PaintedToeNail

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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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  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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  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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  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?
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  Wonderful video resource which has to be seen in full to be appreciated.

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i highly recommend you watch this video.. it is superbly researched.

  you know all the things in this video already--but.

  watching it will create an impression on you which.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I am going to watch this later, when I'm less likely to be interrupted by hubby. Right off the bat, she gives credit to jwfacts.com!
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  Update rant almost a year out!

  by Ghiagirl in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for those who know my story my hubby and i are almost a year out of the organization!

  my due date is right around the corner and still no word from my hubby's family.

  they are hardcore.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Congratulations on your upcoming baby. I agree with DoC, The greatest revenge is to live a happy and successful life!
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  What can you tell me about this painting?

  by Esse quam videri in

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  2. beliefs
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  PaintedToeNail

  It looks like something from a very early Watchtower publication.
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  "God by the Neck" short film

  by wolfman85 in

  1. forum
  2. links

  now you can see the full short movie online.

  storyline: its sunday, and pablo, 8 years old, has an invitation to a very special but also forbidden birthday party.

  its sunday, and for the first time, pablo is going on a door-to-door preaching with his mother.

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  This is how I felt as a child. This is how the kids feel now. This is sad. This is intimidation.
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  Family Reuinion and Being Disfellowshipped (sorry...but it's long)

  by babygirl30 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it has been a long looong time since i posted on here, but never ceased reading all the posts and keeping up on the changes that have been going on!

  but it just seems that now i have a need to get something off my chest, and this is the one place that will most definitely understand the topic at hand.

  i have been disfellowshipped for about 8yrs now, and have dealt with the 'consequences' of that decision: all my so-called friends in the org left and i was also abandoned by my own family.

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  babygirl-Thanks for sharing this sad story. I agree with ThisisMeAwake, send your aunts and uncles that clip from the RC. Or find some of the articles on disfellowshiping and share them. The truth will then be told.
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  You Tube Video Ex-Betheliite Ex-Walkill Worker Layed Off!

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am not sure if this guy is really from bethel, or walkill, but if he is....this poor guy really tells it like it is from the heart.

  he was surprised.. at the 'oh so fast, pack your bags, get your stuff outta here' layoff !.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1xh1egjcu

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  PaintedToeNail

  There was a general layoff then. I meet 2 of the layoff-ees manning a cart on the beach in San Diego, CA. The man had been in Bethel for over 20 years. He was very proud of that fact and mentioned the layoffs as the reason he was no longer there. He wanted to make sure we knew that he had done no wrong-doing. He told us this while on the beach on a lovely day wearing a suit and tie and sitting next to a propaganda cart.