DesirousOfChange

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  Need input: JW brainwashed fantasy vs. real world reality during evacuation

  by goingthruthemotions in

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  hello all, hope everyone is doing good!!!!.

  so my wife tells me yesterday....on saturday we having a emergency disaster class on saturday.

  kinda like most corporation have and it's through zoom.

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  Reality, The JW's have no clue......

  Actually, that about sums it all up.
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  The New World's first Convention... - LMAO

  by tresdecu in

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  this was sent to me by a cooky uber-dub.

  apparently it's making the rounds locally...it's typical lighthearted jw satire (that they think is great!!

  smh :-/ ) .

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  DesirousOfChange

  These people are f*cking ridiculous! Absolutely delusional!

  Don't they know that all of these Glorious Ones were already resurrected in 1925 and it's just been kept secret?

  Judge Rutherford said so, so it must be true!
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  1 Corinthians 15:26

  by Doug Mason in

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  you will die.

  i will die.

  those who have gone before us, the great and the small, the powerful and the weak, have shared the common fate of dying.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Belief in the afterlife is like wearing a condom -- it provides a false sense of security without any guarantee.
  
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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

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  this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

  latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

  the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

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  DesirousOfChange

  There are almost no single family dwellings in NYC. I suspect the virus has contaminated entire apartment buildings. People who stayed at home in their apartment or flat on the 10th floor have been exposed to every COVID positive person in their building.
  
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  "Jehovah's Witnesses Ever-Changing Teachings"

  by Doug Mason in

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  “jehovah's witnesses' ever-changing teachings: the most important changes in the doctrine of the watchtower society in the year 1879-2015” by włodzimierz bednarski and szymon matusiak..

  https://www.amazon.com/dp/b084p2dxl1.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Don't you realize that The Truth is "ever changing"?

  How is it that we were so duped that we couldn't see how ridiculous that statement is?
  
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  75th Anniversary of VE Day

  by cofty in

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  today is the 75th anniversary of the end of wii in europe.

  they were a special generation who were literally prepared to give their lives rather than submit to fascism.

  millions paid the ultimate price.

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  DesirousOfChange

  (Not so sure about the British) but here in America the younger generation is voting for socialism and are willing to give up what used to be our fundamental rights (laws against hate speech, gun control, etc).

  If the was was held today, I'm afraid the outcome would be very different.
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  Are Ex-JW's Suffering From Burn Out?

  by IWant2Leave in

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  the reason that i ask is, in the two years on this forum and you tube, i've seen ex-jw's either drop off entirely or make fewer and fewer videos.

  i know the emotional toll can be high.

  is that the sole reason, or is it cost (video) or do you think it's external pressure (legal or family)?

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  DesirousOfChange

  There is never going to be a reformed JW organization. That is what some were hopibg for. When they were wrong they were still right. Later they will blame us for thinking they were wrong, the rest will be disappointed again by new light ~ RoadToNowhere

  Yes, I originally thought I could work for change from the "inside" of the Borg. Not only is that not possible but it will make you feel defeated. If I could do it, I'd change my ID (DOC) to DOUBTFUL of Change because I now know it's never going to happen!
  
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  On The Art Of Fading

  by expatbrit in

  1. jw
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  in october of 2000, i faded away from the watchtower.

  like most people, i have family and friends who are jw's (including my wife and parents).

  fading is generally the best method for people in that situation.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I hope all the posters who no longer post on here including the OP are well. ~ LongHairGal

  I hope they have all moved on to being "ex-XJW's"!
  
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  What do you make of this recent article regarding the United Nations stance towards overriding religions of the world on certain matters?

  by devout_no_more in

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  first of all, this is my first post here on the forums even though i have been registered now for some time.

  i have been faded from the jehovah's witness religion for many years now, but only recently within the past year or so gotten quite serious about it - crisis of conscience by ramond franz really kicked things off for me personally.. anyway, my wife, parents, step-sister and her husband and my half-brother are all still active jw's, so i am still exposed to them, and this is also the reason why i'm still "faded".

  frankly i'd probably just as soon disassociate myself without the threat of being shunned.

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  DesirousOfChange

  IF the WT would happen by chance to guess it right on one date of their predictions, they would still be like the broken clock -- wrong 11 times for every time they are coincidentally right.

  Well to our group of "mentally diseased" apostates.

  I've been doing the JW thing since childhood and got dunked as an infant (almost) in the mid-60's. I very well remember their first prophetic date that affected me. (There were plenty of more prior to that one.) It was the 1966 revelation of the 6,000 year chronology that "strongly indicated" that 1975 would be the conclusion of 6,000 years of man's creation. YES! It meant Armageddon was imminent!

  It was followed up by the Awake! magazine article in the May 22, 1969 issue (things were really getting "close" now) stating that youth in from high school would not have sufficient time in this system of things to complete a college education. YES! YES! The End(™) must be very, very close! "STAY ALIVE 'TIL '75!"

  Guess what? None of what they predicted (prophesied?) ever happened! 1975 came and went. (Of course sitting in line for gasoline at the exorbitant price of 75¢ per US gallon made it seem like the "end of the world" was coming as did driving only 55 mph and 18% interest on a mortgage.) Still, ZIP! NOTHING!
  

  BTW -- nothing of what they predicted about 1914, 1925, 1940's, or "before the end of the 20th Century", ever happened either! So far, the broken clock has a much greater success rate than the WTS/GB!

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  Since I suspect you are younger than I am upon awakening to TTATT, my first suggestion would be to PLAN NOW for the remaining future you have. Not only could I have finished college, I am retirement age and have finished one career. Fortunately, I am not like many older JW's that have attained this age but are broke and without a decent pension or savings. PLAN AHEAD FOR YOUR FUTURE! You will not see the Panda Petting Paradise that you have been promised. Quit holding on to false prophecy.

  Also, be "easy" on your family that is still in. You won't awaken them by dumping everything you have learned regarding TTATT on them all at once. It is a gradual process, as you no doubt discovered yourself. Drop little hints. Ask "disturbing" questions. Force them to investigate the "Truth".
  

  Good luck! Glad you're here!
  
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  Are Ex-JW's Suffering From Burn Out?

  by IWant2Leave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the reason that i ask is, in the two years on this forum and you tube, i've seen ex-jw's either drop off entirely or make fewer and fewer videos.

  i know the emotional toll can be high.

  is that the sole reason, or is it cost (video) or do you think it's external pressure (legal or family)?

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  DesirousOfChange

  DITTO to what 1234 says above!

  Thankfully, many ex-XJW's hang around here, no longer for their benefit, but to help the Newbies that show up here looking for support.