Posts by ttdtt

they opine that it's ludicrous to be proud of our countries' prior achievements if we had no part in those achievements because we weren't even around then.

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I am happy to live here, but I don't feel proud.

The list of atrocities committed are often whitewashed or completely erased.

Even things like being responsible for the global recession that happened and went without penalty to those who cause them is not something to be proud of.

But there are not that many countries I would rather live in.

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Another enlightening reason why I don't go to meetings

by joe134cd in

i was informed by my jw father tonight that the reason i don't go to meetings is because "of a guilty conscious".

i just done an eye roll and walked away.

i just can't make this stuff up..

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I love when Elders or the WT state that - "god will not let anyone totter", or that "god will not let anyone be tempted beyond what they can stand."

If that were true, people would not leave the Org, or stop going to meetings, or get DF'ed...

So you would not ever need to have a "guilty conscience, or your hormones get the best of you, and you would never get "spiritually weak."

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Withdrawing community support in the congs

by purrpurr in

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i've noticed in the past 10 years that the social support that used to be available in the congs, a shoulder to cry on, elders to help with family/marriage issues these seem to have been purposely withdrawn.

counsel is even heard from the platform that the elders are not there to help people with their problems.. so first in the 80s-90s they take away the congregation get to getters and social events and now they seem to be going one step further in taking away the emotional support for people too.. this will take away an aspect that i'm sure was keeping alot of people in the borg, the community support.

if that's not there and its just about meetings and ministry how many will start to get their emotional support elsewhere?.

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purrpurr - you are a 100% right!

There are a number of reasons for this.

1. The org has taken a drastic turn from Love to Judgment of its followers.

I remember elders meetings where C.O.s would always remind elders that publishers are all trying to do the right thing, and have good motives, and should be given the benefit of the doubt and support.

No More. Its all WARNINGS and DO THIS OR ELSE mentality. No love.

2. Quality of instruction for Elders has dropped dramatically.

Even if you look at the parts on meetings that would require an elder to think and to work at writing and speaking, they have been cut to just a handful a year. So even the opportunity to become well rounded, understanding, and a student of jesus love is almost all gone.

3. Quality of Elders has dropped.

Today so many elders have little or no education for starters. Peoples problems are complex and not fixable with a scripture. These men cant handle it.
Also - and this is a big one - 99% of Elders DONT want to help people. Think about it, its hard to even listen to peoples big problems, let alone be someone who not only will really listen but can offer real help, past just a scripture. Elders don't want to spend the time and effort to help a publisher or family through a troubled time. THESE ARE JOBS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE THERAPISTS AND COUNSELORS. They are not for Janitors and wannabe "spiritual leaders" like most of the elders today.

4. Then you have the OVERALL FEAR and distrust that the WT breeds among all in the congregation. Everyone is trained to be Judgmental of each other, and with elders, that is amped up to a great degree.

One reason its not is the fiction that Elders are just to busy. OMG the workload of an elder who is reasonably intelligent is VERY low. Preparing for meetings and parts is not a big deal anymore. Its 1/2 videos, and 1/2 Q&A. JWs are not a teaching org anymore, they are more like Madrassas.

I could go on but this is it in a nutshell.

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Wasted A #@$%&!** Day

by FedUpJW in

well i got to waste another day.

for the sake of still in family i attended the circuit assembly.

they say a joy shared is doubled, and a burden shared is halved.

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Im glad they made sure PORN was mentioned.

Sex and the human body are SOOOO evil, god really fucked-up on that one!

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My Personal Atheist Manifesto?

by dubstepped in

so, i have a guy that is emailing me after listening to my podcast series "this jw life" about my life story before, during, and after being a jw.

this guy happens to be an elder and pioneer serving where the need is greater.

i love this guy.

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To sum up.

The bible is fiction, and JWs are part of a cult.

There is no evidence of a water canopy and if you had a water lens above the earth it would probably super heat the earth and burn it up.

SO many issues with the flood - but just remember this - all the WATER in the atmosphere would increase atmospheric pressure.

So say there was 100 feet worth of water that (ha ha ha) rained down.
It would be like you were living 100 feet under the sea instead of 15 psi we have now on us - it would be 58psi.

If it was 1000 feet of rainwater - any living things (fictional Noah included) would have been living with a 450psi atmosphere crushing im to slime.

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Famous last words spoken by every jdub at one time or another

by nowwhat? in

"oh i'm not going to worry about it, armageddon will be here by then!".

-including me.

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My mom got baptized under great pressure because the Big A was coming in 1975.
I remember being a little kid next to her and a Pioneer sisters explaining to her that is she was not baptized, here kids would die at Armageddon too.

That started our family to wreck and ruin as part of the Cult.

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You Know You're Starting To Wake Up When...

by pale.emperor in

you start listening to music deemed "unsuitable for christians".

you pretend to knock on the doors.

you explain a jw teaching to someone and realize how ridiculous it sounds.

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This is a great thread!

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Nephew’s JW Fiancée Begins Conversion to Judaism Due to Passover Date

by Rabbi Midge in

it’s been a while since i posted, but for those who remember, i came on here to get some information about jehovah’s witnesses because i have a nephew who was getting engaged to a girl who was a jehovah’s witness and, along with some other sites, i was recommended this one.. since then we’ve been busy with passover and jehovah’s witnesses have had something they call the memorial of christ’s death (i believe i have that right).

this clashing of the two observances apparently did more for this girl than anything else i ever saw in our months of conversations with her.. respectfully, jews do not proselytize.

these are people who, of their own desire, “join the tribe” after some years of study and practice--something this girl has just begun to do.

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To convert you still need part of you dick cut off right?