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  KINGDOM HALL IN SHANNON NEW ZEALAND LIES TIDY BUT EMPTY?!!

  by steve2 in

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  there's a kingdom hall in shannon, a small rural town in manawatu, new zealand, 16 kms from the nearest town, foxton, and about 30 kms from palmerston north city (population around 80,000).

  jws used to go on about how fast they were growing in new zealand that even a small town like shannon (population little more than 1,000) has its very own kingdom hall.

  in the late 70s, the local jws worked hard to build a brand new kingdom hall and i was among the happy throngs when it was dedicated.

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  i_drank_the_wine

  My dad goes to a small town congregation in the "bible belt" country south United States. I haven't been there in years, but when I did visit him there long ago in a different life, they had like 30-35 people for Sunday meetings, and all but 2 couples were over the age of 50. Zero children. All these years later I can't imagine them as having done much to increase membership. I'd bet quite a few of the elderly are dead and gone now too.

  This same situation probably exists all over the US and perhaps even moreso in far more secular countries in Europe. Yes, they still are growing their numbers (albeit at a lesser rate than they used to, plus losing lots of members), but this can most probably be credited to growth in developing countries that are religious and perhaps not as advanced as more secular nations.

  I hope that I live to see the day that the JW's go kah-put!
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  WT and money

  by mankkeli in

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  being absorbed in making a living sometimes poses grave dangers.

  it may lead to love of money.

  in the first century, there was a group of religionists called pharisees who were known for their love of money.

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  i_drank_the_wine

  No, leaving the JW's for good didn't really affect my financial mindset much. I always worked hard and hustled to have a nice new car and other things like that.

  However, the process leaving the JW's: losing a wife (my finances as a result too), losing my entire family, and losing the few people that I thought were friends combined with working from home and living in a new town where I didn't know anyone wound up taking a heavy toll on my work ethic, mental health, and physical health. Isolation, depression, forming addictions, losing motivation, "letting yourself go", and on and on. Still trying to get out of this funk even though I've turned things around quite a bit.

  So, in a way, yes, leaving JW's affected my $$ situation quite a bit, but not my desire for it.
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  How did you tell your mate that .....

  by stuckinamovement in

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  you no longer believed that the watchtower organization was the truth, and that you were no longer going to go to the meetings or service?.

  and a followup question... what was the response?.

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  i_drank_the_wine

  I finally broke down and flatly stated the things that I had been hinting at over the preceding year, as I missed more and more meetings (trying to fade, unknown to her). It was too stressful to deal with the tension of the situation and us constantly fighting about me not wanting to go to meetings, so I laid it out.

  The conversation basically went "yeah, honey, I don't believe in the Jehovah's Witness religion at all anymore" followed by my wife saying that she wanted a divorce, which she got.
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  What Do You Wish You Had Again From The Good Old Days?

  by minimus in

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  i wish i could go back to the days when gas was a cheap 26 cents per gallon and people didn't have to lock their doors at night.. is there anything you miss about the good old days?

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  i_drank_the_wine

  I miss being able to carry my six-shooter into the saloon.
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  The Convention Pretty Much Sucked

  by Franklin Massey in

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  i feel better now.. but just in case you are wondering why i think it sucked, here you go:.

  - it was clearly an "insider's only" convention.

  why invite the public if you are just going to engage in crazy talk that only jws can decipher?.

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  i_drank_the_wine

  They really seem to make the dramas tug at the ol' heart strings of their brainwashed masses lately. My mom was practically crying telling me about some prodigal child bullshit drama they had 1-2 years ago at the end of which lots of people were crying apparently (probably hoping that their family/friends that woke up and smelled the coffee can somehow brainwash themselves back into the cult again).

  Pretty much every single convention could be skipped and simply summed up by sending everyone a postcard saying "be good and keep being a repressed JW". They really don't give any sort of useful information or news to their sheeple there.
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  How do you make a living?

  by paulnotsaul in

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  since most of us believed it was right around the corner, how many of you went to any secondary schools or training?

  what do you do now to survive?

  are you working or unemployed?

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  i_drank_the_wine

  i live off of internet moneys.
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  Angels are taking the lead in the preaching work

  by mankkeli in

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  consider one experience in which two kingdom publishers were accompanied by a small child.

  at the end of the morning, the two witnesses were about to stop their preaching work, but the child was unusually eager to go to the next home.

  in fact, he went by himself and knocked on the door!

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  This story is so encouraging! My faith has been strengthened!

  Really though, that is some pure drivel. Just a variation of every single stupid JW miracle that's ever been repeated.
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  JW’s are obsessed with persecution

  by life is to short in

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  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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  i_drank_the_wine

  I always hated the persecution whores that vehemently clinged to the idea that everyone hates them because they are the only ones with the truth. Like, really? If they thought you had the only true way to live life, maybe they would join you instead of laughing at you.
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  I just became a Return Visit (!)

  by simon17 in

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  been sick all week and for the first time i had jw's visit me since i left (actually the second time, but the first time it was just two people who asked "are you turkish" and left when i said no lol.

  very strange).

  anyway, since i had no voice and little strength i just let them go through their presentation with a smile, took the mags, and that was it.

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  i_drank_the_wine

  Just think - now the old Jehober can give an encouraging comment at the next meeting, sharing how one of his seeds landed on the fertile ground because you took their comic books.
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  A question JW's won't answer

  by i_drank_the_wine in

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  can you become a jehovah's witness only using the bible?.

  of course the answer is "no" - you have to use their study books, washtowels, etc.

  although i was raised in this cult, i still kick myself for not asking myself simple questions like this until i was a young adult.

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  i_drank_the_wine

  Can you become a Jehovah's Witness only using the Bible?

  Of course the answer is "no" - you have to use their study books, Washtowels, etc. Although I was raised in this cult, I still kick myself for not asking myself simple questions like this until I was a young adult. It's crazy how obvious it is to me now - this is a manmade construct.