DesirousOfChange

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  "I still miss it Dad" My 41 Year Son Admitted

  by 1234 in

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  on the 18th of september i turned in my disassociation letter in to the tigard congregation, 19 years ago.. my son turned in his letter in november 2001, 19 years ago shortly after me.

  he was 21 years old.. two days ago we were working together on a wrap for his a/c unit on his bus.. out of blue, he says "i still miss it dad.

  not the religion.

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  DesirousOfChange

  The greatest revenge is living a happy & successful life!
  
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  How do you switch off the thoughts of being raised JW and feelings of anger

  by Zeds Dead in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  raised as a jo blow and married into it.

  37 years in it and now last 7 years out of it which feels great.. have memories of being a kid in school in the uk and just hating everything about being the jw kid.

  bullied, embarrassed in front of others and self-esteem went into the toilet.wished i was born into a different family.. what angers me is the messaging i would receive at home when i talked about being bullied.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I spent 50+ years in the JW Borg being "programmed". Wash, rinse, repeat. Wash, rinse, repeat. It really works. Sadly (I suppose), I clearly do not have another 50 years for DE-programming. So we continue to plod along and try to ignore the JW nightmares that resurface from time to time. There is still ONE couple from our former Cong that keeps in limited contact. Truly good friends. (Just like we thought the others all were too!) They are concerned about us. Of course, they are not going to socialize with us if for no other reason, it would look bad for them to do so.

  We've made a great effort to make new friends/associates. That's tough. Most of a person's friends are from the years at school or work. We're past that. If and when we ever do bump into a former JW acquaintance (we found out they were not friends), we put on the Happy Face and assure them that Life is Good! And in reality, LIFE IS GOOD! We have the time to travel (before COVID) without feeling guilty about missing our meetings. While we do wish we had invested more heavily (but we thought the world was soon to end), we try to balance "keeping our eye simple" and enjoying life to the fullest.

  So, I'd say fill your life with other things. Work hard. Live modestly. Invest compulsively. Above all, make new friends. Real friends.
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  The Re-Opening of the Kingdom Halls

  by LetTheTruthBeKnown in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's been six months since the kingdom halls have been closed.

  i believe here in ontario, canada that you are now allowed to have up to 50 people congregate together.. that was the average attendance before they did all the merging of the congregations.

  they should have went back to the original pre-merger congregations.

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  DesirousOfChange

  "Do not forsake the gathering of yourselves together, . . . even more so as the end draws [very, very, very] near. . ." unless of course their is "unexpected" disease in the Time of The End.
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  So the elders gave my 19 year old daughter a shepharding call depression ensues!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  against our wishes she got baptised at 16 because she got brainwashed by her cousin.

  the last year or so she hasn't been so gung ho about the "truth".

  anyway the elders came down on her for not getting her time in the last couple months because she absolutely hates zoom letter writing.

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  DesirousOfChange

  My daughter that he was going to bring his wife along. But it turned out to be 2 elders .

  Bring the hammer down and tell them that had better NEVER happen again. Your 19yo daughter does not need to be meeting two adult men when they had promised otherwise.
  
  
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  Secret witnesses, wiretaps and banned literature

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/secret-witnesses-wiretaps-and-banned-literature-how-russian-law-enforcement-prosecutes-jehovahs-witnesses/ .

  shame for those in prison, .

  where were the angels and the holy spirit to protect them like in the past ?

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  DesirousOfChange

  Hard to believe this goes on anywhere in the 21st Century.

  Very sad that Russia has decided to take such a deplorable position against any members of the religion.
  
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  Poll/ So Who Do You Think Will Win The Presidency?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have always felt trump will win again.

  i just don’t see biden winning.. what’s your prediction?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Maybe the American public like their Presidents immoral, corrupt and slightly stupid,

  Like it or not, that's mostly what they've elected for decades -- particularly the immoral & corrupt. Not sure I would go so far as to tag any with "stupid". Maybe Jimmy Carter? Or was he just a shitty politician?

  In recent decades, nearly all US presidents were millionaires (Kennedy, Reagan, Bush 41 & 43) except Clinton and Obama. (Of course even they are millionaires now!)
  
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  The Re-Opening of the Kingdom Halls

  by LetTheTruthBeKnown in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's been six months since the kingdom halls have been closed.

  i believe here in ontario, canada that you are now allowed to have up to 50 people congregate together.. that was the average attendance before they did all the merging of the congregations.

  they should have went back to the original pre-merger congregations.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I don’t think they’ll open KHs any time soon in the UK

  The only way they would change things right now is if the donations are not forthcoming online. Since we haven't attended in several years, I have no idea if there is any pressure being put on the R&F for contributions at the local level.

  Who is still PIMO and can provide some additional info?
  
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  Meanwhile...in Argentina

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.criba.com.ar/en/works/116-asociacion-de-los-testigos-de-jehova.

  project detail.

  type: special projects.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Argentina? From where there is no extradition to the United States?
  
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  The Re-Opening of the Kingdom Halls

  by LetTheTruthBeKnown in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's been six months since the kingdom halls have been closed.

  i believe here in ontario, canada that you are now allowed to have up to 50 people congregate together.. that was the average attendance before they did all the merging of the congregations.

  they should have went back to the original pre-merger congregations.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Could the WTS sell off all kingdom Halls and become a full time Zoom religion complete with back room counseling and Disflellowshipping ?

  This has been mentioned repeatedly, yet I find it difficult to think they could end all F2F association and go strictly to ZOOM. After all, the religion is primarily a "social club" for the R&F JW's. However, it occurred to me that they have complained that Assembly Halls are under-utilized. Would it be possible to sell of 50% of the KHalls and increase the number of "assemblies" -- perhaps 6 per year thereby allowing more Congs to share the physical KHalls.

  Follow the money~
  
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  Poll/ So Who Do You Think Will Win The Presidency?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have always felt trump will win again.

  i just don’t see biden winning.. what’s your prediction?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  He's taken on The Swamp so that all the Dems hate him and even a bunch of the GOP hate him (unless they think they can get re-elected on his coat tails).

  He's taking on Big Pharma.

  Now, he's taking on the Military Establishment.

  I'm not sure he picked his battles carefully.