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  A contribution from one of the members!

  by Atlantis in

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  a contribution from one of the members who doesn't get to post very often.. ... .......... ........................ ......... ..........atlantis

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  whathappened

  I remember all those old tracts. We would have to fold them ourselves.
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  My Window Cleaner

  by happy@last in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my window cleaner is a jw and as i am always working when he comes to my house i haven't seen him or spoken to him in years.

  the other day i was in my local town and went into a cafe for some lunch.

  who is sitting there but my window cleaner and his wife.

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  whathappened

  Take your time in giving him his money...when he calls or comes by asking for it, engage him in a little "friendly" conversation about JW life, teachings, etc.
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  My conversation with my mother in law.

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife and i recently took the decision to fade out progressively and we are now in the stage where we no longer assist to our meetings.

  in this process, we have told the truth to our respective parents but have not forced ourselves upon them; meaning that: we will talk about it when you want to.

  as a result, my mother in-law already had some conversations with my wife on why we no longer went, but never brought up the subject with me, at least, up until yesterday.. she was telling us that a good deal of people miss us at the meeting and i answered that i missed them also.

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  whathappened

  It sounds like your MIL loves you and is a nice woman. She just wants you all to be "united in pure worship" and doesn't understand that there is no such thing as "pure worship," not in JW's anyway.
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  A startling example of a JW ignoring evidence

  by Pyramid God in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i happen to work with my father, and today we got into another debate about the origin of life.

  during the debate, while rebutting a lot of creationist canards, he said that mutations are always harmful to an organism.. .

  after he left i sent him a quick email with a link to talk origins on the subject of mutations.

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  whathappened

  Your father just desparately needs you to believe in Creation/God/Jehovah, that is all. He is ignoring all the facts and is going by what will make him "feel" better.
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  I think an undercover apostate was sitting near me at the meeting this afternoon

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this brother was sitting near me today at the hall and when the public speaker started talking about the signs of the last days this guy started whispering something to his wife and kind of mocking the speaker in a quiet voice.

  his wife looked really pissed off.. i've suspected this guy before by some of the stuff he's said and done and some of the #3 talks hes given he's gone off the assigned topic quite a bit.. during the wt study i was doing mics and i happened to walk by him several times.

  his wt was on the floor and his bible was opened to topic for conversation at the end of the bible at the last days part.. a little while later his wife gave him the look and said something to him and he picked up his unprepared wt and followed along.. hoser.

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  whathappened

  Looking back over the years I was in, there must have been a lot of JWs who knew ttatt. Little things that were shocking and unexplainable that they would say and do.
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  He Wants To Help Me

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i just happened to bump into an elder today.

  a guy my age that i used to know.

  i was having a quick breakfast.

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  whathappened

  Mess with him, LouBelle.
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  Talked to JW's in Service Today (kinda long...sorry)

  by exwhyzee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was in my company vehicle and i spotted some jw's going from door to door.. i circled around the block and pulled over.

  when they passed, i rolled down the .

  window and asked the pleasant looking middle aged couple as they passed, if they were jehovah's .

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  whathappened

  This is such an interesting thread. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Sorry about your sweet father.
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  My Mom is in the hospital

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother broke her hip last week.

  she had an emergency partial replacement surgery friday night.

  we don't know how she did it as we have caregivers with her at all times, she may have fallen while in the bathroom for a few minutes.

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  whathappened

  I hope you and your mom will both be all right. Hopefully she is young enough to pull through this.
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  One of the big reasons I left the JW Cult

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he would love to see you.

  i would tell them please come out anyway he would just love to see you.

  i saw the lack of love and could not believe it.

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  whathappened

  Why am I not shocked and surprised by this account??? Oh, yes, I am familiar with Jehovah's loving organisation.
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  Has a critical mass of exJWs been reached?

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  it took the better part of 15 years but i believe we have finally arrived at that point where there is now a critical mass of former witnesses.. thousands of exjws come together on forums like this one and discuss findings, ideas and research.

  there have been documentaries and even a movie made about life in the jehovah's witnesses.. ex jw websites, online forums, and discussion boards that set the wheels in motion in the early to late 90s have matured into powerful tools of social change within the organization.. the lies and false doctines taught by the watchtower bible & tract society are plainly accessible with just a cursory google search.. active elders leak boe letters, often weeks before they hit the notice board in a kingdom hall.. social media has allowed exjws to connect with those still in as well as those who have left.. the society have no game plan because information is power and they have lost the information war.

  all they can do is cry wolf and warn the rank and file not to listen to apostates.. i don't know what future the society will face in the next ten years, but changing world events, social trends, and reactionary change from headquarters based on their own faulty biblical chronology has got them cornered like a raging animal.. it doesn't look good..

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  whathappened

  I hope to Live to see the Watchtower Society close it's doors. I am doing all I can do tell everyone who will listen ttatt.