I stopped suddenly and nothing for 2 years except for one phone call from a MS friend, then a 2 minute visit from 2 elders...I told them to leave me alone....nothing since.
Posts by NVR2L8
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23"Why Nobody Ever Came Looking For You when you faded!"
by RottenRiley inthey are afraid you are going to infect the good works done by the active jws.
are you aware that "one weak jw who is fading can take out five strong jws, so it's best to avoid or greatly limit your contact with weak jws?
" circuit overseer (past) words.. .
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New awake up on jw.org about suicide
by hoser inthey have printed a series of articles about suicide.
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NVR2L8
During my last few years in the cult I often thought of taking my life. I could not figure out why I no longer wanted to live especially when I had a good career, a loving wife and financial stability. At that time I was very active as a MS reaching out for more privileges thinking that this was the best way to achieve true happiness. Still many mornings on the way to work I drove recklessly in the hope to be in an accident that would take my life without raising suspicion of suicide. After learning TTATT I stopped going to the meetings at once and I suddenly no longer wanted to die...quite the opposite I started loving my life free from the WT. It's been almost 4 years and I want to live more than ever...so I guess I won't have to read the latest Awake after all.
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New awake up on jw.org about suicide
by hoser inthey have printed a series of articles about suicide.
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NVR2L8
Unfortunately this article comes too late for the 6 JWs I personally knew that committed suicide..
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Did they change the shunning article on the JW.ORG Website?
by bluesaph init no longer says, "those who simply leave the congregation are not shunned.".
trying to make us look like liars or what!.
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NVR2L8
An other lie is that the blood ties and family affection remain...but they fail to mention for family members living under the same roof. As for all other family members love and affection is demonstrated by not even communicating by email...keeping contacts to a bare minimum...
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Rebuttal to Governing Body member Anthony Morris
by Watchtower-Free ininteresting video.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc1hi7s85ge.
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NVR2L8
Thank you very much for all the hard work put into this video. I like how you call BS on Morris' story with simple reasoning and the re-enactment is priceless.
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Elder and CO just dropped by....
by El_Guapo ini haven't been to a meeting in over a year, and as you know as soon as you stop attending meetings/fieldservice the "conditional" love becomes more apperant.
the coordinating elder starts off by saying how much he loves and misses me, etc.
i ask him, when was the last time you called or texted me?
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NVR2L8
Great job El G
I haven't been to a meeting in almost 4 years and like you I was a MS who was reaching out to be an elder. I am very sociable and went on vacation with a JW elder and his wife. I often invited people into my home and had a book study group that I conducted in our house. I mentored "fatherless" boys by studying and socializing with them. I decided to stop going to the meetings after the last sessions of our DC in 2010. My wife continues to go and all I got was "say hello to your husband" messages from the brothers. After 2 years I received one phone call from a brother I worked with on the RBC and on a Saturday afternoon 2 elders showed up at my door unanounced, in their suits and bible in hand. I told them I knew how to contact them if I needed to talk. Since then, nothing. Like many said, hospitality from the elders is one way - when you invite them. When my wife brings greetings from the hall or when she says that some "miss" me, I am tempted to reply that they all know where we live...why aren't they coming to visit? But in reality I want nothing to do with the conditional friends and I just want them to forget me...that shouldn't be hard for them.
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The Societys Governing Body now can count
by MacHislopp inthe societys governing body ...now can count.
i couldnt resist:.
remember?
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NVR2L8
Thanks ADCMS
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Does Anyone Feel the Ministerial School Helped Them?
by Band on the Run inas a born-in, i was eager to join the ministry school.
my cousins were also born-in but lived in different states.
there was keen competition to see who could do mature things, such as baptism (my mom said when i was 35) and ministry school.
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NVR2L8
When I was in the cult I thought the TMS was the reason I am recognized as our company's best public speaker. Now that I am out of the cult I realized that something would be drastically wrong with me if after 50 years of practice I was not an expert! I could hhave spared 45 years and gotten a diploma if instead I went to college to acquire the same skills.
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A Must Read! ... What Every Jehovah's Witness Needs To Know! [For Bible-Believers & Newbies Only]
by bjc2read inthe following information has been posted especially for bible-believers & "newbies" only...thanks!
i found this golden "nugget" surfing the net.. someone made this astute observation shown at the link below, and i just wanted to share it with all concerned here, especially after jws around the world just studied paragraph #17 of the nov. 15th, 2013 issue of the watchtower last sunday.. link: http://meletivivlon.com/2014/01/20/obey-jehovahs-shepherds-w13-1015-p-21/#comment-7711.
"jude" posted:.
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NVR2L8
Great reasoning and a big G for the use of illustrations.
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a few thoughts
by Defianttruth inthe true power of lies.
masturbation.
i remember my father being suspect of my long showers as a 13 year old.
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NVR2L8
I love your approach DT.
It brought me back to my youth. At 18 I bought a motorcycle and rode with other youths in my neighbourhood. One day 4 of us went to one of the guys home to listen to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album. The guy had pot and they passed a joint around. I didn't feel the urge to run out but I turned it down telling them I didn't even smoke cigarettes...At that time in my "JW life" I already had responsibilities in the congregation as an assistant book study conductor and I assisted at the magazine counter...so I felt guilty for not avoiding a spiritually dangerous situation and staying in the house with my pot smoking buddies. Masturbation was also another matter that bothered my conscience...until all was "resolved" when I got married a few day before turning 19. Unlike many who married at that age in the mid-seventies, we are still happily married after 40 years.