Agree with you 100% ...........shunning is so damaging & completely RUDE! All it does is repulse me & show me what "loving" family are capable of. I will never trust them again! I might add that I am not da or df;d .
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Being shunned only increases my certainty that the WBT$ is a cult
by punkofnice inwell, i don't wanna rant too much but sometimes things cut you don't they.. a family member had a get together for the family, jw and non jw and of course i wasn't invited being da'd.. i understand why they couldn't invite me but it just made me think.
in normal society this wouldn't happen.
i'd have been there.. the shunning is so unnatural and damaging.
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"Keeping up with Jehovah's Chariot"
by FusionTheism inclarified understandings / new light of the past 7 years or so:.
* the faithful and discreet slave is only the governing body and only since 1919.. * the faithful slave was appointed in 1919 by jesus but it will not receive its greater authority until the judgment of the sheep and goats.. * charles taze russell was not part of the faithful and discreet slave.. * there was no slave for 1900 years before 1919.. * there may not have been any anointed during those 1900 years, but it's possible there were a few.. * 1935 was not the cut-off date for the selection of the anointed-- this selection is still ongoing.
* 1935 has no special biblical significance.. * 1918 has no special biblical significance.. * gog of magog is not satan, but is a coalition of nations, who may be ruled by the mysterious king of the north.. * there is no evil slave class.
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I was 'witnessed(tm)' to
by punkofnice ini was walking to town and i was approached by a smart young man.
"can i interest you in this," he said and handed me a small card with jw.org printed on it.. "oh, blimey," i said.
"i'm an athiest.
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"JW forcefield"
You make me laugh Punkie!
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New (non)-Witnessing Model
by berrygerry inso, one of the kids on reddit posted this video - an evangelist trying to witness to guardians of the cart.
(both sides are fairly respectful imo).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwbc9c4ajly&feature=youtu.be.
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"Be at it URGENTLY!"
Omg their whole methodology has become so 'thin' now ...surely they can see right through it!!!
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The Religion Of Rejection - And Now That Includes Me
by dubstepped indue to some recent developments i find myself in a new place, and at this point i've lost all of my family and fri....oh that's right, i never really had any friends in the organization anyway.
just people that wanted something from me and a few people that i would invite to do things that occasionally said yes.
the recent rejections of me got me thinking, so let's take a rejection inventory.. i had to reject all of the holidays when my parents started studying.. i had to reject any worldly friends that i already had.. even family became rejected, and the new religion had some place in that.. i was rejected in school and bullied all of the time, not just because we were poor and i made good grades, but for jw reasons too.
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Dubstepped ...... a warm welcome to you and your family. I hope they have opened their eyes too, you all deserve to be accepted & loved.
Fantastic post ......never looked at this 'religion' under a microscope like you have done.... bravo and many thanks for the reveal. It is SICK for sure. I don't follow the bible now but the scripture comes to mind ....."get out of her my people"!!!!!
I think what you have written is a classic.......... a keeper for sure! You might think further about how powerful your words would be to those still trapped in this cult and need to see this reality.
Looking forward to your fellowship on here ....wishing you a peaceful mind and warm happiness in your dear heart.
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i'm stupid, right?
by embarrassed ini am on here as another member, but even with a username and not revealing my identity, i am still too embarrassed to use it.
had to make up a new one.
that being said.... my boyfriend is watching pornography, and it seriously hurts my feelings.
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All of the above too...........the longer you stay, the stronger your habit will be. Leave now while you can still see that would be the sane thing to do.
Also leave now before his violence escalates and you end up dead! Plse!
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2015 convention interviewer praises parents who shunned their kid
by defender of truth inwhat was it that moved your child to return to jehovah?
asks the speaker.. .
well it was the missed association with the family, says brenda sutton proudly and unflinchingly.. andd heres why, i had always told our kids... i would die for you, i love you, would die for you, but if you ever leave jehovah i wouldnt be there.
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Disgusting parental betrayal message!
There should not be anything that would cause mommy& daddy to throw away their child. Imagine those kids getting that message as 4 or 5 year olds.
They rigidly stuck to their scripts ....mommy tripped-up by saying "I always told them........."...to.... "I told them" In order to put this extreme pressure on the young people ........they schemed to make this crap up too! LIARS!
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2015 Regional Convention Anthony Morris Governing Body encourages coerced baptism of unwilling children ...again
by Watchtower-Free inthis is from the last talk of the convention ......... clip 1:30 minutes longhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrej8tlyiso&feature=youtu.be.
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This guy is so slick Makes me sick!
Who is Tony Morris d tird .
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The JOYS of being an EX-JW
by nicolaou inadd to the list and let's see the weekend out on a positive note!
1. sunday mornings.
alarm not set, cuddles with the mrs, tunes in the bedroom, coffee, bacon, another lazy coffee in the garden .
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Having time all spread out before me .........no mtg Tue nite, Thur nite Sun morning, service Wed & Fri. No funerals to 'support', no driving some poor shmuck around because their car is worn out. No babysitting so mothers can get out in serve-us! No making meals for the CO. No cleaning the hall on Saturdays or ASSembly hall along with landscaping!
Geez ........where were OUR LIVES in all of this!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh ya ........the no pants for sisters thing. Now jeans pretty much 7 days a week!
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Education makes you leave God
by FusionTheism inquote from the watchtower, simplified edition, september 2015, "how can we show that we love jehovah?".
higher education often makes them lose their love for god..
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education often makes them lose their love for God.
No kidding ............ because it exposes that it is all a fricking lie!