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  Born Ins, How Did Your Parents Get "The Truth™"?

  by pale.emperor in

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  born ins are in a unique position in that we never knew any other way of life.

  no birthdays, christmas and overly superstitious family just seemed normal.

  when my parents talked about their pre-jw life it seemed like they were talking about completely different people (actually, that's true, the cult had taken their real selves).. so i'd be interested in hearing how your parents were indoctrinated.. my dad.

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  My dad emigrated from UK at 18 ,first stop Australia, lonely , vunerable young man in a strange country , WA LA becomes a jw and gets into pioneering

  he never convinces his parents to follow jw after they emigrated also , end up in nz where my mother grew up in an abusive household that were kinda jw , her parents get baptized pre 1975 and are all strict and zealous then 75 comes and goes and they smell a rat so they slowly fade but mum meets dad and she's 19 and wants to marry this pioneer and parents say no (in those days u need consent for marriage until 21)

  So they are so horny and desperate so they take them to court ( issues there with taking a brother to court) elders meetings galore and the judge rules in their favor and the rest is history

  My dear old dad is still so stupidly brainwashed, only trusts info from jw.org but my mum is not the zealous elders wife she once was ,I think realizing the fact they will die in this system
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  Check out my youtube channel!

  by HereIgo in

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  hey guys, i decided to make a youtube channel a few days ago, so far i have made 2 videos sharing my experiences and plan on making more.

  i have received alot of encouragement and would love you guys to check it out and also so you can put a face to my name.

  much love!

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  Hey bro , nice to hear yr story , and nice to see a face behind the batman mask lol ,well done waking up on yr own ,my wife helped me to wake up , I'm sure you have attempted to nudge yr mom awake too but how's that gone if u have ? I know for the most part and in my experience that is a rocky road with many barriers ...
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  A Short Life Story - Part 2

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  part 1 in here: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5961287718666240/short-life-story-part-1.

  so im 19, i decided to shut up and put all my doubts about god even existing to the back of my mind and just go along with it.

  im sure things will be explained eventually, all i need is to humble myself and do more in "the truth" right?.

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  Bro .... I have to say I'm thoroughly enjoying yr well written bio so far ,as a side point I'm from new Zealand and have a scouse who works for me and have become fond of the accent etc , there's something intrinsically stirring about reading other born ins stories especially when they are written and described this well , ....they do do dat do don't de ;-)
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  The craziness of Christianity

  by Normalfulla in

  1. social
  2. current

  so i was reading thru a fb feed about poor chester bennington and in relation chris cornell, there were some rather heated and unusual (or usual whatever you may think ) comments... no disrespect to believers but since leaving the jws i just see this type of discussion as lunacy.

  ... "chester is going to hell ,he killed himself so it's black and white in god's word ."..

  "why would a loving god send a person who suffers from mental illness to hell?

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  Amen Emperor !, could have been any guy that fit the description, albeit most likely with a beard , of course had nothing to do with her subconscious and what she wanted to believe or her hallucinating oxygen starved brain
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  The craziness of Christianity

  by Normalfulla in

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  so i was reading thru a fb feed about poor chester bennington and in relation chris cornell, there were some rather heated and unusual (or usual whatever you may think ) comments... no disrespect to believers but since leaving the jws i just see this type of discussion as lunacy.

  ... "chester is going to hell ,he killed himself so it's black and white in god's word ."..

  "why would a loving god send a person who suffers from mental illness to hell?

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  So I was reading thru a FB feed about poor chester bennington and in relation chris cornell, there were some rather heated and unusual (or usual whatever you may think ) comments... no disrespect to believers but since leaving the jws I just see this type of discussion as lunacy. ..

  "Chester is going to hell ,he killed himself so it's black and white in God's word .".

  "Why would a loving god send a person who suffers from mental illness to hell? No he's with God in his grace now .".

  "No he's definitely going to hell "

  One lady comments

  My Aunt died and was bought back by paramedics and when she died she said she saw her husband who had killed himself sitting across from jesus so you can trust me that chester is in heaven

  There was heaps more of this type of speculation in which I pitied the people engaging in the debate as there was no actual answer that can be proven and all it was doing was upsetting people and exposing the beliefs as absolutely ridiculous

  I currently feel sorry for the humans trapped within the god delusion
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  its saturday morning and its pouring down rain...

  by nowwhat? in

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  how many jdubs are going out in service anyway because "they have to get their time in.

