Posts by LostGeneration

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Hebrew Was The First Language

by Bloody Hotdogs! in

according 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.

LostGeneration

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 in

unprecedented 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.

LostGeneration

My sources are telling me Australia will be presented as the KOTN at this year's annual meeting.

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Help me Out Here

by vinman in

i've been out about 9 months.

and yes i am still obsessed with anti-watchtower material.

i've been married 23 years.

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 in

jw
friends

maybe 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.

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.

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Help me Out Here

by vinman in

i've been out about 9 months.

and yes i am still obsessed with anti-watchtower material.

i've been married 23 years.

LostGeneration

I do. Its the pendulum swinging to the other side. We live an extreme lifestyle as a JW, and so when you get out you obsess about it so much - I think the mind has to basically feast on the opposite side, in my case it was almost two years. I remember asking myself is this all there is to my life now, being anti WT??

Then it went away, but there was still a vacuum...that whole idea of "Who am I?" "What do I like to do?" "What are my interests?" Unfortunately for me that is still being worked out, even five years after stopping the obsessive reading.

I'm a born in, no pre-cult personality as it were. It kind sucks, but at least I am free. Anything is better than going to meetings and in service and listening to that shit.

21

A small update on the ongoing investigation by the Royal Commission

by umbertoecho in

i think you people would like to know that since the public hearing has finished.

there has been ongoing contact made to me by the staff at the rc.

they have been inundated with calls and the same experiences or similar ones are being related.. the staff are not backwards in coming forwards with insights that they have shared.

LostGeneration

By shepherding calls do you mean the elduhs are calling back on these people?

Or do you mean the RC is following up and taking care of them...I'm guessing the latter.

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Brother who works on JW Broadcasting gave a 20 minute talk, said something big is coming next month.

by wifibandit in

via /r/exjw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7vhu8l88k.

LostGeneration

Isnt the annual meeting coming up soon? October?

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Geoffrey Jackson's Golden Apple watch INVESTIGATED

by C0ntr013r in

i went through the original footage to get a good look at the watch.. from these pictures we can probably say that it is a apple watch and that it has a golden color.

the color on the pin is black, and the band is white, grey, silvery or beige.. .

the pin is in the exact place for it to be a apple watch.. only apple watch edition have the gold color.

LostGeneration

Have to agree with UC on this one, there are so many real issues that matter. Namely the protection of child abusers. A questioning JW on this thread would be saying WTF is wrong with these people.

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Brother who works on JW Broadcasting gave a 20 minute talk, said something big is coming next month.

by wifibandit in

via /r/exjw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7vhu8l88k.

LostGeneration

Something big is coming next month??

Too easy of a setup there!!

34

JW to SDA anyone do it ?

by Introvert 2 in

a couple friends pointed me to some info on the sabbath and i just plain like it, being the workaholic i am it's a lifesaver for me and gives me the motivation to be more balanced about my business and work schedule.

so from there i looked into the adventists and found a hall near my place and went last week.

i honestly enjoyed myself and the meeting time is not disruptive and the people were great and pretty laid back.

LostGeneration

Why bother?