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Just had my first JW visit in almost 13 years. . . weirder than I could have thought.
by Ilovebirthdays in
1. jw
2. friends
i have an old friend from jw's that has been trying to track me down.

she finally found me today.

of course to invite me to memorial.
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How to remain sane while being a hypocrite?
by Kensho in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as time goes on i find it a real challenge to keep my sanity while still in "the truth" especially after considering all the rsearch i have been doing about the org.

that i have been very active in for almost 4 decades.

i have managed to be removed as an elder while staying in good standing (prayers-reading,mic carring etc.
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untitled
by scooterspank in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
raise your hand if you secretly wished, every time you knocked on a door out in field service that nobody would answer.

i know i did.

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WT March 1,2011 p8 "my 2 cents"
by bobld in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
wbts illustration of you owned a beautiful home.some tenants live peacably others made trouble damage the property.what would you do to correct matters?would you destroy your home?you would evict the bad tenants.. the wbts compares this to what are good and bad tenants or j.w.=good and all other people=bad.. let me illustrate it this way.home a lives an exemplary family, good christian conduct,threats others well,helps the community,maintains their home,all their children are well behaved.. home b lives a j.w.

with the same attributes.would evict the family from home a.my point is their are good people and some live better exemplary lives than j.w.just because they don't go to the kingdom hall they are bad tenants and would be evicted.. also their illustration in 2000 years old so good and bad tenants have come and gone and their landlord has not done a thing,at least in the real world we have gov't and laws to take bad landlords.. b.
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Why did you "BORN IN's" leave?
by stillstuckcruz in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm sure at some point you have mentioed it somewhere on the site, perhaps several.

but this question is i guess personal.

for those her were born into the jdub religion, why did you leave at whatever point?
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May 15th WT - Wives Should be Obedient, Submissive & Not Disagree
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
once again we received the may 15th " witness only " wt from our lurking jw friend.

even though i've been out for over 7 years and haven't attended in that long - i never cease to be amazed at the arrogance of this patriarchal man pleasing wt society in it's dismissive attitude towards women .

it's horrible.
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You Can Overcome WT Phobias!
by leavingwt in
1. jw
2. friends
early in the exit process, it's very important to begin overcoming irrational fears.

fear of the devil.

fear of god.
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What's the biggest lie/rumor that has ever been told about YOU?
by VampireDCLXV in
1. jw
2. experiences
most of us here know what a hypocritical, backstabbing bunch of gossips many of the jw's tend to be.

far too often, a jw wont tell you to your face what's eating them, but they'll sure tell others.

when i started waking up (the second time around) this made me very paranoid.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Child Protection ? Not. Check this Out !
by flipper in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
these quotes and excerpts i'm going to post here come from the " jehovah's witnesses - office of public information " from their website as it was posted on 12/2/07.

my wife and i have a lurking witness friend who sent us this information as she is very pro-active trying to fight child abuse from within the organization itself !

so get your barf bags ready- you are going to need them to stomach this " official policy " garbage from the wt society.
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Persecution Wanes/Banning Blood Garners Publicity
by compound complex in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
sheer madness --- perpetuated by two madmen who prevailed over the judge [almost].

"after the judge's death, as world war ii was ending and persecution against the witnesses began declining, along with the attendant drop in news-media publicity, hayden c. covington told the author [of the four presidents] that fred franz saw the prohibition against blood transfusions as a way to accomplish two things: to continue to publicize the religion, and to create an uproar in the community.

this reaction would convince the membership they were being "persecuted" and "suffering for righteousness sake," a sure sign they were "in the truth.".