Posts by whathappened

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Did you miss me?

by Hortensia in

went to montana, had a really good time.

flew there, drove back with a friend.

was gone eight days.

New development in my life

by EdenOne in

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no longer a ms ........................... can't give details atm, for it might be a dead-giveaway and it ain't quite over yet.

but, it really taught me one thing: if you're trying to fade or stay in, trust no one.

and i mean no one.. eden.

whathappened

Hama happy to hear your son is well adjusted and that your wife obviously has some serious concerns also. Do let us know when anything else happens.

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Could There Be Another Mass Exodus From This Cult?

by mrquik in

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it's happened before.

how much crap can any rational human being take before they just snap & walk away disgusted?.

whathappened

There are a lot of people I know who have left lately who say they aren't going back. I too, think they have peaked.

I purpsoefully bring JWs up when speaking with new people i meet. JWs are seen as a doomsday cult by most of them.

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Well, what can you say???? I am speechless.

by DATA-DOG in

exhibit a:.

awake!

"if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.

whathappened

I was one of those young ones and am know 60 years old! Thus my username "whathappened!"

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my story slowly

by venting in

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i remember studying the truth book.

the blood issue never sat well with me.

in fact it's my biggest complant.

whathappened

If you haven't already read it, go to jwfacts.com. There is a very in depth, informative page about the blood doctrine and why it is scripturally WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!

i couldn't believe what I was reading. It made so much sence, unlike the Watchtower's reasoning.

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I was thinking the new assembly program may be another nail in the coffin.

by Crazyguy in

when i was young and wanted to meet other young ones and girls we would look forward to the district assemblies, even the 2 day circuit assemblies weren't to bad and we would go to other ones we were not assigned to in order to meet new ones.

with this new program of one days and the district assemblies possibly going to 1days this looks to me like it will be much harder for kids looking for mates to find any.

i hope this means that many will mary outside the truff and be another nail in their coffin.

whathappened

You are at the assembly to take in knowledge...not to find a hot babe to marry...at least that is what we were told!!!

It is extremely difficult to find a mate in the org. Start dating someone and automatically you are pressuered to marry quickly before you do the nasty and end up df'd. You also cannot possibly get to know anyone well enough to make an educated decision about marrying them because you are never supposed to be alone and must be chaperoned at all times. Lots of fun!

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Those that are still in or recently left

by skeeter1 in

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was there a decline in the number of jws in your congregation?

if so, by how many has it gone down and what is the time frame?

(i don't go and haven't gone i a long time.

whathappened

I havent been in over three years but there wasn't any growth. The Kingdom Hall has been listed for sale for way over a year and not sold. Guess "Jehovah" doesn't want them to sell it???

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Fake friends and other things that annoy me about the Kingdom Hall

by MysticMage in

it was easy to figure people out.

as long as you got out in service and put money in the money box people will pretend to be your "friend".. but let's be honest is most of business associates.

they are your friends as long as you are active doing the watchtower bidding.. and then let's talk about the lack of hot women.

whathappened

I noticed all the single men were so stupid they could barely even do a Bible reading. Their manners were horrible. Everyone knew that all the brothers only wanted to marry the pretty sisters. If you weren't a pretty girl, you were going to have to settle for someone very unactractive themselves, with a very noticeable personality disorder. A forty something year old elder could find a twenty something sister to marry him without any difficulty whatsoever. Any half decent JW man can score a 10 is he looks hard enough.

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An interesting encounter with some sisters today.

by quellycatface in

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when i got up to leave, i went over to their table and said "nice to see you", their faces were a picture.

gemma obviously told them i was da'd.

all i got were tight smiles, so i said to gemma "i like your hair like that" and left......

whathappened

We were invited to a graduation party this past weekend for a young woman who was raised in but never baptised. Her parents are still active in the JW's. My nephew and this young woman (the graduate) are living together out of wedlock. JW's were there at the graduation party. The mother of the graduate's boyfriend is disfellowshipped and my sister and I are "known apostates." They all ate with us and talked to us. No one even mentioned religious topics or anything. The hostess and her husband are totally aware of our spiritual standing. We were quite pleased and felt very comfortable there. So...there are JW's who don't mind breaking the rules.

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$5000.00 PER CONGREGATION??

by Brainfloss in

so is this the $5000.00 that each congregation allowed to keep really the same amount for all congregations?

i mean $5000.00 in pratt kansas goes a lot further than 5k in los angeles california.

seems strange.

whathappened

Then say you have an expense and spend most or all of the $5000. How are they supposed to build it back up again? It may take a long time. My old hall could barely make their payments as it was.