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  POLL/SURVEY- Why Did You Leave The Organization of JW's?

  by PublishingCult in

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  why did you leave the organization of jehovah's witnesses, and/or why are you contemplating leaving the organization of jehovah's witnesses?.

  i've tried to boil it down to the most likely answers based on all the reasons i have heard over the years from xjw's.

  a. because the watchtower bible & tract society does not have the truth.. b. because i had a personality conflict with other members of the organization.. c. because i discovered that the wtbts was not being honest or forthcoming about its history.. d. because serving jehovah was too difficult and i just wanted to be worldly and do wicked things.. e. because the governing body of jehovah's witnesses have proved to be false prophets.. f. because i found just cause to disagree with erroneous jw teachings.. g. because the governing body and/or elders were hypocritical.

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  FirstLastName

  I kept hearing from the platform that Jesus's "yoke was kindly and light" and yet I NEVER was good enough, I NEVER did enough, was NEVER "one of the happiest people on earth (infact I was on anti depressants ) and I got sick of faking it! If it was so "kindly and light" why did it feel like a million pounds ?!

  I did think it was the truth when I left, and yet I left anyway cause I could not deal with the "kindly yoke" that had been slung around my neck. Now I KNOW its not the "truth" and I am that much better off.

  So H and then A.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and their hypocritical entertainment choices.

  by Scooby-Doo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the couple that i studied with were major hypocrites when it came to their entertainment choices.

  i remember the first time i was invited to their house for dinner, this was the first time that we just hung out socially, and they were playing music.

  a song came on sung by a girl group that liked to pretend they were bisexuals (or lesbians, whatever) and i thought 'hey, maybe these witnesses are pretty relaxed and cool after all'.. boy was i wrong.

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  FirstLastName

  I had seen the Good Bad and Ugly by the time I was 10, but was not allowed to watch The Goonies.

  What can I say ? My dad liked Westerns.
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  IM SOOO ANGRY!!!!!!!

  by bez in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have not posted for a while and have actually not been on for a while but i have had to post cus i am just livid!!!.

  me and my husband and 2 children stopped going nearly a year ago after numerous issues, and basic doubts.

  while we were in the cong i had an 'incident' with a brother who claimed to love me and wanted to leave his wife for me.

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  FirstLastName

  A helpful suggestion - instead of changing your number - just contact your cell phone company and have their number blocked so you will not see anything from them anymore - instant relief.

  Sorry for your frustrations.
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  For non-believers: What evidence would it take for you to believe in 'god'?

  by jay88 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it all comes down to evidence (but funny how we tend not to accept the evidence that indicates that what be actually believe to be true might be wrong).. this is a statement made by nick in previous thread of his.. >>>>>>>>>>.

  if the ot 'god' reappeared today, would that be evidence of 'god'?.

  jay, .

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  FirstLastName

  A very sincere question and one I have not put to much thought into- yet. I am new in my disbelief. Wanting to believe something never made it true for me.
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  assemblies; how times have changed

  by Evidently Apostate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife mentioned our circuit assembly was this weekend, she looked at me and i let out a chuckle and said "the kids are too sick right?

  " (they weren't) but it was what she wanted to hear, an excuse from me to blow it off.

  it got us thinking about how they were kind of tolerable when we were younger.. meals with ice cream, lots of volunteering to get you out of your seat.. there was more room at past assemblies.

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  FirstLastName

  Mouthy - that is fantastic ! LOL

  I never forget one year, we walked to the McDonalds down the street from the convention site and there was a car covered in leaflets and flyers that said " Help for gay Jehovah's Witnesses !" and I was shocked ! I remember all those things and not a thing said on the podium....rather telling.
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  Saturday mornings as a young Jehovah's Witness

  by trevorbv in

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  just found this today on reedit.

  pretty funny .

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  FirstLastName

  HATED SATURDAY SERVICE ( which is so ironic since I love saturday now).

  I remember being an extremely awckward teenager with a gigantic zit on my lip and wishing a hoping against all odds that my parents would show some compassion and let me stay home - just that once. I was always such a dutiful daughter, couldn't they give me one saturday to hide my zit riddled face at home? Afterall I did look like I got punched in the lip ! Nope...

  I think I hid my face in my hair all morning.
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  assemblies; how times have changed

  by Evidently Apostate in

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  my wife mentioned our circuit assembly was this weekend, she looked at me and i let out a chuckle and said "the kids are too sick right?

  " (they weren't) but it was what she wanted to hear, an excuse from me to blow it off.

  it got us thinking about how they were kind of tolerable when we were younger.. meals with ice cream, lots of volunteering to get you out of your seat.. there was more room at past assemblies.

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  FirstLastName

  Assemblies were a mixed bag. You looked forward to them as JW because then you would get to see people in other congregations, and when your entire world is limited to the 80 or so people in your hall - THAT was an exciting thing. You got to wear your favorite dresses, and walk around finding friends. I remember telling my parents that I needed to being my binoculars so I could see the stage better and I spend the better part of the afternoon scanning all the people in the seats. Our assembly was at the Cow Palace in San Francisco and I spend hours staring at the ceiling looking at all the flags.

  On the down side - they were hideously boring. I once for repremanded by my mom for writing everything the speaker said in my note book - - just so I would NOT fall asleep.

  I remember the protestors we had some years at the assembly and I though that was the most interesting thing I had ever seen.
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  What are some feel good foods?

  by Iamallcool in

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  FirstLastName

  Chocolate chip cookies and milk......so hungry now ! Everything looks good !
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  The God Delusion - online documentary films - Parts 1 & 2

  by Nickolas in

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  2. friends

  while searching for online documentaries about jehovah's witnesses (in particular "children of jehovah" by the cbc and "silent lambs" by the fifth estate - neither of which i found) i came across this one, featuring richard dawkins.

  free to watch online.

  48 mins.

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  FirstLastName

  I just finished watching both of these episodes and thoroughly enjoyed them.

  I especially enjoyed the quote by Steven Weinberg "With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil: but for good people to do evil - that takes religion."
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  Just look at these smiling faces!

  by coffee_black in

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  2. friends

  it was my granddaughter, bailey's third birthday yesterday.

  her bd party was last saturday.

  just look at these faces.

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  FirstLastName

  What a great way to start the morning - so precious !