Posts by braincleaned

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WTS: "Leave churches that change doctrines!"

by irondork in

the watchtower society openly acknowledges that constant doctrinal changes are causing many to abandon their religion.

oh irony, you're always there for me!.

[w75 6/1 millions have left the churches - should you?

Stands For True Worship. I am turning myself in......

by DATA-DOG in

just answer this question in an honest and unbiased way, free from any circuitous reasoning or speculation.

if you do so, i swear to my heavenly father, that i will call the elders tonight and turn myself in.

any active jw may answer this question.

braincleaned

Is this serious... did they REALLY say that from the stage?? Wow.... I'm glad I came out today, on this site.
I want nothing to do with these liars.

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Time to take my mask off.

by braincleaned in

after more than two years here on jwn, i will unmask myself and finally close the closet door behind me, fully coming out.. let me be pithy.. my name is vincent deporter.

i'm a writer/artist published a little all over the place.

i started my career in france, about 35 years ago.

braincleaned

So much to say about the process of coming out…
I thought I'd share some of it here.

As I have mentioned before, the steps that got me where I am today are not the usual ones that involve the WTS.
I was still under their spell by the time I doubted the very existence of Jehovah himself. It took me a few years before I dared go on "apostate" sites. I can't explain why… maybe I loved the brothers and sisters too much. Maybe I didn't want to know… it was enough that I lost my faith in God himself. I felt that the Society was doing the best they could, given the mess the Bible was to me.

But then I started to look. I believe this site (JWN) was the first I looked at.
— "Oh I would would never join an apostate site… but let me see what these angry and bitter people say!"
My jaw dropped as I realized there was no rebellion, no luring others to follow a personal cult. All I read was sadness, pain, even desperation… I entered the world of victims, not rebels to the WTS. I also read many kind words of encouragement. I was not seeing any of the hatefulness the WTS warned us against.
Another key player for me was Danmera. Her kind and calm videos were on point. No anger, just deep concern. All my prejudice against "apostates" disappeared. I entered a place of logic and loving people, that shared the same pain as mine.

At the same time, I was reading books like Dawkins' "God Delusion"; Hitchens' "God is not Great"; Harris' "The end of Faith" etc… What really got me was Evolution. I was shocked — shocked — at the misrepresentation that the WTS gave of natural selection. No wonder it made no sense to me. I'm sure many of you reading this also think it is a silly theory. Well let me tell you that if you actually read and understand what science really says about it, you may be as surprised as I was.

Anyway, back to the apostates.
What I felt was a lot of compassion. This quality is very different from the WTS. The Organization doesn't practice compassion (as shunning clearly shows). What it practices is condescendence. BIG difference. Full of themselves, the GB patronizes the sheep with barely hidden arrogance. They use the sheep to get free labor, contributions, and obedience. Never question the Borg… you will pay with your life and your family ties.

Today, I finally came out. I don't care anymore about how I am viewed. I have no more will to cater to the feelings of those who claim to love me but would spit in my face if the Borg told them to. I will use whatever pull I have and whatever measure of talent I can offer to reveal this mind-controlling cult to the world.
They WILL fall… and they seem to be the ones shooting themselves in the leg.

As I have said before, the "New Light" of today, is the Apostasy of tomorrow." I have never seen such a flip-flopping, mine-quoting, disingenuous and opportunistic entity as the WTS. I will continue to fight this lying cult to protect my kids, and help each other to move forward towards happiness and Truth.

Vince.

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Jehovah is King! New Light or muck up in 15/01/14 WT?

by wizzstick in

so the new jan wt article on "100 years of kingdom rulehow does it affect you?

" is up, which i think has its own thread.

but over on jwr poster cg4205 has noticed something that demands a seperate thread i think.. at the top of the article, in the can you answer box, it says:.

braincleaned

I know right? King is a step down from God, no?

Then again, that's why I'm an atheist — because the Bible is absurd.

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Jehovah is King! New Light or muck up in 15/01/14 WT?

by wizzstick in

so the new jan wt article on "100 years of kingdom rulehow does it affect you?

" is up, which i think has its own thread.

but over on jwr poster cg4205 has noticed something that demands a seperate thread i think.. at the top of the article, in the can you answer box, it says:.

braincleaned

IT SAYS "...Bible prophecies proved conclusively that Jesus Christ had begun to rule in heaven as King of God’s Kingdom in 1914. By enthroning his Son as the Messianic King, Jehovah had, indeed, become King in a new sense!"

WHHAAAAAT? It doesn't make ANY sense at all!!!
Have theygone mad???

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Tonight i had a great talk with my brother

by DS211 in

jw
friends

today my wife went to the arsembly and i had to work.

my brother took me and picked me up.

today at work i felt overwhelmed and hoped and prayed for an opportunity to come up so i could vent.

braincleaned

What a better day to spend your day than going on the usual guilt-trip assemblies. Happy for you.

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NEWBIES are leaving like crazy! Be very afraid WT

by clarity in

jw
friends

# 3 newbie post.

first of all, the newbies have set a record here!.

have you ever seen a 4pg post where 21 new members reply!

braincleaned

LOL! Good question clarity — the name could be misunderstood. It was meant in the sense that my brain was cleaned from all the WTS crap.
I must say it needed serious cleaning — some dirt just needs hard scrubbibg! LOL!

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Have you read C.T. Russell's controversial view of "new light"?

by Island Man in

"if we were following a man undoubtedly it would be different with us; undoubtedly one human idea would contradict another and that which was light one or two or six years ago would be regarded as darkness now: but with god there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning, and so it is with truth; any knowledge or light coming from god must be like its author.

a new view of truth never can contradict a former truth.

new light never extinguishes older light, but adds to it.

braincleaned

Wow! Love this!

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Divorced Atheist ex-JW Dad

by braincleaned in

i just wanted to chime in as a loving atheist father, divorced to a jw, and what plays as far as educating our children.. we have shared custody but the kids are mainly with their mom - 11 and 14 respectively.. the problem i face is keeping a balance for my children.

i have turned atheist during our marriage, so my ex didn't have the spiritual support she signed up for anymore.

i can understand it is not easy.

braincleaned

LOL! Indeed. With my kids the discourse is clear — if it was good enough for Jesus to be baptized at 30, it's good enough for them.

I doesn't matter that JC's baptism had a different meaning. What matters is that he was considered mature enough at 30.

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Time to take my mask off.

by braincleaned in

after more than two years here on jwn, i will unmask myself and finally close the closet door behind me, fully coming out.. let me be pithy.. my name is vincent deporter.

i'm a writer/artist published a little all over the place.

i started my career in france, about 35 years ago.

braincleaned

Gayle, I would LOVE to meetup here with local XJWs. Please help me make this happen.
I would love you to inbox me about how this can happen.