Posts by DesirousOfChange

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Anyone here take any chance you get to tell others how dangers the cult is?

by mickbobcat in

i know i have made some uncomfortable at times and others have thanked me for telling them about the cult because some family member is one and they thought it was a bad cult but did not know details.

personally i take every chance i get to tell others about the cult.

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DesirousOfChange

As a never JW l don't have to worry about that DoC . I do try to tell people but sometimes they seem to think l am being nasty and exaggerating. This happens a lot with my fellow church goers because they just can't get their heads around what l describe. ~ jhine

I can see that! I think most of our non-JW family members just saw JWism as another "Christian religion" that is just a "little weird". (No Christmas. No birthdays. No blood transfusions. But that doesn't matter until someone needs it.) Maybe like they consider the Mormons. Though I think the Mormons attempt to appear more "mainstream".

I addressed it with a counselor I was seeing and they had NO IDEA what the Cult is like if someone leaves it. They think it's just like a Catholic or Lutheran that decides to quit going to church. No big deal. That have no idea that if a JW "sins" that the "church" is NOT there to help them, but simply excommunicates them. Even family.

Maybe things like the Leah Remini series on Cults will open some eyes.

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How to tell my parents that i dont want to be a jw?Please help, im begging...

by ihatemylife in

fist of all my first language is not english so i apologise for any mistakes.i am 17 my whole family is jw.i am so sick of this i cry all the time i wasted my teen years doing nothing, no friends, no parties, no going out, no fun.i am scared for my life because if i tell them they will kick me out, i have no money to move out.i am curentlly studying the bible with my mom just because i am scared to tell her that i dont want to.please help me with some advice im begging.my life depends on this......

DesirousOfChange

First, I understand that you disagree with your parent(s) about the religion, but never think that they are not trying to give you the best (that they think) life has to offer. It's a cruel cruel world out there and at 17 you are likely NOT prepared for it. Everything is expensive! Housing. Transportation. Utilities. Even just food. And your parents have been providing all of this for you likely at no expense to you. I think you'd be smarter to "fake it" as a JW a little while longer until you can prepare yourself for living independently.

NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW THAT GETTING A GOOD EDUCATION!

Go back and read that previous sentence. I assume right now you're still in High School (if you're in the US). Assuming you are in the US, tax laws now allow parents to treat payments (up to abut $2500) to Community Colleges the same as if they had made a payment to the IRS against what they owe in taxes. So, your folks can pay taxes............OR, they can pay your college tuition. As long as they pay income taxes...........college is basically FREE (for the first two years). And most young people need those first two years of college to even figure out WTF they want to do in life.

If college isn't your "thing", then you'd best talk to a school counselor about getting into a "trade". Does your area have Labor Unions? A union construction worker here is earning over $30/hr plus free health insurance and free contributions to a pension. Many carpenters, laborers, equipment operators earn $50,000-$70.000 annually. So do not discount a "blue collar" trade. Most unions have apprenticeship programs that will allow you to work (for a lower pay scale) while you learn on the job.

You're probably better to take advantage of whatever your parents are willing to do to help you "get a leg up in life" rather than burning the bridge.

Good luck!

The greatest revenge is living a happy and successful life!

Oh yeah------DO NOT GET DUNKED!

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Anyone here take any chance you get to tell others how dangers the cult is?

by mickbobcat in

i know i have made some uncomfortable at times and others have thanked me for telling them about the cult because some family member is one and they thought it was a bad cult but did not know details.

personally i take every chance i get to tell others about the cult.

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DesirousOfChange

Regrettably, we stay pretty quiet so as not to disrupt our "fade". Plus, most people will not open their eyes to anything negative about the Cult until they are "ready". You can't force feed them.

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helpful advice

by stan livedeath in

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DesirousOfChange

Consider how dumb the average person is................

Now remember that 1/2 of them are even DUMBER than "average".

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Prince Harry and Meghan

by minimus in

jw
friends

what do you think of these two?.

DesirousOfChange

Harry appears to be a pussy-whipped fool.

Megan appears to be wearing the pants and calling the shots. I really doubt that her talents as a B-TV Movie actress will get her any more "stardom" than she could have attained as the #2 Princess but I guess she doesn't like 2nd place. Lots of class -- but all "low class".

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Evolution a proven fact? LOL

by Rex B13 in

jw
friends

some interesting quotes from evolutionists.

natural history, vol.

' new scientist, vol.

DesirousOfChange

Where's Cofty when you need him?

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When was your last Kingdom Hall meeting?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

i stopped going to kingdom hall meetings about nine years ago.

i was fading for the longest time, refused to go out in field service, dropped out of the ministry school talks, no longer answered at the watchtower study, arrived at the meetings the last second, and left as soon as possible.

i couldn't take attending the meetings any longer.

DesirousOfChange

At least five years here. Probably closer to 7 years.

I bumped into a JW "friend" one day who said, "I hear you guys are missing a lot of meetings?"

My reply was, "You are misinformed. We have not missed ANY of the meetings!" And left it at that.

The greatest revenge is living a happy and successful life.

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Is there a renewed iemphasis on the "go bag" in the past mont or so?

by nonjwspouse in

my soon to be ex moved out over a year ago.

he left most of his things here ( i guess he thinks of my house as his personal storage unit).

one thing he left was his survival backpack, i assume his "go bag".

DesirousOfChange

Not sure where you live. Here in the USA, we just went through a winter disaster in many US States (surely you've read about Texas losing power to over 4 million) and Texas is where most of the oil in the US is produced. That's just one area that had serious weather issues. So,,,,,,,,,,,I suspect WTS has been ramping up the urgency to have your Go Bag ready. (Guess you damn well better have snow chains and lots of Kerosene in it?)

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