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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An interesting encounter with some sisters today.
by quellycatface inwhen 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......
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$5000.00 PER CONGREGATION??
by Brainfloss inso 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.
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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.
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My Successful Fade
by Darth Rutherford init's been a while since i've posted anything about myself.
i've been on jwn for a couple of years.
my leaving the organization was not because i lost my faith, but i left because of my faith.
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Your story mades me feel good. Hope there are many, many more stories like this one.
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Do you think JWs are dangerous, if yes why? If not, why?
by suavojr inpersonally the jws to me are not dangerous.
on the other hand, many do think they are in fact a dangerous cult.
why are they dangerous?.
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Not only dangerous, they are cruel. Taking away precious hours each week for years and decades of people's lives, discouraging them from making something of themselves. They make false promises and give people false hope. They steal peoples lives away. The enslave people by their false teachings and endless rules. Yes, they are an evil sort. Glad I am out...sorry I didn't leave sooner.
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Awful experience: I threw my WT library out!
by StephaneLaliberte inyes, i threw my wt library out: my recycle bin was full.
even if i had imagined this experience to be similar to a prisoner getting rid of his chains, this was not so.. instead, it brought up all the memories i had shared with my family where we were excited about the release of the revelation book; the clear feeling of ultimate knowledge when we showed the live forever book, the questions i had practiced with my family in the organized book, my cousins who got baptized as well.
somehow, all i could think of was only the good memories i had shared with my family and almost cried about it.. and then, i started to think of the division, the hatred and the pain that became prevalent in my family as some were disfellowshipped and thus, ostracized.
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Throwing out Watchtower literature is very cathartic. Good things in your future, I am sure.
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17 calls? Are you kidding me?!?!
by Jon Preston inwell my wife and i still arent attending meetings....we first agreed to go here and there...oops.
anyways we missed the last meeting and suddenly our phone blew up!
it was like 17 missed calls!
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At one hall, I missed the meeting for 3 months and no one said a word to me. I went back and it was like no one noticed I was gone...not a word. I was just tired and depressed at the time, unaware of TTATT. Now, I haven't been to a meeting in 3 1/2 years. I never get a call or an invite. I guess I don't matter to anyone there and I am happy they leave me alone. I am not df'd or da'd, no witch hunt or anything. NICE!
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Don't You Think It's Odd That "Jehovah" Was Invented By A Catholic Monk?...
by minimus inand that jehovah's witnesses are proud to use that name?.
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Most Witnesses do not know this, even though the Watchtower did print this information in it's literature. Of course, they do not highlight the fact, as they like to leave the impression they are the only ones who use the "divine name."
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Listen, Obey and
by berrygerry ini'm extremely neutral in our house, so it's not my influence - honest!.
my 11-year old is light-years advanced with his intelligence and humour.. he's going around the house singing "listen, obey, and be castrated.".
was not impressed.. pretty hard to contain my laughter..
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Funny little guy...may have a future in comedy!
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Show me the STATS!
by sparrowdown in100yrs of kingdome rule?
then why is there not 100yrs of detailed, accurate records?.
maybe it's just me but what were the actual odds of me remaining one of jws?.
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I had one reservation before I got baptised at the age of 17 as a born in. My concern was that since we were only about 100 yrs. old (that was in 1971), how could JWs be the true religion? How did JWs get started?
I was told by an older pioneer sister, an elder's daughter, that we started as a bible study group who discovered that none of the churches were really teaching what the Bible taught so they started their own religion and became JWs. That was a terrible over simplification of the true facts. I was lied to by omission. I stayed in until 3 1/2 years ago and was stupid enough to raise my own child in this ridiculous sham of a religion.
Thank you Internet for helping me out of Watchtower world.
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Jehovah's Witnesses family struck by lightning in Germany
by raymond frantz inhttp://jwdoctrine.com/family-jehovahs-witnesses-struck-lightning-germany/.
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They should have been in Field Service where they would be enjoying angelic protection???