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  What is behind your choice of forum user name?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. friends

  just curious how we all think.. what prompted or influenced your choice of username for this forum?.

  there are some really amazing names, and it would be great to hear the stories behind them.... mine was nothing fancy.

  i just felt "stuck in a rut too" along with so many others.

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  Left the cult at 50 and I enjoy every second of freedom...proof that it's never too late...NVR2L8.
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  Who has ever succeeded in getting an elder fired ( demoted )?

  by Chook in

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  2. bible

  it's nearly a job for life if you don't literally fu.. up..

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  I did...the whole body for not following the WT instructions on congressional matters such as accounting and for not accurately teaching the WT "truth". Elders persecuted those who were vulnerable and weak, families with young children by having unrealistic expectations in regards to meeting attendance and service hours. At the time I was often used at assemblies as an examplary MS so I had connections with the CO and DO and when they came to visit 3 MS exposed some of the issues. The elders and all MS were removed except for me and another MS. We had to handle all the meeting parts until elders from a neighboring congregation were assigned to replace those who were removed.
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  Site Updates

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

  deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

  worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

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  Thanks for all your hard work. On my mobile device Chrome browser I no longer see when the original post was posted and the last time someone commented.
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  What's your degree of anti-JWness?

  by Landy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is absolutely pro-jw, 5 is neutral and 10 is youtubing nutjob apostate, where do you stand?.

  i'm probably around a 6. i have the view that jws are a nothing marginal religion.

  if i hadn't been brought up as one i doubt they would have ever entered my consciousness.. the reasons it's a 6 and not a 5 is that i have some concerns over their child baptism and safeguarding procedures, but i think it's down to them being a bit dim rather than any pro child abusing ethos.

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  I am with Stan and Tallon.

  I totally disagree with their doctrine and I believe it's a cult holding hostage those I love.

  It's a 10 for me.
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  The true cost of being raised as a witness

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how do you view your upbringing as a witness?.

  most of us who were raised as witnesses would appreciate that some aspects of our upbringing were ok. a foundation and measure of stability came with it.. but, it struck me too, that we also lost so very much!

  and we lost a lot of potential.. by this i mean, we need to look at not just what we lost, or what was deprived of us, but what that ended up costing us as adults into the future.. if i take $10 from you, you have lost just $10.. but, if you were going to use that $10 to buy something that would end up earning you $1000, then i actually took $1000 from you!.

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  With more than 40 years of public speaking and cold calling experience I have been able to make a career in sales and technical training....Sadly though, kids today acquire the same expertise in 4 years of university which give them credentials that commands way more money.
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  The sly tactics the elders are using to malign my name!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have had it confirmed now, that since stopping attending over 18 months ago, the elders have set out to deliberately ruin my name and character .. they have been talking to every witness from the local area and saying things like "be careful of him, he has the ability to implant thoughts in your minds, and he only pretends to be kind and caring".

  so, all i have to say to them is, "bravo!

  if that is the method you want to employ, you have reached the very depths of bad behaviour!".

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  Their attitude sure demonstrate how they really want to help you return to Jehovah's kind organization...by ruining your reputation.
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  Self Brainwashing

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i would love to hear and make more comments here on how "self-brainwashing" is done in jehovah's witnesses and how it becomes a problem when trying to wake up our loved ones.leah remini was on bill maher's show on friday, feb. 17th.

  she had some great comments about things said on her series about scientology.

  one was how members are "self-brainwashing" because they spend some hours every day doing self-study.

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  One of the turning point for me was when I whispered an answer to my then 5 year old granddaughter during the WT study so she could put up her hand and repeat the answer...it made me realize that the only difference for me was that I read the answer given in the magazine. Saying it in my own words still never made it my answer...
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  Nashville Public Radio: Lack Of Education Leads To Lost Dreams And Low Income For Many JWs

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.npr.org/2017/02/19/510585965/poor-education-leads-to-lost-dreams-and-low-income-for-many-jehovahs-witnesses.

  february 19, 20176:51 pm et.

  heard on all things considered.

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  There's another typo.....she wanted to be nurse. ..
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  Day 1 - Fessler vs. Watchtower – Opening Statements and Motions in Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse Trial

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  news bulletin: fessler versus watchtower – opening statements and motions in jehovah’s witness child abuse trial – day 1. .

  posted on february 12, 2017. city hall, philadelphia, pennsylvania.

  on a cold philadelphia morning the 7th of february, 2017, stephanie fessler walked into the court of common pleas of pennsylvania, first judicial district, civil trial division.

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  .....or maybe the amount to settle got larger...
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  Fancy becoming emotionally attached to a pair of Jeans...

  by The Rebel in

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  2. friends

  and it was with great sadness that today my favorite pair of dirty denim, armani jeans were thrown in the bin.

  they cost me £260 to purchase, and were value for money, as they were worn for many years and together we shared some wonderful occasions.they were stitched on numerous occasions, and loving repaired.

  but today, and to my wife's relief i finally binned my amani jeans.

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  I have 2 items from my dad: a mechanic's ball hammer and a thermometer you hang in the shop as advertising. Both items are more than 50 years old and they remind me of how hard my dad worked to provide for our family.