10 years ago i stopped attending jehovah's witness meetings for good.
walked out of the kingdom hall cold turkey never to return based on injustices i observed among others and myself at the hands of elders giving out not god's counsel but personal opinions as counsel .
some of them weren't even giving out wt society counsel- just personal opinions.
10:40pm here......just having a cup of tea before bed.
Hope all you lurkers, exjw, & jw's have a good sleep & a
great weekend. Flipper glad you have a new computer now,
it is always awesome to hear from you!
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With so many excellent video's coming out now,
(Mike & Kim/Marc & Cora) & all the hard research
& concern going into them.......Newbies will be just
flooding into all these wonderful sites & getting free of the cults!
Peace to everybody
clarity
against my better judgement, i've decided to share the following as a response to guy pierce passing and the announcement of the elimination of district overseers later this year.. late in january (2014) i got an email from one of my contacts (a fader) who served at bethel for several years, but is no longer at wt hq.
he still has a lot of close contacts within the service department and in other departments at patterson and knows people in all of the ny offices.
i kept this email set aside on a flash drive and haven't shared it with anyone - figuring i'd publish an article about it later this year when i had more time to do it right.
Juan ...thanks for your interest in us...the walking wounded!!
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I was baptised in 1963 ...a long time to wallow in this rotting
structure called wbts! Real Estate Empire more likely!
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So typically wt dirty tricks...get rid of the women in 'high' places.
For a society made up of about 73% women ...these guys
will be slitting their own throats ....hahahahah, they are treading
on the sore feet of an estrogen deprived "large army!!!
Watch out you dumbass wt dukes princes kings rulers!
Dangerous position to be in ....
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Omg ...I am so glad to be awake ...
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Thanx to your source ! That gb is planning on "annointing"
some from "LEGAL" is very telling!
clarity
my oldest daughter is still in the cult.
i haven't seen my grandchildren in 5 yrs.
my son-in-law's father died this week & the funeral is today.
wow!
i've just realised i've reached 1000 posts on the board.. this is a personal milestone and so i think i should take a moment to reflect on the last 18 plus months.. in that time i have completely lost my faith in bible, in jw doctrine and in any kind of hope for a new world as described by the gb and believed by me for 40+ years.
i have stepped down as a ministerial servant after 20 years.
Congratulations you two!
clarity
i must admit when i was in, the idea i had of an apostate, was an angry bitter person who would picket out side a convention.
i was looking on jwservey and found on the respondents to a servey that 54% were either active members or fading members.
this made me wonder is the organisation underestimating the extent of apostasy.
I confess ....I have been really baad.
I asked a question ....I had a doubt!
Therefore ......I am an apostate!
Ha .......clarity
have you been touched by the tentacles of the watchtower i have and it was not like being touched by an angel!.
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https://youtu.be/ddbggciidwa.
Yeah ...a little more Elmer in your voice....ahahhahhahhaahah!
Funny!
i was a 3rd generation jw, half the congregation i attended was made up of my entire mom's side of the family, 2 of the 3 elders were my grandpa and uncle.
my first memory of the organization was when they announced my mom's name in the meeting saying she had been reinstated....it was 1988 and i was 6 years old....i didn't understand it then, but when i asked my mom why was she crying and why did they say her name in the meeting, she said "it's because i've been good!".
so she went back and after a period of time assisting constantly, she was reinstated.
bsand20 .....awesome intoductory post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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As one of our Newbies on here we are soooooo proud of
what you have come thru & survived brilliantly! Congratulations.
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Every one of those 'stuffed shirts' has lost a wonderful human being, so
welcome to this site that has seen absolute tragedy & amazing triumphs!
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"No more texting, no more phone calls, no more lunches, no more visits, no more calling for help with recipes, nothing. I'm guessing it had something to do with the recent convention of 2013 where the topic of disfellowhipped people came up."
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Yes it most likely was!
Put your mind & efforts toward your husband & children,
they grow up so fast.
There is no rush........armageddon is not coming.....deal with your
relatives some other time .......
All the best bsand20.
clarity
could a parent put in a complaint to the school district and request that their child be transferred out of my classroom because i am exjw?
if they give me the jw school brochure (do they still do that?
sorry its been 16years since i've been out) can i just tell them i'm familiar with their teachings or should i just pretend i'm new to their teachings?....i'm a freshman in college so i have still a long ways before this situation is presented, however i"m trying to get prepared for it.
BSand20.......none of their business!
The only thing that you might do ...is be a little nicer
to those poor little kids than many other teachers would!
Peace to you
clarity
i have seen this photo several times but never any back story on it.
was this at bethel?
was this before or after the prohibition?
Check this post out from Atlantis ..."Prohibition" by Rutherford
Archive you might want!
it's heartwarming to see so many new faces (and some older ones) playing their part in this thriving community.
so many more free minds!
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Hi KW....long time no see!
