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  Did This Religion "Screw" You Up & If So--- HOW?

  by minimus in

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  LostGeneration

  Yeah it "screwed" me up but after a while you finally start to look at the flip side.

  I don't think anyone loves Saturday mornings more than ex-Jws. By that I mean whether you go for a jog or bike ride, or sit and sip coffee while you surf the internet, or just sleep in an extra hour, you know you are free. When I was active and did these things, I felt guilty that I wasnt out in service, even to the point where that stupid "bloodguilty" garbage messed with my head. Now, its just a great feeling of freedom, no matter what I decide to do.

  I don't think anyone loves their free Tuesday/Thursday night more than ex-JWs. Just knowing you are free from the most mind-numbing meetings makes those nights so much better than if I had never been a witness.

  Its like that for everything that JWism prohibited, that you can now enjoy without big brother looking over your shoulder.
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  My brother is now being trained as a Circut Overseer.

  by Voices in

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  i received a phone call from my mother (who is still a jw, but very accepting of me still as her loving son, even though i was disfellowshiped for questioning the oranization and choosing the bible over the watchtower at that time).

  she makes normal talk, just regular stuff pertaining to situations of ours.

  about me coming to visit, and or her coming.

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  LostGeneration

  I'm SICK of being me

  I think we have all been there, done that from time to time. I don't get the alpha male thing you are describing, as Im not that way either. But in reality, there is nothing wrong with you. Nothing other than the fact you escaped from a cult because you found out the truth about them and now you won't bow down at their altar anymore.

  How do you know your brother isn't in his own prison? Deep down, I think most JWs resent the life they are living. Sure they won't admit to it, but it is the real truth. I can't count how many times I resented my upcoming weekend becasue it was ruined by service Saturday, Meeting Sunday, oh and throw in a JW social event to really ruin the last few hours of peace I had carved out for myself. I can't imagine how much worse it would be if I was a CO, even more meetings, service, and BS to deal with. All for what? A big fat, lie.

  Don't envy him...be sorry for him.
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  Wanted to get reinstated... Almost ready to give up

  by headisspinning in

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  i'd like to hear from anyone who was disfellowshipped but fully intended to go back as soon as possible and how that worked out or didn't.

  i'd like to hear how soon you went back to meetings, how many letters requesting reinstatement you wrote, how you were treated, and how long it took you to get bitter and jaded.... or in the off chance you had a positive experience, what exactly happened.. really struggling here... thanks!.

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  LostGeneration

  Where do these rules for reinstatement even come from anyway?

  It is a cult. The leaders of the cult make the rules.

  What about the prodigal son?

  It is a cult, Jesus and the bible doesn't mean a thing to them unless it strengthens their position somehow.

  His father welcomed him back and held a huge feast!

  But they won't even clap for you if/when you get reinstated.
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  Wanted to get reinstated... Almost ready to give up

  by headisspinning in

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  i'd like to hear from anyone who was disfellowshipped but fully intended to go back as soon as possible and how that worked out or didn't.

  i'd like to hear how soon you went back to meetings, how many letters requesting reinstatement you wrote, how you were treated, and how long it took you to get bitter and jaded.... or in the off chance you had a positive experience, what exactly happened.. really struggling here... thanks!.

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  LostGeneration

  I know you don't want to hear this, I just looked up your other thread and remember it now, but:

  IT IS A CULT

  They will step all over you until they have extracted their pound of flesh. Until they are satisfied that they have done that, you will be scum of the earth in their eyes.
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  Who REALLY IS the Faithful and Discreet Slave?

  by TimothyT in

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  im 23 and im still a jw.

  the jehovahs witnesses claim that god is using their earthly organisation in the last days!

  im realy not too sure.

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  LostGeneration

  The fact that the GB/FDS has to constantly pound on the table over and over with their references to Mt 24:45 tells me even THEY don't quite believe that there is such a "slave"

  If there were one true organization, being guided by holy spirit, while all others were not guided in this way, it would be patently obvious. The direction and guidance of such a slave would be far superior to all other organizations, people would be joining by the millions.

  As Ding says, their record speaks for itself. A continuous record of flip flopping and buffoonery does not make any org the "faithful slave" no matter how many times you pound on the table and say that you are.
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  I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS !!!!!!!!!!!

  by wasblind in

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  1) i think it's ridiculous to tell anyone when and how to use something they paid for ( computers and internet service ).

  2) i think it's ridiculous to tell married couples how to act in the bedroom.

  3) i think it's ridiculous to tell people what kinda cars they should buy ( 4 door for fieldservice ).

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  LostGeneration

  To write publicly in a magazine that has a circulation of more that 10 million per month that "nobody should be made to choose between his beliefs and his family" and to do that exact thing time after time in their congregations.
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  August 1, 1927 TIME Magazine article: Religion: Judge Rutherford

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  read the complete two-page article at: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,730814,00.html#ixzz1fxkbec46.

  "through the gracious providence of jehovah," the voice of judge joseph frederick rutherford, president, the international bible students' association, boomed from toronto last week to pass out from 53 separate radio broadcasting stations.

  the "hookup" was the widest in radio history and was the result of a goading which judge rutherford several weeks ago drove at president merlin hall aylesworth of national broadcasting co.. it was at a hearing of the federal radio commission in washington.

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  LostGeneration

  Interesting.

  What is this Cosmos III stuff ending in the year 2874? I've never heard of that! Does anyone have a WT publication with that date in it?
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  End of the world!

  by free2beme in

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  this is a great link and mentions things we know about, all to well.. http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/06/competition-for-when-the-world-will-end/?hpt=c2.

  my favorite part, the term .... cognitive dissonance - the mental turmoil provoked by holding contradictory ideas simultaneously.

  enjoy, i love who the jehovah's witnesses are grouped with.

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  LostGeneration

  you're really a nonfactor.

  I think it was LWT who called them "a fart in the wind" A classic quote I try to remember when I think how they have affected me. Unfortunately I know they have more power than that, with 7 million held captive. But when you compare that to the nearly 7 BILLION now living, they are only touching one out of a thousand. Still too many, but with the internet taking hold worldwide hopefully they will start to decline over the next decade.
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  End of the world!

  by free2beme in

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  this is a great link and mentions things we know about, all to well.. http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/06/competition-for-when-the-world-will-end/?hpt=c2.

  my favorite part, the term .... cognitive dissonance - the mental turmoil provoked by holding contradictory ideas simultaneously.

  enjoy, i love who the jehovah's witnesses are grouped with.

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  LostGeneration

  Wow! The JWs get a mention on slide 10, right along with the UFO cult, David Koresh, and Marshall Applewhite. Not good company to be in!
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  Yes I'm serious

  by dearone in

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  hello, i haven't posted for some time but am alway here.

  i hope that i can get some help with may talk and yes as the title says i am serious.

  i just don't have the energy to do all the research.

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  LostGeneration

  Nice work! I knew you could do it...you were short a few FDS references however. I think the minimum is four FDS/GB references per talk these days!