Sooo true! Half my family members work part time minimum wage jobs and regular pioneer. Married away as babies to MS's or getting old with nothing to show for their "service" not even married. Sad. When you think about it they work say 20 hrs a week at 8 bucks an hour so that's 160 x 4 weeks so 640 bucks a month minus taxes and ur left with 580 bucks. That pretty much barely covers gas and maintenance on a vehicule used full time. They basically work to serve the WTS. That's why they all bunk up 4-5 in a house or apartment or stay at home with their parents. Then they leech off the people who actually work.
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Baptized sister had little knowledge of the Bible from Jan 15 WT
by life is to short inthere is a life experience of a sister in the january 15th wt of a sister during ww2.
to quote her from the wt "i was deeply moved by what i learned, and quickly accepted the truth.
that very same year, i dedicated myself to jehovah and was baptized.".
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Thinking of writing a letter
by ranmac inforgive me if this has been touched on many times before.. i was wondering if anyone has actually written the society requesting their response/justifications to the many discrepencies and flaws in their doctrine and history, such as failed/altered dates and prophesies, pyramidology, beth sarim, lack of transparency, economic and political ties to the world, how they no more than archeologists, biblical contradictions, etc, etc..... if so, what was their response?.
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finallyfree!
JW's have their heads stuck so far up their asses that they can't see anything. Even if its black on white.
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when is it too late to learn the truth about the troof
by diamondiiz inwts suckers in many young people who are still naive and trusting and they also sucker in people who are going through some sort of a crisis in their lives.
but they also prey on old people.
those who preach no doubt are sincere and believe what they're doing is life saving and all that... but to turn things around, how many here would tell an elderly jw that their religion is a con?
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finallyfree!
For jws that have grown up, spent their whole lives surrounded by the org and have no support system to fall back on, like my older parents...no I think sometimes its better to let them lie to themselves. Even if they were to sEe it black on white for the lie it is they would still not change anything as "where else would they go?" Plus they r so brainwashed that itd go in one ear and out the other. The way I see it "religion" in general is for those who need a higher being to blame when our lives get off track (satan is workin hard!) Or when we need that "entourage" or "support" that comes with being affiliated with an organized religion. My 2 cents.
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Another visit
by MrFreeze inwell i've just had another visit with a eldurrrr.
i haven't been sleeping well.
i finally get a good sleep going and a couple hours later my stepdad wakes me up to tell me i have a visitor.
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Yeah I explained the same thing to my fam using encyclopedia and bible and they couldn't find ONE thing to dissprove. The bible was in sync with encyclopedia. The only thing that was NOT making sense was the Watchtower dates/publications. But like it was brought out the alternative is too frightening for a witness to even consider...hence the "in one ear out the other" BS reasoning.
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Is the donation of Blood allowed for JW?
by Hoffnung inthis might seem to be a silly question, but if jw are allowed to accept certain blood fractions, they could consider participating in providing these fractions?
would be ok for a jw to donate his/her blood, if it is under the condition that it can only be used for the production of specified fractions?
has anyone asked the society (gb) this question, or is there already a thread on this?
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I asked the question to my family who are still in and they said they do not donate blood as JWs. When I said they should be allowed to donate to the bloodbank since they are tapping it when they accept fractions they said they love me, will talk to me about anything else, but that they don't want to hear my apostate views. Basically like it was mentioned earlier, they are hypocrites!!
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Interested Person kills Bethelite in German Kingdom Hall, later is killed by train
by processor inon saturday, 35 jehovah's witnesses gathered in their kingdom hall near frankfurt and sat over coffee and cake (for whatever reason, maybe pioneer school or some other event).
suddenly a 20-year-old man (according to most sources "not a jw yet, but wanted to become one"; though one source claims that he would have been an auxiliary pioneer) took a knife from the cake buffet and killed a 45-year-old bethelite (maybe a circuit overseer).. today the murderer was killed by a train - supposedly suicide.. .
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20101108-31031.html.
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finallyfree!
Maybe smurfette told him to do it!! Evil evil smurfette with that smokin hot body...always gets her evil wishes.
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Feel like I am going to explode
by mamalove intoo much reading this weekend i think..... my blood is boiling between the two books.
the mental part is disturbing me greatly about the truths in brainwashing and cultism, and coc is infuriating me about the whole attitude of the jw org.. i cannot stop thinking of my family who i have not talked to in 6 months.
not a single word....i keep thinking of how and when it would be right and the best way to talk to them.
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Its your family. I'm sure that deep down they are feeling bad. Especially if you would call em or drop by with the kids, how the heck can they shun u in front of their grandkids. Good luck!!
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WT December 15, 2010
by Designer Stubble inwt december 15, 2010. snippets from this watchtower are below.
keeping in mind that all articles are written with an agenda, to address problems in the organization or to pave the way for new guidelines, look at what i highlighted.
my conclusions are:.
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finallyfree!
Wow!! Been out for a few years and reading back over this trash reminds me of meetings with all the lemmings all nodding in unison! What a buncha whackos!
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Rules for those entering Bethel..
by jdhf ini read these on the christian witness site....are they for real???!!!.
what rules bethelites have to agree to"''"the following was overheard on rick fearons phone conference of september 11, 2010, but i think at least one rule was left out and number 12 is lacking some wording.
the group listening laughed at number 11. insightful.. .
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Wow!! You basically voluntarily sign over your rights to the WTS. I knew a guy who was in bethel last I heard about him. Hmm wonder what happened to him?
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Was the legend about Smurfs being demonic just an urban legend, or was it mentioned in the literature?
by IsaacJ22 ini never heard about the smurfs being evil until i joined the forum.
but when i look in the volume library, the word doesn't come up.
i was wondering if anyone ever heard mention of it in the literature--as in, was it an official position?.
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finallyfree!
Yep I heard the same story about the smurf curtains. (Wouldn't mind if smurfette jumped into my bed!! She is the hottest smurf ever!! I also heard another smurf story about smurf stickers and when they were ripped they started bleeding. What imagination they have!