the endless flow of "experiences" of field service or spectacular conversions into "the truth"; the relentless congregation gossip; and so on .... i ask myself: is this why i am fading for ...?
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Guardians Of Doctrine (GOD) and the Governing Body
by punkofnice ini don't know if gb member g jackson really meant the gb were 'god', with his 'guardians of doctrine' comment at the arc.
it's nice and conspiracy to think so, i suppose.
i honestly don't know.
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But it would be presumptuous of GJ to say they are the only guardians. Hell, all of us here could also be fellow guardians of doctrine according to GJs testimony before the RC. -
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Guardian of Doctrine Admits 'Doesn't Really Matter If Jehovah is Accurate' say it how you want...
by LostGeneration intough to watch this whole video, the way he talks gets pretty annoying, especially after the rc hearings:.
http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwban_201506_1_video.
go to around 8:20 where he gets into the pronunciation of jehovah.
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LostGeneration
Tough to watch this whole video, the way he talks gets pretty annoying, especially after the RC hearings:
http://tv.jw.org/#video/VODStudio/pub-jwban_201506_1_VIDEO
Go to around 8:20 where he gets into the pronunciation of Jehovah. Admits that accuracy doesn't really matter, what matters is what is popular, well known or well established. (Just don't try doing that when you want to grow a beard, celebrate your birthday, or any other well known thing the bible doesn't say anything about)
Another funny point is at 10:15 where he explains the name Jehovah has a "looooooong history" you know, all the way back to about 1530.
So I will stick to my favorite pronunciation since G-Jack has approved: Jehobo
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What Convinced you to Leave?
by LaurenM ini've been posting here a lot, but these last few weeks have been very difficult for me.
anyways, lately, i've been thinking about confessing everything i've done to the elders and going back, but deep down, i don't really think it's the truth...so my question is, what convinced you it wasn't the truth and that leaving wasn't a horrible decision that everyone in the truth makes it out to be?
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LostGeneration
what convinced you it wasn't the truth and that leaving wasn't a horrible decision that everyone in the truth makes it out to be?
First off, take this sentence and ask if it is really true, the second part.
"Everyone in the truth" says it is horrible, why?
Could be a number of reasons. They fear death. They fear missing out on everlasting life. They fear that they will screw up their life outside of the cult. And finally they fear shunning.
Only one of the four is actually true, the shunning. If you mentally free yourself, and prepare to live a full life outside of the KH walls, the only real obstacle is the shunning.
Almost everything in JW world relies on "thought stopping" techniques, so any claim made is not fully examined as to whether it is true or not.
As to your original question, my investigation of past WT writings revealed that they had never once, EVEN ONCE predicted or prophesied anything at all that would show they were backed by a supernatural entity. Once I realized they had a 100% failure rate when it came to predicting the future, I felt no need to listen to another single thing they uttered.
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LOST - one Slim Boy Fat
by besty inlooks like this:.
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hasn't been seen for over a month.. if anybody sees this man please tell him to come back to jwn immediately and tell us wassup..
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Hebrew Was The First Language
by Bloody Hotdogs! inaccording to the newest watchtower:.
jehovah communicated with adam in the garden of eden, using human language.
god likely did so in an ancient form of hebrew.
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Evidently, the Watchtower and Bible Tract Society has a 140 year record of pulling things out of their fat ass. -
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King of the North Whoohoo!!
by GodZoo inunprecedented show of military cooperation: .
rt witnesses russian-chinese naval drills as russia and china were staging their biggest joint maritime exercises in the history, rt correspondent daniel bushell was aboard the russian flagship to take the action in first hand.
chinese and russian commanders coordinating the drills, which have been dubbed joint sea 2015 ii, described it as anunprecedented show of military cooperation, according to bushell.
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Help me Out Here
by vinman ini've been out about 9 months.
and yes i am still obsessed with anti-watchtower material.
i've been married 23 years.
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LostGeneration
At times I put a time limit on my reading, granted it was a lot of time, if I remember like two hours a day.
But by forcing yourself to stop, you have to fill up the rest of that time with something else. It also makes you take a little time to process/reflect on what you have read. Like I say it was nearly two years for me, so I wouldn't beat yourself up if you are only 9 months in.
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The JW Family
by dubstepped inmaybe this is a bit obtuse, but see if you can follow me here and maybe throw in your own views.
as i see it, the organization as a whole is a family, and like most, it is dysfunctional.
you have the parents in those taking the lead (gb, elders, overseers, etc.
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LostGeneration
I think the root of it all is that they just want everyone to remain a child. No thinking for yourself, do as we say, not as we do. No growing up into a person that can fully function on their own.
Some people in life just like it this way, they don't want to make the hard decisions. They want to be told what to do with a big part of their life, it just makes it easier for them rather than having to go out there and find it on their own.
Frustrating as fuck for the rest of us however.
