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  Elders wife says being upset with pedophiles in the hall being the same as having to eat sauerkraut and wieners.

  by life is to short in

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  this couple in our hall an elder and his wife gave us a anniversary gift.

  it is a wall hanging that says "as for me and my household sister life is to short and hubby will worship jehovah forever.".

  i felt i should send her a thank you card even though i hate the gift.

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  Just out and so happy!

  by ange2.0 in

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  i have just gotten out and am free at last!

  my brother did so a few years ago and has been such an amazing help to me these last few weeks.

  i was raised a jw, disfellowshipped when i was 17, married a non believer and then dragged back in by my family.

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  Did you get hit with the "There is nothing better out there" argument?

  by lepermessiah in

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  i wish i had a dollar for everytime i heard that lately.. "your concerns are very valid, but there is nothing else out there".

  "well, its not perfect - but i'm telling you, there is nothing else out there".

  "yes, the organization is full of problems, but you have to understand - there is nothing else out there".

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  metal health problems in the organisation

  by looloo in

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  for "the happiest people on earth" i found so many folk in the cong had depression or suffered with "nerves and axiety" there was one lad who was due to go and "work" in bethel and changed his mind at the last minute and spent nearly all his time on his computer in his bedroom from then on (he must of been on this site !he apparently "went schitsophrenic(dont know how to spell it sorry ) as did his sister and his poor mum was probably the most dedicated dub in the cong but was considered as a bit "bonkers" by all in the cong .

  there were 3 elders i know of who had depression and many rank and file , i must admit it did make me question how "happy "being a dub would make me when i was a study and voiced my concerns i was told satan was trying to get them out the truth so they were depressesed or some rubbish like that , but i was also told that people who leave the truth are depressed because they dont have the truth !

  you cant have it both ways !

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  Do you prefer to sit on the pew in a church or on the regular Kingdom Hall seat?

  by asilentone in

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  i hate to sit on the pew.

  i prefer to sit on the regular kingdom hall seat.

  do you think it might be a good subtle reason for some people to convert their religion to jw?

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  Is it my imagination or is there more Apostasy about?

  by freddo in

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  here in the uk over the last couple of years i hear more about people leaving/being removed due to apostasy?

  do you think this is true or is it because my radar is up and listening?.

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  CO talk: "Jehovah's Witnesses killed Jesus"

  by sd-7 in

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  mentioned in his talk last week that the jews, who had the name "jehovah's witnesses" applied to them, killed jesus.

  i found that a particularly revealing admission, simply from the way he said it.

  "jehovah's witnesses killed jesus," he said.. he went on to explain that the coveted title of "jehovah's witnesses" was taken from the jews.

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  The term "Organization" and its implications

  by sd-7 in

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  jehovah's witnesses commonly use the term "jehovah's organization".

  anyone who questions doctrinal points is one who "questions the organization".

  the term, as any informed jw would know, was born in the era of j.f.

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  Have you had Dreams Lately ? Do you get Meanings from your Dreams?

  by flipper in

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  being very interested in psychology i read a book as a teenager and re-read it last year called " gestalt therapy verbatim " by frederick perls m.d.

  ph, d. .

  it deals with dreamwork therapy in which he conducted seminars helping people to re-connect with subconscious parts of themselves by recounting their dreams .

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  Newly Exiting JW's - WT Society's Motive was to Instill Fear & Doubt in You

  by flipper in

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  i have seen this more and more the longer i've been out of the witnesses ( over 6 years ) .

  one of the main objectives of the wt society was to make us have a fear of leaving the witnesses and doubt ourselves so much due to being told we were imperfect and sinful.

  so then that produced guilt.

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