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  preaching

  by Realist in

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  sorry guys i have more question to which i never could get a real answer.. what is the true motivation for most witnesses to preach?

  is it to save others because they really feel bad for nonwitnesses or do they preach because it is required to get into paradise?

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  Realist. There are two answers. The company policy answer and the real answer. The company policy is God's people must preach about the new world that is coming and to warn about the end of the world that is also coming. SOON. Always soon!!

  The real reasons for preaching are peer group pressure, status, habit, fear of not getting into paradise if not complying , being brainwashed - basically just keeping your feet on the treadmill and running fast to keep up while the WTS spins the wheel.

  nice to have you here btw.

  Marilyn
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  My Husband Died One Year Ago Today

  by Dutchie in

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  after eighteen years of marriage, my husband passed away last year of a terminal liver disease.

  today is the aniversary of his death.

  he died on april 22, 2001 and he was the love of my life.

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  Dear Dutchie, I'm so sorry for your loss. My husband is the love of my life and I can't imagine what it would be like to lose him. It's hard to give up something so wonderful isn't it? I've been married for 30 yrs (the dubs made us marry young) and I can't bare the thought that one day we won't be together any more. I am sure I'm not helping, but I do identify with some of your feelings even though I've never experienced such a loss.

  Fantastic about your law degree. WEll done you!!

  hugs
  Marilyn
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  Ex JW Down and Outs.

  by refiners fire in

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  a large proportion of the ex jws i know and stay in contact with are pretty much down and out.. i stay in contact with 4 from my past.. out of the 4:.

  3 of them are long term unemployed.. 3 of those have psychiatric problems.. 2 of them dont have a stable relationship.. only 1 of them is a reasonable financial success.. my perception of the ex dub world is one of destroyed lives and, too a large degree, hopelessness.i base this perception on those ex dubs i know.

  course, they are all hard core apostates.

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  singsongboi - great story. Were you 59 when you were kicked out? That inspires me to think my brothers still have time to wake up.

  Not sure who Parsnips is addressing. But welcome aboard P.

  Marilyn
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  A zippy catch-phrase. Thx Megadude!

  by Marilyn in

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  :::::there has never been a better time to leave jehovah's witnesses and make a. good recovery.. megadude just wrote this under the thread of *down and out exjws*.

  his post was, dare i say - very uplifting?.

  we should run this catch-phrase somewhere prominent.

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  Joy2, Hubby and me left before the Internet and before "leaving" had caught on. Trail blazers, that's us!! :-) But yeah it was really hard. We didn't know any exjws nor had we read any literature that explained a lot of the problems to us. We left on a gut feeling it was wrong in 1979 and were disfed in 1981 for apostasy (not believing it). I think I got hold of C of C around 1984 and it was a tremendous help. I was only just thinking yesterday that it's time I read it again.

  And yes we have prospered as a family but we are not perfect by any stretch. It's just that we don't trumpet ourselves as perfect. My siblings are still in and they are all in bad financial shape. I feel bad for them - almost guilty for getting out and living well. They say the best form of revenge is to live well, but I sure don't get any pleasure from seeing how hard up my siblings are.
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  A zippy catch-phrase. Thx Megadude!

  by Marilyn in

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  :::::there has never been a better time to leave jehovah's witnesses and make a. good recovery.. megadude just wrote this under the thread of *down and out exjws*.

  his post was, dare i say - very uplifting?.

  we should run this catch-phrase somewhere prominent.

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  :::::there has never been a better time to leave Jehovah's Witnesses and make a
  good recovery.

  Megadude just wrote this under the thread of *down and out exjws*. His post was, dare I say - very uplifting?

  We should run this catch-phrase somewhere prominent. Coz it says it all!!!

  Marilyn
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  Modesty in Dress and Grooming - May KM

  by expatbrit in

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  ok you slutty and independent slobs, pay attention.

  how many instances of loaded language and mind-control techniques can you spot in the following article from the may 2002 km?

  whoever gets the most wins a brown suit from goodwill.. modesty in dress and grooming- km may 2002.

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  ::::::::::Every year in the spring time before the summer conventions The Big Mommy has to tell its thump suckin' kids how to tie their shoe strings... LOL

  Great thread. My comments are that if you are in an institution you have to wear the uniform.

  It's simply amazing that we still manage to bath ourselves and dress in clean clothes now that we don't have the Organisation to guide us
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  The Usual Jaw Dropping WT Hypocrisy

  by metatron in

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  the latest watchtower contains a life experience from a. brother in nigeria.

  he recalls an incident from his youth.. "another time, the principal of the baptist school attempted.

  to abuse me sexually.

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  :::::::::::::::::'Does God approve of religions whose members
  and even whose leaders are not held accountable for gross
  sins?'" (June 1, 2002 pg. 25)

  If you are a Jehovah's Witness you must tick the yes box or you will be disfellowshipped for Imposter see!
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  Ex JW Down and Outs.

  by refiners fire in

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  a large proportion of the ex jws i know and stay in contact with are pretty much down and out.. i stay in contact with 4 from my past.. out of the 4:.

  3 of them are long term unemployed.. 3 of those have psychiatric problems.. 2 of them dont have a stable relationship.. only 1 of them is a reasonable financial success.. my perception of the ex dub world is one of destroyed lives and, too a large degree, hopelessness.i base this perception on those ex dubs i know.

  course, they are all hard core apostates.

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  I'm in the 25% of doing great catagory. My husband who is an exjw is an associate professor of education. We have a very nice house in Melbourne (we own) and we have our retirement package already saved up in the bank. We have been happily married for 30 years and our two kids are doing well. One is a doctor and the other studying genetics at Uni. We don't drink much (finally broke the long term habit) and we exercise religiously. We try to be crazy but we used up most of our crazy genes during our years in the Organisation.

  We are mr and mrs average.

  Marilyn
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  exjw terminology

  by Marilyn in

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  i get a lot of laughs from the deviations that you guys come up with.

  some one from the uk started calling it the troof, which cracked me up.

  the other day i saw kingdumb hall.

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  What about imposter see?
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  Violetanai's baptismal party - all invited

  by Marilyn in

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  basically we're all open minded right?

  so lets put aside our negative comments and throw a cyber-space send off for violet's up coming baptism into dubdom.

  she said she's planning on getting baptised soon and clearly our advice and negative thoughts are hurting her feelings.

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  Abaddon, Actually Violet's comment about being a rebel isn't too far off base. A book I read about the Moonies once commented that people who join cults are trying to be non conformists, different, unconventional etc. It's a thought that has stayed with me.