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  I am getting disfellowshipped

  by CitizenofEarth in

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  maybe some of you remember me, maybe not.

  for general information i am now 19 years old, and living by myself.

  for the past 1 year (more like 1.5 years) i have been quietly fading out of the hypocrisy of this organization, but since i still live in the town i grew up in it has been hard, and filled with different challenges.

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  Half banana

  Good on you Citizen of the earth for waking up to the JW insanity and having your own values of where loyalty should be placed.

  As others advised, I also suggest you don't go to be humiliated by a bunch of window cleaners at a judicial committee, they are after your blood not your wisdom. In other words; don't feed the sharks.

  You might phone in advance to let them know you won't be attending--worldly people are so polite! The experience of others from this site indicates no benefit will accrue since you are likely to be d/fd anyway but if you do choose to go, let us know how you got on.

  As a practical measure and being independent of your family make sure you keep in employment to look after yourself and secondly keep your old comrades but make a network of new ones as well. If possible defy the ignorance of the JW org and get some college education under your belt. All the best to you and hold your head high.
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  What Will The Future Hold For Jehovah's Witnesses

  by VW.org in

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  2. friends

  as descibed by the title here is a link to reddit of a what i believe is a powerful post with heaps of information.

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  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7ovq5o/watchtowers_decline_what_will_the_future_hold_for/?utm_source=reddit-android.

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  Half banana

  "What will the future hold for JWs?" ............disappointment
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  Tuxedo

  by Phoebe in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do you think the gb live in big, posh houses??.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4diruxmqh4.

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  Half banana

  Thanks for your post Smiddy but the JWs in trying to rationalize the expense of their flashy HQ quote Solomon and his temple. Both Solomon and his temple are fiction. Does it make sense to quote novels and other people's political dreams to justify activities?
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  Mr. Dropoff goes to Warwick!

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  made a visit to warwick recently.

  i’ll try to get some pics posted..

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  Half banana

  Modern colouring and textures but it is not a welcoming space. The columns impede progress visually and therefore in fact, and the lighting is not coherent. For all the millions of poor JWs money spent-- they did not get the best.
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  Do you have JW-related dreams (nightmares)?

  by compound complex in

  1. social
  2. humour

  greetings, dreamers:.

  i guess it's never going away: daytime carryovers of jw-related stuff seeping into my dreams.. the majority of these dreams take place at conventions but with really weird trappings.

  last night i dreamed i arrived at the site with no books, no lunch, nothing but my car keys.

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  Half banana

  Coco, over the years I have many times had the same sort of dream, either I am giving the prayer at the meeting but I’m no longer a believer, or I am out in field service and spouting the JW party line but guiltily conscious of knowing that it’s a load of rubbish. In real life I escaped the Borg before I felt pressured to do these things.

  But may I tell you about a vivid dream I had at the time I was waking up from the JW delusion:

  I was walking along a country lane late one evening and came to the gap in a well trimmed hedgerow which was the entrance to a field. Instead of a proper gate there was a thin pole across the opening and two men guarding the entrance. There was a bonfire in the field surrounded by people but to my horror a man was being held by his outstretched arms and legs by four others and he was being roasted as it were over the fire. I shouted for them to stop what they were doing and the two guards immediately came together and quietly explained, in the manner of JWs justifying some other Biblical madness, that it was quite alright because the man who was being scorched was happy to have it done to him.

  This was nearly thirty years ago but the dream meaning was clear to me then; that a JW colludes with the organisation to be a dumb servant and actually enjoys suffering because privately it confirms his subordinate role and gives a clear definition of his or her faith and the relationship to the organisation......or make of it what you will.
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  100 million year old Australian dinosaur has same skeletal structure as us

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since leaving the faith i have come to accept the facts and reality of evolution.

  and of course i've read much about comparative anatmony and how it helps us to see the links between our common evolutionary ancestors.

  however, its another thing to see it live in 3d.

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  Half banana

  And then there are those hominins which outwardly look human, well almost human, but instead of the modern flexible thinking brain they function using the so called 'lizard' brain. I understand there are some living specimens found in upstate New York.
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  Tuxedo

  by Phoebe in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do you think the gb live in big, posh houses??.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4diruxmqh4.

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  Half banana

  Thanks Phoebe, very interesting. It's called feathering your nest. . . but don't let the rank and file know about it.
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  Why the meetings are boring and uninspiring

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  each individual may have their own views as to why they feel the meetings are boring and uninspiring.

  in my case i find the midweek meeting so, because of the constant emphasis on pitching watchtower literature.

  its just monotonous and one big yawn.. i watch other christian faiths where they open up a chapter of the bible and discuss it's contents.

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  Half banana

  Beautifully put Freddo
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  CL&M part Jan 4 - annual meeting service report - our outstanding experiences

  by loneranger in

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  2. friends

  this was the first part in the "living as christians" section of the meeting tonight.

  speaker had two pioneers on the stage to relate their outstanding experiences for 2017. we have 23 pioneers and over 160 publishers in the hall.

  our territory is densely populated with single family houses, apartments and condominiums.

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  Half banana

  What upbuilding experiences! How Jerhoova is blessing his people!

  It's no wonder they are leaving the org............get out while you still have a functioning brain.
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  Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?

  by Issa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left the jw organization last year during summer.

  maybe some of you can relate.

  who of you are agnostic or an atheist?

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  Half banana

  Not a believer here because I am without evidence for an almighty creator spirit.

  Just one point to make; when quasars (quasi stellar objects) were discovered in astronomy they were found to be ultra powerful energy and light sources about 10 to 14 billion light years distance from Earth (nearer ones have been found since) each one despatching energy of unimaginable potency.They are galactic cores fed by super-massive black holes. One light year, bye the way, is 5.88 trillion miles distance and a trillion has12 zeros.

  It is laughable to imagine that the ox headed idol of the Hebrews called Yahweh (later Anglicised as Jehovah) could have the slightest connection with quasars.