  " that's some "best life ever!

  " you guys got going on!

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  I LOVE having free weekends, not having to get up slightly hungover get the kids ready and head out to try my best to find an excuse to leave early, now me and the mrs enjoy sat morning between the sheets ;-)
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  Is there any humor in the bible?

  by Normalfulla in

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  humor plays a big part in a lot of humanity and we all like a good laugh but as far as i'm aware god's supposed word has no actual humor ,of course apart from being a joke itself ,why wasn't there a passage or something like "jesus farted and giggles broke out among them " or something, is anyone aware of any notations of humor ?

  all to.serious really.

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  Humor plays a big part in a lot of humanity and we all like a good laugh but as far as I'm aware God's supposed word has no actual humor ,of course apart from being a joke itself ,why wasn't there a passage or something like "jesus farted and giggles broke out among them " or something, is anyone aware of any notations of humor ? All to.serious really
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  How to convince someone to leave.

  by Smiruk in

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  hey everyone, long time lurker, first time poster.

  i'm currently in a jehovah's witnesses household, which is very deep into the "truth".

  i woke up a few months ago, and i haven't told my parents yet.

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  I liked a simple question I saw on twitter recently. .."if it wasnt the truth ..then how would you find out ?"
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  Hotel California

  by Normalfulla in

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  growing up was ok being a jw or so i thought, i guess u accept life as it comes when yr a kid , anyhow i played guitar and my elder dad (who is currently df) would forbid me to learn hotel california or even if it came on the radio he would run and quickly turn it off , .

  he explained he had heard a tape recording at work that explained that this song along with stairway to heaven and others had back masking on it and when played backwards would say stuff like "satan has his own congregation " or other stuff like that , now this was not a jw sanctioned audio talk just some other christian production .. none of dad's other peers felt the same and growing up it illustrated to me dad's propensity to be influenced and convinced about something seemingly innocuous to others.. fast forward to a year or so ago and i showed him a section from the eagles documentary where don henley talks about the meaning of hotel california and how much trouble christian evangelists gave the song due to their own interpretation etc , so completely refuted the claims my father had told me were fact as a kid ,from the horses mouth so to speak .

  his answer was ,"well of course he'd say that he wants to save face ,he wouldn't admit the truth !".

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  growing up was OK being a jw or so I thought, I guess u accept life as it comes when yr a kid , anyhow I played guitar and my elder dad (who is currently df) would forbid me to learn hotel California or even if it came on the radio he would run and quickly turn it off ,

  He explained he had heard a tape recording at work that explained that this song along with stairway to heaven and others had back masking on it and when played backwards would say stuff like "Satan has his own congregation " or other stuff like that , now this was not a jw sanctioned audio talk just some other Christian production .

  None of dad's other peers felt the same and growing up it illustrated to me dad's propensity to be influenced and convinced about something seemingly innocuous to others.

  Fast forward to a year or so ago and I showed him a section from the Eagles documentary where Don Henley talks about the meaning of hotel California and how much trouble Christian evangelists gave the song due to their own interpretation etc , so completely refuted the claims my father had told me were fact as a kid ,from the horses mouth so to speak

  His answer was ,"well of course he'd say that he wants to save face ,he wouldn't admit the truth !"

  OMG I can understand why the man despite my attempts to show him ttat continues to be unswayed , some people just refuse to see what is plainly in front of them
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  WT - Study Ed, October 2017 - The Truth Brings, “Not Peace, But a Sword”

  by Sanchy in

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  another article analyzing how bad poor jw's have it when it comes to opposition from family.

  few interesting quotes:.

  parr 2:.

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  Hmmm so my dad has been df for 2.5 years now ,never wanted to be df and has been trying to come back ever since ,I mean really trying ! Going to all the meetings , he's on his 6th reinstatement request now and this time it was denied because he doesn't show enough repentance ,wtf they could just say we don't like you that would make more sense , meanwhile his 3 other children shun him and he has no friends or any human compassion from the people he held dear all his life ,makes me sick ,I get protection of the Congo but people get abused by their awol mentality and rules