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  Younger Witnesses less fanatical or fundamental

  by optimisticskeptic in

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  i am a born in jw for over 30 years now and have been in various positions in the organization.

  now i'm guessing most of us recognize that older generations tend to be more fundamental and less reasonable when it comes to their outlook and beliefs.

  i find this to mirror the differences you see outside of the organization as well (older people less tolerant of other religions, newer technology, lgbt, etc.).

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  Normalfulla

  I'm around that age and almost all my former friends don't fall into that category, they are just as blind as the average jw and just as scared of anything negative about the org .
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  Marked

  by Normalfulla in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok , my wife and i have faded for a year and a half , i won't bore u with all the details but my wife just got confirmation that her sister got a visit some time ago saying we are marked and my sister also got the same visit in which we were described as dangerous, now for my wife , she has not spoken 1 bad word to anyone about the org apart from me (she woke me up ) the elders came around while i wasn't home and bailed her up but she said she wasn't comfortable talking to them without me there ,so the result ?......

  let's do a round of all their friends and say shit about them because we can't df them but let's get them treated the same as if they were .... yeah yeah that's a good idea .... stupid mofos!

  out to just wreck the reputation of any defectors from the org .

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  OK , my wife and I have faded for a year and a half , I won't bore u with all the details but my wife just got confirmation that her sister got a visit some time ago saying we are marked and my sister also got the same visit in which we were described as dangerous, now for my wife , she has not spoken 1 bad word to anyone about the org apart from me (she woke me up ) the elders came around while I wasn't home and bailed her up but she said she wasn't comfortable talking to them without me there ,so the result ?.....

  Let's do a round of all their friends and say shit about them because we can't DF them but let's get them treated the same as if they were .... yeah yeah that's a good idea .... stupid mofos! out to just wreck the reputation of any defectors from the org
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  Good books

  by Freedom rocks in

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  2. friends

  can any one recommend any good books to read that have come out in the last few years?

  i haven't read a good book in a long time and i'd like to get into reading again.

  i'm not into autobiographies or sports books.

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  I am pilgrim ....

  Best book for me ever
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  End times "too late for you now" witnessing?

  by CitizenofEarth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello there.. i've heard it several times from different people while i was growing up, as well seen some people talk about it here on the forum.

  the subject is the jw belief that a time will come before the end where they will change the message that jesus talked about, to one of damnation, where the world will be told something along the lines of "it is too late now".

  do any of you have references to jw litterature where they write this?

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  Normalfulla

  Whats the point of declaring yr time is up ? Is it an i told you so? ,if it was actually tru they would find out soon enough, no point getting yr ass kicked by someone you pissed off by telling them it's too late yr gonna die mate!

  Duh makes no sense
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  Find Local Friends

  by BiggerRed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am located in kentucky.

  i have faded out of the watchtower and i am just learning the truth about the truth.

  i am trying to find new friends to talk to.

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  Just Wikipedia beth sarim big red it's a start
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  Find Local Friends

  by BiggerRed in

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  i am located in kentucky.

  i have faded out of the watchtower and i am just learning the truth about the truth.

  i am trying to find new friends to talk to.

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  Heya big red , I'm no where near local to you, as close as I get is Kentucky bourbon ha ha , my wife woke me up so speaking from the side of the woken spouse some pivotal points for me were learning of beth sarim ,Ray Franz and reading crisis of conscience and the UN debacle, what a slap in the face to wake me up , although I had doubts for years ,there's a depth to the indoctrinated weeds that we all have that are so hard to eradicate, tread carefully with yr spouse, so much sound advice on here , love from the bottom of the world ,laters
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  What Would You Yearn For From The Good Old Days?

  by minimus in

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  2017 and the world is probably more advanced than ever before.

  prices are high for homes, food and comfort.

  wars seem to rage everywhere!.

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  The 80s , music was riding a wave of gratuitous rebellion and the guitar solos levitated your consciousness, take me back I was a kid, I wish I could have been an adult in that time.. if I was I'd have been Michael knight or Macgyver, way better than Ralph Macchio, even when he faced the devil (Steve Vai) in crossroads
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  Normal things you missed out on as a kid (besides holidays)

  by Are you serious in

  1. watchtower
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  since me and my siblings had to go to service every saturday, and i mean every saturday, i missed out on something so normal as watching good ole saturday morning cartoons from the 70's and 80's.

  i remember wishing i could stay home just one saturday so i could watch cartoons.

  but noooo we had to go save lives!

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  I'm with u on missing out the Saturday morning cartoons , i think i saw 1 episode of fraggle rock ha ha
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  If alcohol was a DF offense

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess the question which is the hardest to give up smoking or alcohol.

  many folks gave up smoking in the 70's including me but i have known some hard drinking brothers and if consuming any kind of alcohol became a df offense, i wonder.....

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  Giordano

  I remember that line from an old hale and pace skit but it was " I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy "
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  THIS Is How JWs Feel About The Cut In Magazines And Content

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i asked the question on quora "how do jehovah's witnesses feel about the announcement that the public edition of the watchtower and awake!

  magazine is being reduced to just 3 issues a year and the number of books, tracts, and online content are being discontinued?".

  https://www.quora.com/how-do-jehovahs-witnesses-feel-about-the-announcement-that-the-public-edition-of-the-watchtower-and-awake-magazine-is-being-reduced-to-just-3-issues-a-year-and-the-number-of-books-tracts-and-online-content-are-being-discontinued.

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  P.E I told my parents about the cutbacks and they too thought it was a positive thing, more constructed to making it easier to be a witness and for the preaching work , my face was as tho I was just anaesthetized .

  When I said all the signs of the cutbacks allude to possible financial trouble they said no ,the Internet is really the way people use content now so they are moving with the times , I said " correct ...but have u ever Googled jehovah's witnesses cos that's what people do if they are even slightly interested in something " again they knew the perils of that investigative path ,...1 gem was dad said an elder mate of his believes they are in financial trouble too and that must be over 3 yrs ago cos he's been df for that long

  Amazing how for the most part they won't let their minds consider the obvious