Posts by LostGeneration

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Why Do You No Longer Believe in God?

by Tenacious in

i know this question has popped up from time to time but i really would like to know how you guys, those that no longer believe, came to that conclusion?

was it the wts and all its crap?

was it something you read?

LostGeneration

Already been said, but which God?

If you are referring to Jesus/Christian God/YHWH, I'm not down with his methods. Jesus himself threatens to burn me forever if I don't follow him, not cool.

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Never had a crazy JW-related dream until today

by onightdivine in

in my dream a while ago, the wt had already started "encouraging" everyone to contribute 30. either it meant at least 30 hours of "preaching" or 30% tithe.

the next scene is when we all stood up for the opening song at the kh, and lo and behold - the opening lyrics went on like (this is vague but you'll understand the context anyway):.

what a privilege it is to serve the kingdom.

LostGeneration

I've had dreams of simple being in attendance at a meeting or a convention.

Scary shit!

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Scale of 1 to 10. How did/do you rate the meetings!

by Truthexplorer in

1. boring as s***e 2. extremely boring 3. boring as hell 4. boring.

5. slightly boring 6. not bad.

7. fair.

As a fully indoctrinated JW, I'd say most were a 4 or so. I would usually plop into the chair and veg. Sucked when I became an MS and an elder, they I had to fukkin pay attention a little more, or of course be ready to indoctrinate the troops for a spell.

Once you wake up, there is burning anger having to sit there. Then it just goes to level 0 until you make your escape forever.

All praise to the FSM for my FREEDOM from that garbage!

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How Cultish are the JW's?

by xjwsrock in

first off, i certainly agree the jw's are a cult.

but i'm sensitive to black-and-white thinking now.. so, where do they rank on the scale?

think of a cultish religion scale from 0-10.. consider the likes of unitarian universalism vs baptist vs amish vs charles manson.. where do you think jw's fall on the scale?.

LostGeneration

Jim Jones, David Koresh, Heavens Gate 10

FLDS 9.5

Scientology 9.0

JW 8.5

Mormons 7.5

I'd say its hard to get into the "super cult zone" unless you really get people isolated from the rest of society, but JWs do a damn good job of it.

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October 14, 2015 BOE

by wifibandit in

october 14, 2015 .

re: signs announcing meeting times .

https://infotomb.com//38v6n.

LostGeneration

Midweek meeting and Weekend meeting??

Wow, the brain trust up there in Brooklyn keeps on inspiring!

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Hubby has been doing research on the internet!!!!

by atacrossroads in

jw
friends

my husband was recently subjected to an intervention by his parents.

i am apparently a danger to his spirituality.

after i stopped attending meetings and went apostate hubby decided to resign as a ms to spend more time with me.

LostGeneration

Sounds like a good dude!

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INSPIRED ERROR: new phrase among JW CO

by wannaexit in

jw
friends

there is no end to their madness.

the co gave a talk on inspired error.

i have never heard of it.

LostGeneration

More language manipulation.

I remember when I was on the way out the pioneer meeting had a theme of "Reject Worldly Fantasies, Pursue Kingdom Realities." So what you can see, hear, feel, touch and see out there is all fantasy. What is invisible in the heavens and will never, ever come to the earth is reality. Idiots.

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Asking For More Money Again

by rosesinbloom in

we had another letter read this week from the 'slave' that asked for more money again.. it asked for a resolution to be passed by all congregations in support of the circuit overseer to pay their expenses and medical expense was included in there.. a resolution was put on the floor and voted upon and agreed by show of hands that our congregation would send over $2,000 for the year 2016.. the society broke it down to how much it would be per year for each publisher but i do not remember what they suggested.. i was glad i was listening in and not present this week because it would have been obvious i did not support the resolution because my hand would not have been up when the attendance took a count.. has anyone here also had the letter read at their service meeting this week?.

LostGeneration

They've done that for years, but I do wonder if the suggested donation has increased from last year?

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PSS... what's up?

by onightdivine in

more humblebragging seen via instagram and facebook lately from people coming home from pss.. using hashtags for the usual "feeling blessed", "what a great privilege", etc., while pictured in some nice tailored dresses that are quite ostentatious actually.. anyway, what do they teach at pss these days?

just curious..

LostGeneration

I usually know every JW abbreviation in the book, but what is PSS?!?!?!?!

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Jws are judgmental

by Ghiagirl in

its funny how different i look at things now.

i look back at myself when i was going to meetings and remember being so judgmental.

maybe it was just me but peoples views and opinions really rubbed off on me.

LostGeneration

Judgement is the hammer they use in that religion to control everyone. Some kid gets a weird haircut or a young lady has a short skirt on and next thing you know the other parents pull their kids away because of "bad association". A man takes on extra work to feed his family and misses meetings, next thing you know his family doesn't get invites to social events.

Add to that everyone is a narc, any trouble at all that crosses the millions of lines that are drawn by leadership and an elder is called, backroom questioning ensues. Its a sick, sick culture to be a part of.