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  April 2017 wt says you can't undo a dedication to God

  by poopie in

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  if that's true then you can't say such and such is no longer aa jehovahs witnesses .

  now i'm not very educated but is this like contradictory..

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  Well I undid mine, soooooooo....a big F- U to the watchtower and their imaginary j-god. Happy holidays 😏
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  Is everything a sign to the jw's?

  by karter in

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  of publisher numbers go up its a sign jehovah must be blessing the work if they go down it a sign the end must be near .

  if there's an earthquake it a sign.if there's a war it's a sign ..i'm sure donald trump is sign.

  karter.

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  Pretty much, yeah
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  Update on MIL shunning

  by BeautifulMind in

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  hello on this beautiful sunday!

  just a quick little update to the post i made a few months ago about my mil shunning us.

  quick recap: during a convo after she attended the rc and was going on and on about how powerful it was and how great the videos were, blah, blah, blah...i couldn't take it anymore and told her that's not our lives anymore and i didn't want to hear anymore about it and to please respect that and move on to something else to talk about.

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  Zoos - she's not stepping foot in our house because we are "apostates". So I know for a fact she will never take me up on the offer. I told her the same thing 3 months ago at the end of our conversation, she's welcome to come over anytime. But we have the "demons" now, so diehard jw MIL wouldn't be caught anywhere near us. I know what I'm doing, and would never open my children up to abuse from that cult. The invitation was extended knowing she will never accept it. but thanks for your concern, much appreciated.
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  JW Facebook puriven garbage

  by Lostandfound in

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  below is an example of the pure cliche driven and meaningless posts by witnesses to witnesses on facebook .

  it was truly a blessing from jehovah that your original plans .....didn't work out, because instead our family was able to enjoy a spiritually filled morning with ,spiritual food and spiritual entertainment and singing praises to our glorious god, grand creator and loving heavenly father jehovah was a memorable gift.

  he has truly provided a perfect example of christian brotherly love through his son, our savior jesus christ.

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  @punkofnice....same here. I always felt silly and uncomfortable 😒 It didn't feel sincere or realistic.
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  Update on MIL shunning

  by BeautifulMind in

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  hello on this beautiful sunday!

  just a quick little update to the post i made a few months ago about my mil shunning us.

  quick recap: during a convo after she attended the rc and was going on and on about how powerful it was and how great the videos were, blah, blah, blah...i couldn't take it anymore and told her that's not our lives anymore and i didn't want to hear anymore about it and to please respect that and move on to something else to talk about.

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  Thanks everyone. No, it is not easy dealing with this but no one escapes this cult unscathed. But I'm not in it anymore and I refuse to let anyone still in control our lives.
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  Update on MIL shunning

  by BeautifulMind in

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  hello on this beautiful sunday!

  just a quick little update to the post i made a few months ago about my mil shunning us.

  quick recap: during a convo after she attended the rc and was going on and on about how powerful it was and how great the videos were, blah, blah, blah...i couldn't take it anymore and told her that's not our lives anymore and i didn't want to hear anymore about it and to please respect that and move on to something else to talk about.

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  Hello on this beautiful Sunday! Just a quick little update to the post I made a few months ago about my MIL shunning us. Quick recap: during a convo after she attended the RC and was going on and on about how powerful it was and how great the videos were, blah, blah, blah...I couldn't take it anymore and told her that's not our lives anymore and I didn't want to hear anymore about it and to please respect that and move on to something else to talk about. But of course she was relentless in getting it out of me why, so I finally told her we don't believe in Jehovah anymore nor do we believe or follow any JW teachings/practices and we are done pretending we do. (We had been side stepping the issue for over a year to spare her feelings). She said she would do what jgod wanted her to do and stop talking to us - including her young grandchildren. I asked if she was really ok with doing that and she said yes because she knew she was making jgod happy by not talking to us because we turned our back on jgod. We havent heard from her since.

  Fast forward to a couple of days ago. She calls my husband to tell him about some family situation going on. He tells me it was a very quick call and at the end of the call she asked him to ask me to send her pictures of the boys. Lol, seriously? So she really thought she could indirectly ask to see the boys without even talking to me, after with much conviction just a few months ago told me she had no problem shunning her grandkids because jgod would be happy with her?. Nah, it don't work like that. The only way she will see her grandkids is through us, by talking to us like a normal person. Not dropping in and out of my babies lives when you miss them. I will not give you the satisfaction of seeing your grandkids through pictures while shunning us.

  Even though she didn't have the balls to call/text me directly, I sent her a nice little text. "Hi. I hope you are doing well. (Husband) told me you asked me to send you pics of the boys. So I just wanted you to know, like I said in our last conversation, you are more than welcome to come see the family whenever you like, you know the door is always open! Love you."

  So yeah, she tried that jw nonsense. Nope, not having it lol! Ok, on to football Sunday!! Have a good one.😀
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  Article speaking against jw blood doctrine

  by BeautifulMind in

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  2. beliefs

  came across this this morning.

  if you can't open and you want to read it, copy and paste.. https://www.the-newshub.com/general/hlc-pvg-jehovahs-witness-death-squads-coerce-medical-suicide.

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  Came across this this morning. If you can't open and you want to read it, copy and paste.
  

  https://www.the-newshub.com/general/hlc-pvg-jehovahs-witness-death-squads-coerce-medical-suicide
  
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  2016 RC & my family

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i hope you are all well.

  i haven't posted in a little while.

  i've just been adjusting and enjoying my new life outside of the org.

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  @freddo - thanks for the tip! 👍🏾 and to everyone, yes, we have a difficult road ahead. She is now going to tell the rest of the family I'm sure. One silver lining is both my brother in laws have known this since around October last year and have kept it to themselves and treated us no differently. But from the others, we expect to be fully shunned by them as well. We will stay strong tho.
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  2016 RC & my family

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i hope you are all well.

  i haven't posted in a little while.

  i've just been adjusting and enjoying my new life outside of the org.

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  @steve2 Who knows - she may yet surprise you and, after thinking it through, come down on the side of compassion and acknowledge you were not in any way shape or form trying to "win" her over to your view

  That's what I kept trying to stress to her. I didn't want to change her mind on her religion. But she asked me what happened for me to change my mind so I was telling her. But yeah, we will see what happens from there.
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  2016 RC & my family

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i hope you are all well.

  i haven't posted in a little while.

  i've just been adjusting and enjoying my new life outside of the org.

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  Thanks everyone. It's easier for me to be so strong and speak out as all but 1 of my immediate family members are out and have been for years. I think it's also why I can offer my love to her and the rest of his jw family even if they unknowingly are rejecting ours.

  @FayeDunaway, my husband and I have been having the discussion of telling her for about 6 months. But it's his mom and even though they aren't really close, it's still his mom. he was having a hard time with the fact that she might shun him, and I understand that. My own mother is deceased so she is the only mother figure I have, so it will suck if she does shun us. But we can't live for her. So lately I asked him if it came up would it be ok for me to tell her where we stand now and he was ready for it. He's actually quite relieved!