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  "I don't want to be here when that happens"

  by Syme in

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  i recall a memory from a circuit assembly almost a year ago and wanted to share it with you.. .

  i had already been in serious doubt (about everything, not only the wts) for over a year, yet at that period of time i conducted 2 bible studies, with some nice young fellows.

  at that circuit assembly, on sunday, both studies came: one sat on my left, the other on my right.

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  Monkeys can be caught with a glass jar that has a long neck on it....long enough so that a monkey can't touch the bottom of the jar by reaching down the neck. A delectable monkey-treat --some nuts or a piece of fruit-- is dropped into the jar. It is then placed where a monkey can have access to it, and they will invariably be so engrossed in viewing, and believeing they can reach, the goodie at the bottom, they are often unaware they have been caught until the net is thrown and tied around them. So catches the J-Dub many a new 'brother' or 'sister'. If you think that may be heartless, pity the born-in.

  Kudos to all who have had the presence and sense of mind to leave.
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  friends, faithful, faders, DF'ed, DA'ed, believers, non-belivers, lurkers,

  by mauiboy in

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  romans & countrymen....lend me your ears: have a safe and happy thankgiving, giving thanks every day..

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  Romans & countrymen....lend me your ears: Have a safe and Happy Thankgiving, giving thanks every day.
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  I told the elders that I would take blood and donate blood

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i found it important to be honest with my wife.

  so i told her about my conscience decision that in a medical urgency i want blodless medicine but if a transfusion of blood or the 4 prohibited components is necessary to save my life or health i would accept it.

  this would apply especially also for our child (that is not such a problem as in our country the wts recommends to comply with doctors as they have the right to decide concerning minors).. i showed her the reasons why i came to that conscience decision (biblical and logical reasons) and that jehovah and jesus do not like anyone to die because of this wrong bible application.. .

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  Meet with 1 or 2 elders & it is a scary thing....it's a "lead in" to a judicial committee. If you are ready for that, go ahead. If there are 3 elders there when you show up,it may already be a JC. I've seen it happen. Sheep to the slaughter. Just be aware.
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  True Stories from the Tower - Part 1 "From Anointed to Pedophile to Bethelite"

  by BluePill2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  before i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.

  during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.

  as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.

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  Unbelieveable, yet totally believable. Thank you for sharing. I hope thru writing and sharing, the needle you put thru the W.T.-heart has come out of your own, and life becomes more liveable day-to-day. Mercy be to those young victims.
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  Alzheimer's hallucinations are demons?

  by Once Blind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my father has been suffering from alzheimer's for a couple of years now.

  my mother keeps referring to his hallucinations as demons.

  i haven't been to the hall in a while, i've been fading for 20 years now, but i find this amazing!

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  ......and then there is the remote possibilty that the word 'demon', as used here, might mean anything that any of us suffer from. The term 'demon rum' has been used to describe any kind of alcohol for someone suffering from alcoholism. A 'demon' can be anything that plagues you.
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  AUSTRALIA | REPORT from the Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Non-Government Organisations

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other non-government organisations.. .

  the family and community development committee report from the inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other non-government organisations will be tabled in parliament on wednesday 13 november 2013.. an electronic copy of the report will be available on the official government web site as soon as possible after it has been tabled.. .

  as soon as this happens the report will be available here:.

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  Waiting with bated breath....thanks
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  Even my mom knew about JW's and 1977!!... wait... what??

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and my mom said, "yeah, like those brothers who thought... that... 1977... was the end of the world...".

  mom: "yeah... those who believed that last year was the end of the world".

  i mean, how stupid is it to have a rock tell them when the end of the world is!!

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  Dear biometrics....NEVER say never....... You can NEVER tell what might spark a flame of dissent, curiosity or rebellion.

  Dear ILTTATT.... keep on keepin' on....... You can NEVER tell what might spark a flame of dissent, curiosity or rebellion.
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  Can one find God without studying the Bible?

  by Dis-Member in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't recall jesus ever once telling people that they should even read the bible to find god.. he said nothing about 'taking in knowledge' either.. .

  he didn't encourage people to read the bible because 90% of people in his day couldn't read!

  the bible was not read by most people, it was -heard- when someone else read it aloud.

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  If I remember correctly John 17:3 "this means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge....." were Jesus' words.
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  Interesting page on finances

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.charityperformance.com/charity-details.php?id=16715.

  and... http://opencharities.org/charities/1077961.

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  Interesting stuff.....I have looked for a similar statement for the U.S.A. from the WTB&TS, but have never found one.Has anyone else come across such a thing? Are non-profits and not-for-profits even required to make public such info in the U.S.?
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  I wonder...

  by braincleaned in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i wonder about why so many of us stick to the "truth" within the frame of the jehovah's witness religion.. of course, the wts has authority over our minds thru the control of information, demonizing any "worldly" knowledge that might jeopardize our faith in this entity.. thru my own experience, i understand how we can stick to this organization; because of a life's investment in serving, and the close ties of family and peers we do not wish to abandon or upset.

  so we are here on sites like these, to understand the mechanisms of the cult... to try to make sense of why we should stay, or why we should leave.. the consequences are too important to take this lightly, or too swiftly.. if i may share a bit of my journey, i did not have to worry too much about the cult at first, because my main battle was based deeper than that.

  after all, the root of any christian religion is in the bible itself; faith in jehovah and christ; trust in the idea that the bible is inspired by god himself.. so yes, my quest went to the base, the root of the jw faith... the bible.. since childhood, the character of jehovah was a problem for me.

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  Romans 21:19: "........Vengence is mine, I will repay says Jehovah." Pretty hard to mis-understand that.