Posts by millie210

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A warm welcome to the many newbies who have joined and posted these past months .

by smiddy3 in

it is truly heartwarming to see so many new ones sign up to this site as most of us know it can be quite stressful at first ,because of the indoctrination we have all gone through in going on apostate sites .. the guilt ,paranoia ,fear , apprehension ,even being a judas fear, all unnatural fears put on us by a mind controlling cult.. that wants us to be captives of there religious interpretations about the bible.. however this and other sites like it are the only way we can find out about {the truth about the truth} ttatt.. welcome everybody..

millie210

Great thread topic and a big welcome to all newcomers.

May I say, it's only going to get better and better for you?

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Did you ever thought this?

by Theonlyoneleft in

so.. you are a jw or studying, living your life and doing your bit, feverish of spreading the good news to everyone that will listen!.

you prep yourself for meetings, doing your ministry and applying all that there is into your daily life.. so....i have a question... you know... my clogs.

when you where completely in the religion, did you ever think about the impact of your way of life and religion towards others, specially those that lived around you such as good friends or family members that didn’t studied?

millie210

I always thought I was "fair and very balanced" in the way I treated my non believing relatives when I was a JW.

It was a very sobering moment when after I told them I had left the JWs they said "Oh good we have you back!"

Obviously, I did a terrible job of being so "balanced" with my poor family.

We are making up for lost time now!

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More fear-mongering in Nov. 2019 WT

by neat blue dog in

first of all, there's a new imaginary picture of jws during the great tribulation:.

then there's a picture of a jw family refusing to listen to "apostate lies" via pre-programed, self imposed information control:.

the description says:.

millie210

So theyre all gonna sit around in an attic drinking bottled water and reading the Bible?

What fun!

Such an encouraging picture.....

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If you are reading this Courtney and Helene

by newsheep in

please please contact us by private messaging us.

we didn't know what to put this under so sorry in advance but this is why we are here.

courtney was a co serving in another country when his father was dying.

millie210

I missed this until now also.

Did you ever get to contact them directly newsheep?

I wish they could see the warm support here.

This poor family. They are better off now and some validation would be wonderful to help them realize it and get closure.

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is the watchtower cult the most hated religion ?

by stan livedeath in

hated by many members of the public for their ( former ?

) door knocking and preaching at the most inopportune times ( at work for instance ).

hated by former members who are now shunned by family and former friends.. hated by thousands ( millions maybe ) of pimos who only stay for fear of losing wives / family friends.. can you name any religious cult thats even worse ?.

millie210

What's the opposite of love and hate? Indifference?

I think that is what most people feel about JWs - with maybe a little touch of "glad it's not me"

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Parenting through seperation

by rathernotsay in

jw
friends

hi everyone, was hoping i could share my experience, read other people's, and perhaps receive some advice regarding parenting through seperation.. so my wife of 8 odd years, and mother to my 3 children (8,6,3) and i have separated.

largely due to our differences not just with religion but all areas of life.

the breakup was amicable, and we remain somewhat friendly to one another while we work all this out.

millie210

Reading between the lines, the fact that you can be in a "working" relationship with your soon to be ex wife tells me you are probably a fairly even tempered guy. You are probably very capable of playing the long game. That will be in your favor because JWs have an extremely low retention rate in keeping young people interested in their organization. Their natural desire as they become teens will be to leave.

As others have mentioned above love them, keep alternatives to what they are being taught by your wife available to them, no need to force it just expose them to different ways of viewing the world than she is.

Time is on your side.

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I hate it when they say; “Don’t worry, Jehovah will take care of it”

by I believe in overlapping in

i happen to run into a couple of elders and one of their bible studies was with them.

after we said our formal greetings to each other we caught up on each other’s history.

somehow the conversation took a turn into politics.

millie210

Its such a hodge podge of mixed together reasoning.

"Jehovah will take care of it"

"If Jehovah lets us die we can be resurrected"

etc etc etc

I have come to see all of this as being in the same category as fairy tales and magic potions.

There is massive allure in believing that things will work out and you don't actually have to do anything.

Except for wish on a star or maybe burn a feather while chanting, and let's not forget the modern one, pray.

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Review: 2019 Regional Convention

by neat blue dog in

so here's some random highlights from the convention this year:.

in a couple of videos, they promote a very negative attitude about bettering yourself and taking career opportunities.

for instance, in one video a boy is either getting a college offer or at a job fair, i can't remember exactly, but first he imagines getting better off financially, and then he turns around and imagines losing his money and losing his nice car.

millie210

Great post AshleyC and welcome!

You are among good people here.

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30 years after leaving utterly unrecognisable

by Number 6 in

this is the first time i have posted on here in many years..... i seldom visit now although this forum was instrumental to me in gaining my sanity in the early 2000's and recovering from the watchtower religion.. by chance tonight i was on youtube and caught a jw.org video which out of curiosity prompted me to look at the official website and amongst other things i looked up the music section.. why that i hear you ask?

music is my passion and nothing reminds me more or evokes more memories than the kingdom songs i grew up listening to.. i am 49 years old and my mother was baptised in 1974. i grew up in the era of pink songbooks and green bibles.

of the theology of fred franz and types and anti-types.

millie210

I remember the green Bible and pink songbooks!

Wish I could say good times, but no.

I think they have made a big mistake getting rid of the old songs.

Songs evoke nostalgia and provide continuity from one generation to the next. Sometimes even *overlapping

*see what I did there?

When you think about Christmas songs, the wedding march, happy birthday song, etc, they all are simple and some of the words aren't even used much anymore but they are favorites because of the sentimental element.

JWs may have been trying to appear like a modern day religion but their beliefs never modernize and in giving up their "hymns" they have just lost ground on all fronts.

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Baptism Question #2 Verified and Changed.

by truthlover123 in

pimo verified this at the latest assembly attended.

check on this forum.

he was giving us attendance and baptism info and this was a side note... it is noted by another that when the question was asked after assembly was over, non seemed to hear the change.

millie210

Youre so right truthlover. It is almost as if the elders and C.O.s are so "flattered at the modicum of power to appoint that they haven't even thought about themselves being the ones hung out to dry in the end.