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  Common lie told by Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  Magnum, "......see how far that gets you....."

  That will get you a quick trip to the infamous "Back Room".
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  Female Perspective about WTS, marital relationship & control

  by Muddy Waters in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  despite my user name, am female.

  i was not born-in, began studying when i was around 20, am 50 damn years old now and have spent almost the last 30 years in that stupid religion.

  but here are some observations, make of them what you will.

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  Muddy Waters,

  Your observations can be helpful to those whose wives are still in.

  I agree with your observations because I lived it. My first husband was Dfed for the second time and no longer pretended to be a JW. I was miserable trying to "save" our children from certain death from my loving God with what I saw as a terrible "Worldly influence" from their father. I was angry that he broke our JW wedding vows about a "threefold cord" with "Jehovah in our marriage" I'm embarrassed to say I threw tantrums too. For that and many other reasons the marriage ended.

  Meanwhile, I find a polar opposite of my first husband in my new congo. He he's a respected elder, kind, honest, faithful, completely unselfish. We marry and attempt to be as perfect JWs as possible. That didn't last long and is a separate story. The point is we are now both out physically and mentally and are experiencing the same freedom as INDIVIDUALS as you and our marriage has been strengthened because of it. We do not always agree but when we don't, we don't pass moral judgement on the other or try to see what the Watchtower (yuck) has to say on the subject. Like you, we are FINALLY acting like adults.
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  I Haven't Missed a Meeting in Years!

  by Oubliette in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i recently ran into a jw i knew from a few years back.you know how it goes, a few pleasantries that always seem much more awkward than they really should (not for me, mind you--for him).and then the question, "so what congregation are you attending?

  are you able to make the meetings?

  "i'm thinking: do you always start conversations this way?so anyways, knowing full well the jw-mindset, i decided to have a bit of fun.furrowing my brow, i said, "that's an odd question!

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  Oub, That was classic! BA and I are laughing out loud just picturing that scenario. We love your first statement, "That's an odd question," JW's seldom realize how dippy they sound. :)
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  Cheers to all! I'm in the house now! Finally signed up.

  by Lifeisfun in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi readers and lurkers, .

  i decided it was time to register to the site.

  after all these years, it was just a matter of time.

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  Welcome Lifeisfun!

  So glad you have freedom at this wonderful time in your life. Enjoy!

  I would like to know a little more about your family situation. PM me if you are not comfortable to mention it here.
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  Who leaves first, the husband or wife?

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when it comes to a simple matter of no longer believing the teachings of jw's, it appears to me that it's more common for the husband to make the first move to leave the religion.

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  Hubby stopped attending before I but he was not mentally out. He carefully shared his doubts with me and helped me think. Yet I was the first to see the TTATT partly because I had more time to research.

  I am much more emotional than he so when I became mentally out I wanted to immediately DA and shout it from the rooftop. He reigned me in kicking and screaming. He insisted that we do nothing to arouse suspicion in order to keep our freedom of speech with JWs.
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  Jehovah's Witness Found Dead at Watchtower Training Center Florida

  by jwleaks in

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  2. friends

  news report.

  man found dead at jehovah's witness facility.

  the daytona beach news-journal.

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  How sad. He gave his all, and for what?
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  Sparlock!! ornamental toy now available

  by kairos in

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  just saw this a few minutes ago.. of course i want one!!.

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  I want one too!
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  JW.ORG advertising on game/app review program.

  by WHATSGOINGON in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i don't know if any of you have seen the video posted by mike and kim regarding jw.org advertising on a thailand computer game review television show.

  its interesting - check it out.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57nigmnim18.

  the show is called game show social - i looked at a few of the videos and jw.org is on a lot of them.. at first i thought that it was a review of a jw.org app but when you look at other videos jw.org is on a lot of them as a sponsor as well as dell lg and others.. wgo..

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  You cant say "shit" inside the Kingdom Hall.
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  What did you become after leaving Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Garrett in

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  2. friends

  hey guys,.

  so, since my leaving i have been doing so much research on so many topics that it's been extremely enlightening.

  not only have i learned a lot about the organization and what motivates it, but i have also learned a lot about the bible, god and most importantly, myself.. currently, i'm not quite sure where i stand, but i'm having some real issues with the bible and god.

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  I became aware of how little I know about most everything and how in the grand scheme of things how little it matters.
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  Are we pro-shunning or against it?

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just to continue my theme about religious freedom and how we approach criticizing the wts, i've also been thinking about 'shunning'.. i think shunning is the most unifying complaint that most ex-members of religious groups that practice it have in common.

  it is the layer that runs under every other complaint - whatever the reason for leaving it seems "... and i was shunned" can be added to it as the final rap on the charge sheet.. of course it seems like a no-brainer to many of us and we hardly ever stop to really think about it - shunning is bad, the watchtower believes in shunning therefore the watchtower is bad.

  they need to stop it.

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  Jws already have the solution in place to protect the congregation if they wanted to "reform". It is marking. The congregation is informed that caution should be used regarding So and So. The decision as to how much association to have with the person (if any) in question is left where it belongs, to the others in the congregation. In extreme cases like child abuse the "Marking Talk" would warn parents to avoid leaving their children in his/her care.