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my blueprint for saving my family
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. experiences
for over a year i have felt the borg is a cruel hurtfull religion that would swallow up empathy for forced unity.

my wife has said to me that telling her how i believe the org is not gods channel and the many doctrines put in place are nothing but a shroud covering up control tactics is like telling her i have a terminal illness.

this has not swayed my research nor has her pressure to continue going to meetings.
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another family destroyed by jehovahs happy organization
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. experiences
as i sit down and type this i have realized that if i could have seen into the future and known that this post would need to be created (for my own peace of mind anyway) i know i would have never given the jws a minute of my time.

a little background: i have been a jw for 20 years and found a wonderful woman in the religion she was a pioneer when i met her, an elders girl but that did not matter to me , it was and always has been her compassion and love for people that endeared me to her and we have been happily married for almost my 20 year tenure as a jw.

we have several children one of them is a teenage boy.
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reasons for someone to be baptized?
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. experiences
i wish i thought that one through better.

i had the chance not being born in to run but a hot blond caught my eye in the hall and the rest is history.

any other stories?.
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they have started to shun my child. its working perfectly!
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. experiences
sometimes control tactics backfire especially when directed to a mothers child.

she is pissed bigtime at some in the hall who keep thier kids away from our son.

she has seen the mental abuse before but this affects her and the maternal instinct kicks in.
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ITS JUST A POPSICLE!
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. friends
i remember something that happened to me a few years ago that reminded me of the programmed witnessing of a jw.

i was out with a friend (a jw) going for a drive and he brings us to a home to meet a guy that was an amway salesman and my friend had been encouraging me to get involved with amway.

" there was no way i was going to sell toothpaste" i told him.
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question for those with husbands/wives in the borg
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. friends
how do you respond when they question your enlightenment?

do you find yourself holding back explaining specific doctrinal flaws or let it fly both barrels?

i know we want our loved one to see things for what they are but even a tactfull response will cause the borg teachings to take over and everything becomes an absolute with my wife.
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looking for specific misquotes
by Evidently Apostate in
1. watchtower
2. bible
anyone know where i can find where the org has used quotes from secular sources placed in thier litrature but were used out of context.

i know there are misquotes in the trinity brochure.

thanks.
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the first group shunned
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. friends
since my awakening i will sometimes write in a notebook it actually helps with the emotions.

anyway this was from the other day.. i had the chance to read the story of the samaritan man to my 2 little ones last night.

i have lost much of my desire to read any scriptures lately as i almost feel they are all tainted but i know my wife wants me to read to them tonight so my 9 yo girl picks the samaritan man story from the bible story book.
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is the org changing anointed to partakers?
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. friends
this may have been touched on already in another post but it seems to me that instead of the org referring to someone as anointed they are now recognizing them as partakers in the watchtower.

could this be because of the rise in the number of the little flock they are insinuating some who partake are not chosen?

also the comment at the end of last weeks wt about the faithfull slave and its governing body shows how they want to enforce a higher position among the little flock.
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no more lurking...hello eveyone
by Evidently Apostate in
1. jw
2. friends
about a year ago i went through a mild meltdown.

it hit me fast i had panic attacks and became angry with all the control in my life.

(being a jw) i had just found out i was being screwed on a real estate development project by another self righteous jw i have known for a long time but this was a big loss (about 4 months pay plus expenses).