Posts by JaniceA

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Hatred From My Children for Not Leaving the Organization Earlier

by new boy in

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i'm not proud of the fact that it took me over 50 years to realized what the organization really was and to finally leave it.

not proud at all, i feel pretty stupid.

however i didn't lose my children.

JaniceA

I left before I had kids or married, but the mindset was still there. I'm shitty at holidays and birthdays. I have a distance with people. I'm skeptical and cynical and still, against my own conscience, I am judgemental. YET I have the inclination to be the devils advocate in many situations. No cognitive dissonance here!

That has affected my family life and relationships detrimentally.

I'm not much fun. I really regret that my upbringing turned that switch off in me. That hurt my kids the most and doubtless my husbands lives also.

I'm sorry that the OP and so many others were affected. Our responses are based in our own life experiences and family. I have other ex JW family members with worse mental health and family cicumstances, but who all adored their entire extended step/half siblings. I wish I understood people. I am so developmentally delayed in relationships!

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New Store called Best Life Gifts

by Franklin30 in

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i noticed a recent post where it was suggested the store was taken over by hostile means!.

the person who posted it pretended to have knowledge of why the store changed names but clearly was operating with an agenda!

one filled with lies, misinformation and deceit!.

JaniceA

The lawsuit, if true, indicates that it wasn't amicable. Lovely witness indeed. Cheating, extortion, blackmail. It makes me want to attend a meeting. Weight watchers, al anon, toastmasters. . .not a JW meeting! Obviously it's a hotbed of bad morals and poor character.

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New Store called Best Life Gifts

by Franklin30 in

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i noticed a recent post where it was suggested the store was taken over by hostile means!.

the person who posted it pretended to have knowledge of why the store changed names but clearly was operating with an agenda!

one filled with lies, misinformation and deceit!.

JaniceA

That sounds like a typical JW business partnership.

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Things which must shortly take place!

by PJ Delaney in

things that must shortly take place... the true understanding of the “generation” mentioned at matthew 24:34 may soon be revealed!.

please watch the one minute youtube video and read the explanation in the videos description.. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n3i81uocm4k.

JaniceA

PJ I think you have mistaken us for gullible idiots. We are all kinds of NOT that stupid anymore! We may disagree on politics, movies, music and most everything! But we agree that you are full of shit.

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over 700 baptized yesterday at one convention in Africa

by dropoffyourkeylee in

there was a french language congregation this weekend in congo dr which had 44,000 in attendance and something like 730 baptized.

i'm not saying that is good or bad, just reporting the news..

JaniceA

Stan, maybe it will just turn into one of those local cults that are just a curiosity to the people who live in the nearest sparsely populated town where they occasionally bring in some eggs to sell at the local market.

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My Reflections On a Year of Freedom

by Saethydd in

in late may 2017, i told my parents how i really felt about the religion they had raised me in, and by early june i was out of their house.

i've done a lot since then.

i let my hair and beard grow out a bit.

JaniceA

This post made me so happy for the OP! Congratulations. I'm really proud of you and I know you will be a positive force in the world. I hope you continue to do good and do well.

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over 700 baptized yesterday at one convention in Africa

by dropoffyourkeylee in

there was a french language congregation this weekend in congo dr which had 44,000 in attendance and something like 730 baptized.

i'm not saying that is good or bad, just reporting the news..

JaniceA

Hiddleswife, the WT has always appealed to the broken of society. DRC is extremely broken and there is seemingly no escaping it. The WT message is exactly what they want to hear .

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over 700 baptized yesterday at one convention in Africa

by dropoffyourkeylee in

there was a french language congregation this weekend in congo dr which had 44,000 in attendance and something like 730 baptized.

i'm not saying that is good or bad, just reporting the news..

JaniceA

Phew. I misread and thought you said hospitaized and I worried they could not get care in the about the most difficult place on earth that l can imagine!

The DRC is one of the most corrupt and crime ridden places on earth. I honestly don’t know that JW growth is the worst thing that could happen in that place. Exception is that they are notorious for being gullible and I could see them as sitting ducks for cons and entirely corrupted bodies of elders who are manipulative and users. Can you imagine the way child abuse and spousal abuse and internal congregational financial crimes will be treated?

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A letter to the main administration.

by Sergey Antonov in

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i want to send a letter to the main office with the questions.

for example, ask a question about the rolex watch from hert.

about unfulfilled prophecies and so on.

JaniceA

When I was young and brainwashed, I had questions. I asked them all the while assuming I was just missing something obvious that everyone else hadnt. Maybe we left early one night? I missed some key learning in 3rd grade math when we moved school districts. Maybe something similar happened when we went camping or to the fair.

I figured it was the truth and I was ignorant. That wasn't the case, but so many JWs seem to think it's not an issue with the organization's teaching, but with them. There will never be any substantive response from them, so the only problem is that you aren't as stupid( or gullible) as the WT wants you to believe.

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WT gives up on making disciples! No joke!

by nowwhat? in

yep, taps out, throws in the towel, waves the white flag!

in today's watchtower it basically said don't expect any results due to widespread apathy and opposition.

but you can still bear fruit just by going through the motions of being regular in field service.

JaniceA

That's really a humiliating acknowledgement. They don't even have that illusion- and yet they are required to prove their loyalty by wasting their lives. What a fine witness in futility.