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  I nearly forgot how Jehovah's Witnesses are programmed to respond to us

  by God_Delusion in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yep, that's right, i nearly forgot that jehovah's witnesses, even the young ones, are programmed with the "la la la i'm not listening" trait.. here's a brief conversation with my sixteen year old nephew, angelo:.

  http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/cult/my-jehovahs-witness-nephew/.

  let me know if you've been taken aback..... .

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  Mum

  Xerxes has gone where the good doggies go.
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  Fading ... and Feeling Lost

  by What Now? in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  prior to that we had been in a new congregation for about 9 months, and we were just irregular.

  my husband rarely went, and i would go occasionally with our toddler son just enough to show our faces and keep the elders off our backs, and for the sake of some friendships in our old hall.

  all of the reasons i had for going were just no longer important.

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  Mum

  It is wonderful that you guys have freed yourselves at such a young age. You said that you signed up for some classes, but they didn't work out. Is there a community college in your area. They often have a class that's just one or two Saturdays in things like flower arranging or cake decorating or tole painting. It's a good way to explore things that you might become interested in.

  In some neighborhoods, stay-at-home moms get together for play dates and have tea and chat while the kids are playing. Look into that in your area, too. You could organize a block party by going to your neighbors, and asking each neighbor to donate one food item and one suggestion for an activity. I'm sure you could find some ideas for block parties online, too.

  Personally, I'm not terribly social anyway. Being a JW was exhausting for me because I'd rather have been at home reading a good book. I understand that each of us has our own needs and priorities. A book club might also be a good place to meet people. If you'ver never been a part of one, each person in the group reads the same book, a little bit each week, then they meet to discuss what they've read that week.

  If you bowl, join a bowling league.

  Best wishes with your fade. You have many years of happiness and freedom ahead of you.
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  'Great ROI'...successfully fading

  by Skipper12 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  6 months or so ago, me and my wife decided we will never set foot again in a kingdom hall.

  about 4 months earlier than that, i stumbled upon an article about the wts being associated with the un.

  that got me into finding out ttat eventually.

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  Mum

  Welcome! Bienvenue! Wilkommen! Bienvenida! I don't know what your native language is, but your English is excellent! Congratulations on having an open-minded, honest family. You have many years of freedom and happiness to look forward to.

  Keep coming back!
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  Overlapping Generations: A wacky kool-aid thread

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  another wacky kool aid thread for your reading pleasure from the hardcore dubbs on jw talk dot net is here if you want to read it:.

  they wax philosophical, they curse this horrible old world, they gently try to project how soon the big a will come, and then swoon when someone quotes a tidbit from a gb member that they overheard.

  warning: those with weak stomachs do not read!.

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  Mum

  So, they think things can't get much worse? They've never heard of the holocaust? The bubonic plague?

  "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition," except, perhaps, JW's.
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  why

  by therevealer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if they are going to try to guess what jesus should look like why don't they or haven't they created artwork that they would use to consistently show him as the same guy.

  this one is from sept wt.

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  Mum

  "Jesus" is probably crying because of the way those who believe in him are treated by the WBTS. Or he could have a kidney stone.
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  Another story of JW's and child abuse

  by Black Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i've really been getting into these life stories of ex jw's.

  it just confirms i was right in getting out of the cult like the plague it is.

  here's a link to another powerful story about ex-jw stephanie hammond.

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  Mum

  Stephanie certainly took lemons and made lemonade. Her mother is unbelievable! I do perceive a bias against women and children in this story. As Rush Limbaugh could tell you, no one ever went broke putting down the defenseless and vulnerable.
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  Haven't been online..and update

  by Flicka in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey guys, i hope you are all doing great.

  my husband and i joined this sight in the beginning of last year.

  time flies.

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  Mum

  If you DA, your mom may have to be hospitalized and sedated. Your story is heartbreaking, but I think it would be ill-advised to hand them another stick to beat you with.

  Take care. We are here for you.
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  I know this sounds crazy but, what if?

  by earthfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i've been thinking about my jw family members a lot lately, especially since i just saw them a couple of weeks ago at my youngest sisters wedding.

  with all the current animosity towards apostates that seems to be more aggressive than usual it hit me when i saw this posted on fb today.

  would it be possible for the gb to demand that jw's kill apostates?

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  Mum

  When I attended my JC meeting, I was thinking to myself, "If they could, they would take me outside, tie me to a tree, and light me on fire." They're really scary. As it stands, they have their great Hit Man in the Sky, but he keeps delaying. I know that, in the past, they have expressed regret at not being able to stone wayward children and wayward others to death.

  Lucky for us, it's against the law. But, Caesar's law does not take precedence over "Jehovah's law."

  This is all speculation. But watch your back. Fortunately, no JW's here know anything about me.

  Frankly, I don't think it's likely, but individual JW's have lost it and killed.
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  144,000 as Kings and Priests Really? or not?

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in revelation chapters 7 and 14 there it talks about the 144k but says nothing of them being kings and priests.

  in revelation chapter 5 and 20 it mentions ones being kings and judges, but if you notice in chapter 20 verse 4-5 it talks about martyrs coming to life judging and reigning with jesus, not the 144k specifically.

  in verse 5-6 talks about the first resurrection and that all that share in this first resurrection will be priests of god and of jesus and they will reign for a thousand years.. so notice in revelation chapters 7 and 19 a great crowd is mentioned being alive standing before the throne standing at the same time as the 144k are mentioned.

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  Why do "perfect" people need kings and priests? I am reminded of the ignorant, arrogant elders who smugly believed they would be "princes" in the "New Order." Why doesn't God see us all as equal?
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  Hate Speech

  by Roberta804 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was listening to a recording on youtube taken from the 2013 convention on "human apostates".

  the term "mentally diseased" is way over the line.

  can you imagine if they called blacks or catholics or god forbid, muslims "mentally diseased" what kind of trouble there would be?

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  Mum

  I don't know about the rest of you, but I have noticed that the most self-righteous hate speakers are people of low character, little understanding, living lives that do more harm than the ones they speak against could ever imagine.