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  Ever get on the Pity train?

  by Snoozy in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  time to suck it up.... "breaking news: the pity train has derailed at the intersection of suck it up & move on, and crashed into we all have problems, before coming to a complete stop at get the hell over it.

  any complaints about how we operate can be forwarded to 1 (800) waa-waaa.

  this is dr. sniffle reporting live from quitchur bitchin'.

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  blond-moment

  Haha that was great!
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  JW’s are obsessed with persecution

  by life is to short in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  over the weekend i was around a group of jw's.

  i have not been in such a setting for along time so it was sort of surreal.. so this one older jw woman started to talk about her neighbors and their little girls and how much she liked them.

  she said they were a nice family, etc, that they watch each other homes when they go away on vacation, etc.

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  blond-moment

  "When I was a little girl, I remember my mom and dad talking about making a secret hiding place in the wall or around a door to hide our bible and WTs in when The Persecution starts!!! " journey-on

  I remember as a kid we couldn't miss a meeting in case the "persecution" started and we could no longer meet at the the KH. We would need to be there to know of the secret location. If we missed the secret location, we may fall out of the loop and be lost forever. Oh no! So weird to look at now.
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  Saw some JWs this am! Couldn't stop laughing

  by Free!! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this morning on my way to the office i decided to stop at the gas station to get some coffee.... as i am pulling into the parking space i see this woman w a haircut from the 80's the typical below the knee skirt and long sleeve shirt (is a 105 degrees over here in the shadow).... i immediatly knew she was a jw... she had the latest wt in her hands..... she skipped me and approached a group of young mexican laborers that were resting in the back of a truck... but... as soon as i walked out of the gas station... guess who was waiting for me???

  the jw!!!

  she wanted to do a presentation.. i looked at her and w/o saying a word i started laughing so hard the guys in the truck started laughing as well... she just looked at me and still kept trying to push her literatrash!!

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  blond-moment

  I have been telling my friends, when jws come to the door, smile a wicked little smile and say...i am an apostate. I have one or two friends who are now eagerly awaiting a knock the door.

  It's soo funny how I used to fear that word. Now I wear it proudly.
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  What benefit is all the power of people's lives to the Governing Body?

  by TimothyT in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if the 7 million jw's mindlessly follow the governing body (which the majority do), of what benefit is it to the governing body?

  that power over people's lives is nothing to boast about in my books.

  i conclude that the only reason they so desire this power is because it brings money, authority and security to them.

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  blond-moment

  I believe Raymond thought that too. Maybe they do believe they are true believers, maybe they do think they are doing gods will, but are they just believing that because the alternative is too risky? I am sure some members are humble and want to do whats right, I know there have been some nasty and mean GB members in the past as well. The way the GB works tho, even if you are humble and trying, it's not possible to make any good change. The 2/3 vote makes things very tough.
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  What benefit is all the power of people's lives to the Governing Body?

  by TimothyT in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if the 7 million jw's mindlessly follow the governing body (which the majority do), of what benefit is it to the governing body?

  that power over people's lives is nothing to boast about in my books.

  i conclude that the only reason they so desire this power is because it brings money, authority and security to them.

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  blond-moment

  As any witness knows, you are either in, or you are out. Shunned.

  Now imagine you have dedicated your life, 50+ years to the organization. Now imagine you have made it to Governing Body. Even if, once you get there, you realize it's not at all what you thought. You get there and finally find the "truth".

  Where exactly would you go? You could stay and live a very comfortable life, in a very respected position, and treated extremely well, or you could decide to live on the street with no education, no real job experience, no friends, no family, and up in years. What would you do?

  I only know of 1 Govering Body member who left. He had a hard time with it, and so did many who knew him. MANY including him, were disfellowshipped, not for sin, but just for not believing in the Governing Body. Not for wanting to leave the organization, just for having doubts. Just because, the men in charge, were trying to hold on to their positions.

  It is a hard thing to get your head around. WHY do they do what they do? What is the motive? If you really look at it from their point of view. It is a heck of a lot at stake. Go along and be ok, or risk living in a cardboard box.

