Posts by Joliette

I have to be at work at 3pm today, and I cannot sleep. Slept all day, and finally woke up at 5 o'clock and started cleaning apartment. Work up at 10:00am but went back to sleep. Cleaned a good portion of my apartment but still got a lot more to go. Well, gonna start my story out like this: Everyone knows my life story, I think I posted it on here, never got baptised, but went to the kingdumb hell on a regular basis until I was 27 (I am 29 now). Everything about the kingdom hall influenced my life; now I am trying to look at the world without being influenced by the watchtower. This sister (she's in her late 50's) that used to study with me, still stops by trying to give me watchtowers and awakes. I accept but I do not read them. I thought about telling her no to her face but I do not want to offend her. She might break down crying. She is a very loyal and brainwashed JW's and she's been a pioneer for years (I'm talking since the 70's). Years. She was so sweet to me when she studied with me. Treated me like a kid even though I was a grown ass woman and should have been conducting my own studies. (HAHAHA). She stopped by my house last week Friday and gave me a watchtower and awake, December 2012. I was looking at both of the magazines and couldnt help but to think: WE ARE ACTUALLY IN 2012. ILL BE 30 NEXT YEAR. MY PARENTS ARE NOW GRANDPARENTS. THE NEST IS EMPTY. BOTH OF MY BROTHERS HAVE MOVED ON WITH THEIR LIVES AND HAVE THEIR OWN PLACES. I would have thought the world was gonna be destroyed by now (as a kid, thinking back to 1988 and beyond).

Well, basically this older witness stop by my house and I do not have the heart to tell her no to her face. So I decided I'm going to write a letter and basically tell her that I have NO INTREST in going back to the KH. Ever. There is not one thing in the world that will make me go back. The main reason why I stopped going was because of the child abuse and child mantipulation, blood tranfusion issue, generation and overall doctrine changes, etc. But I'm not gonna mention this specific-wise in the letter, gonna be as indirect as possible while being direct at the same time. I've learned that there is a certain way that you have talk to j-dubs. You can't give them the raw facts, they'll think that your satan; you can't be too offensive, but at the same time, you have to be CLEAR ON THINGS. If I keep letting her come by and drop off magazines, I'm saying that esstentially: the watchtower is okay, the religion is okay, and IT IS NOT OKAY!!!!! The watchtower is a harmful corporation that has harmed thousands upon thousands of lives, and I will let her know that I do not agree with the corporation and/or organizational policies. I'm also writing a letter to my parent' s congo letting them know that I do not like the way my parents are being treated in their congregation.

Besides that, my mom texted me tonight and tell me that the girl that was working for her (my mom works from home) is talking to a 21 year old man and she is seventeen!!! My mom talked to the elders about it tonight. Theres a little bit of drama in my mom's congo about this, and everyone is saying that my mom shoulda went to her mom, FIRST!!!

Does anyone have any pointers as to what I should say in the letter to sister old pioneer???

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Can you equate Jehovah as a murderer???

by cognac in

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had this long talk with hubby about the fact that if you allow your child to die because of the blood issue you are no different then a murderer.

he said then jehovah is a murderer because he allowed his son to die.

he knew what was going to happen and allowed it when he could have stopped it..... hmmmm, not sure how to wrap my brain around that.

Joliette

Yes.

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Jehovah's Witness elder clears his conscious

by BlindersOff1 in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be2ltdktyhe.

Joliette

I can't believe that witnesses were actually encouraging people not to finish high school back in the 70's and to pioneer instead. I can't believe it. That blows my mind. I knew that witnesses werent encouraged to go to college but not encouraged to finish high school???? Are you freakin kidding me. I came up as a Witness in the 90's, and by then, I wasnt hearing of too many witnesses not being encouraged to finish high school. But they werent going to college even though the organization was encouraging people to consider a trade or go to a two year college.

This blows me away!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bookmarking this thread for later.

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Jehovah's Witnesses: 5,100 active publishers in 1913 and now, 7.8 million

by BlindersOff1 in

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watchtower apologist just posted this fake question on yahoo answers.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121231133646aa2tlal.

if you feel like it answer him.

Joliette

Many organizations and religions have grown over the years. Are they being backed by sky daddy too?

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Its 2014 NEXT year. What will the spin be?

by Slidin Fast in

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you know what.

the spin doctors at brookyn can beat any political damage control experts i have ever heard.. perhaps we can give them some help.

the centenery of 1914 is next year, will they celebrate?.

Joliette

There gonna come up with new light. As they always do.

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2012 Memorial Partakers--12,604!

by Atlantis in

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2012 memorial partakers total 12,604.....atlantis

Joliette

Wow...I wonder if JW's even pay attention to the numbers anymore...This prophecy used to scare me the most. I can't believe how much of a joke it is...and how I based my life off this BS. But it seriously used to scare me. I used to picture old people falling into a grave and then the world coming to an end. There gonna have to realise some more new light to justify the #'s going up.

This picture below used to scare the crap outta me.

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Who is the biggest hypocrite JW that you know?

by Iamallcool in

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Joliette

Man, where do I begin? So many people that I knew did 'worldly' things when they were away from the hall, but then it was 'holier than thou' when then got to the hall. Giving comments, acting like goody too shoe Christians, when it reality...ya know. Now I will say not everybody there is like. What you see is what you get. But there are a lot of people in that organization is fooling other people, like the GB for example. I think those men are the fakest JW's are the planet.

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Are JW'S "hated" in all the world? Or...are they considered IRRELEVANT?

by Terry in

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wathctower 90/1/1 p. 12 par.

8 not ashamed of the good news .

while it is true that jehovahs witnesses are hated and opposed in all the nations of the earth, this is in fulfillment of what was foretold to be an identifying mark of genuine worshipers of the one living and true god.

Joliette

Irrelevant for sure. Not important. An annoying religion with no say so in 'worldly' politics, social issues, etc. In their minds they are important, but the reality is...well, ya know.

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Do Witnesses Ever Talk About Their Living Forever And Never Dying?

by minimus in

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my 86 year old mother stopped believing she was going into paradise earth without dying first, about 10 years ago.

my aunt used to think she was going to make it through the great tribulation.

even a week before she died, she clung on to this fairy tale.. do you think jws believe they will never die at all and will, in their lifetime, be on a paradise earth to live forever?.

Joliette

Its sad. I'm 29, and there are still people in my age group that are depending on what the watchtower says to be true, because there very existance depends on what the watchtower publishes. Its really sad. Soon those 29 year olds will be 49 year olds, then 69 year olds (if they are still living by then). Giving up your heart and soul for an organization that cares nothing about you or your family.