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  The best way for a witness to wake up, is to simply read the societies own older publications!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. bible

  once again the society is on a push to scare witnesses away from doing any research, or "stumbling" upon any "apostate" material (from workmates, neighbors, or online).

  however, the most enlightening, mind blowing and eye opening things are found simple by reading the early publications themselves!.

  read how ct russel, (the supposed channel god was using) had the most far fetched and laughable ideas, such as obtaining pivotal dates by measuring the pyramids of egypt!...

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  Ooh, this reminds me! When I was... I forget how old now, or even if I was in middle school or high school, Mom and I found a battered copy of Millennial Dawn in a used bookstore. We were really excited to take a look at some JW history, only to find such nonsense inside that we sort of looked at each other confusedly and shrugged.

  For me, the publication that helped wake me up was the "Creator" book, the one with the nebula on the front. Does anyone remember that one? They were fixated on Fred Hoyle's crackpot theories in the early chapters and kept trying to science the shit out of the Bible with varying degrees of failure. I was a high schooler earning mostly Bs at the time, so hardly a mensa member, but even I knew I was reading complete and utter bullshit and the "logic" was just not there! When it became a book study book, it was sheer torture for me, ugh!
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  Disfellowshipped ex-wife Dies - Now What?

  by snugglebunny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was a shock despite us being divorced for over 40 years.

  my son from that marriage phoned me with the news of sandra's death a couple of days ago, followed by my daughter.. sandra was one of 5 siblings.

  the other 4 are still jw's.

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  mayushii

  I'm so sorry for your loss. :-( Every loss is different, so it might not feel this way for you, but I always take deaths harder when it's someone with whom I shared a difficult/ambivalent relationship. Be kind to yourself during this difficult time.

  I never understood the logic that JWs shouldn't attend funerals for DF'd people, especially considering their belief that the dead are unconscious until resurrected. It would be a better "witness" to show some common decency for once and be there for the family of the deceased! What horrible people.
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  JWR usernames list

  by StarryNight9 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i created this thread so that jwr members can list their old jwr username with their username for whatever site they've moved to.

  i apologize if this has already been created somewhere else.. jwr = starrynight.

  jwd = starrynight9.

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  mayushii

  RosieAngel on JWR, checking in!

  I'm mayushii here.
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  JWR Alumni

  by marlborobarbie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey y'all.

  i just wanted to officially make my debut on https://www.jehovahs-witness.com and introduce myself.

  i'm an old jwrer, and it looks like i'll be dropping in on here now for cult updates and friendly conversation.. a little about myself:.

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  Yay, you're here, you're here! <3 <3

  This is RosieAngel/Rosie from JWR, by the way. I was so worried I'd lose contact with you, since you're one of my favorite forum friends from JWR. I should have known better!
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  Another traveler from JWR

  by StarryNight9 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi everybody, i'm starrynight from jwr.

  that's it... .

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  Hi, it's RosieAngel from JWR! Glad that you made your way over here, too. <3
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  Introduction from another JWR Refugee

  by 2badsosad in

  1. jw
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  yet another jwr refugee.

  been active over there for a while now.

  was quiet for the last couple months but just starting to 'reactive' myself again.

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  Hi, it's Rosie from JWR! I'm glad you found your way over here! I was really worried about you and two other JWR members in particular. Still here for you and hope your recovery continues to go well!
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  JWR archived pages - Wayback Machine

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  welcome to the jwr members who have made it over to this forum.. for anyone who needs to grab info from jwr, the pages archived at the wayback machine may be useful.. these are the archived pages from april 14, 2016:.

  https://web.archive.org/web/20160414040502/https://www.jehovahswitnessrecovery.com/forum/index.php.

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  mayushii

  Thank you! I didn't know about the Wayback Machine. Bookmarked it!
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  "Confidentiality" of Elders!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  something struck me the other day.. elders are told to maintain confidentiality with regard to the details of judicial cases or congregation "discipline" in an attempt to dignify individuals etc.. this is even the case for known child abusers!.

  yet, if they suspect someone of being an "apostate", for instance being a member on this forum, they will spread such information far and wide, through the witness "grape vine" to congregations miles away (or even in other countries).

  so, does that mean they place more importance on "apostasy" rather than child abuse?.

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  I agree that nothing is actually confidential.

  I had a JC that could only result in me being "marked" because I hadn't committed any DF-able offense but the elders still wanted to punish me, haha. Before the marking talk was even given, everyone was talking about it and asking my mom questions! I'm sure one or both of the elders involved in the JC gossiped to their wives about me, who went on to tell everyone.

  Joke's on them, because it meant that nobody in my congregation was encouraged to pretend to care about me anymore, which actually facilitated my exit.
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  Need some help: Existential crisis in full swing

  by Freeandclear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so is anyone else having an existential crisis after becoming fully awake?

  let me explain.

  about 2 years ago i read coc, still believed and tried to get back in da troof.

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  I think existential crises are a universal human experience... unless their humanity was wiped out by a mind-control cult, that is. So welcome to being human! I'm sorry being human is so full of uncertainty. One of the only things I continue to miss about being was the (ultimately misguided) confidence I had that I was making all of the "right" life choices, when there are precious few "right" or "wrong" choices in life, just ones with different outcomes.

  But don't for one minute think that nothing you do or say matters in the end. Everything you do and say matters because even if you don't realize it, each tiny decision you make affects something or someone. I think about this a lot whenever I buy something. It seems meaningless, but each purchase we make supports the industry, the manufacturers, the shipping companies, the distribution companies, all of the people who own and work for them, their shareholders, etc. and also contributes to the practices that went into producing and delivering this product. Heck, I even listened to a Planet Money podcast not long ago that talked about how the unwanted items we donate to Goodwill are one of the USA's primary exports to Africa, and reselling them is a huge industry over there. So the simple acts involved with going about our daily lives shape the world. Isn't that both neat and scary at the same time?
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  JW Recovery just closed

  by Lanzing in

  1. forum
  2. links

  i was surfing jw recovery .com, all of the sudden a screen came up that says .

  jehovah's witness recovery.

  after much consideration, we have decided to move on to other things, and bring this site to a close.

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  Hi, this is rosieangel from JWR! First post here (I was under the mistaken impression that they weren't accepting new members here when I joined JWR in 2014, so if the issue wasn't between my head and the keyboard, thank you for changing that)

  DesignerStubble, THANK YOU and the rest of your team for moderating JWR for eight years. I know I told you this once before when you were starting to burn out a few months ago, but I moderated an online game for two years and it is such a hard and thankless job. So I truly appreciate the time and effort you and the others put into keeping the site (in my perception as a regular member) troll and drama free.

  I noticed that the two "JWR retirees" were on staff, which was concerning, so even though I'm saddened by the sudden closure and worried about some of my forum friends, I'm not as shocked as some others might be. I know this is asking a lot, but could the forum be turned over to other staff? I'm unfortunately not in a position to mod with a move in progress and my first baby on the way, but I'm sure others are and I'd be willing to throw my money at the site to keep it open. Totally understand if you aren't up for training a new staff and need to make a clean break, though!

  Again, thank you, DS. JWR was my safe place on the internet for two years at a very vulnerable time in my life.