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  I met Nestor Kuilan

  by outofthebox in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys.. long time no see.

  i have been away from the forum for a while.

  i have being busy with my ex-ex-jw life and not caring much about what happens in wtland :) i have been very, very happy now that i am out of the wt control and hope many of you are too.. but, guess what?

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  PaintedToeNail

  Just checked out their page. I will be looking forward to reading their blog.
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  Contacted by Royal Commission today

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  firstly, thank you to anyone who is in support of this rc.

  no one has shown anything but great interest and empathy for those who were abused.. i don't know who this simonsays character is though and i find him to be very rude and ignorant.

  it takes all kinds to make the world go round i suppose.. today i was contacted by a staff member of the royal commission.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Umbertoecho-Thank you for doing this. It is amazing that a 'worldly' group of people are willing to give a voice to those silenced by the GB. Wishing you the very best.
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  More Inspiring Young Awakenings

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just found these vidoes on youtube, maybe you have seen them already, but i thought i would share.

  these canadian kids for me are courageous and inspiring.

  more excellent public examples of non vitrial apostate awakening.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Glad to see they were able to use critical thinking skills!
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  The Bold face LIE

  by dugout in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey yall, this may have been touched on before, but i here a lot about the lies wt has told on this website.

  so what are some of the bold outright lies the borg has told, past and present and can you prove it.

  for example, at this district assembly they released a video that showed (the trailer) if you married an unbeliever your marriage is not going to work.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I agree. I know several couples in the same situation. The man is 'worldly' and the wife a believer. The husbands treat their wives very, very well. One of the husbands is in tech industry and as a couple they fly out west to an amazing spa for relaxation periodically. He accompanies her to the meetings on occasion. The biggest problem is the wives feeling guilty because the married 'out of the truth'.
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  WT Financial strategy to reduce liability - Create artificial debt!!!!!!

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  see this letter from the royal commission: .

  letter from watchtower australia to governing body regarding transfer of funds between branches.

  http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=61967dc3-2203-4cca-8dc7-cd612c66645e&type=exhibit&filename=wat.0012.001.0023&fileextension=pdf.

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  How awful! Purposely getting rid of capital so they would not have to report child abuse! It is there in writing as plain as day. Despicable.
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  The Bears of Kamchatka

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  in searching for info on the denisova cave, i also found this overview of the bears that live in that part of russia.

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  if interested you can read more at: http://siberiantimes.com/home/we-say/w0003-first-images-released-from-stunning-film-about-bears-of-the-russian-far-east/.

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  PaintedToeNail

  The photos are fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
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  JW ended a relationship with me

  by V1922 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  my jw boyfriend just ended a year and a half relationship with me.

  it came out the blue and i'm deeply hurt by this because we were so compatible.

  he did it right before the big annual gathering he is presently attending.

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  V1922-I am sorry that you are experiencing this pain. The man you were dating was/is not a practicing JW. They are not to date people who are not fellow JW's, and certainly not have sex with them before marriage. He may be a serial dater of non-JW women, knowing that they will 'put out'. Where a practicing, real JW woman wouldn't unless she got carried away in the moment and then would feel tremendous guilt and turn herself in to be judged by the elders in the congregation. She would be facing possible disfellowshipping which would result in total shunning. By all standards, if your boyfriend was a practicing JW he should be disfellowshipped.

  If you want to get even with him for being a selfish cad, report him to the elders in his local congregation. That should strike fear into his shallow heart.
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  Im ready to leave

  by SpunkedTeen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just found this website and im so glad because for the first time in a long time i dont feel alone...i am a born in and in the last two years have been struggling because i thought that i was the problem and i was the reason for not feeling any love from and for the other pubs .i want to leave the org but have no idea how to tell my mother(who is a faithful jw).

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  PaintedToeNail

  Welcome. Breaking the news to mom will be difficult. I am wishing you the best.
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  Resistance is NOT futile!

  by Bonsai in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  all i want from this life is to be able to wash windows at bethel.. my story.. when i was fresh out of high school and pioneering, i said those exact words to my friends and family.

  all i wanted to do was be at the core of the organization where it was the safest.

  i gleefully told people that i'd gladly spend the rest of my life washing windows, waiting tables, doing laundry or cleaning bathrooms.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Nice story. Bethel, I've always thought of it as a finishing school for guys. If you have Bethel on your resume as a JW male, you were treated like you were a little better than the average Joe.
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  JW Broadcasting is dying.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  once a month about 15 to 20 elderly jw publishers would meet at the kingdom hall and one elder was assigned to set up the system so they could view jw broadcasting.

  these publishers were long time pioneers, former elders, and long time publishers who know nothing about computers or the internet.

  they are the last batch of those expecting the generation that saw 1914 or understood it--- to not die off.

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  PaintedToeNail

  JohnAquila-Your mom is great! The reasoning you used and the reasoning she used with the other ladies really made a difference. I bet that elder is scrambling to figure out how he is going to feed the pioneers, now that the old reliable sisters have put a stop to the hand-outs.

  Isn't it interesting how if you go to a convention, the admonition is to bring a light lunch, yet the pioneer school expects a huge meal?