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  Life after DF/divorce

  by Freeof1914 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am just wondering how many here have gone through the experience of being disfellowshipped and divorced?

  i am currently in that situation and sometimes i am afraid of what to expect.

  thankfully i have a good core of friends, but nonetheless i still find myself somewhat nervous of what to expect in my new life.

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  RayPublisher

  Me too Mr. Free! I was married 20 years to a devout JW wife we pioneered, I was elder, etc etc then after waking up she kicked me out we are divorcing (almost final!!) and she ratted me to elders along with a couple friends. So I decided to let my light shine and tell the elders everything I learned and put it online for all to see so they DFed me and I am proud of it.

  It's hard at first, but you will be FINE in time. You will be better than fine actually. If you want to chat email me and we can set up something!

  Eric aka RayPublisher

  jwstruggle at gmail dot com
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  Another Newbie

  by Skinnedsheep in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently came to the realization that the organization is corrupt and is false.

  my story is similar to many i think.

  i was raised in the religion, pioneered and served as an elder for a number of years.

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  RayPublisher

  " It will be the straw that breaks the camels back for some."

  Yep. That's what we call collateral damage, and the WT has never shied away nor worried about taking out a few with "friendly fire"... It's part of the way they wage war and maintain control.
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  Two JW's just came by

  by Kool Jo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so as i'm here browsing jwn while in bed, i hear the door knock at my apartment door!.

  i was thinking it was my co-worker who lives opposite of me because i have no family nor friends where i'm currently living (job relocation for 3 months).

  one a couple of occasions, persons have knocked, but they realize they're at the wrong door.. so i was in my speedos and opened the door and i see two sisters at the door!!!.

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  Party on Wayne!
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  A NEW NAME

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i wish to communicate that there has been a change in the name that identifies the community that i'm rousing.

  it used to be called "christian fraternity of jehovah's people".

  from now on it will be called "christian fraternity of god's people".

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  RayPublisher

  Good move Eden- it's not shocking at all to many of us.

  You are a sharp, thinking Christian and we need lots more of you-- where do I go to find them??
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  Powerfully heart-wrenching experience by FORMER BETHLITE

  by Black Man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wanting to post an experience by a former bethelite.

  the first part was just published with the other two coming overt the next couple of weeks.

  click the link.

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  " It is amazing how many exBethelites are no longer active Jehovah's Witnesses. Reading accounts like this explains why."

  BINGO FROM THIS EX-BETHELITE...
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  WTS is ADVERTISING in local newspapers

  by still thinking in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just opened our local paper to discover a half page add on the front page for jehovahs witnesses... more to be read on page 4 and 5 where there are two half page articles.

  that must have cost them.. they are obviously trying to soothe the public into thinking that jws are harmless...let them into your homes.

  front page says:.

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  RayPublisher

  @Blondie - you said:

  advertising = they paid for it

  news item = they did not pay for it

  That's not necessarily the case- I have done a lot of TV, Radio, and print advertising for clients and follow the advertising news, More and more newscorps are doing "soft news" and will feature stories for a price. It's actually not that new, even Russell did it back in the day. He paid for "news stories" in certain papers about his missionary trips and his radio broadcasts according to Gruss in the Four Presidents book.
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  Stickers (complete with QR Code) for Laundromats

  by nicsfreedom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  according to one of our friends who visits our local laundromats the literature is out of control.

  guess its time to do some real educating aka jw un-witnessing.

  throwing the mags away just keeps the dubs bring back more (and counting placements) so with my friend and husbands help we are going to "stick it to the watchtower" literally:).

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  RayPublisher

  Can you post links to them on here? That would be ideal...
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  SEP/OCT "Answer Sheet"... Sisters need to keep their questions to themselves...

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  firstly, thanks to atlantis for the answer sheet he just provided.... can you believe the unmitigated gall of the wt in providing this answer to question 3?

  3. what did paul mean when he wrote that women should keep silent in the congregations?

  (1 cor.

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  Some feel that passage was added by someone else and was not even written by Paul...
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  Another Newbie

  by Skinnedsheep in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently came to the realization that the organization is corrupt and is false.

  my story is similar to many i think.

  i was raised in the religion, pioneered and served as an elder for a number of years.

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  Welcome SkinnedSheep I was in the same boat as you a few years ago...I botched the "share what I've learned with the wife" part though and ultimately it killed the marriage. Well I tried anyway...

  But I'm so damn happy now three years later (from my wakeup point) and it just gets better and better...

  I'd love to help any time/way if I can- lemme know. ;)

  Eric aka RayPub

  www.JWStruggle.com

  YouTube: JWStruggle
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  The "Sign of the last days" and 2 Timothy 3:1-5

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've just published on my website a new article: the "sign of the last days" and 2 timothy 3:1-5 (click to visit).

  it contains a critical analysis of the context of 2 timothy 3:1-5 and a refutation of the connection with matthew 24:3, and therefore, of the expression "sign" + "last days".. the article is divided in the following parts:.

  introductionthe composite nature of the expression "sign of the last days"the context of 2 timothy 3:1-5the message of 2 timothy 3:1-5two fallacies about the "last days"conclusiondue to its lenght, i won't post it in full here, only the introduction:.

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  RayPublisher

  Great article, totally debunking the "last days" myth that WT and other fundamentalist movements perpetuate.