  I highly recommend reading Crisis of Conscience if you haven't. Raymond Franz was a former GB member, and he shares what it was like on the inside. He is EXTREMELY fair in his recollections, and even tho the facts of things can be harsh to read, he does not come across as angry or bitter. I can't say I would have done the same, but it was very fair.
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  Daydreaming... If you could send your conscious back into time.

  by NomadSoul in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that would be pretty awesome.

  knowing what you know now about the watchtower and the cult.

  you wake up and you're back in time when it all started.. it would make a great twighlight zone episode..

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  I was actually thinking about this not too long ago...what would I do if I could go back? I would claim to be of the anointed, prove me wrong, I dare ya. haha

  If I knew then what I know now, I could really freak them out a bit I think, kid or not haha.
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  What Actually Made You Leave The Organization?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many of us needed time to get away from this religion.

  i took the course of fading and it's worked pretty well for me.

  after i saw sooooo many silly rules being enforced, i needed to get out!.

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  blond-moment

  I failed to get baptized as a teen. The more they pushed, the more I dug my heels in. Don't even ask me where I got the nerve, I had no real sense of self back then. I just knew I wasn't ready and Jehovah would know I was doing it for the wrong reasons.

  I left around 22 because it became unbarable.

  I believed however, till just recently. Was meeting with a local sister, I wanted a few questions cleared up, I was planning to go back. I wanted to go back all or nothing, so I was clearing up a few things.

  While clearing up those few things, everything became clear, and I woke up totally and quickly. What a shocker that was. Was on a roller coaster of emotions for a while, now I have seemed to have leveled out. Thankfully, I had already dealt with the loss of family years ago, so I only had to deal with waking up.

  Finding out the truth about the "truth is a bit surreal.
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  Who was Cains wife?

  by trailerfitter in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  excuse me for being uneducated on the bible, especially the genesis.

  apparently cain had a wife....where did she come from?

  were the children involved in incest or were there other people outside the garden of eden?

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  What confuses me, is Gen 1:27-28 God created man and woman in his image and told them to be fruitful and multiply yadda yadda yadda. Verse 31, and there came to be evening and there came to be moring a 6th day. Done. 7th day he rested. THEN in Gen 2:7, he creates Adam. Huh?

  What happened to the other man and woman or men and women? Maybe Cain got his wife from one of those.

  I am just started to look at the scriptures without the "aids" of the Watchtower, so I don't claim to know what I am talking about, but still...Huh?
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  Who's Your Favorite Comedian?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i love people like jackie mason, larry david, chris rock and others that make you think about the absurdities in life.. who do you enjoy?.

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  blond-moment

  I am a huge Eddie Izzard fan.
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  Still Amazed to Have Escaped

  by leavingwt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i escaped the wt more than three years ago.

  yet, even today, i'm still amazed, surprised and thankful that i got out.

  it's easy for me to imagine having never getting the information i needed to make a clean break.

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  blond-moment

  I was bass ackward. I left, but never stopped believing. I just recently woke up to the truth of the "truth". What a fargin trip. I have been doing a lot of looking back, I am just shocked that I didn't wake up sooner. I started a new free thinking life years ago, very happy, very full, but when it came to the WTS, I always figured I would go back one day, hopefully before armageddon struck. I honestly think the reason I held on to the beliefs is they were the my connection to my family. As long as I didn't completely sever, or cross the line by finding out the truth, there was hope.

  For years, I was bodily free, and now I am mentally free. Most I talk too, woke up mentally long before leaving bodily. I always have to do things the hard way haha.

  I agree, being free is great. The biggest thing for me, I had no idea how much fear I had going on, how much I was still carrying on my shoulders. It is a bittersweet release. I am free, but I know I have probably lost my family for good. You never know tho. I have been making youtube videos, partly for myself, talking about it is a form of release. Part of me hopes if my family ever sees them, they can understand why I can't come back. I kind of hope they will see them, but like so many I read, listen to and talk to, there is a need to help others out. I don't feel like I can just sit by and not try and help.