DesirousOfChange

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  How Many Here Are Estranged From Your Family Because Of The Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  do your jw relatives still talk to you?

  are you now not very close?

  are you avoided?

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  Mostly yes. We are viewed as just "stumbled". The ones that do not speak have made the decision due to other issues. We wouldn't speak to them either.
  
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  Everybody's getting old

  by neat blue dog in

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  at an assembly in texas is it me or are there not too many young folk about 😉.

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  Standard JW auditorium seats.

  Wonder what high placed brother owns the biz that sells them to the Borg? Bet he makes lots of big donations.
  
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  Anyway coming back from my blunder?

  by Crazyguy2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my oldest boy got pissed that i started going back to meetings so i had one last conversation with him as he moved out.

  (only went back to try and not loose whole family) during the conversation things got a bit heated and i mentioned a couple of false prophecies in the bible the rest of family heard so now they think i don’t believe at all.

  guess their right think my going back was just a ruse, yes that’s true to.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Only you can decide if it's worth going through this.
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  Is it me or does Stephen Lett come across......

  by JimmyYoung in

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  2. beliefs

  i get the feelings that stephen lett tries to come across as mr. rogers but there are times it oozes through that he is a lot more dominant and controlling then he lets on.

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  DesirousOfChange

  

  Mr Rogers? NO!
  

  Bozo the Clown? Definitely!
  

  
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  Besides Everlasting Life What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Offer To Anyone?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been thinking... why would anyone want to join the religion or actually stay in the organization.

  i understand that people don’t want to lose their loving family and dear friends so some stay in.

  but what does anyone really ever get because they are jehovah’s witnesses??.

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  DesirousOfChange

  They also offer "instant friends" via their "love bombing".
  

  Yes, we have learned they are "conditional" friends (vs true friends), but it feels good when you're "IN".
  

  Yes, we have learned they will "unfriend you" in a flash (and I don't mean just Facebook) if told to do so by the JW Pharisees -- even parents, children, brothers, sisters.

  Yes, we have learned it's really all about "control".
  
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  Melbourne Convention Protest

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hi all.. i didn't want to post this in private because i want all to see what i saw.. the protest at the melbourne convention went superbly in my opinion.

  the protesters and their banners were more than eloquent and succinct.

  you could feel the emotion they all conveyed.

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  DesirousOfChange

  It appears to have been a very well thought out and planned protest. The signs said it all. No megaphones. No craziness. Diehards might dig in deeper, but I believe there are so many JW's who are sitting on the fence right now. They realize that SOMETHING is wrong. Let's hope they go to Google.
  
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  Life Update 2019

  by passwordprotected in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it's been a while since i was anywhere close to being active here, or on any other ex-jw forum or facebook group.

  i rarely think about the religion and have little-to-no interest in it.. however, i do, very occasionally pop in here.

  hence this update, 3 years on since my last one - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5720228449222656/update-on-my-journey-8-years-after-end-watchtower-control.

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  I'm fully aware that the majority of my life has been lived. My youth and vigour were claimed by the cult. But it is what it is. I'm determined to continue living the best possible life that I can. Raising my children to be the best possible human beings. Enjoying and learning from life's ups and downs.

  I think that describes the situation that many/most of us have found us to be in. It's so great when a Newbie pops up here that is in their 20's or 30's and you realize they escaped before the Cult consumed all of their good years in life.

  The greatest revenge is living a happy & successful life!
  
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  Impeachment hearings ...

  by mikeflood in

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  watched a little bit the famous impeachment hearings....the witness sometimes when they were put on oath were with a smiled in their faces, others insecure, and the rest rightly totally outraged.... i turned it off.

  too much time on the media for nothing.

  it's like the russian thing didn't work to oust trump, and now ukraine maybe.

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  Democrats (esp Shifty Schiff) are in total control as the majority Party. 100's of hours wasted to try and make Trump look bad (because they know there really will not be sufficient evidence to qualify for ouster). It's all to generate clips for the media to use. In the end, they have the votes and they will impeach Trump (because there is no definition to "high crimes") though doubtful if ANY of the GOP will join in. (This is very unlike the Clinton impeachment which was non-partisan.)

  Then it will go to the Republican controlled Senate. They will put on a mock "trial" that they will intentionally drag out because the Democratic senators are not allowed to campaign while the trial is in progress, and they will conduct the proceedings to make the Democrats look bad and in the end they will not convict Trump.

  1000's of hours and million$ of dollars wasted. Politics at its finest.

  I hope the conspirators in the previous administration are fully investigated and prosecuted for their crimes. ~Simon

  That shit is about to hit the fan. Lots of heads going to roll.
  
  
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  Did The Witnesses Predict the United Nations in Advance?

  by TD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's been reported on this forum that bethel speakers at this summer's conventions are asserting that the establishment of the united nations in 1945 was predicted in advance by the witnesses.

  this is being presented as validation of the claim that the witnesses are god's one true organization directed by holy spirit.. .

  the basis for this claim originates with a public address entitled, peace - can it last given by n.h. knorr at the new world theocratic assembly, on september 20 of 1942. .

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  No. It was already in the making before Knorr's great announcement that it would "rise again".
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  Unpopular Opinion on Convention Protests

  by Jehalapeno in

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  2. scandals

  i think it's really sad that people that wasted countless hours preaching for a cult are deciding to waste more hours on that same cult after leaving it.. get a hobby.

  enjoy life.. "the best revenge is a life well-lived.

  " - some person said this..

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  DesirousOfChange

  I support the peaceful, respectful protesting. I suspect it is a way of "healing" for some people. I'm doubtful if it has any significant influence on active JW's unless some little "blurb" catches their eye and leads them to Google. Thus, I think a little blurb such as:

  Why do they call them the LAST DAYS?

  Because they last.....and they last..... and they last.......

  Go to JWFACTS.org

  Causing a commotion just supports the "mentally diseased" stereotype.