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  Good Reasons To Hate Every Weak And Ex-Jehovah Witness.

  by AuntConnie in

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  1. my husband's time is finite, it's wasted on spouses arguing over money, sex or family mattters with stupid home visits.. .

  i hate people's constant open hand for money, it's the weak individuals asking others to pull their weight.

  my family worked extra hours instead of begging the strong members for district assembly money, cat food for seven cats or tiny little rag-a-muffins weiner dogs.. .

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  goatshapeddemon

  ' Mere oppression may make a wise one act crazy.' Ecclesiastes. 7:7

  Some of AC's words have been very unkind. But I know how unkind my mother was at times because of the extreme, exhausting pressure of being "imprisioned" within the bOrg - she hated it and yet saw no way out. She did not cross some of these lines, and she was certainly less hateful, but she was in a very similar situation to the one AC mentioned. She was inclined to turn the violence in on herself rather than raging at others, but the violence was there all the same.

  I withhold judgment.

  A/C, welcome. If there's anything we can do to help, tell us. Vent, share your thoughts and frustrations - we will listen. But please remember that we are trying to be your friends and for that, a little respect to us "underlings", many who used to be "powerful" in the organization and chose to leave of our own volition, may be warranted.

  Peace to you,
  GSD
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  El Dorado, AR vehicle tag "XJW" -- this your BMW?

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife and i were slowly leaving walmart's parking lot in el dorado (that's arkansas) last night and i did a double-take.

  my wife said, "what are you doing"?

  as i swung around to circle back to the row we had just left.

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  Cobalt! I Love it!! :-) "Best revenge is living well."

  The sad thing is that JWs can spin it both ways.

  When by former BFF unfriended me, she said, "Satan is making your life good so that you don't see that you're making a mistake until it's too late."

  If my life was going badly, they would tell me, "It's just evidence of Jehovah removing his blessing."
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  5 stages of dealing with TTATT?

  by El_Guapo in

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  2. friends

  thanks to this website and jwfacts, i have come to learn the "infamous" ttatt.. i've had soooo many emotions the last couple months.. (fyi: i've been baptized since '95 third gen jw, elder father and every other member of my family is a regular pioneer).

  i was wondering, like dealing with greif : are there 5 stages for dealing with ttatt?.

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  goatshapeddemon

  Absolutely. I wasn't right for probably two years.

  But there's a difference - once you get through the grieving process, it's not just acceptance. It's happiness and freedom.
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  Need advice. My inactive jw husband has been lured back.

  by ingimar in

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  goatshapeddemon

  I agree with everyone who is advising you to take it slow and easy. It worked with (part) of our family - love, love, love and logic, logic, logic. The harder we pushed, the harder they pushed away. The slower we took and the more we showed love sprinkled with facts and "thinking" questions, three years later some of them came around.

  My father went ape every time we pushed him too hard. So we changed tactics - ask questions that are impossible to answer honestly as a JW ... and then back away, drop it altogether. They keep stewing on it later and you're not the bad guy (or gal ) for being pushy.
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  New Here! So many questions! :)

  by TeenageInsider in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everyone!

  i'm so happy that i finnally joined i just turned 17 and i have so many questions about the org.. i've been lurking around the site for months, and love reading experiences about bethel, and all the hypocricy that the wtbts spews out.. so i finally joined in and hope to make some great friends.. a little about me:.

  im male, 17, and i am a born-in, so this is all i know... i was baptised at age 13 i beleive.... my gramma, and grampa and mom , and sisters and brothers, are all jw's.

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  goatshapeddemon

  Welcome!

  "How are we the ONLY religion in the WORLD that has it right?"

  This was my husband's first doubt. I remember being gullible and thinking, "Woooooooow I'm sooooo lucky." Right.

  When I was 17, I had this incredible teacher - the first time I'd ever made friends with a "worldly" person. This teacher was so awesome, so spiritual and bright, I couldn't figure out how it was fair that God said that they woul die along with every other person not a witness.

  Unfortunately it took me about 8 more years (several of them in college and even more of them pioneering) to see the light. But I'm 28 now and we're having the time of our lives now that we've left.

  The thing that makes it a little different and more -truly- joyful for us than for others is that my whole family (parents / brother) left with me and my husband. Be careful - if you do it right, you might be able to win over your mom and then your happiness at being free will be doubled.

  Take care!
  GSD
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  CO picked the wrong "old lady" to say this to!

  by clarity in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is this the latest bs to pacify the multiple thousands of singles who are made veritable eunochs because of this organization?

  ...when i tearfully blurted out that i just couldn't carry on any longer!

  i mean almost three decades, for g*ds sake!

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  Balaam / long hair / clarity : this was my experience too. Educated. Independent. Well-spoken. Good job. "spiritual". No bro who wasnt already intimidated was willing to come near me because the elders watched over me like a hawk and the second any brother from somewhere my reputation didn't precede me showed any interest, they were on him like ugly on a duck expecting him to make things official before date #1.

  my heart breaks for the sisters who are still in and still searching. There were times I wished i was dead. I remember how incredibly lonely I was, and convinced I would be alone forever, and no amount of "god bless the single sisters" made one iota of difference. There was a worldly guy once (that even my uber-staunch jw parents liked), but we knew the drill. He had to become a jw, and ultimately I couldn't take the pressure or scrutiny. He would've become jw for me...and I didn't want that either. God I hate that religion!!

  I went through a terrible set of heartaches before I finally found my husband, and I was "old" for a jw girl - people had started writing me off. Wish we could save all the young bros and sisters who just want to be loved.

  GSD
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  "allowed the error to proceed"

  by problemaddict in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hey guys.

  looking for a scripture.

  having a brain fog.

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  @Londo. Yes, that and, "Lord, whom shall we go away to". If I had a dime for every time I heard THAT one as an excuse for staying in the midst of a crapstorm.
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  Listen, Obey, and Be Blessed - corrected version

  by finally awake in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  1. if we have listened to herd, we will show it.. his demands oppress, and screw up our day.. it makes us unhappy to hear and to know it,.

  and well be stressed if we know and obey.. (chorus).

  2. this way of life, like a jail, is a sentence.

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  goatshapeddemon

  Funny. While we were in the process of fading, I rewrote the lyrics to "Ever Loyal" during a particularly boring meeting. We giggled so hard we got "in trouble" for causing a disturbance.
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  WTS says U.S. pubs increased .9% (less than 1%)for 2012

  by Gayle in

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  2013 yearbook on jw.org.

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  goatshapeddemon

  Definitely not keeping up with world population growth -

  Sadly ... that number IS keeping up with US population growth, which was .7% for 2011.

  On the other hand, haha, if all they're doing is keeping up with the growth of the population, that definitely dashes their "rapid growth in recent years" delusion.
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  Will the 'Make Good Use of Our Official Website' discussion backfire?

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  good day everyone,.

  i'm a born in jehovah's hostage, and am still a hostage until i can wake my family up (wishful thinking i know).

  i'll formally introduce myself later.. for now i have some burning concerns about the service meeting part for the week of december 24, 2012.

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  goatshapeddemon

  Oh, and a warm welcome jw07! Can't wait to hear your story and what made you "wake up".