Evidently Apostate

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  Anyone in the New England Area want to see a wrestling show and donate to Silent Lambs?...

  by Tuesday in

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  hey folks,.

  so i have a show coming up in west warwick, ri on 5/28.

  you can check out the website www.thencwonline.com in the upcoming events section for all the details.

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  Evidently Apostate

  tuesday, i live near you but i am not a wrestling fan and donating to silent lambs is a great idea.

  stand firm, you will help a starving child but not a site that trys to help abused ones? are you Theo J's ghost?
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  Now my marriage vow is directly connected to remaining a witness...

  by DavinciCodeBreaker in

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  i recently informed my wife of 25 years (the love of my life) that i just cannot go on any longer with this facade.

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  Evidently Apostate

  married 20 years and going through the same thing. i have expressed my disbelief in the watchtower for over a year and will still attend a few sunday meetings just to make her feel good but its very hard to stomach all the hate and lies. try to keep your negativity about the org in check if your concience will not allow you to go d to d then tell her why but dropping all the meetings and service at once is a huge shock to her. she has given you 25 or more years so if it takes a couple years to transition out then is that really unfair? i try to be a better man now and my wife notices it also if you can point to something in your life that has stumbled you then use it.

  my life has become a chess game i make a move then she counters and sometimes i wonder if i can stick it out but until she says i want out i will continue to try to open her eyes. i want her out with me.

  good luck to you
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  what about a donation box for the poor?

  by Evidently Apostate in

  1. watchtower
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  one of the things i hate most about this corporate religion is they have a money box for many things that "bring praise to jah".

  wordwide work.

  convention expenses.

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  Evidently Apostate

  LOL punkofnice

  Mrs ducky, very good point. i know many that are using welfare, subsidized healthcare and housing. i was talking to my wife today about why jw's will not celebrate worldly holidays, birthdays letting the kids miss out on the fun and do not even give them aspecial day or two letting them have a few parties and let them dress in costume and give them wrapped presents. she said its because they are cheap!

  so the jw scoffs at the poor, and neglects thier childrens happiness at the encouragment of a few narrow minded selfrighteous men. they should be ashamed to call themselves christian, oh thats right they prefer the title witness.
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  Gratitude

  by laverite in

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  i am grateful for this website.

  thank you to simon and everyone who makes jwn possible.

  it's hard work.

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  Evidently Apostate

  i would also like to thank all the apostates and thier youtube videos some are trash but some especially watchtowercomments are true eyeopeners. also this site and freeminds are invaluable to mentally connecting the dots when you finally awaken but are too scared or angry to make sense of it all.
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  what about a donation box for the poor?

  by Evidently Apostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the things i hate most about this corporate religion is they have a money box for many things that "bring praise to jah".

  wordwide work.

  convention expenses.

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  Evidently Apostate

  one of the things i hate most about this corporate religion is they have a money box for many things that "bring praise to Jah"

  wordwide work

  convention expenses

  overseer expenses

  local hall, all of this $ ends up in brooklyn without anyone knowing how much goes where all for gods supposed glory

  but i can see no greater display of kindness than to give of your time/resources to another who is in need. why doesn't that anger any jw's?
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  OK, WHO HERE IS GOING TO WATCH THE ROYAL WEDDING???

  by Mary in

  1. social
  2. current

  i admit it----i plan on getting up at 4:00 freaking am to watch it.

  i remember getting up around that time 30 years ago .

  anyone else plan on watching it?.

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  Evidently Apostate

  only if:

  the queen shows up drunk

  they agree to do a reality tv show inside the palace

  someone farts during the ceremony
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  What Is It You Never Do?

  by PublishingCult in

  1. jw
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  is there something that most people do that you never do .

  sex?.

  drink alcohol?.

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  i will never force my children to believe in a religion. and my wife hates me for it
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  JW's attempt to sabotage a funeral was foiled (for now)

  by TastingFreedom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had to share this sad experience... even if it's not in my top priority list.. my older brother from my mom's first marriage unfortunately passed away last night.

  he had been struggling with health issues, the last few years.

  this is a very sad time in the family as you can imagine, specially because my mother lost her youngest son just five years ago.

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  trolling for converts at a funeral is truly disgusting. my uncle died last summer killed in a motorcycle accident. they had a very touching service at the church he was a marine and was given miltary honors. as i was heading to my car i noticed my father giving his cousin a bible teach book! WTF, he was handing out his creepy bible literiture at his brothers funeral! i wanted to crawl under my car
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  June 15th WT - WT Society Pressures JW Parents to Indoctrinate Children

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in a non-study article in the jw only watchtower is an article titled " should youths get baptized ?

  " the wt society is losing young people in very large numbers - so how else to try stemming the exodus than putting pressure on jw parents to indoctrinate and instill mind control into their children ?

  in one section here in this article it almost sounds like a version of " 20 questions " that the wt society asks parents to determine if their children are making " spiritual progress " as they phrase it.

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  Commenting on youths who qualify for baptism but whose parents do not agree , an experienced elder said, " Preventing a young one from getting baptized can break his spiritual momentum and lead to discouragement. "

  i stopped my son from getting dunked a year ago he was only doing it for a girl and a few jw friends. i had to speak to several of the elders going over the questions with him. since then one elder who is related to us is shunning me, and the elders have asked several times to meet with me. i refuse polietly and that is working for now. they are getting more persistant lately
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  did they talk about jesus at your memorial?

  by Evidently Apostate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ours might have spent 10 minutes on the sacrifice of jesus.

  he must have spent 15 minutes on how we have almost no hope of being chosen and gave the same stats other threads are mentioning 18 mil 11k eating blah, blah.

  i am thinking they are in damage control with the increasing numbers of partakers.

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  ours might have spent 10 minutes on the sacrifice of jesus. he must have spent 15 minutes on how we have almost no hope of being chosen and gave the same stats other threads are mentioning 18 mil 11k eating blah, blah. i am thinking they are in damage control with the increasing numbers of partakers. must be the same bs outline for everyone. the closing words were we must attend ALL meetings to survive. no pressure on the faders though.

  what a difference when you attend your first memorial "awake". sorry just a rant