Posts by whathappened

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I'm not going back...finally

by lostinthought in

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it has been several years since my awakening.

since then i have stopped pioneering, stopped doing temp work at bethel, stopped field service (at the most, i went out a few hours a month for the last couple of months), my meeting attendance has been around 50 percent or so.

i have decided not to go back.

whathappened

Don't worry, the guilt will give way to pure joy sooner than you think.

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I just created an account on jw.org

by nonjwspouse in

just what is the purpose for it?

i can get to all the stuff without an account except with the account i can look up meeting times of a local congo, or conventions, and donate to the wtbts.

that seems to be it.in fact, once signed in that is all that is available and have to go back to being logged out to get anything else on the site.. what gives?

whathappened

The site is cracked up anyway.

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I'm new here...

by Demokan in

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i'm 15, and i'm an unbaptized publisher... so i've been what you call "lurking" here for the past few weeks and i have some questions.

i hear you guys constantly mentioning ttatt so where can i go to learn more about this (links please)?

also i've already told my mom that i don't believe in the governing body and she is making me do even more!

whathappened

Welcome to you, Demokan.

Use the search feature on JWN and learn about the topics you want to learn about.

Www.jwfacts.com is indeed a life saver as are many others.

You tube has fabulous videos about ttatt. Just search Jehovah 's Witnesses.

Check in frequently and soon you will know everything you need to know.

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Last night the one cool elder calls me

by confusedandalone in

i figured he was going to arrange the committee and try to get me kicked out after the whole "big pile of books" labelled "take this shit".. well his call made me realize that more and more people ... elders included no longer take this religion seriously.

after he told me he heard what happened he actually laughed and said i would never expect that.

he then told me that it is apparent that i no longer want to be connected to the organization.

whathappened

I think this elder invited you on this guys day out trip just to lower your defenses, get you to a neutral place so he can try to guilt you into coming back. I would make friends elsewhere, if I were you.

I quit cold turkey and everyone knows I am an apostate, nothing was done to me. I get no phone calls or visits and am shunned and ignored by 80% of the dubs that I run into. It has been almost three years of utter bliss. I will never give the elders the authority over me to df me or accept my letter of disassociation. This is a cult and no respect is deserved.

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Listen To Our Sock Puppet Jehovah Uncritically Is The Main Message Of The Watchtower Corporation That Covers All Directive To Be Listened To Even When Your Life Is On The Line

by frankiespeakin in

the clever ploy that get the rank and file to be corporation drones, sacrificeing everything, higher education, enjoyment of sports, material goods, family members who are disfellowshipped, homes, even their own lives.. the governing body are skilled at puting words in their corporation's sock puppet mouth, in effect dictate what jehovah thinks and feels; be it sadness over children's choice of toys or how he gets all hurt when deaf people masturbate, they got jehovah thinking, feeling, and saying pretty much what ever they need him to to keep the rank and file in servitude and gratefulness to the corporation..

whathappened

They know how to play the game and play it well, indeed.

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Another story... possibly final story

by confusedandalone in

this is the exchange of text messages i had with my super spiritual brother.

it is sad... it is pathetic... it has helped me realize that i have no connection to these people anymore.

i feel free today.

whathappened

I previous poster did bring up an interesting aspect of this situation. Your parents are going to still donate to the Watchtower Society, spend their recourses on gasoline, service and meeting clothes, lunches for CO's, DO's, Pioneer meetings, etc. If you help them out you are seeing to it that more money flows to the evil cult...just a thought you may want to consider.

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Need Help - Looks like some one in my family got to know that we are fading...

by MissConfused in

letter from a close family member... need help responding.... what a powerful illustration of the affect that our choice of friends can have on us, especially if we leave jehovah after being 'raised' by him from infancy!.

pack of wolvesthere was a farmer who raised sheep and had trouble with wolves stealing his sheep.

he loved his sheep and didn't want to lose even one of them.

whathappened

Good one, Winston and Pistoff.

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Need Help - Looks like some one in my family got to know that we are fading...

by MissConfused in

letter from a close family member... need help responding.... what a powerful illustration of the affect that our choice of friends can have on us, especially if we leave jehovah after being 'raised' by him from infancy!.

pack of wolvesthere was a farmer who raised sheep and had trouble with wolves stealing his sheep.

he loved his sheep and didn't want to lose even one of them.

whathappened

I heard versions of this same story back in the late 1950's and 60's.

It worked then and still does.

Bottom line: God is not going to destroy you because you do not belong to a religion that teaches falsehoods and practices cult like behavior.

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This is the link that got me 'Unfriended' on Facebook...

by Newly Enlightened in

yep.

jw's don't like to hear anything negative about the organization and this got me unfriended from a few of my jw friends.

this was the start of our enlightenment:.

whathappened

Hmmm...don't have time to watch the video now but will come back later and have a look.

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Introduction to "Chip and Dale"

by chipanddale in

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whathappened

Welcome to our two new friends, Chip & his wife, Dale.